Dr Ameeta Retzer BA, MA, DPhil

• DPhil in Public Health, University of Oxford, 2015
• MA in Human Rights, University College London, 2011
• BA (Hons) in Politics, Queen Mary University of London, 2010

Ameeta has used mixed methods in social science and population health research: social inequality and political activism in rural India; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder among indigenous communities in Australia.   For her DPhil, Ameeta designed and executed a multi-centre study into decision-making by social workers in relation to the children of parents with intellectual disability.

Before starting at the University of Birmingham, Ameeta worked at the University of Warwick on a Department for Education funded project analysing serious case reviews and child protection data. In Birmingham, Ameeta worked as a research associate on the PARTNERS2 project before joining the EPiC study as a research fellow.

• MBChB
• MPH

Ameeta is interested in supervising doctoral research relating to outcomes research, population health, and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in health research.

Research interests

• clinical trial methodology and regulatory science, specifically the use of patient-reported outcomes in oncology, traumatic brain injury, inflammatory disease; electronic PROs, and usability and feasibility studies;

• population health and health inequality;  

• EDI in health research.

Current projects

• COBra study – core outcome set development in glioma trials funded by the Brain Tumour Charity

• PRiORity – electronic capture of PROs in trauma research and clinical care funded by NIHR SRMRC

• PROmics – PROs in cell therapy

Population health core outcome set methodology development – funded by NIHR PHR

• Institute for Applied Health Research (IAHR) equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in Research working group member
• IAHR EDI Deputy Lead
• MDS Athena SWAN self-assessment team member