Personal Statement
Dr Ffion Curtis is a Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis within the Liverpool Reviews and Implementation Group, Department of Health Data Science, Institute of Population Health, at the University of Liverpool. Her research focuses on the development and application of evidence synthesis methods to support healthcare decision-making. She has extensive experience leading and contributing to systematic reviews, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, qualitative evidence syntheses, mixed-methods reviews, network meta-analyses and health technology assessments across a wide range of clinical and public health topics. She has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, including Cochrane Reviews, and her research has informed national and international policy and clinical guidelines.

Before joining the University of Liverpool in 2023, Ffion held research fellow positions at the University of Leicester's Centre for Ethnic Health Research, where she led systematic review activity across NIHR Applied Research Collaboration programmes and developed an Equality Impact Assessment Tool for Systematic Reviews, and previously at the Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health. During her time in Lincoln, she established an evidence synthesis training programme that strengthened research capacity across NHS organisations and developed educational resources to support meaningful patient and public involvement in evidence synthesis.

Alongside her research, Ffion is committed to developing capacity in evidence synthesis through teaching, supervision and mentorship. She leads postgraduate teaching in evidence synthesis methods, supervises doctoral researchers, and has successfully supervised multiple PhD students to completion across qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research. She actively supports early career researchers and interdisciplinary collaborations and welcomes opportunities to work with researchers, clinicians, policymakers and public contributors to improve the use of evidence in health and social care.

Her current research interests include evidence synthesis methodology, health equity, social prescribing, nature-based interventions, health and social care, public and patient involvement, and innovative approaches to evidence-informed decision-making.

Research Overview
Research Funding:
2026 Production of Technology Assessment Reviews for the National Institute for Health and Care Research. £6,095,179
2026 Economic and Social Research Council. Examining the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Home Fire Safety Visits for preventing accidental dwelling fires: £548,716.06
2025 NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme. Psychosocial interventions for military personnel with PTSD: A network meta-analysis: £299,068
2023 NIHR HSDR Organisation of eye care services for adults and children following acquired brain injury and for children with cerebral visual impairment: £519,479
2025 NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme. Psychosocial interventions for military personnel with PTSD: A network meta-analysis. £299,068
2022 European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD), A Faith Centre based model to improve the uptake of screening services for diabetes and cardiovascular disease in rural Ghana: £98,900
2022 NIHR-CRN, A process evaluation of the enhanced diabetes care service in primary care in Leicestershire: £41,600
2022 NIHR-ARC-EM, The influence of ethnicity on patient reported outcome measures in people with diabetic foot ulcer disease: a systematic review: £39,258
2022 University of Leicester, Improving engagement of Gypsy and Travellers (GTs) in perinatal mortality research: £9,000
2022 NIHR-CRN, A Toolkit for increasing participation of rural residents in health and social care research: £30135
2022 Natural Environment Research Council, The MyTree Project: Providing environmental solutions by linking citizen science to wellbeing using mobile technology: £8,000
2021 NIHR PRP Green Social Prescribing: What works for whom in what contexts for Black Asian and minority ethnic groups: £70,000
2021 NIHR CRN: Health and social care research priority setting among ethnic minority populations: a mixed-method study: £31,000
2021 NIHR ARC, Health and social care research priority setting among ethnic minority populations: a mixed-method study: £ £ 109,117
2021 NIHR ARC, Researching Emergency Ambulance calls to Care Homes (REACH): £133,606.71
2020 NIHR CRN/Lincolnshire Community Health Service Trust, Digital Health Getting Active, Staying Active: £3000
2020 NIHR CRN, Diabetes and marginalised communities on the East Coast: £ 35,940
2018 Guillain-Barré and associated Inflammatory Neuropathies’(GAIN) Charity, Experiences of illness and care: £35,745