Chris Carroll

BA, MA (King's College London), MSc (Sheffield), PhD (Cambridge)

School of Medicine and Population Health

Reader in Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis

c.carroll@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0864
+44 114 222 0749 (Fax)
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Chris Carroll
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I joined ScHARR in 2004 and was appointed as a Research Fellow in 2007. In early 2011 I was appointed Senior Lecturer in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and in 2014 I was promoted to Reader and made a University Senate Fellow for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.

I was previously the Lead for the systematic reviewers in HEDS (2017-18), Deputy Director of Health Economics and Decision Science (2018-2022) and the REF2021 Co-ordinator for the School (Unit of Assessment 2).

Research interests
  • Systematic review and evidence synthesis of medical, health and social science topics, including qualitative and mixed method evidence synthesis;
  • The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) process and related decision-making;
  • Research on research: research impact and the analysis of evidence informing healthcare decision-making;
  • Information retrieval and programme evaluation (implementation fidelity) research

Current projects

  • What matters to children and parents in obesity management: Complementary evidence syntheses of qualitative systematic reviews. WHO commissioned (PI: A Booth)
  • The development of risk-stratified, cost-effective, and acceptable blood-test monitoring strategies for inflammatory conditions treated with commonly used immune suppressing drugs: a multi-method study using evidence synthesis, modelling and qualitative research. NIHR 19/29 (PI)
  • Identifying health literacy interventions that reduce the use of primary care and emergency services for minor problems: a systematic review. NIHR 131238 (PI: A O'Cathain)
Publications

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Journal articles

  • Uttley L, Carroll C, Wong R, Hilton DA & Stevenson M (2020) . The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 20(1), e2-e10.
  • Carroll C, Dickson R, Boland A, Houten R & Walton M (2019) . BJS (British Journal of Surgery), 106(13), 1769-1774.
  • Carroll C (2017) . BMJ, 356, j80.
  • Carroll C & Booth A (2015) . Research Synthesis Methods, 6(2), 149-154.
  • Carroll C, Hummel S, Leaviss J, Ren S, Stevens JW, Cantrell A & Michaels J (2014) . Br J Surg, 101(9), 1040-1052.
  • Carroll C, Rick J, Leaviss J, Fishwick D & Booth A (2013) . BMC Public Health, 13, 1095.
  • Carroll C, Booth A, Leaviss J & Rick J (2013) . BMC Med Res Methodol, 13, 37.
  • Carroll C, Booth A & Lloyd-Jones M (2012) . Qual Health Res, 22(10), 1425-1434.
  • Carroll C, Booth A & Cooper K (2011) . BMC Med Res Methodol, 11, 29.
  • Carroll C, Patterson M, Wood S, Booth A, Rick J & Balain S (2007) . Implement Sci, 2, 40.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Jones K, Carroll C, Goodacre S, Marincowitz C, Sutton A, Bastounis A & Booth A (2025) . Emergency Medicine Journal.
  • Simpson E, Carroll C, Sutton A, Forsyth J, Rayner A, Ren S, Franklin M & Wood E (2025) . British Journal of Psychology.
  • Sousa F, Zhu M, Farlie MK, Haines T, Borrelli B, Carroll C, Mathews C, Ribeiro DC, Fritz JM, Underwood M , Foster NE et al (2025) . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 185, 111868-111868.
  • Leaviss J, Verstraeten R, Carroll C, Booth A, Essat M & Cuevas DC (2025) . Obesity Reviews, 26(7).
  • Carroll C, Kundakci B, Muhinyi A, Bastounis A, Jones K, Sutton A, Goodacre S, Marincowitz C & Booth A (2024) . BMJ Open Quality, 13(3).
  • Dixon S, Tyagi K, Singh M, Kar SS, Bagepally BS, Prinja S, Booth A, Carroll C, Sohail A & Mehndiratta A (2024) . BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.
  • Lister J, Paisley S, Carroll C & Tappenden P (2024) . PharmacoEconomics, 42(11), 1255-1266.
  • Sousa Filho LF, Farlie MK, Haines T, Borrelli B, Carroll C, Mathews C, Ribeiro DC, Fritz JM, Underwood M, Foster NE , Lamb SE et al (2024) . Contemporary Clinical Trials, 142, 107575-107575.
  • Leaviss J, Carroll C, Essat M, van der Windt D, Grainge MJ, Card T, Riley R & Abhishek A (2024) . RMD Open, 10(1).
  • Carroll C, Booth A & Cuevas DC (2024) . Obesity Reviews, 25(2).
  • Lister J, Paisley S, Tappenden P & Carroll C (2023) . Value in Health, 26(12), S375-S375.
  • Lister J, Paisley S, Tappenden P & Carroll C (2023) . Value in Health, 26(12), S174-S175.
  • Tattersall A & Carroll C (2023) . Insights the UKSG journal, 36(1).
  • Carmona C, Carroll C & Baxter S (2023) . Systematic Reviews, 12.
  • Uttley L, Quintana DS, Montgomery P, Carroll C, Page MJ, Falzon L, Sutton A & Moher D (2023) . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 156, 30-41.
  • Fadahunsi KP, Akinlua JT, O'Connor S, Wark PA, Gallagher J, Carroll C, Majeed A & O'Donoghue J (2023) . BMJ Open, 9(3).
  • Markey O, Pradeilles R, Goudet S, Griffiths PL, Boxer B, Carroll C & Rousham EK (2022) . The Journal of Nutrition.
  • O’Cathain A, Foster A, Carroll C, Preston L, Ogden M, Clowes M & Protheroe J (2022) . Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 10(38).
  • Carroll C, Sworn K, Booth A & Pardo‐Hernandez H (2022) . Obesity, 30(11), 2167-2184.
  • Carmona C, Baxter S & Carroll C (2022) . BMC Medical Research Methodology, 22(1).
  • Rousham EK, Goudet S, Markey O, Griffiths P, Boxer B, Carroll C, Petherick ES & Pradeilles R (2022) . Adv Nutr, 13(5), 1669-1696.
  • Campbell F, Booth A, Carroll C, Lee A & Relton C (2022) . PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(3).
  • Tattersall A, Sheppard N, Blake T, O’Neill K & Carroll C (2022) . Insights, 35.
  • Carroll C, Sworn K, Booth A, Tsuchiya A, Maden M & Rosenberg M (2022) . Integrated Healthcare Journal, 4(1), -1.
  • Fadahunsi KP, O'Connor S, Akinlua JT, Wark PA, Gallagher J, Carroll C, Car J, Majeed A & O'Donoghue J (2021) . Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(5).
  • Burnett H, Emich H, Carroll C, Stapleton N, Mahadevia P & Li T (2021) . PLoS ONE, 16(3).
  • Carmona C, Baxter S & Carroll C (2021) . Research Synthesis Methods, 12(4), 491-505.
  • Carroll C, Booth A, Campbell F & Relton C (2020) . PLoS ONE, 15(12).
  • Carroll C, Booth A, Campbell F & Relton C (2020) . PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(10).
  • Cook GM, Fletcher D & Carroll C (2020) . International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 14(1), 278-311.
  • Carroll C & Tattersall A (2020) . Value in Health, 23(6), 727-733.
  • Stevenson M, Uttley L, Oakley JE, Carroll C, Chick SE & Wong R (2020) . Health Technology Assessment, 24(11), 1-150.
  • Uttley L, Carroll C, Wong R, Hilton DA & Stevenson M (2020) . The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 20(1), e2-e10.
  • Carroll C, Dickson R, Boland A, Houten R & Walton M (2019) . BJS (British Journal of Surgery), 106(13), 1769-1774.
  • Walton MJ, O'Connor J, Carroll C, Claxton L & Hodgson R (2019) . PharmacoEconomics - Open, 3(3), 403-410.
  • Carroll C & Mahmood F (2019) . Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 25(2), 205-215.
  • Tappenden P, Carroll C, Hamilton J, Kaltenthaler E, Wong R, Wadsley J, Moss L & Balasubramanian S (2019) . Health Technology Assessment, 23(8), 1-144.
  • Tappenden P, Carroll C, Stevens J, Simpson E, Thokala P, Wong R, Wright J & Auer R (2019) . Pharmacoeconomics, 37(1), 7-18.
  • Davis S, Rafia R, Carroll C, Hamilton J & Essat M (2019) . Pharmacoeconomics, 37, 763-775.
  • Carroll C & Kaltenthaler E (2018) . BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18(1).
  • Tattersall A & Carroll C (2018) . Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 2.
  • Bermejo I, Stevenson M, Cooper K, Harnan S, Hamilton J, Clowes M, Carroll C, Harrison T & Saha S (2018) . Pharmacoeconomics, 36, 131-144.
  • Carroll C, Houten R, Boland A, Kaltenthaler E & Dickson R (2017) . Value in Health.
  • Tappenden P, Carroll C, Stevens JW, Rawdin A, Grimm S, Clowes M, Kaltenthaler E, Ingram JR, Collier F & Ghazavi M (2017) . PharmacoEconomics, 35(8), 805-815.
  • Carroll C, Kaltenthaler E, Hill-McManus D, Scope A, Holmes M, Rice S, Rose M, Tappenden P & Woolacott N (2017) . Value in Health, 20(6), 785-791.
  • Carroll C, Tappenden P, Rafia R, Hamilton J, Chambers D, Clowes M, Durrington P, Qureshi N & Wierzbicki AS (2017) . PharmacoEconomics, 35(5), 537-547.
  • Kane J, Landes M, Carroll C, Nolen A & Sodhi S (2017) . BMC Family Practice, 18(1).
  • Carroll C (2017) . BMJ, 356, j80.
  • Carroll C (2016) . Scientometrics, 109(2), 1329-1340.
  • Archer R, Tappenden P, Ren S, Martyn-St James M, Harvey R, Basarir H, Stevens J, Carroll C, Cantrell A, Lobo A & Hoque S (2016) . Health Technoogyl Assessment, 20.
  • Kaltenthaler E, Carroll C, Hill-McManus D, Scope A, Holmes M, Rice S, Rose M, Tappenden P & Woolacott N (2016) . Health Technology Assessment, 20.
  • Preston L, Carroll C, Gardois P, Paisley S & Kaltenthaler E (2015) . Systematic Reviews, 4.
  • Booth A & Carroll C (2015) . BMJ Quality and Safety, 24(11), 700-708.
  • Booth A & Carroll C (2015) . Health Information & Libraries Journal, 32(3), 220-235.
  • Carroll C & Booth A (2015) . Research Synthesis Methods, 6(2), 149-154.
  • Latimer NR, Carroll C, Wong R, Tappenden P, Venning MC & Luqmani R (2014) . PharmacoEconomics, 32(12), 1171-1183.
  • Carroll C, Hummel S, Leaviss J, Ren S, Stevens JW, Cantrell A & Michaels J (2014) . Br J Surg, 101(9), 1040-1052.
  • Fincham GS, McNinch AM, Poulson AV, Scott JD, Snead MP, Pasea L, Carroll C & Richards AJ (2014) . Ophthalmology.
  • Leaviss J, Hummel S, Carroll C, Ren S, Stevens JW, Everson-Hock E, Cantrell A, Stevenson M & Michaels J (2014) Clinical and cost-effectiveness of minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of varicosis: Systematic review and economic evaluation. Vasomed, 26(4), 210-211.
  • Carroll C, Scope A & Kaltenthaler E (2013) . BMC Res Notes, 6, 539.
  • Tappenden P, Harnan S, Uttley L, Mildred M, Carroll C & Cantrell A (2013) . Health Technol Assess, 17(56), v-181.
  • Carroll C, Rick J, Leaviss J, Fishwick D & Booth A (2013) . BMC Public Health, 13, 1095.
  • Fishwick D, Carroll C, McGregor M, Drury M, Webster J, Bradshaw L, Rick J & Leaviss J (2013) . Occup Med (Lond), 63(8), 526-536.
  • Carroll C, Hummel S, Leaviss J, Ren S, Stevens JW, Everson-Hock E, Cantrell A, Stevenson M & Michaels J (2013) . Health Technol Assess, 17(48), i-141.
  • Holmes M, Carroll C & Papaioannou D (2013) . Pharmacoeconomics Italian Research Articles, 15(2), 83-90.
  • Wong R, Paisley S & Carroll C (2013) . Int J Technol Assess Health Care, 29(3), 315-322.
  • Carroll C, Booth A, Leaviss J & Rick J (2013) . BMC Med Res Methodol, 13, 37.
  • Goodacre S, Thokala P, Carroll C, Stevens JW, Leaviss J, Al Khalaf M, Collinson P, Morris F, Evans P & Wang J (2013) . Health Technol Assess, 17(1), v-188.
  • Booth A, Carroll C, Ilott I, Low LL & Cooper K (2013) . Qual Health Res, 23(1), 126-141.
  • Carroll C, Al Khalaf M, Stevens JW, Leaviss J, Goodacre S, Collinson PO & Wang J (2013) . Emerg Med J, 30(4), 280-286.
  • Holmes M, Carroll C & Papaioannou D (2012) . Pharmacoeconomics, 30(2), 137-146.
  • Carroll C, Booth A & Lloyd-Jones M (2012) . Qual Health Res, 22(10), 1425-1434.
  • Kaltenthaler EC, Dickson R, Boland A, Carroll C, Fitzgerald P, Papaioannou D & Akehurst R (2012) . BMJ Open, 2(1).
  • Brereton L, Gardiner C, Gott M, Ingleton C, Barnes S & Carroll C (2012) . J Adv Nurs, 68(5), 981-993.
  • Carroll C, Lloyd-Jones M, Cooke J & Owen J (2012) . J Public Health (Oxf), 34(3), 403-410.
  • Squires H, Rick J, Carroll C & Hillage J (2012) . J Public Health (Oxf), 34(1), 115-124.
  • Carroll C, Stevenson M, Scope A, Evans P & Buckley S (2011) . Health Technology Assessment, 15(36).
  • Squires H, Tappenden P, Cooper K, Carroll C, Logan R & Hind D (2011) . Clin Ther, 33(9), 1289-1305.
  • Carroll C, Kaltenthaler E, Fitzgerald P, Boland A & Dickson R (2011) . Health Policy, 102(2-3), 136-144.
  • Kaltenthaler E, Boland A, Carroll C, Dickson R, Fitzgerald P & Papaioannou D (2011) . Health Technology Assessment, 15(22), 1-82.
  • Carroll C, Papaioannou D, Rees A & Kaltenthaler E (2011) . Health Technol Assess, 15(16), iii-62.
  • Carroll C, Booth A & Cooper K (2011) . BMC Med Res Methodol, 11, 29.
  • Papaioannou D, Cooper KL, Carroll C, Hind D, Squires H, Tappenden P & Logan RF (2011) . Colorectal Dis, 13(10), 1085-1099.
  • Patterson M, Rick J, Wood S, Carroll C, Balain S & Booth A (2010) . Health Technol Assess, 14(51), 1-iv.
  • Cooper K, Squires H, Carroll C, Papaioannou D, Booth A, Logan RF, Maguire C, Hind D & Tappenden P (2010) . HEALTH TECHNOL ASSES, 14(32), 1-+.
  • Owen J, Carroll C, Cooke J, Formby E, Hayter M, Hirst J, Lloyd Jones M, Stapleton H, Stevenson M & Sutton A (2010) . Health Technol Assess, 14(30), 1-iv.
  • Papaioannou D, Sutton A, Carroll C, Booth A & Wong R (2010) . HEALTH INFO LIBR J, 27(2), 114-122.
  • Carroll C, Cooper K, Papaioannou D, Hind D, Pilgrim H & Tappenden P (2010) . CLIN THER, 32(5), 789-803.
  • Carroll C, Cooper K, Papaioannou D, Hind D, Tappenden P, Pilgrim H & Booth A (2010) . Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 31(7), 708-718.
  • Carroll C, Rick J, Pilgrim H, Cameron J & Hillage J (2010) . Disabil Rehabil, 32(8), 607-621.
  • Holmes M, Carroll C & Papaioannou D (2009) . Health Technol Assess, 13 Suppl 2, 55-62.
  • Jassem J, Carroll C, Ward SE, Simpson E & Hind D (2009) . Eur J Cancer, 45(16), 2749-2758.
  • Booth A, Carroll C, Papaioannou D, Sutton A & Wong R (2009) . Health Info Libr J, 26(1), 4-21.
  • Carroll C, Booth A, Papaioannou D, Sutton A & Wong R (2009) . J Contin Educ Health Prof, 29(4), 235-241.
  • Brereton L, Carroll C & Barnston S (2007) . Clin Rehabil, 21(10), 867-884.
  • Tappenden P, Jones R, Paisley S & Carroll C (2007) . Eur J Cancer, 43(17), 2487-2494.
  • Hind D, Ward S, De Nigris E, Simpson E, Carroll C & Wyld L (2007) . Health Technol Assess, 11(26), iii-134.
  • Tappenden P, Jones R, Paisley S & Carroll C (2007) Systematic review and economic evaluation of bevacizumab and cetuximab for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.. Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), 11(12).
  • Tappenden P, Jones R, Paisley S & Carroll C (2007) . Health Technol Assess, 11(12), 1-iv.
  • Carroll C, Patterson M, Wood S, Booth A, Rick J & Balain S (2007) . Implement Sci, 2, 40.
  • Furber AS, Maheswaran R, Newell JN & Carroll C (2007) . Sex Transm Infect, 83(1), 41-46.
  • Carroll C, Cooke J, Booth A & Beverley C (2006) . Health Soc Care Community, 14(6), 491-498.
  • Kaltenthaler E, Carroll C, Hill-McManus D, Scope A, Holmes M, Rice S, Rose M, Tappenden P & Woolacott N () . PharmacoEconomics.
  • Holmes M, Carroll C & Papaioannou D () . Health Technology Assessment, 13(Suppl 2), 55-62.

Book chapters

  • Carroll C (2020) , Handbook on Implementation Science Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Carroll C, Booth A, Papaioannou D & Sutton A (2011) , Supporting Workplace Learning (pp. 47-67). Springer Netherlands

Posters

  • Jones K, Carroll C, Goodacre S, Marincowitz C, Sutton A, Bastounis A & Booth A (2025) The impact of Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) services on urgent and emergency care delivery: key findings and limitations from a systematic review. HSR UK Conference 2025.
  • Carroll C, Goodacre S, Stevens J & Leaviss J Diagnostic accuracy of early biomarkers for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) (2012).
  • Wong R, Paisley S & Carroll C Assessing searches in NICE Single Technology Appraisals: practice and checklist.
  • Wong R, Paisley S & Carroll C Assessing the quality of manufacturers' searches in NICE single technology appraisals by evidence review groups (2012).
  • Carroll C, Beecroft C & Miller L The Future of Education in HTA and Health Economics (2014).
  • Carroll C, Papaioannou D & Harnan S Surgical interventions for the primary prophylaxis of retinal detachment in Stickler Syndrome: a systematic review.
  • Carroll C Qualitative evidence synthesis can inform recommendations in NICE clinical guidelines (HTAI 12th Annual Meeting 15-17 June 2015).

Datasets

  • Tattersall A, O'Neill K, Carroll C, Sheppard N & Blake T .

Other

  • Carroll C, Booth A, Sworn K, Salway S, Bath P, Tsuchiya A & Maden M () .
Research group

PhD students

Teaching interests

I am interested in supervising research students in topics/areas such as systematic review and evidence synthesis methods, the health technology assessment (HTA) process, and implementation research.

Professional activities and memberships

Member of the NICE Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee () 2014-2020.

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