Dr Louise Preston

BA (Hons), MSc, PhD (Sheffield)

School of Medicine and Population Health

Head of Population Health

Deputy Dean, School of Medicine and Population Health

Senior Lecturer

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l.r.preston@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Louise Preston
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I work as a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Population Health.

I work full time and balance research and teaching with leadership and management of the Division of Population Health. 

I joined ScHARR in October 2006 as a Research Associate on the Evaluation of Supplementary Prescribing in Nursing and Pharmacy project, based in the Public Health section. Prior to this, I worked as a Research Assistant in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield.

Research interests

My interests lie primarily in undertaking evidence reviews of health service interventions, specifically in service delivery areas such as care of older people, emergency department care and medication administration. I am also interested in the science underpinning evidence review methodology.

I am a co-investigator on a number of large evidence synthesis grants and have led a variety of different reviews for organisations including the NIHR Ensygn Centre, the HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre, the What Works Centre for Wellbeing and the SCHARR Public Health Collaborating Centre and have been involved in a number of publications from this work. I have also published on methods relating to searching. 

From my prior research projects, I maintain an interest in health services research with a particular interest in information use by patients and carers. I obtained my PhD in 2005 from the University of Sheffield. It examined the impact of the MMR vaccine scare on parents in terms of their decision-making and information requirements.

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Conroy S, Brailsford S, Burton C, England T, Lalseta J, Martin G, Mason S, Maynou-Pujolras L, Phelps K, Preston L , Regen E et al (2023) . Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 11(14).
  • England T, Brailsford S, Evenden D, Street A, Maynou L, Mason SM, Preston L, Burton C, Van Oppen J & Conroy S (2023) . Age and Ageing, 52(1).
  • Fuller GW, Evans R, Preston L, Woods HB & Mason S (2019) . Annals of Emergency Medicine, 73(1), 66-75.
  • Preston LR, Chambers D, Campbell F, Cantrell A, Turner J & Goyder EC (2018) . Health Services and Delivery Research, 6(16).
  • Booth A, Cantrell A, Preston L, Chambers D & Goyder E (2015) . Health Services and Delivery Research, 3(46).
  • Preston L, Turner J, Booth A, O'Keeffe C, Campbell F, Jesurasa A, Cooper K & Goyder E (2015) . BMJ Open, 5(12).
  • Preston L, Carroll C, Gardois P, Paisley S & Kaltenthaler E (2015) . Systematic Reviews, 4.
  • Archer R, Paisley S, Essat M, Preston L & Thornhill M (2015) . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 31(1-2), 54-58.
  • Angus C, Latimer N, Preston L, Li J & Purshouse R (2014) . Frontiers in Psychiatry, 5, 114.
  • Watson P, Preston L, Squires H, Chilcott J & Brennan A (2014) . Appl Health Econ Health Policy, 12(3), 239-253.
  • Purshouse RC, Brennan A, Rafia R, Latimer NR, Archer RJ, Angus CR, Preston LR & Meier PS (2013) . Alcohol Alcohol, 48(2), 180-188.
  • Everson-Hock ES, Jones R, Guillaume L, Clapton J, Duenas A, Goyder E, Chilcott J, Cooke J, Payne N, Sheppard LM & Swann C (2011) . Child Care Health Dev, 37(6), 767-779.
  • Gerrish K, Guillaume L, Kirshbaum M, McDonnell A, Tod A & Nolan M (2011) . J Adv Nurs, 67(5), 1079-1090.
  • Johnson M, Jackson R, Guillaume L, Meier P & Goyder E (2011) . J Public Health (Oxf), 33(3), 412-421.
  • Guillaume L & Bath PA (2008) . Health Informatics J, 14(4), 323-334.
  • Guillaume L, Cooper R, Avery A, Mitchell S, Ward P, Anderson C, Bissell P, Hutchinson A, James V, Lymn J , McIntosh A et al (2008) . J Clin Pharm Ther, 33(1), 11-16.
  • Guillaume LR & Bath PA (2004) . Health Informatics J., 10, 5-22.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Preston L, Thompson A, Baxter S, Chambers D, Collini P, Falzon L, Goodall J & Lee A (2025) . Journal of Public Health.
  • England T, Brailsford S, Burton C, Martin G, Mason SM, Maynou L, Phelps K, Preston L, Regen E, Street A , van Oppen JD et al (2025) . Journal of the Operational Research Society.
  • Chambers D, Preston L, Clowes M, Cantrell AJ & Goyder EC (2024) . BMJ Open, 14.
  • Chambers D, Cantrell A, Preston L, Marincowitz C, Wright L, Conroy S & Gordon AL (2023) . Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 11(18).
  • Conroy S, Brailsford S, Burton C, England T, Lalseta J, Martin G, Mason S, Maynou-Pujolras L, Phelps K, Preston L , Regen E et al (2023) . Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 11(14).
  • England T, Brailsford S, Evenden D, Street A, Maynou L, Mason SM, Preston L, Burton C, Van Oppen J & Conroy S (2023) . Age and Ageing, 52(1).
  • O’Cathain A, Foster A, Carroll C, Preston L, Ogden M, Clowes M & Protheroe J (2022) . Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 10(38).
  • Marincowitz C, Preston L, Cantrell A, Tonkins M, Sabir L & Mason S (2022) . Age and Ageing, 51(11).
  • Marincowitz C, Preston L, Cantrell A, Tonkins M, Sabir L & Mason S (2022) . The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 3(6), e437-e447.
  • Jensen MV, Broadley M, Speight J, Scope A, Preston L, Heller S, Galan BE, Pouwer F, Hendrieckx C & Hypo-RESOLVE Consortium (2021) . Diabetic Medicine, 38(10).
  • Anderson R, Booth A, Eastwood A, Rodgers M, Shaw L, Thompson Coon J, Briscoe S, Cantrell A, Chambers D, Goyder E , Nunns M et al (2021) . Health Services and Delivery Research, 9(15), 1-84.
  • Preston L, van Oppen JD, Conroy SP, Ablard S, Buckley Woods H & Mason SM (2021) . Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(12), 882-888.
  • Salway S, Such E, Preston L, Booth A, Zubair M, Victor C & Raghavan R (2020) . Public Health Research, 8(10), 1-245.
  • Booth A, Preston L, Baxter S, Wong R, Chambers D & Turner J (2019) . Health Services and Delivery Research, 7(33), 1-46.
  • Sutton A, Clowes M, Preston L & Booth A (2019) . Health Information and Libraries Journal, 36(3), 202-222.
  • Chambers D, Cantrell A, Johnson M, Preston L, Baxter SK, Booth A & Turner J (2019) . Health Services and Delivery Research, 7(29), 1-88.
  • Chambers D, Cantrell A, Johnson M, Preston L, Baxter S, Booth A & Turner J (2019) . BMJ Open, 9(8).
  • Chambers D, Booth A, Rodgers M, Preston L, Dalton J, Goyder E, Thomas S, Parker G, Street A & Eastwood A (2019) . Evidence & Policy, 17(1), 173-187.
  • Fuller GW, Evans R, Preston L, Woods HB & Mason S (2019) . Annals of Emergency Medicine, 73(1), 66-75.
  • Preston LR, Chambers D, Campbell F, Cantrell A, Turner J & Goyder EC (2018) . Health Services and Delivery Research, 6(16).
  • Brereton L, Clark J, Ingleton C, Gardiner C, Preston L, Ryan T & Goyder E (2017) . Palliative Medicine, 31(9), 781-797.
  • Breeze PR, Thomas C, Squires H, Brennan A, Greaves C, Diggle P, Brunner E, Tabak A, Preston L & Chilcott J (2017) . Diabetic Medicine, 34(8), 1136-1144.
  • Breeze PR, Thomas C, Squires H, Brennan A, Greaves C, Diggle PJ, Brunner E, Tabak A, Preston L & Chilcott J (2017) . Diabetic Medicine, 34(5), 632-640.
  • Kearns B, Rafia R, Leaviss J, Preston L, Brazier JE, Palmer S & Ara R (2017) . BMC Health Serv Res, 17(1), 78.
  • Baxter S, Goyder E, Chambers D, Johnson M, Preston L & Booth A (2017) . Health Services and Delivery Research, 5(1), 1-102.
  • Kearns B, Chilcott J, Whyte S, Preston L & Sadler S (2017) . BMC Medicine, 15(1).
  • Kearns B, Chilcott J, Whyte S, Preston L & Sadler S (2016) . BMC Medicine, 14(1).
  • (2016) . Diabetic Medicine, 33(8), 1155-1163.
  • Booth A, Cantrell A, Preston L, Chambers D & Goyder E (2015) . Health Services and Delivery Research, 3(46).
  • Preston L, Turner J, Booth A, O'Keeffe C, Campbell F, Jesurasa A, Cooper K & Goyder E (2015) . BMJ Open, 5(12).
  • Preston L, Carroll C, Gardois P, Paisley S & Kaltenthaler E (2015) . Systematic Reviews, 4.
  • Powell K, Wilcox J, Clonan A, Bissell P, Preston L, Peacock M & Holdsworth M (2015) . BMC Public Health, 15.
  • Archer R, Paisley S, Essat M, Preston L & Thornhill M (2015) . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 31(1-2), 54-58.
  • Stevens JW, Khunti K, Harvey R, Johnson M, Preston L, Woods HB, Davies M & Goyder E (2015) . Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 107(3), 320-331.
  • Angus C, Latimer N, Preston L, Li J & Purshouse R (2014) . Frontiers in Psychiatry, 5, 114.
  • Watson P, Preston L, Squires H, Chilcott J & Brennan A (2014) . Appl Health Econ Health Policy, 12(3), 239-253.
  • Purshouse RC, Brennan A, Rafia R, Latimer NR, Archer RJ, Angus CR, Preston LR & Meier PS (2013) . Alcohol Alcohol, 48(2), 180-188.
  • Johnson M, Campbell F, Messina J, Preston L, Buckley Woods H & Goyder E (2013) . Midwifery, 29(12), 1287-1296.
  • Allmark P, Baxter S, Goyder E, Guillaume L & Crofton-Martin G (2013) . Health and Social Care in the Community, 21(1), 59-68.
  • McDonnell A, Gerrish K, Kirshbaum M, Nolan M, Tod A & Guillaume L (2012) . Journal of Research in Nursing.
  • Cooper RJ, Bissell P, Ward P, Murphy E, Anderson C, Avery T, James V, Lymn J, Guillaume L, Hutchinson A & Ratcliffe J (2012) . Health (London), 16(2), 115-133.
  • Jones R, Everson-Hock ES, Guillaume L, Clapton J, Goyder E, Chilcott J, Payne N, Duenas A, Sheppard LM & Swann C (2012) . Families, Relationships & Societies, 1(1), 71-85.
  • Gerrish K, Nolan M, McDonnell A, Tod A, Kirshbaum M & Guillaume L (2012) . Worldviews Evid Based Nurs, 9(1), 30-39.
  • Everson-Hock ES, Jones R, Guillaume L, Clapton J, Goyder E, Chilcott J, Payne N, Duenas A, Sheppard LM & Swann C (2012) . Child Care Health and Development, 38(2), 162-174.
  • Everson-Hock ES, Jones R, Guillaume L, Clapton J, Duenas A, Goyder E, Chilcott J, Cooke J, Payne N, Sheppard LM & Swann C (2011) . Child Care Health Dev, 37(6), 767-779.
  • Campbell F, Johnson M, Messina J, Guillaume L & Goyder E (2011) . BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 11.
  • Gerrish K, McDonnell A, Nolan M, Guillaume L, Kirshbaum M & Tod A (2011) . J Adv Nurs, 67(9), 2004-2014.
  • Gerrish K, Guillaume L, Kirshbaum M, McDonnell A, Tod A & Nolan M (2011) . J Adv Nurs, 67(5), 1079-1090.
  • Baxter S, Blank L, Guillaume L, Squires H & Payne N (2011) . J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care, 37(2), 71-84.
  • Jones R, Everson-Hock ES, Papaioannou D, Guillaume L, Goyder E, Chilcott J, Cooke J, Payne N, Duenas A, Sheppard LM & Swann C (2011) . Child Care Health Dev, 37(5), 613-622.
  • Baxter S, Blank L, Guillaume L, Squires H & Payne N (2011) . Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care, 16(3), 149-160.
  • Baxter S, Blank L, Everson-Hock ES, Burrows J, Messina J, Guillaume L & Goyder E (2011) . Health Educ Res, 26(2), 265-282.
  • Johnson M, Jackson R, Guillaume L, Meier P & Goyder E (2011) . J Public Health (Oxf), 33(3), 412-421.
  • Blank L, Baxter SK, Payne N, Guillaume LR & Pilgrim H (2010) . J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol, 23(6), 341-351.
  • Baxter S, Everson-Hock E, Messina J, Guillaume L, Burrows J & Goyder E (2010) . Nicotine Tob Res, 12(7), 685-694.
  • Blank L, Baxter S, Naylor PB, Guillaume L, Wilkinson A, Hummel S, Chilcott J & Goyder E (2010) . Mental Health Review Journal, 2(15), 43-53.
  • Baxter SK, Blank L, Payne N, Guillaume LR & Pilgrim H (2010) . Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
  • Cooper RJ, Lymn J, Anderson C, Avery A, Bissell P, Guillaume L, Hutchinson A, Murphy E, Ratcliffe J & Ward P (2008) . BMC Medical Education, 8.
  • Guillaume L & Bath PA (2008) . Health Informatics J, 14(4), 323-334.
  • Cooper R, Anderson C, Avery T, Bissell P, Guillaume L, Hutchinson A, Lymn J, Murphy E, Ratcliffe J & Ward P (2008) . J HEALTH SERV RES PO, 13(4), 215-221.
  • Cooper R, Guillaume L, Avery T, Anderson C, Bissell P, Hutchinson A, Lymn J, Murphy E, Ward P & Ratcliffe J (2008) . Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 31(3), 244-252.
  • Guillaume L, Cooper R, Avery A, Mitchell S, Ward P, Anderson C, Bissell P, Hutchinson A, James V, Lymn J , McIntosh A et al (2008) . J Clin Pharm Ther, 33(1), 11-16.
  • Anderson C, Cooper RJ, Guillaume L, Avery A, Bissell P, Hutchinson A, James V, Lymn J, McIntosh A, Murphy E , Ratcliffe J et al (2008) . International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 16(Supp 1), A6.
  • Cooper RJ, Anderson C, Avery T, Bissell P, Guillaume L, Hutchinson A, James V, Lymn J, McIntosh A, Murphy E , Ratcliffe J et al (2008) . HEALTH POLICY, 85(3), 277-292.
  • Gerrish K & Guillaume LR (2006) . Journal of Research in Nursing, 11(6), 485-497.
  • Guillaume LR & Bath PA (2004) . Health Informatics J., 10, 5-22.
  • Turner J, Preston L, Booth A, O’Keeffe C, Campbell F, Jesurasa A, Cooper K & Goyder E () . Health Services and Delivery Research, 2(43), 1-120.

Conference proceedings

  • van Oppen J, Preston L, Ablard S, Buckley Woods H, Mason S & Conroy S (2020) . Age and Ageing, Vol. 49(Supplement_1) (pp i34-i36)
  • Oppen JV, Preston L, Ablard S, Woods HB, Mason S & Conroy S (2019) . Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 36(12) (pp 807.1-807)
  • Fuller G, Evans R, Preston L, Woods HB & Mason S (2019) . Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 36(12) (pp 805.1-805)
  • Paisley S, Seva J, Stevenson M, Archer R, Preston L, Chilcott J & Thornhill M (2016) . Value in Health, Vol. 19(7) (pp A367-A367)
  • Salway S, Piercy H & Presto L (2013) How can realist synthesis methods contribute to building the evidence base for action on ethnic health inequalities? A narrative assessment. LANCET, Vol. 382 (pp 87-87)
  • Payne N, Goyder E, Chilcott J, Sidwell A, Ram V, Buckley-Woods H, Guillaume L & Paisley S (2011) . J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H, Vol. 65
  • Lymn J, Cooper R, Anderson C, Avery T, Bissell P, Guillaume L, Hutchinson A, James V, McIntosh A, Murphy E , Ratcliffe J et al (2008) No more pharmacology? Pharmacists' and stakeholders' views on supplementary prescribing course content. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Vol. 65(6) (pp 976-976)

Reports

  • Booth A, Hock E, Preston L & Uttley L (2021)
  • Salway S, Booth A, Such E, Hamilton J, Powell K, Preston L, Victor C & Raghavan R (2020) How can loneliness and social isolation be reduced among migrant and minority ethnic people? Systematic, participatory review of programme theories, system processes and outcomes
  • Chambers D, Cantrell A, Preston L, Peasgood T, Paisley S & Clowes M (2018) Systematic review of the evidence on housing interventions for ‘housing-vulnerable’ adults and its relationship to wellbeing
  • Chambers D, Preston L, Salway S, De Saille S, Topakas A, Booth A, Dawson J & Wilsdon JR (2017) The Diversity Dividend: does a more diverse and inclusive research community produce better biomedical and health research?
  • Chambers D, Booth A, Rodgers M, Preston L, Baxter S, Dalton J, Thomas S, Johnson M, Goyder E, Parker G , Street A et al (2017) NIHR HS&DR evidence synthesis centres: achievements and learning from the first three year programme, 2014–2017
  • Preston LR, Chambers D, Campbell F, Cantrell A, Turner J & Goyder E (2017) What evidence is there for the identification and management of frail older people in the emergency department? A systematic mapping review
  • Breeze PR, Thomas C, Squires H, Brennan A, Greaves C, Diggle P, Brunner E, Tabak A, Preston L & Chilcott J (2015) SPHR Diabetes Prevention Model: Detailed Description of Model Background, Methods, Assumptions and Parameters
  • Kearns B, Rafia R, Leaviss J, Preston L, Wong R, Brazier J, Palmer S & Ara R (2014) Whole pathway modelling of depression in patients. (Theme 2: Mental Health). Part 2. Independent economic evaluation: methods and results, discussion and conclusion
  • Kearns B, Rafia R, Leaviss J, Preston L, Wong R, Brazier J, Palmer S & Ara R (2014) Whole pathway modelling of depression in patients. (Theme 2: Mental Health). Appendices.
  • Kearns B, Rafia R, Leaviss J, Preston L, Wong R, Brazier J, Palmer S & Ara R (2014) Whole pathway modelling of depression in patients. (Theme 2: Mental Health). Part 1, Executive summary, introduction, clinical reviews and conceptual modelling.

Posters

  • Stevens JW, Harvey RC, Johnson M & Khunti K (2014) Preventing the Progression to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults at High Risk: A Systematic Review And Network Meta-Analysis of Lifestyle, Pharmacological and Surgical Interventions.
  • Preston L Developing search strategies for evidence on quality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). A preliminary study.

Working papers

  • Chambers D, Preston L, Topakas A, de Saille S, Salway S, Booth A, Dawson J & Wilsdon J (2017) Review of diversity and inclusion literature and an evaluation of methodologies and metrics relating to health research.
Professional activities and memberships
  • Member of the UKRI - Research England EDI Expert Advisory Group 2023-2025

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