Dr Munira Essat

BSc, MSc, PhD

School of Medicine and Population Health

Senior Research Fellow

Munira Essat
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Dr Munira Essat
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I joined ScHARR in April 2009 after gaining a BSc in Chemistry with Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool, followed by an MSc in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development and then a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Loughborough University.

My work at ScHARR mainly involves undertaking systematic literature reviews (including meta-analysis) on various topics for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment Programme, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the UK Department of Health (DoH), the pharmaceutical industry and other research funding bodies.

Research interests
  • Systematic review of evidence for clinical effectiveness in healthcare
  • Health policy and decision making
  • Application and development of methods for systematic reviewing and evidence synthesis

Recent and current projects

  • What matters to children, parents or caregivers in dietary management of child and adolescent obesity: Synthesis of qualitative systematic reviews
  • Framework development for action on health inequities in primary care
  • Analysis of costs associated with different safety profiles of trazodone and other products used to treat depressive disorders
  • Frequency of blood tests for inflammatory conditions treated with immune suppressing and biologic drugs
  • Major Trauma Triage Study (MATTS)
  • The Design, Development, Commissioning and Evaluation of Patient Focused Vascular Services
  • A programme to develop and evaluate a complex intervention to achieve a high calorie diet for people with ALS (HighCALS)
Publications

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Journal articles

  • Poku EN, Aber A, Phillips P, Essat M, Woods H, Palfreyman S, Kaltenthaler E, Jones G & Michaels J (2017) . British Journal of Surgery, 1(5), 138-147.
  • Aber A, Poku E, Phillips P, Essat M, Buckley Woods H, Palfreyman S, Kaltenthaler E, Jones G & Michaels J (2017) . British Journal of Surgery, 104(11), 1424-1432.
  • Harnan SE, Essat M, Gomersall T, Tappenden P, Pavord I, Everard M & Lawson R (2017) . Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 47(3), 410-429.
  • Duncan R, Essat M, Jones G, Booth A, Buckley Woods H, Poku E, Kaltenthaler E, Keetharuth AD, Palfreyman S & Michaels J (2017) . British Journal of Surgery, 104(4), 317-327.
  • Gomersal T, Harnan S, Essat M, Tappenden P, Wong R, Lawson R, Pavord I & Everard ML (2016) . Pediatric Pulmonology, 51(3), 316-328.
  • Essat M, Harnan S, Gomersall T, Tappenden P, Wong R, Pavord I, Lawson R & Everard M (2016) . European Respiratory Society.
  • Harnan SE, Tappenden P, Essat M, Gomersall T, Minton J, Wong R, Pavord I, Everard M & Lawson R (2015) . Health Technology Assessment, 19(82).
  • Poku E, Rathbone J, Wong R, Everson-Hock E, Essat M, Pandor A & Wailoo A (2014) . BMJ Open, 4(7), e005244.
  • Essat M & Cooper K (2011) . Int J Cancer, 128(9), 2202-2214.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Tappenden P, Cooper K, Hamilton J, Nalbant G, Essat M, Rayner A, Wong R, Battisti NML, Wyld L & Asghar U (2025) . Health Technology Assessment, 29(49).
  • Goodacre S, Pandor A, Thokala P, Ren S, Essat M, Ren S, Clowes M, Cooper G, Hinchliffe R, Reed M , Thomas S et al (2025) . Health Technology Assessment, 29(45), 1-36.
  • Wren J, Goodacre S, Pandor A, Essat M, Clowes M, Cooper G & Hinchliffe R (2025) . Emergency Medicine Journal, 42(6), e1.3-e1.3.
  • Leaviss J, Verstraeten R, Carroll C, Booth A, Essat M & Cuevas DC (2025) . Obesity Reviews, 26(7).
  • Cooper K, Nalbant G, Essat M, Harnan S, Wong R, Hamilton J, Asghar US, Battisti NML, Wyld L & Tappenden P (2025) . Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 210(2), 229-247.
  • Jackson B, Mitchell C, Coster J, Lawy T, Burton C, Reynolds J, Essat M, Cantrell A, Clowes M & Ariss S (2024) . Public Health, 237, 307-315.
  • Wren J, Goodacre S, Pandor A, Essat M, Clowes M, Cooper G, Hinchliffe R, Reed MJ, Thomas S & Wilson S (2024) . Emergency Medicine Journal, 41(11), 678-685.
  • Ren S, Essat M, Pandor A, Goodacre S, Ren S, Clowes M, Bima P, Toyofuku M, McLatchie R & Bossone E (2024) . PLOS ONE, 19(6).
  • Essat M, Goodacre S, Pandor A, Ren S, Ren S & Clowes M (2024) . Annals of Emergency Medicine, 84(4), 409-421.
  • Pandor A, Essat M, Sutton A, Fuller G, Reid S, Smith JE, Fothergill R, Surendra Kumar D, Kolias A, Hutchinson P , Perkins GD et al (2024) . PLOS ONE, 19(4).
  • Leaviss J, Carroll C, Essat M, van der Windt D, Grainge MJ, Card T, Riley R & Abhishek A (2024) . RMD Open, 10(1).
  • Kearns B, Cooper K, Orr M, Essat M, Hamilton J & Cantrell A (2022) . Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 18, 1133-1143.
  • Essat M, Coates E, Clowes M, Beever D, Hackney G, White S, Stavroulakis T, Halliday V, McDermott C & group TH (2022) . Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 49, 328-340.
  • Pandor A, Fuller G, Essat M, Sabir L, Holt C, Buckley Woods H & Chatha H (2022) . British Paramedic Journal, 6(4), 26-40.
  • Essat M, Cooper K, Bessey A, Clowes M, Chilcott JB & Hunter KD (2022) . Head & Neck, 44(4), 998-1013.
  • Michaels J, Wilson E, Maheswaran R, Radley S, Jones G, Tong T-S, Kaltenthaler E, Aber A, Booth A, Buckley Woods H , Chilcott J et al (2021) . Programme Grants for Applied Research, 9(5), 1-150.
  • White S, Zarotti N, Beever D, Bradburn M, Norman P, Coates E, Stavroulakis T, White D, McGeachan A, Williams I , Hackney G et al (2021) . Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 34(6), 1064-1071.
  • Fuller G, Pandor A, Essat M, Sabir L, Buckley-Woods H, Chatha H, Holt C, Keating S & Turner J (2021) . Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 90(2), 403-412.
  • Essat M, Archer R, Williams I, Zarotti N, Coates E, Clowes M, Beever D, Hackney G, White S, Stavroulakis T , White D et al (2020) . Clinical Nutrition, 39(8), 2547-2556.
  • Zarotti N, Coates E, McGeachan A, Williams I, Beever D, Hackney G, Norman P, Stavroulakis T, White D, White S , Halliday V et al (2019) . British Journal of Health Psychology, 24(4), 953-969.
  • Davis S, Rafia R, Carroll C, Hamilton J & Essat M (2019) . Pharmacoeconomics, 37, 763-775.
  • Archer R, Hock E, Hamilton J, Stevens J, Essat M, Poku E, Clowes M, Pandor A & Stevenson M (2018) . Health Technology Assessment, 22(66), 1-294.
  • Essat M, Aber A, Phillips P, Poku E, Woods HB, Howard A, Palfreyman S, Kaltenthaler E, Jones G & Michaels J (2018) . Annals of Vascular Surgery, 50, 275-283.
  • Phillips P, Poku E, Essat M, Woods HB, Goka EA & Kaltenthaler EC (2018) . Journal of Vascular Surgery, 67(4), 1312-1312.
  • Aber A, Poku E, Phillips P, Essat M, Woods HB & Palfreyman S (2018) . Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, 6(1), 135-135.
  • Poku EN, Aber A, Phillips P, Essat M, Woods H, Palfreyman S, Kaltenthaler E, Jones G & Michaels J (2017) . British Journal of Surgery, 1(5), 138-147.
  • Goka EA, Phillips P, Poku E, Essat ME, Woods HB, Walters SJ, Kaltenthaler EC, Shackley P & Michaels J (2017) . Annals of Vascular Surgery, 45, 271-286.
  • Aber A, Poku E, Phillips P, Essat M, Buckley Woods H, Palfreyman S, Kaltenthaler E, Jones G & Michaels J (2017) . British Journal of Surgery, 104(11), 1424-1432.
  • Phillips P, Poku E, Essat M, Woods HB, Goka EA, Kaltenthaler EC, Shackley P, Walters S & Michaels JA (2017) . British Journal of Surgery, 104(10), 1273-1283.
  • Scope A, Essat M, Pandor A, Rafia R, Ward S, Wyld L, Cross S & Woods H (2017) . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 33(1), 32-45.
  • Harnan SE, Essat M, Gomersall T, Tappenden P, Pavord I, Everard M & Lawson R (2017) . Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 47(3), 410-429.
  • Phillips P, Poku E, Essat M, Woods HB, Goka EA, Kaltenthaler E, Walters S, Shackley P & Michaels J (2017) . European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 53(1), 77-88.
  • Duncan R, Essat M, Jones G, Booth A, Buckley Woods H, Poku E, Kaltenthaler E, Keetharuth AD, Palfreyman S & Michaels J (2017) . British Journal of Surgery, 104(4), 317-327.
  • Poku E, Duncan R, Keetharuth A, Essat M, Phillips P, Woods HB, Palfreyman S, Jones G, Kaltenthaler E & Michaels J (2016) . Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 14(1), 161-161.
  • Gomersal T, Harnan S, Essat M, Tappenden P, Wong R, Lawson R, Pavord I & Everard ML (2016) . Pediatric Pulmonology, 51(3), 316-328.
  • Essat M, Harnan S, Gomersall T, Tappenden P, Wong R, Pavord I, Lawson R & Everard M (2016) . European Respiratory Society.
  • Goka EA, Phillips P, Poku E, Essat M, Woods HB, Kaltenthaler E, Shackley P & Michaels J (2016) The relationship between hospital or surgeon volume and outcomes in lower limb vascular surgery in Europe. HTAi 2016 Abstract Book (ISUU), 131-`32.
  • Essat M, Tappenden P, Ren S, Bessey A, Archer R, Wong R, Lobo A & Hoque S (2015) . Pharmacoeconomics.
  • Harnan SE, Tappenden P, Essat M, Gomersall T, Minton J, Wong R, Pavord I, Everard M & Lawson R (2015) . Health Technology Assessment, 19(82).
  • Archer R, Paisley S, Essat M, Preston L & Thornhill M (2015) . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 31(1-2), 54-58.
  • Poku E, Rathbone J, Wong R, Everson-Hock E, Essat M, Pandor A & Wailoo A (2014) . BMJ Open, 4(7), e005244.
  • Kaltenthaler E, Essat M, Tappenden P & Paisley S (2014) . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 30(3), 333-340.
  • Essat M & Cooper K (2011) . Int J Cancer, 128(9), 2202-2214.
  • Allin SM, Horro‐Pita C, Essat M, Aspinall I & Shah P (2011) . ChemInform, 42(4).
  • Allin SM, Horro-Pita C, Essat M, Aspinall I & Shah P (2010) . SYNTHETIC COMMUN, 40(18), 2696-2711.
  • Allin SM, Essat M, Pita CH, Baird RD, McKee V, Elsegood M, Edgar M, Andrews DM, Shah P & Aspinall I (2005) . Org Biomol Chem, 3(5), 809-815.
  • Phillips P, poku E, Essat M, Woods HB, Goka EA, Kaltenthaler E, Shackley P, Walters S & Michaels JA () Carotid artery procedures and the volume-outcome relationship in Europe: a systematic review. British Journal of Surgery.

Conference proceedings

  • Essat M, Sutton A, Fuller G, Reid S, Smith JE, Hutchinson P, Perkins GD, Wilson MH, Lecky F & Pandor A (2024) . RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2024 Abstracts (pp A21.1-A21)
  • Goodacre S, Ren S, Essat M, Pandor A, Ren S, Clowes M, Bima P, Toyofuku M, McLatchie R, Bossone E & Wilson S (2024) . RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2024 Abstracts (pp A9.1-A9)
  • Wren J, Goodacre S, Pandor A, Essat M, Clowes M, Cooper G, Hinchliffe R, Reed M, Thomas S & Wilson S (2024) . RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2024 Abstracts (pp A17.1-A17)
  • White A, Wong R, Guest S, Carroll C, Essat M, Rowen D, Young VJ & Brazier JE (2022) COMPARING NON-ONCOLOGICAL RARE CONDITION SUBMISSIONS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE (NICE) VERSUS SCOTTISH MEDICINES CONSORTIUM (SMC) FROM 2001 TO 2021. VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 25(12) (pp S326-S327)
  • White A, Wong R, Guest S, Carroll C, Essat M, Rowen D, Young VJ & Brazier JE (2022) ANALYSIS OF NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS SUBMISSIONS TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE (NICE) AND THE SCOTTISH MEDICINES CONSORTIUM (SMC) FROM 2001 TO 2021. VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 25(12) (pp S314-S314)
  • Ibiloye EA & Essat M (2020) . Value in Health, Vol. 23 (pp S207-S207)
  • Ibiloye EA & Essat M (2020) FACTORS INFLUENCING THE UPTAKE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. VALUE IN HEALTH, Vol. 23 (pp S207-S207)
  • Williams I, Norman P, Essat M, Archer R, Coates E, Zarotti N, Clowes M, Beever D, Hackney G, White S , Stavroulakis T et al (2019) . Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, Vol. 20(suppl 1) (pp 310-310). Perth, Australia, 4 December 2019 - 4 December 2019.
  • Essat M, Buckley Woods H, Poku E, Kaltenthaler E & Michaels J (2018) . Value in Health, Vol. 21 (pp S392-S392)
  • Aber A, Essat M, Phillips P, Howard A, Poku E, Wood HB, Jones G, Kaltenthaler E & Michaels J (2017) . British Journal of Surgery, Vol. 104(Suppl 3) (pp 13-13). Dublin, Ireland, 18 January 2017 - 18 January 2017.
  • Aber A, Poku E, Phillips P, Essat M, Wood HB, Kaltenthaler E, Jones G & Michaels J (2017) . British Journal of Surgery, Vol. 104(Suppl 3) (pp 14-14). Dublin, Ireland, 18 January 2017 - 18 January 2017.
  • Essat M, Aber A, Phillips P, Poku E, Wood HB, Howard A, Palfreyman S, Kaltenthaler E, Jones G & Michaels J (2017) . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Vol. 33(S1) (pp 12-13). Rome, Italy, 17 June 2017 - 17 June 2017.
  • Harnan S, Essat M, Gomersall T, Tappenden P, Wong R, Lawson R, Pavord I & Everard M (2015) . Value in Health, Vol. 18(7) (pp A345-A345)
  • Duncan R, Jones G, Essat M, Poku E, Phillips P, Woods H, Booth A, Palfreyman S & Michaels J (2015) . Quality of Life Research, Vol. 24 (pp 77-77). Vancouver, Canada, 21 October 2015 - 21 October 2015.

Reports

  • Essat M, Poku E, Duncan R, Phillips P, Woods H, Palfreyman S, Jones G, Kaltenthaler E & Michaels J (2016) Patient reported out come measures in patients with abdominal a ortic a neurysms: a systematic review p rotocol
  • Duncan R, Booth A, Woods H, Essat M, Phillips P, Poku E, Kaltenthaler E, Jones G & Michaels J (2016) Understanding the experience and impact of living with a vascular condition from the patients perspective: a qualitative evidence synthesis protocol
  • Poku E, Essat M, Duncan R, Phillips P, Woods H, Palfreyman S, Jones G, Kaltenthaler E & Michaels J (2016) Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with peripheral artery disease: Protocol for a systematic review

Digital content

  • Phillips P, Shackley P, Kaltenthaler E, Poku E, Essat M & Woods HB Volume-outcome relationships in peripheral vascular surgery: a systematic review (protocol no. CRD42014014850 registered on PROSPERO).

Posters

  • Kearns B, Cooper K, Orr M, Essat M, Hamilton J & Cantrell A (2022) POSB7 Adverse events associated with antidepressants: a systematic literature review and network meta-analysis. Virtual ISPOR Europe 2021 Meeting.
  • Archer R, Clowes M, Hamilton J, Pandor A, Stevenson MD, Stevens JW, Hock ES & Essat M (2018) Addressing challenges in the conduct of a systematic review of clinical prediction models in rheumatoid arthritis. 25th Cochrane Colloquium, Edingurgh.
  • Hamilton J, Archer R, Stevens J, Stevenson M, Hock E, Clowes M, Essat M, Poku E & Pandor A (2018) Clinical prediction models for patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and evidence synthesis. MEMTAM (Methods for Evaluation of medical prediction Models, Test And Biomarkers), Utecht, The Nethe.
  • Woods HB, Phillips P, Poku E, Essat M, Goka EA, Kaltenthaler EC, Shackley P & Michaels J (2016) Searching for evidence for systematic reviews of volume outcome relationship in peripheral vascular surgery. 2016 HTAi Annual meeting, Tokyo Japan.
  • Phillips P, Poku E, Essat M, Woods HB, Goka EA, Kaltenthaler E, Shackley P & Michaels J (2016) Volume-outcome relationships in the treatment of AAA in Europe: a systematic review. Health Technology Assessment International (Tokyo).
  • Phillips P, Poku E, Essat M, Woods HB, Goka EA, Kaltenthaler E, Shackley P & Michaels J (2016) Volume-outcome relationships in peripheral vascular surgery: an overview of reviews. Health Technology Assessment International (Tokyo).
  • Poku E, Essat M, Duncan R, Phillips P, Woods H, Palfreyman S, jones G, Kaltenthaler E & Michaels J (2015) Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with peripheral artery disease: A systematic review. Health Technology Assessment international.
  • Essat M, Poku E, Duncan R, Phillips P, Woods H, Palfreyman S, jones G, Kaltenthaler E & Michaels (2015) Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm – A systematic review. Health Technology Assessment International.
  • Poku E, Rathbone J, Hock E, Essat M, Wong R, Pandor A & Wailoo A (2013) Safety of intravitreal bevacizumab as a monotherapy in ophthalmic conditions: systematic review. Health Technology Assessment International.
  • Jones G, Essat M, Poku E, Booth A, Palfreyman S, Kaltenthaler E, Duncan R, Woods HB, Michaels J & Phillips P Selecting Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA): Integrating Systematic Review and Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Methods (ISOQOL 22nd Annual Conference 21-24 October 2015).
  • Poku E, Essat M, Woods HB, Palfreyman S, Jones G, Kaltenthaler E, Duncan R, Michaels J & Phillips P Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with peripheral artery disease: a systematic review (HTAI 12th Annual Meeting 15-17 June 2015).
  • Harnan S, Essat M, Gomersall T, Tappenden P, Wong R, Lawson R, Pavord I & Everard M Exhaled nitric oxide for the diagnosis of asthma in children and adults: a systematic review.
  • Essat M, Poku E, Phillips P, Woods HB, Palfreyman S, Jones G, Duncan R, Kaltenthaler E & Michaels J Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (HTAI 12th Annual Meeting 15-17 June 2015).

Preprints

  • Robinson A, Thorne W, Wu BP, Pandor A, Essat M, Stevenson M & Song X (2023) , arXiv.
  • Cooper K, Essat M, Bessey A, Clowes M, Chilcott J & Hunter KD (2022) Diagnostic accuracy of biopsy versus full excision for diagnosis of oral cancer: a systematic review.
Research group

Research Students:

Asrar Alhadi

Teaching interests
  • I teach post graduate Masters students and supervise PhD students in a range of subjects including systematic reviews and critical appraisal techniques, meta-analysis, health research methods, and processes for health technology assessment.
  • I am a module lead for Study Design and Systematic Review Methods module (HAR6169) on MSc Health Economics and Decision Modelling.  
  • I Co-lead ScHARR's bespoke training course on systematic reviewing.
  • I am interested in supervising research students in areas such as systematic review methodology and reviews of complex interventions
Professional activities and memberships
  • Member of ScHARR Technology Assessment Group (ScHARR-TAG)
  • Member of ScHARR Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team
  • Development officer for UoS BAME Staff Network
  • Peer-reviewer for a number of Journals
  • Grant proposal and research report reviewer for the NIHR
  • Conference Abstract reviewers for Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) symposium

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