Dr Shoba Dawson

BA, MSc, PhD

School of Medicine and Population Health

Senior Research Fellow

Shoba Dawson
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shoba.dawson@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Shoba Dawson
School of Medicine and Population Health
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She co-leads the which aims to increase evidence base for methodological approaches to improve inclusivity in trials therefore improving trial decision making, relevance and generalisability.

From 2013-2017, Shoba held an NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre Studentship that explored how patient and public involvement in health research can be made more inclusive. 

She co-leads the , which aims to reduce health inequalities through peer support, advocacy, training and research for primary care clinicians working in disadvantaged areas. 

Shoba is currently a co-Principal Investigator on a NIHR SPCR-funded study focusing on . 

She is also a co-Principal Investigator on a mixed-methods study exploring in the UK.

Shoba is happy to supervise MSc and PhD students and welcomes enquiries from potential students on projects in her areas of interest.

Research interests

My research focuses on addressing health inequalities through primary research and evidence synthesis. My research interests include inclusivity in trials, participatory research, patient and public involvement and engagement and evidence synthesis.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Thomas T, Jones L, Dawson S, Houghton C, Hunter A, O’Connell N & Biesty L (2026) . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 112202-112202.
  • Hua P, Dawson S & Phillips H (2026) . BMJ Open, 16(2), e109321-e109321.
  • Westlake D, Mahtani KR, Wong G, Gorenberg J, Santillo M, Husk K, Vougioukalou S, Baxter R, Dawson S, Potter CM , Warburton H et al (2026) . Health Expectations, 29(1).
  • Etemadi M, Macefield R, Avery K, Elliott D, Dawson S, Blencowe NS, Coyle M, Richards HS, Graham B, Jones E , Torkington A et al (2026) . BMJ Open, 16(2), e112489-e112489.
  • Todhunter‐Brown A, Petkovic J, Chang C, Griebler U, Hannigan A, Hilgart J, Hussain B, Jull J, Koscher‐Kien C, Ledinger D , Nussbaumer‐Streit B et al (2026) . Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods, 4(1).
  • Ocloo J, Surendran S, Robin B, Noel L, Gibson J & Dawson S (2025) . BMJ Open, 15(12), e108797-e108797.
  • Tierney S, Moore L, Westlake D, Dawson S, Fuller E, Husk K, Nunan D, Roberts P, Sabir L, Smith JR , Ukoumunne OC et al (2025) . Primary Health Care Research & Development, 26.
  • Dawson S, Ostrovska B, Treweek S, Gillies K, Witham M, Devane D, Khunti K, Bower P, Parker A, Soulsby I & Green H (2025) . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 112005-112005.
  • Treweek S, Dawson S, Khunti K, Akand M, Briel M, da Costa B, Drew C, Elias S, Fatemian H, Gill K , Gough A et al (2025) . Trials, 26(1).
  • Lotankar Y, Cheshire A, Ridge D, Chew‐Graham C, Smyth N, Knowles CR, Gopal D, Kingstone T & Dawson S (2025) . Health Expectations, 28(5).
  • Paramasivan S, Santos JD, Musse S, Kosar Z & Dawson S (2025) . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 186, 111922-111922.
  • Kashyap M, Chingono J, Shokraneh F, Duncan P & Dawson S (2025) . British Journal of General Practice, 75(suppl 1), bjgp25X741861-bjgp25X741861.
  • Duncan L, Essery R, Dawson S, Ismail Y, Baird J, Butcher K, Whight E, Johnson R & Huntley AL (2025) . BMJ Open, 15(4).
  • Dawson S, Turner K, Dawson S, Yardley T & Huntley A (2025) . British Journal of General Practice.
  • Quinn É, Dawson S, Holt J, Hossain S, Logullo P, O’Brien A, Smith M, Stewart D, Treweek S, Young C , Noone C et al (2025) . Research Involvement and Engagement, 11(1).
  • Faisal S, Birchley G, Wade J, Lane A, Malik F, Yardley T & Dawson S (2025) . Health Expectations, 28(2).
  • Gathani T, Dhaliwal B, Lwiindi J & Dawson S (2025) . BMJ Open, 15(3).
  • Tierney S, Gorenberg J, Santillo M, Westlake D, Wong G, Husk K, Vougioukalou S, Baxter R, Dawson S, Roberts N , Potter C et al (2025) . Lifestyle Medicine, 6(1).
  • Duncan P, Mears R, Begier E, Rouhbakhsh Halvaei S, Southern J, Porter SB, Hubler R, Oben G, Qian G, Lahuerta M , Davis T et al (2024) . BJGP Open, 8(4).
  • Khanum M, Dawson S, dos Santos J, Hajinur H, Conefrey C & Paramasivan S (2024) . Trials, 25(1).
  • McGrath C, Lasseter G, Hopewell‐ Kelly N, Anderson E, Brooks‐Pollock E, Christensen H, Denford S, Essery R, Dawson S, Schiller E , Silvonen T et al (2024) . Health Expectations, 27(6).
  • Sajjad P, Shepperd S, Dawson S, Dhaliwal B, Roberts N & Gathani T (2024) . BMJ Open, 14(11).
  • Hannes K, Thyssen P, Bengough T, Dawson S, Paque K, Talboom S, Tuand K, Vandendriessche T, van de Veerdonk W, Wopereis D & Vandamme A-M (2024) . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(9).
  • Uren A, Watson M, Dawson S, Williams A, McLeod H, Chandler D, Berry A & Cotterill N (2024) . Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 20(10), 1006-1013.
  • Uren A, Dawson S, Cotterill N, Williams A, McLeod H, Chandler D & Watson M (2024) . Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 20(8), 689-696.
  • Duncan P, Scott LJ, Dawson S, Munas M, Pyne Y, Chaplin K, Gaunt D, Guenette L & Salisbury C (2024) . BMJ Open, 14(4).
  • Masood Y, Alvarez Nishio A, Starling B, Dawson S, Salsberg J, Blackburn S, van Vliet E & Pittens CACM (2024) . European Journal of General Practice, 30(1).
  • Shah M, Blest F, Blackmur J, Laird A, Dawson S & Aning J (2024) . BJUI Compass, 5(5), 519-530.
  • Turner KM, Huntley A, Yardley T, Dawson S & Dawson S (2024) . Trials, 25.
  • Santos JD, Dawson S, Conefrey C, Isaacs T, Khanum M, Faisal S & Paramasivan S (2024) . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 167.
  • Dawson S, Johnson H, Huntley AL, Turner KM & McCahon D (2024) . British Journal of General Practice, 74(740), e183-e188.
  • McGrath C, Kennedy M-R, Gibson A, Musse S, Kosar Z & Dawson S (2023) . Research Involvement and Engagement, 9(1).
  • Ho L, Lloyd K, Taylor-Rowan M, Dawson S, Logan M, Leitch S, Quinn TJ, Shenkin SD, Parry SW, Jarman H & Henderson EJ (2023) . Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 24(11), 1726-1745.
  • Johnson R, Kovalenko AG, Blakeman T, Panagioti M, Lawton M, Dawson S, Duncan P, Fraser SD, Valderas J, Chilcott S , Goulding R et al (2023) . BJGP Open, 7(4).
  • Silverwood V, Bullock L, Jordan J, Turner K, Chew-Graham CA, Kingstone T & Dawson S (2023) . BJGP Open, 7(3).
  • Lewis NV, Bierce A, Feder GS, Macleod J, Turner KM, Zammit S & Dawson S (2023) . Health & Social Care in the Community, 2023.
  • Babatunde OO, Dawson S, Brammar J, Parton L, Dziedzic K & Adebajo AO (2022) . BMC Rheumatology, 6(1).
  • Dawson S, Banister K, Biggs K, Cotton S, Devane D, Gardner H, Gillies K, Gopalakrishnan G, Isaacs T, Khunti K , Nichol A et al (2022) . TRIALS, 23(1).
  • Bengough T, Dawson S, Cheng H, McFadden A, Gavine A, Rees R, Sacks E & Hannes K (2022) . Maternal & Child Nutrition, 18(4).
  • Babatunde OO, Dawson S, Brammar J, Dziedzic K & Adebajo AO (2022) . Rheumatology, 61(Supplement_1).
  • Richards DP, Cobey KD, Proulx L, Dawson S, de Wit M & Toupin-April K (2022) . Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(1).
  • Smith M, Dawson S, Andrews RC, Eriksson SH, Selsick H, Skyrme-Jones A, Udayaraj U, Rees J, Strong E, Henderson EJ & Drake MJ (2022) . European Urology Focus, 8(1), 89-97.
  • Reyes PBG, Butcher K, Cotterill N, Drake MJ, Gimson A, Gogola L, Henderson EJ, Huntley AL, Rees J, Strong E , Wong C et al (2022) . European Urology Focus, 8(1), 26-32.
  • van Merode NAM, Dawson S, Coulthard E, Henderson EJ, Rice CM, Rees J, Smith M, Strong E, Cotterill N, Huntley AL & Drake MJ (2022) . European Urology Focus, 8(1), 33-41.
  • Ridgway A, Cotterill N, Dawson S, Drake MJ, Henderson EJ, Huntley AL, Rees J, Strong E, Dudley C & Udayaraj U (2022) . European Urology Focus, 8(1), 18-25.
  • Papworth E, Dawson S, Henderson EJ, Eriksson SH, Selsick H, Rees J, Gimson A, Strong E, Cotterill N, Huntley AL & Drake MJ (2022) . European Urology Focus, 8(1), 42-51.
  • Dawson S, Duncan L, Ahmed A, Gimson A, Henderson EJ, Rees J, Strong E, Drake MJ, Cotterill N, Huntley AL & Andrews RC (2022) . European Urology Focus, 8(1), 52-59.
  • Roberts K, Gilbertson A, Dawson S, Turner N & Ridd MJ (2022) . Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 52(3), 442-446.
  • McCahon D, Denholm RE, Huntley AL, Dawson S, Duncan P & Payne RA (2021) . BMC Medicine, 19(1).
  • Dawson S, Bierce A, Feder G, Macleod J, Turner KM, Zammit S & Lewis NV (2021) . BMJ Open, 11(2), e042112-e042112.
  • Ocloo J, Garfield S, Franklin BD & Dawson S (2021) . Health Research Policy and Systems, 19(1).
  • Gilbertson A, Ridd MJ, Sutton E, Liddiard L, Clayton J, Roberts A, Chan J, Bhanot A, Wellesley R & Dawson S (2021) . Research Involvement and Engagement, 7(1).
  • Tierney S, Dawson S, Boylan A-M, Richards G, Park S, Turk A & Babatunde O (2021) . Research Involvement and Engagement, 7(1).
  • Abrams R, Park S, Wong G, Rastogi J, Boylan A, Tierney S, Petrova M, Dawson S & Roberts N (2021) . Research Synthesis Methods, 12(2), 239-247.
  • Dawson S, Ruddock A, Parmar V, Morris R, Cheraghi-Sohi S, Giles S & Campbell S (2020) . Research Involvement and Engagement, 6(1).
  • Blickem C, Dawson S, Kirk S, Vassilev I, Mathieson A, Harrison R, Bower P & Lamb J (2018) . Sage Open, 8(3).
  • Dawson S, Campbell SM, Giles SJ, Morris RL & Cheraghi‐Sohi S (2018) . Health Expectations, 21(1), 3-22.
  • Ocloo J, Garfield S, Dawson S & Dean Franklin B (2017) . BMJ Open, 7(10), e018426-e018426.
  • Panagioti M, Panagopoulou E, Bower P, Lewith G, Kontopantelis E, Chew-Graham C, Dawson S, van Marwijk H, Geraghty K & Esmail A (2017) . JAMA Internal Medicine, 177(2), 195-195.
  • Gaffney H, Blakeman T, Blickem C, Kennedy A, Reeves D, Dawson S, Mossabir R, Bower P, Gardner C, Lee V & Rogers A (2014) . BMC Family Practice, 15(1).
  • Blickem C, Blakeman T, Kennedy A, Bower P, Reeves D, Gardner C, Lee V, Chew-Graham C, Richardson G, Brooks H , Dawson S et al (2013) . Trials, 14(1), 28-28.
  • Lawton R, Ashley L, Dawson S, Waiblinger D & Conner M (2012) . British Journal of Health Psychology, 17(4), 854-871.
  • Daher-Nashif S, Fisher T, Dawson S, Tierney S, Hamer-Hunt J, Forsyth J, Chew-Graham C, Boylan A-M & Babatunde OO () . Journal of Health Psychology.
  • Faisal S, Wade J, dos Santos J, Lane JA, Birchley G, Dawson S & Dawson S () . Trials, 27(1).
  • Duncan P, Yung N, Dawson S, Howe LD, Cameron A, Sargent K, Dawson S, Salisbury C & Payne RA () . BJGP Open, BJGPO.2025.0234-BJGPO.2025.0234.
  • Tierney S, Moore L, Westlake D, Mahtani K, Nunan D, Husk K, Dawson S, Smith J, Fuller E, Sabir L , Roberts P et al () . BJGP Open, BJGPO.2024.0128-BJGPO.2024.0128.
  • Kunonga TP, Thomson KH, Beyer FR, Dawson S, Brittain K & Craig D () . Journal of Long-Term Care.
  • McGrath C, Kennedy M, Gibson A, Musse S, Kosar Z & Dawson S () . Research Involvement and Engagement, 10(1).
  • Felton N, Lewis JS, Cockburn S-J, Hodgson M & Dawson S () . Geriatrics, 6(4), 101-101.
  • Dawson S, Kunonga P, Beyer F, Spiers G, Booker M, McDonald R, Cameron A, Craig D, Hanratty B, Salisbury C & Huntley A () . F1000Research, 9, 857-857.
  • Blakeman T, Blickem C, Kennedy A, Reeves D, Bower P, Gaffney H, Gardner C, Lee V, Jariwala P, Dawson S , Mossabir R et al () . PLoS ONE, 9(10), e109135-e109135.

Conference proceedings

  • Carlton H, Thomas-Orogan K, Okpii E, Drake M, Dawson S & Aning J (2025) Enrolment of racial and ethnic minority group patients in contemporary non-prostate cancer urological clinical trials: A systematic review. EUROPEAN UROLOGY, Vol. 87
  • Kumar P, Haq Z, Rohit S & Dawson S (2024) Patient And Public Engagement Involvement With South Asian Community To Co-Develop Rehabilitation Exercise Videos Project Grant Application. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE, Vol. 19(3_SUPPL) (pp 126-126)
  • Babatunde O, Dawson S, Adebajo A & Dziedzic K (2022) . Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Vol. 81 (pp 127-127)
  • Babatunde OO, Dawson S, Brammar J, Dziedzic K & Adebajo AO (2022) THE ALLIANCE - A FRAMEWORK FOR CONCEPTUALISING PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN RHEUMATIC AND MUSCULOSKELETAL GUIDELINES IMPLEMENTATION. RHEUMATOLOGY, Vol. 61

Reports

  • Dawson S, Imison C & Kaur M (2022) Supporting equity and tackling inequality: how can NIHR promote inclusion in public partnerships? A themed review

Preprints

  • Ismail H, Dawson S & Shiely F (2026) , Elsevier BV.
  • Faisal S, Wade J, Santos JD, Lane A, Birchley G, Dawson S & Dawson S (2025) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Paramasivan S, Dos Santos J, Musse S, Kosar Z & Dawson S (2025) , Elsevier BV.
  • Dawson S, Ostrovska B, Treweek S, Gillies K, Witham MD, Devane D, Khunti K, Bower P, Parker A, Soulsby I & Green H (2025) , Elsevier BV.
  • Cotterill N, Uren A, Williams A, Chandler D, McLeod H, Dawson S & Watson M (2024) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Quinn É, Dawson S, Holt J, Hossain S, Logullo P, O'Brien A, Smith M, Stewart D, Treweek S, Young C , Noone C et al (2024) , Center for Open Science.
  • McGrath C, Kennedy M-R, Gibson A, Musse S, Kosar Z & Dawson S (2023) , Research Square Platform LLC.