Lewis, Ruth, Cooper, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8660-6721, Jarrom, David, Mann, Mala, Law, Rebecca-Jane, Edwards, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1885-9297, Carrier, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2657-2280, Shaw, Hannah, Winfield, Tom, Spencer, Llinos Haf, Noyes, Jane, Morgan, Helen, Washington, Jennifer, Hasler, Elise, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Doe, Elizabeth, Joseph-Williams, Natalie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-2969 and Edwards, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-4446
2025.
A bespoke rapid evidence review process engaging stakeholders for supporting evolving and time-sensitive policy and clinical decision-making: reflection and lessons learned from the Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre 2021-2023.
Health Research Policy and Systems
23
(1)
, 36.
10.1186/s12961-025-01297-w
|
|
|
Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Cooper, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8660-6721, Joseph-Williams, Natalie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-2969, Doe, Elizabeth, Lewis, Ruth, Law, Rebecca Jane, Anstey, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2295-3761, Davies, Nathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6104-9241, Walters, Amy, Orford, Robert, Collins, Brendan, Trigg, Lisa, Roberts, Chris, Meredith, Sarah, Macey, Steven, Carson-Stevens, Andrew, Greenwell, Jane, Coomber, Ffion and Edwards, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-4446
2024.
Knowledge mobilisation of rapid evidence reviews to inform health and social care policy and practice in a public health emergency: Appraisal of the Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre processes and impact, 2021–23.
PLoS ONE
19
(11)
, e0314461.
10.1371/journal.pone.0314461
|
|
|
Csontos, Judit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-3052, Edwards, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1885-9297, Gillen, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3700-3913, Carrier, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2657-2280, Lewis, Ruth, Cooper, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8660-6721, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Davies, Luke John, Law, Rebecca-Jane, Greenwell, Jane and Edwards, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-4446
2023.
A two-stage rapid umbrella review of interventions relevant to the Welsh context to support recruitment and retention of clinical staff.
Presented at: Cochrane Colloquium 2023,
London, UK,
4-6 September 2023.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
, vol.1
(S1)
10.1002/14651858.CD202301
|
|
|
Edwards, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1885-9297, Trigg, Lisa, Carrier, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2657-2280, Cooper, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8660-6721, Csontos, Judit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-3052, Day, John, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Gillen, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3700-3913, Lewis, Ruth and Edwards, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-4446
2023.
Stakeholder engagement in a rapid review to determine the effectiveness of interventions to attract, recruit and retain social care workers.
Presented at: Cochrane Colloquium 2023,
London, UK,
4-6 September 2023.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
, vol.1
(Supp 1)
p. 36950.
10.1002/14651858.CD202301
|
|
|
Edwards, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1885-9297, Csontos, Judit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-3052, Carrier, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2657-2280, Gillen, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3700-3913, Lewis, Ruth, Cooper, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8660-6721, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Law, Rebecca-Jane, Greenwell, Jane and Edwards, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-4446
2022.
A rapid review of the effectiveness of interventions and innovations relevant to the Welsh NHS context to support recruitment and retention of clinical staff. Report RR00028.
[Project Report].
Health and Care Research Wales Website:
Wales COVID-19 Evidence Centre.
Available at: https://healthandcareresearchwales.org/innovations...
|
|
Phillips, Rhiannon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4256-4598, Stanton, Helen, Singh-Mehta, Amina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9962-2464, Gillespie, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, Bates, Janine, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Thomas-Jones, Emma, Lowe, Rachel, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Llor, Carl, Melbye, Hasse, Cals, Jochen, White, Patrick, Butler, Christopher and Francis, Nick
2020.
C-Reactive Protein-guided antibiotic prescribing for COPD exacerbations: a qualitative evaluation.
British Journal of General Practice
70
(696)
, e505-e523.
10.3399/bjgp20X709865
|
|
|
Francis, Nick A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Gillespie, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, White, Patrick, Bates, Janine, Lowe, Rachel, Sewell, Bernadette, Phillips, Rhiannon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4256-4598, Stanton, Helen, Kirby, Nigel, Wootton, Mandy, Thomas-Jones, Emma, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Llor, Carl, Cals, Jochen, Melbye, Hasse, Naik, Gurudutt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-2042, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Fitzsimmons, Deborah, Alam, Mohammed Fasihul, Riga, Evgenia, Cochrane, Ann and Butler, Christopher C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453
2020.
C-reactive protein point-of-care testing for safely reducing antibiotics for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the PACE RCT.
Health Technology Assessment
24
, 15.
10.3310/hta24150
|
|
|
Gobat, N., Butler, C.C., Mollison, J., Francis, N.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Gal, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Harris, V., Webb, S.A.R., Byrne, J.-P., Watkins, A., Sukumar, P., Hood, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 and Nichol, A.
2019.
What the public think about participation in medical research during an influenza pandemic: an international cross-sectional survey.
Public Health
177
, pp. 80-94.
10.1016/j.puhe.2019.07.005
|
|
|
Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Gobat, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-557X, Francis, Nicholas A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Butler, Christopher C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453, Bielicki, Julia, Fraaij, Pieter L., Sharland, Mike, Jarvis, Jessica, van Rossum, Annemarie M.C., Heikkinen, Terho, Martinon-Torres, Federico, Herberg, Jethro, Watkins, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1212-513X, Webb, Steve A.R., Moore, Ronnie, Sukumar, Prasanth and Nichol, Alistair
2019.
Priority needs for conducting pandemic-relevant clinical research with children in Europe: A consensus study with pediatric clinician-researchers.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
35
(5)
, e82-e86.
10.1097/INF.0000000000002204
|
|
|
Jones, Leah, Hawking, Meredith, Owens, Rebecca, Lecky, Donna, Francis, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Butler, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X and McNulty, Cliodna
2018.
An evaluation of the TARGET Antibiotics Toolkit (Treat Antibiotics Responsibly; Guidance, Education, Tools) to improve antimicrobial stewardship in primary care - is it fit for purpose?
Family Practice
35
(4)
, pp. 461-467.
10.1093/fampra/cmx131
|
|
|
Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Francis, Nicholas A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Villacian, Jorge, Goossens, Herman, Watkins, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1212-513X and Butler, Christopher C.
2018.
Matching diagnostics development to clinical need: Target product profile development for a point of care test for community-acquired lower respiratory tract infection.
PLoS ONE
13
(8)
, e0200531.
10.1371/journal.pone.0200531
|
|
|
Butler, Christopher C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453, Francis, Nick A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Thomas-Jones, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-2786, Longo, Mirella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9867-3806, Wootton, Mandy, Llor, Carl, Little, Paul, Moore, Michael, Bates, Janine, Pickles, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7743-0234, Kirby, Nigel, Gillespie, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, Rumsby, Kate, Brugman, Curt, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 and Verheij, Theo
2018.
Point-of-care urine culture for managing urinary tract infection in primary care: a randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness.
British Journal of General Practice
68
(669)
, e268-e278.
10.3399/bjgp18X695285
|
|
Gobat, Nina Helene ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1558-557X, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Butler, Christopher Collett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453, Webb, Steve A.R., Francis, Nicholas Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Stanton, Helen, Anthierens, Sibyl, Bastiaens, Hilde, Godycki-?wirko, Maciek, Kowalczyk, Anna, Pons-Vigués, Mariona, Pujol-Ribera, Enriqueta, Berenguera, Anna, Watkins, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1212-513X, Sukumar, Prasanth, Moore, Ronald G., Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 and Nichol, Alistair
2018.
Talking to the people that really matter about their participation in pandemic clinical research: a qualitative study in four European countries.
Health Expectations
21
(1)
, pp. 387-395.
10.1111/hex.12634
|
|
|
Butler, Christopher C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453, Francis, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, Thomas-Jones, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-2786, Llor, Carl, Bongard, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5957-6280, Moore, Michael, Little, Paul, Bates, Janine, Lau, Many ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5894-570X, Pickles, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7743-0234, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Wootton, Mandy, Kirby, Nigel, Gillespie, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, Rumbsy, Kate, Brugman, Curt, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 and Verheij, Theo
2017.
Variations in presentation, management, and patient outcomes of urinary tract infection: a prospective four-country primary care observational cohort study.
British Journal of General Practice
67
(665)
, e830-e841.
10.3399/bjgp17X693641
|
|
|
Bates, Janine, Francis, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-7312, White, Patrick, Gillespie, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, Thomas-Jones, Emma, Breen, Rachel, Kirby, Nigel, Hood, Kerry, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Phillips, Rhiannon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4256-4598, Naik, Gurudutt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-2042, Cals, Jochen, Llor, Carl, Melbye, Hasse, Wootton, Mandy, Riga, Evgenia, Cochrane, Ann, Howe, Robin, Fitzsimmons, Deborah, Sewell, Bernadette, Alam, Mohammed Fasihul and Butler, Christopher C.
2017.
General practitioner use of a C-reactive protein point-of-care test to help target antibiotic prescribing in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (the PACE study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Trials
18
, 422.
10.1186/s13063-017-2144-8
|
|
|
Hullegie, Saskia, Wootton, Mandy, Verheij, Theo J.M., Thomas-Jones, Emma, Bates, Janine, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Francis, Nick A, Little, Paul, Moore, Michael, Llor, Carl, Pickles, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7743-0234, Gillespie, David, Kirby, Nigel, Brugman, Curt and Butler, Christopher C.
2017.
Clinicians' interpretations of point of care urine culture versus laboratory culture results: analysis from the four-country POETIC trial of diagnosis of uncomplicated urinary tract infection in primary care.
Family Practice
34
(4)
, pp. 392-399.
10.1093/fampra/cmx009
|
|
|
Hawking, Meredith KD, Lecky, Donna M, Touboul Lundgren, Pia, Aldigs, Eman, Abdulmajed, Hind, Ioannidou, Eleni, Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Demetra, Khouri, Pauline, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Hadjichambis, Andreas Ch., Mappouras, Demetrios and McNulty, Cliodna AM
2017.
Attitudes and behaviours of adolescents towards antibiotics and self-care for respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study.
BMJ Open
7
(5)
, e015308.
10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015308
|
|
|
Deakin, A. G., Jones, G. R., Spencer, J. W., Bongard, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5957-6280, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Sufian, A. T. and Butler, Christopher Collett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453
2014.
A portable system for identifying urinary tract infection in primary care using a PC-based chromatic technique.
Physiological Measurement
35
(5)
, pp. 793-805.
10.1088/0967-3334/35/5/793
|
|
Downing, Harriet, Thomas-Jones, Emma, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Waldron, Cherry-Ann ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8465-2492, Sterne, Jonathan, Hollingworth, William, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631, Delaney, Brendan, Little, Paul, Howe, Robin A., Wootton, Mandy, MacGowan, Alastair, Butler, Christopher Collett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453 and Hay, Alastair D.
2012.
The diagnosis of urinary tract infections in young children (DUTY): Protocol for a diagnostic and prospective observational study to derive and validate a clinical algorithm for the diagnosis of UTI in children presenting to primary care with an acute illness.
BMC Infectious Diseases
12
(1)
, 158.
10.1186/1471-2334-12-158
|
|
|
Soki, J., Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Brazier, J. S., Rotimi, V. O., Urban, E., Nagy, E. and Duerden, B. I.
2006.
Molecular investigation of genetic elements contributing to metronidazole resistance in Bacteroides strains.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
57
(2)
, pp. 212-220.
10.1093/jac/dki443
|
|
Batty, A., Wren, M. W. and Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X
2005.
Fusobacterium necrophorum as the cause of recurrent sore throat: comparison of isolates from persistent sore throat syndrome and Lemierre's disease.
Journal of Infection
51
(4)
, pp. 299-306.
10.1016/j.jinf.2004.09.013
|
|
Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Northey, Gemma and Brazier, J. S.
2005.
A modified pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) protocol for subtyping previously non-PFGE typeable isolates of Clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction ribotype 001.
Journal of Hospital Infection
61
(3)
, pp. 231-236.
10.1016/j.jhin.2005.01.017
|
|
Northey, Gemma, Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Rahmati, A. and Brazier, J. S.
2005.
Subtyping of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 001 by REP-PCR and PFGE.
Journal of Medical Microbiology
54
(Pt6)
, pp. 543-547.
10.1099/jmm.0.45989-0
|
|
Rahmati, A., Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Northey, Gemma and Brazier, J. S.
2005.
Subtyping of Clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotype 001 by repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR genomic fingerprinting.
Journal of Hospital Infection
60
(1)
, pp. 56-60.
10.1016/j.jhin.2004.09.034
|
|
Brazier, J. S., Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Hall, Val and Morris, Trefor E.
2004.
Outbreak of Clostridium histolyticum infections in injecting drug users in England and Scotland.
Eurosurveillance
9
(9)
, pp. 15-16.
|
|
Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X and Brazier, J. S.
2004.
Metronidazole resistance in Bacteroides spp. carrying nim genes and the selection of slow-growing metronidazole-resistant mutants.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
54
(1)
, pp. 109-116.
10.1093/jac/dkh296
|
|
Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Preston, G. M., Massey, R. C., Spiers, A. J. and Rainey, P. B.
2003.
Genes encoding a cellulosic polymer contribute toward the ecological success of Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 on plant surfaces.
Molecular Ecology
12
(11)
, pp. 3109-3121.
10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01953.x
|
|
Heddle, C., Nobbs, A. H., Jakubovics, N. S., Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X, Mansell, J. P., Dymock, D. and Jenkinson, H. F.
2003.
Host collagen signal induces antigen I/II adhesin and invasin gene expression in oral Streptococcus gordonii.
Molecular Microbiology
50
(2)
, pp. 597-607.
10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03711.x
|
|
Brazier, J. S., Hall, Val, Morris, Trefor E., Gal, Micaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-190X and Duerden, Brian Ion
2003.
Antibiotic susceptibilities of Gram-positive anaerobic cocci: results of a sentinel study in England and Wales.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
52
(2)
, pp. 224-228.
10.1093/jac/dkg316
|
|



Up a level