Dr Wendy Baird BSc Hons (London), PhD (London), MSc (Leicester)
Director of NIHR Research Design Service for Yorkshire and the Humber
Director of Trent Research and Development Support Unit (RDSU)
NIHR RDSYH
Section of Public Health
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Office: Room 2037, 2nd Floor, Regent Court
Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 0819
Fax: +44 (0) 114 272 4095
email : w.o.baird@sheffield.ac.uk
Research Interests
Research has largely been related to assessment of health care needs in people with a disability with particular emphasis on oral health, multiple sclerosis and older people in rural areas.
Most recently the portfolio of research has been in the field of multiple sclerosis around the establishment of a population based register of people with MS in the UK.
Activities and Distinctions
- Member of National Research & Development Support Unit Research Education Support Group
- Member of Yorkshire and Humber R&D Strategy Working Group
- Member of UK Public Health Association, Yorkshire and Humber Committee
- Member of Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority Public Health Workforce Network
- Deputy Chair of Sheffield University Research Ethics Committee
- Chair of Mensberg
- Member of ScHARR Research Committee
- Reviewer for the British Dental Journal, Commission for Rural Communities, UKPHA
Grants
NIHR, Akehurst R, Cooke J, Walters S, Wailoo A, Baird WO, Clarke AE, Dixon S, Young T, Booth A, Brown J, Torgerson D. (2008 - 2013) Yorkshire and Humber Research Design Service. £5,000,000
Doncaster PCT, Baird WO, Cooper R. (April 2008) Domestic Violence Prevention Strategies: Interventions in Doncaster. £11,750
Barnsley PCT, Baird WO, Carlisle J, Smith C, Mosley H, Sherry R. (November 2007) Understanding Young People's Health Needs: Y10 Alcohol Study. £17,912
DEFRA, Baird WO, Peters J, Goyder E. (April 2006 - March 2007) The Health of Older People Living in Rural Areas: A research study of the determinants of health. £78,406
MS Society, Baird WO, Ford H, Busby M, Evangelou N, Zajicek J. (January - June 2006) Developing a UK MS Register: A national consultation study. £54,471
BDGH Small Grants, Davis-Reynolds L, Smith C, Blackburn S, Allsebrook J, Baird WO, Jackson RJ. (March 2005 - September 2005) Totally Improving the Health of the Children Study (TITCH). £9,247
South Yorkshire Workforce Development Confederation, Robinson PG, Baird WO. (June 2004 - January 2005) South Yorkshire Dental Workforce Study. £36,068
NHS Executive Trent Health Services Research Training Fellowships, Baird WO. (Sept 1999) Development and evaluation of a preventive oral health programme for MS patients: A randomised controlled trial. £104,747
Collaborations
- Dr Paul Bull, representative of MS patients
- Dr Claire Kennett, Register Development Manager, MS Society Scotland
- Dr Helen Ford, Consultant Neurologist, Leeds General Infirmary
- Prof John Zajicek, Consultant Neurologist, Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Plymouth and Derriford Hospital
- Dr Christopher Dugmore, Senior Community Dentist, Leicester
- Dr Lee Worthington, Associate Postgraduate Dean, South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority
- Prof Keith Abrahams, Professor of Medical Statistics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester
- Dr Cath McGrother, Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester
Published - Peer Reviewed Articles
Baird WO, Jackson RJ, Ford H, Evangelou N, Busby M, Bull P, Zajicek J. 2009). Holding identifiable information on patient disease registers: the views of people with MS on risk. Journal of Medical Education; 35:92-96.
Baird WO, McGrother CW, Abrams KR, Dugmore C, Jackson RJ. (2008). Access to dental services for people with a physical disability: A survey of general dental practitioners in Leicestershire. Community Dental Health; 25:248-252.
Baird WO, McGrother CW, Abrams KR, Dugmore C, Jackson RJ. (2007). Factors that influence the dental attendance pattern and maintenance of oral health for people with multiple sclerosis. British Dental Journal, Jan 13;202(1): E4; discussion 40-1
Baird WO, Jackson RJ, Worthington LS, Robinson PG. (2007). Perspectives of dentists in primary care ahead of the "new ways of working". British Dental Journal. May 26;202(10): E24; discussion 614-15
Jackson RJ, Baird WO, Worthington LS, Robinson PG. (2007). A survey to investigate the shortfalls in the dental care professionals (DCPs) workforce in South Yorkshire in 2004. Primary Dental Care 14(4):129-135
Jackson RJ, Baird WO, Davis-Reynolds L, Smith C, Blackburn S, Allsebrook J. (2007). The information needs and psychosocial experiences of parents: a qualitative study. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 25(1): 31-37
Jackson RJ, Baird WO, Davis-Reynolds L, Smith C, Blackburn S, Allsebrook J. (2007). The information requirements and information-seeking behaviours of health and social care professionals providing care to children with health care needs: A pilot study. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 24(2): 95-102
Johnson M, Baird WO, Goyder E. (2006). Understanding issues involved in the transfer of diabetes care to general practice: The patient perspective. Quality in Primary Care. 14(4):247-252
Postgraduate Students
- PHD - Nicola Clibbens, "An augmented Delphi survey of nurses' and service users' views about therapeutic care on acute mental health wards"
Section
Wendy Baird is based in the Public Health Section