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Research outputs per year
Dr
James Watson (West)
2 King Richard 1 Road
Portsmouth
PO1 2FR
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
I am responsible for developing a research programme centred on health and social care of older people and aligned to the SHCP research theme ‘health and social care evidence and evaluation’. Current research projects include: (1) a systematic review funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment, exploring the use of shock-absorbing flooring for fall-related injury prevention in older people; (2) a service evaluation of an Age UK Portsmouth project aiming to reduce loneliness and isolation in older people and reduce the frequency of calls to the ambulance service; (3) a Cochrane systematic review on educational and psychological interventions for preventing falls in older adults; and (4) supporting an Innovate UK and Knowledge Transfer Network project (funded by Horizon 2020) called RCT4MANU, aimed at accelerating the use of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in innovation agencies. I supervise a range of postgraduate research students in areas aligned to my research interests and methodological expertise, including topics on falls prevention, healthy ageing environments, and social support in older age. I also manage the University of Portsmouth Ageing Network (UPAN), and support public involvement in research, innovation, and educational activities. Through UPAN, I work across the University and with the wider academic, business, and social communities, to help grow activities in the field of ageing across all academic disciplines, including research, innovation, teaching and community outreach.
Previously, I have been a Research Fellow and on a part-time secondment to the UK Cochrane Centre as a lecturer in systematic reviews. My PhD was a mixed methods study including an RCT, focus groups, interviews, and a systematic review. Prior to this, I undertook an MSc in Psychological Research Methods (distinction), and BSc (Hons) in Psychology (2:1). My research has included the first and only hospital-based pilot cluster RCT on shock absorbing flooring for fall-related injury prevention. I also have enjoyed working with Cochrane on training materials in research methods, including developing a suite of online learning materials, and I have been involved in the development of Cochrane’s risk of bias tool for cluster RCTs.
My research interests primarily lie in the fields of ageing and age-friendly environments.
Projects have included:
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Working paper
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Drahota-Towns, A. (Creator), Felix, L. (Creator), Raftery, J. (Creator), Keenan, B. (Creator), Lachance, C. (Creator), Mackey, D. C. (Creator), Markham, C. (Creator), Laing, A. (Creator), Farrell, K. (Creator) & Okunribido, O. (Creator), Open Science Framework, Feb 2021
Dataset
Drahota-Towns, A. & Kandala, N. I.
1/09/24 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
Mohagheghian, I., Drahota-Towns, A., Oldfield, M. & Sporea, R.
1/02/23 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
Mohagheghian, I., Sporea, R., Drahota-Towns, A. & Oldfield, M.
1/02/23 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
Drahota-Towns, A., Fullegar, L., Niederstrasser, N., Jadzinski, P., Roddis, J., Fogg, C., Gilbert, P., Tremlett, A., Porteous, L., Tavares, N. & Smith, S.
1/04/23 → 30/09/24
Project: Research
Amy Drahota-Towns (Peer reviewer) & Leah Fullegar (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Amy Drahota-Towns (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Amy Drahota-Towns (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Amy Drahota-Towns (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Amy Drahota-Towns (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review