Dr Doug Simkiss

Douglas Simkiss

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Associate Professor in Child Health

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Mental Health & Wellbeing
Room B028
Medical School Building
Gibbet Hill Campus
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL 		Tel: 024 7657 5289
Fax: 024 7652 8375
Email: D.E.Simkiss@warwick.ac.uk

 

RESEARCH PROFILE


  • Looked after children

  • Childhood disability
  • International child health

BACKGROUND


I am an Associate Professor in Child Health and an honorary Consultant Paediatrician in Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust . I am the designated doctor for looked after children for Birmingham, the largest local authority in the country. My research interests are in the health needs of vulnerable children, especially looked after children and disabled children, and international child health. My PhD investigated the health service use of families where children go into public care and I am currently a member of the NICE / SCIE Topic Expert Group that is developing quality standards to promote health and wellbeing for looked after children and young people that will report in 2013. I am a member of the British Academy of Childhood Disability's Strategic Research Group. From 2011 -14 I am a co-investigator on the ETATMBA project training non physician clinicians in advanced obstetric and neonatal care in Malawi and Tanzania.

RESEARCH PROJECTS


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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence / Social Care Institute for Excellence (2010) 'Promoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people', NICE / SCIE guidance on promoting quality of life for this vulnerable population. [Report]
  • Simkiss, D. E., Snooks, H. A., Stallard, N., Davies, S., Thomas, M. A., Anthony, B., Winstanley, S., Wilson, L. and Stewart-Brown, S.(2010) 'Measuring the impact and costs of a universal group based parenting programme: protocol and implementation of a trial ' BMC Public Health 10 364 (1471-2458) [article]
  • Simkiss, D.E., et al.(2011) 'Childhood disability and socio-economic circumstances in low and middle income countries : systematic review' BMC Pediatrics 11 (1), (1471-2431) [article]
  • Coghill, J.E. and Simkiss, D.E.(2010) 'Do lycra garments improve function and movement in children with cerebral palsy?' Archives Of Disease In Childhood. Education and Practice Edition 95 (5), 393 - 395 (0003-9888) [article]
  • Simkiss, D.(2009) 'What does the Journal of Tropical Pediatrics want to publish?' Journal Of Tropical Pediatrics 55 (6), 347 - 348 (0142-6338)

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