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Staff Member Biography

Dr Peter Craig

position: Programme Manager, MRC Population Health Sciences Research Networkprogramme: None

Contact Details

email:
phone: 0141 357 7552

Address

MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
University of Glasgow
4 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RZ

Biography and Interests

Peter Craig has an MSc in Epidemiology from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD from the University of Bristol. He is programme manager for the MRC Population Health Sciences Research Network, and a research manager at the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Executive Health Department, where he is responsible for public health research.

Publications

Craig P, Cooper C, Gunnell D, Haw S, Lawson K, Macintyre S, Ogilvie D, Petticrew M, Reeves B, Sutton M, Thompson S. Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: new Medical Research Council guidance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2012;[epub ahead of print].

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Craig P, Cooper C, Gunnell D, Haw S, Lawson K, Macintyre S, Ogilvie D, Petticrew M, Reeves B, Sutton M, Thompson S. Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions. Glasgow: Medical Research Council, 2011.

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Bond L, Craig P, Egan M, Skivington K, Thomson H. Health improvement programmes: really too complex to evaluate? (Letter). British Medical Journal 2010; 340:c1332.

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Bond L, Craig P, Egan M, Skivington K, Thomson H. MRC guidelines and the evaluation of health improvement programmes: are health improvement programmes really too complex to assess their effectiveness? (Rapid response). BMJ.com 2010; 340; February 18th.

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Gray L, Batty GD, Craig P, Stewart C, Whyte B, Findlayson B, Leyland AH. Cohort Profile: The Scottish Health Surveys Cohort:  linkage of study participants to routinely collected records for mortality, hospital discharge, cancer and offspring birth characteristics in three nationwide studies. International Journal of Epidemiology 2010; 39:345-50.

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Craig P, Dieppe P, Macintyre S, Michie S, Nazareth I, Petticrew M. Developing and evaluating complex interventions. London: Medical Research Council, 2008.
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Craig P, Dieppe P, Macintyre S, Michie S, Nazareth I, Petticrew M. Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance. British Medical Journal 2008; 337:a1655.
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