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Research Focus
Professor Kee is the Director of the Centre for Public Health in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, and previously directed one of the UKCRC Centres of Excellence for Public Health Research (2008-2018).
He currently serves on a number of UKRI scientific advisory and funding panels including the MRC Career Development Awards and Fellowship panel, the Better Methods for Better Research Panel and the Longitudinal Studies Panel, having previously served on the MRC Population and Systems Medicine panel and the Public Health Intervention Development Panel.
He previously chaired the NIHR Public Health Funding Board (until 2019) and sits on the Advisory Board for the NIHR School of Public Health.
Research Interests
Professor Kee’s interests span a wide range of subjects in epidemiology, public health, health services research and complexity science and in finding better ways to evaluate the impact of our academic endeavours, both methodologically and in terms of knowledge mobilisation that can impact policy and practice.
Research Statement
Professor Kee maintains active collaborations with international cardiovascular epidemiology consortia and with a range of methodologists developing novel methods for evaluation of complex systems and complex interventions in public health.
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Research Funding:
Professor Kee’s research has been supported by a range of funders including MRC, ESRC, NIHR, Wellcome Trust and UKCRC.
Accepting Students:
Professor Kee has supervised over 30 doctoral students covering a wide range of topics in epidemiology, health services research, public health, trials, health economics and mixed methods. His students have come from a wide range of non-clinical and clinical backgrounds.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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):
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R2733CPH: Using data science to determine the best combination of factors for the diagnosis of AMD and to detect clinical change over time
Hogg, R., Hua, Y., Kee, F., Lengyel, I., McKnight, A. J., Sousa, J. & Wright, D.
03/08/2020 → …
Project: Research
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R2571CEM: Nudge-based intervention supported by real-time data analytics to improve mechanical ventilator wean
Blackwood, B., Dempster, M., Gillan, C., Kee, F., Lohfeld, L., Marshall, A., Novakovic, A. & Shyamsundar, M.
04/06/2019 → …
Project: Research
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R1917CNR: Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)
Lawler, M., Blayney, J., Coleman, H., Dunne, P., Heaney, L., Kee, F., McArt, D., Nikolopoulos, D., O'Reilly, D., Overton, I., Salto-Tellez, M. & Woods, R.
29/10/2018 → …
Project: Research
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R1971CPH: A study of the implementation of population-based bowel cancer screening in Malaysia
Donnelly, M., Cardwell, C., Kee, F. & O'Neill, C.
22/10/2018 → …
Project: Research
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Implementation of a home-based colorectal cancer screening intervention in Malaysia (CRC-SIM)
Schliemann, D., Ramanathan, K., Ibrahim Tamin, N. S. B., O'Neill, C., Cardwell, C. R., Ismail, R., Kassim, Z., Kee, F., Su, T. T. & Donnelly, M., 06 Jan 2023, In: BMC Cancer. 23, 22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigating the impact of a 20 miles per hour speed limit intervention on road traffic collisions, casualties, speed and volume in Belfast, UK: 3 year follow-up outcomes of a natural experiment
Hunter, R. F., Cleland, C. L., Busby, J., Nightingale, G., Kee, F., Williams, A. J., Kelly, P., Kelly, M. P., Milton, K., Kokka, K. & Jepson, R., Jan 2023, In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 77, 1, p. 17–25 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A blood DNA methylation biomarker for predicting short-term risk of cardiovascular events
Cappozzo, A., McCrory, C., Robinson, O., Freni Sterrantino, A., Sacerdote, C., Krogh, V., Panico, S., Tumino, R., Iacoviello, L., Ricceri, F., Sieri, S., Chiodini, P., McKay, G. J., McKnight, A. J., Kee, F., Young, I. S., McGuinness, B., Crimmins, E. M., Arpawong, T. E., Kenny, R. A. & 6 others, , 29 Sep 2022, In: Clinical Epigenetics. 14, 121.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids
Million Veterans Program, Ramdas, S., Judd, J., Graham, S. E., Kanoni, S., Wang, Y., Surakka, I., Wenz, B., Clarke, S. L., Chesi, A., Wells, A., Bhatti, K. F., Vedantam, S., Winkler, T. W., Locke, A. E., Marouli, E., Zajac, G. J. M., Wu, K-H. H., Ntalla, I., Hui, Q. & 31 others, , 04 Aug 2022, In: The American Journal of Human Genetics. 109, 8, p. 1366-1387 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An investigation into DNA methylation patterns associated with risk preference in older individuals
Smyth, L. J., Cruise, S. M., Tang, J., Young, I., McGuinness, B., Kee, F., McKnight, A. J. & On behalf of NICOLA , 01 Oct 2022, In: Epigenetics. 17, 10, p. 1159-1172 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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QUB Staff Excellence Awards: shortlisted for Team of the Year 2019 (awarded 2020)
McKnight, Amy Jayne (Recipient), Maxwell, Peter (Recipient), Kee, Frank (Recipient), Smyth, Laura (Recipient), McMullan, Julie (Recipient), Cañadas Garre, M. (Recipient), McAneney, H. (Recipient), Kilner, Jill (Recipient), Wooster, C. (Recipient), Kerr, Katie (Recipient), Crowe, Ashleen (Recipient), Bailie, C. (Recipient), Anderson, K. (Recipient), Cappa, Ruaidhri (Recipient) & Skelly, R. (Recipient), 07 Feb 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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A qualitative exploration of the mechanisms, pathways and public health outcomes of a city centre 20mph speed limit intervention.
Claire Cleland (Presenter), Frank Kee (Contributor), Graham Baker (Contributor), Kieran Turner (Contributor), Ruth Jepson (Contributor), Glenna Nightingale (Contributor), Karen Milton (Contributor), Michael P. Kelly (Contributor) & Ruth Hunter (Contributor)
06 Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Measuring liveability and active living – the adaptation and implementation of MAPS-Full.
Claire Cleland (Presenter), Sara Ferguson (Contributor), Frank Kee (Contributor) & Ruth Hunter (Contributor)
27 Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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QUB Global Health Symposium 2019
Paul Murphy (Organiser), Frank Kee (Organiser), Lynne Lohfeld (Organiser), Nathan Congdon (Organiser) & Chris Jenkins (Organiser)
02 May 2019 → 03 May 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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My Follow UP – Patient Preference study in Colorectal Adenoma Follow Up Results
Ethna McFerran (Advisor), Marco Boeri (Advisor), Duncan McVicar (Advisor) & Frank Kee (Advisor)
06 Dec 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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How Ireland’s Colorectal Screening Programme Could SAVE MORE LIVES, SAVE MONEY & Stay Within Existing Colonoscopy Capacity Limits: Evidence From The MISCAN Microsimulation Model
Ethna McFerran (Advisor), James F. O'Mahony (Contributor), Duncan McVicar (Advisor), Ann Zauber (Advisor), Frank Kee (Advisor) & Iris Lansdorp_Vogelaar (Advisor)
16 Nov 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Impact
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The Global Monitoring of Cardiovascular Disease
Frank Kee (Participant), Alun Evans (Participant) & Evelyn Gardner (Participant)
Impact: Health Impact