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Overview

Luke Vale is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with an emphasis on Surgery, Economics and Econometrics, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, and Ophthalmology. Their work addresses various subfields and topics within health and medical sciences, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Their research topics include:

  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Health Policy Implementation Science

Luke Vale has published extensively in several notable journals and venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • BMJ Open
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • European Urology Open Science
  • Value in Health

Key recent papers include:

  • "GRADE Guidelines 30: the GRADE approach to assessing the certainty of modeled evidence-An overview in the context of health decision-making" (2020), published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • "Performance of non-invasive tests and histology for the prediction of clinical outcomes in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an individual participant data meta-analysis" (2023), published in The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
  • "An unbiased ranking of murine dietary models based on their proximity to human metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)" (2024), published in Nature Metabolism
  • "Minithoracotomy vs Conventional Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Repair" (2023), published in JAMA
  • "Critical Appraisal of Systematic Reviews With Costs and Cost-Effectiveness Outcomes: An ISPOR Good Practices Task Force Report" (2021), published in Value in Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Luke Vale include:

  • Ashleigh Kernohan
  • Tara Homer
  • Tomos Robinson
  • Andrew Bryant
  • Yemi Oluboyede

The diversity of publication venues, co-authors, and research topics illustrates a broad engagement with clinical epidemiology, health technology assessment, and economic evaluations in health care. The concentration on health systems, quality of life, and policy implementation science indicates an interest in the practical applications of medical research to health care delivery and decision-making processes.

Best Publications

  • Effectiveness and efficiency of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies

    J. Grimshaw;R. Thomas;G. MacLennan;C. Fraser

  • Early Treatment with Prednisolone or Acyclovir in Bell's Palsy

    Frank M. Sullivan;Peter T. Donnan;Jillian M. Morrison;Blair H. Smith

  • Toward Evidence‐Based Quality Improvement

    Jeremy Grimshaw;Martin Eccles;Ruth Thomas;Graeme MacLennan

  • Toward Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Evidence (and its Limitations) of the Effectiveness of Guideline Dissemination and Implementation Strategies 1966–1998

    Jeremy Grimshaw;Martin Eccles;Ruth Thomas;Graeme MacLennan

  • Effectiveness and efficiency of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies

    J. Grimshaw;R. Thomas;G. MacLennan;C. Fraser

  • Laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernia repair: systematic review of effectiveness and economic evaluation.

    Kirsty McCormack;B. Wake;Juan Gregorio Gonzalez Perez;Cynthia Mary Fraser

  • Repair of Groin Hernia With Synthetic Mesh: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    A. Grant;P. Go;A. Fingerhut;A. Kingsnorth

  • Quality of life in the five years after intensive care: a cohort study

    Brian Cuthbertson;Sian Roughton;David James Jenkinson;Graeme Stewart MacLennan

  • The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for open angle glaucoma: a systematic review and economic evaluation.

    Jennifer Margaret Burr;Graham Mowatt;Rodolfo Andrés Hernández;Muhammad Ardul Rehman Siddiqui

  • Randomised trial of glutamine, selenium, or both, to supplement parenteral nutrition for critically ill patients

    Peter J D Andrews;Alison Avenell;David W Noble;Marion K Campbell

  • Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of photodynamic diagnosis and urine biomarkers (FISH, ImmunoCyt, NMP22) and cytology for the detection and follow-up of bladder cancer.

    G Mowatt;S Zhu;M Kilonzo;C Boachie

  • Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies and programmes

    Jeremy Grimshaw;L. M. McAuley;L. Bero;R. Grilli

  • Robot assisted training for the upper limb after stroke (RATULS): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

    Helen Rodgers;Helen Rodgers;Helen Rodgers;Helen Bosomworth;Hermano I Krebs;Frederike van Wijck

  • DELTA2 guidance on choosing the target difference and undertaking and reporting the sample size calculation for a randomised controlled trial

    Jonathan A. Cook;Steven A. Julious;William Sones;Lisa V. Hampson;Lisa V. Hampson

  • Transabdominal pre‐peritoneal (TAPP) vs totally extraperitoneal (TEP) laparoscopic techniques for inguinal hernia repair.

    Beverly L Wake;Kirsty McCormack;Cynthia Fraser;Luke Vale

  • Transabdominal pre-peritoneal (TAPP) versus totally extraperitoneal (TEP) laparoscopic techniques for inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review

    K. McCormack;B. L. Wake;C. Fraser;L. Vale

  • GRADE guidelines: 10. Considering resource use and rating the quality of economic evidence

    Massimo Brunetti;Ian Shemilt;Silvia Pregno;Luke Vale

  • Antimicrobial catheters for reduction of symptomatic urinary tract infection in adults requiring short-term catheterisation in hospital: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

    Robert Pickard;Thomas Lam;Graeme MacLennan;Kath Starr

  • Systematic review and economic modelling of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of non-surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence

    M Imamura;P Abrams;C Bain;B Buckley

  • Internal limiting membrane peeling versus no peeling for idiopathic full-thickness macular hole: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial

    Noemi Lois;Jennifer Burr;John Norrie;Luke Vale

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Fraser
Christophe Fraser University of Oxford
Fiona J. Gilbert
Fiona J. Gilbert University of Cambridge
Christopher R. Chapple
Christopher R. Chapple Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Sarah E Pinder
Sarah E Pinder King's College London
Gary A. Ford
Gary A. Ford University of Oxford
Marion K Campbell
Marion K Campbell University of Aberdeen
Mandy Ryan
Mandy Ryan University of Aberdeen
Cam Donaldson
Cam Donaldson Glasgow Caledonian University
Jonathan J Deeks
Jonathan J Deeks University of Birmingham
Stephen P. Rushton
Stephen P. Rushton Newcastle University

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