Katharine Ker BSc MSc
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Katharine Ker is a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health. She achieved BSc (Hons) Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia and MSc Public Health from LSHTM. Her research interests include clinical trials and systematic reviews in emergency medicine. Katharine is currently conducting research into the impact of addressing treatment uncertainties and dissemination of trial evidence; she is also a Regional Co-ordinator of the WOMAN Trial, an international randomised controlled trial of a treatment for postpartum haemorrhage. Katharine previously worked for the Cochrane injuries Group and has authored many systematic reviews on a variety of topics including traumatic brain injury, road safety and alcohol-related injury.
Affiliation
Teaching
Katharine is co-organiser of the 'Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of health research' short course and teaches on 'Basic epidemiology' and 'Epidemiology in practice' in-house linear units. She is also a tutor on the 'Fundamentals in epidemiology' and 'Reporting and reviewing clinical trials' distance learning units.
Research areas
- Public health
- Systematic reviews
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
Disease and Health Conditions
- Injuries
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Selected publications
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Avoidable mortality from giving tranexamic acid to bleeding trauma patients: an estimation based on WHO mortality data, a systematic literature review and data from the CRASH-2 trial.
Ker, K. ; Kiriya, J. ; Perel, P. ; Edwards, P. ; Shakur, H. ; Roberts, I. ;
BMC Emerg Med, 2012; 12:3
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Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care in England and Wales: an analysis of deaths and hospital episodes.
Ker, K. ; Edwards, P. ; Roberts, I. ;
J R Soc Med, 2011; 104(7):292-8
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Beta-2 receptor antagonists for acute traumatic brain injury
Ker, K.; Blackhall, K.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2008; (1)
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How effective are some common treatments for traumatic brain injury?
Ker, K.; Perel, P.; Blackhall, K.; Roberts, I.;
BMJ, 2008; 337:a865
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Road safety in low- and middle-income countries: a neglected research area.
Perel, P.; Ker, K.; Ivers, R.; Blackhall, K.;
Inj Prev, 2007; 13(4):227
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Interventions in the alcohol server setting for preventing injuries.
Ker, K.; Chinnock, P.;
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2006; (2):CD005244
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Post-licence driver education for the prevention of road traffic crashes: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.
Ker, K.; Roberts, I.; Collier, T.; Beyer, F.; Bunn, F.; Frost, C.;
Accid Anal Prev, 2005; 37(2):305-13
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Area-wide traffic calming for preventing traffic related injuries.
Bunn, F.; Collier, T.; Frost, C.; Ker, K.; Roberts, I.; Wentz, R.;
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2003; (1):CD003110
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