Michelle Marshall

Biography

My interest in research started as an undergraduate at Keele University and led me to undertake a Master’s degree before returning to Keele in 2005 to support the early phases of a major Medical Research Council (MRC) funded programme of population-based research in joint pain and osteoarthritis (OA) on which I completed my PhD. I went on to a play key role in the successful delivery of a Versus Arthritis programme grant (2013-18) establishing and sustaining two large cohorts of community-dwelling older adults with 1) hand pain (n>4500) and 2) foot pain (n>5100) first as a study team member then coordinating early follow-up stages. I have since made the transition to research leadership acting as Principal Investigator in subsequent follow-up stages establishing a successful track record of designing, executing and leading the delivery of large research studies. The methodological expertise I have developed in epidemiology using a mixture of survey, clinical assessment, and health care record data along with the aptitude I have shown for leading research by managing multidisciplinary teams, having strong project management skills and a commitment to task completion has led me become a Principal Investigator of a programme of work on dementia. This is a new area of study in the emerging cross-faculty research theme of mental health and wellbeing and offers an important opportunity to build research capacity and important clinical relationships with the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust.

Research and scholarship

My research interests include:

• Musculoskeletal Pain
• Hand and foot osteoarthritis
• Radiographic Imaging
• Ultrasound
• Dementia

Teaching

Teaching:

• Research Methods in Health, MSc in Physiotherapy, MSc in MSc MSc in Health Sciences, MSc in MSc in MSc in Advanced Professional Practice
• Statistics and Epidemiology, MSc in Medical Science

Supervision:

• MPhil (2019-20)
  The impact of guidelines on the use of imaging in osteoarthritis: a time trend analysis using electronic health record data
• Health Education England (HEE) West Midlands Clinical Academic Internship Programme (CAIP) (2018/19)
  Diagnostic accuracy and reproducibility of sonographic shear-wave elastography compared to liver biopsy in the assessment of paediatric liver disease
• Academic Clinical Fellowship (2018-19)
  Patterns of foot and ankle pain
• Academic Clinical Fellowship (2017-18)
  Radiographic validation of a self-report instrument for hallux valgus: part 2
• Academic Clinical Fellowship (2016-17)
  Radiographic validation of a self-report instrument for hallux valgus; part 1
• MPhil (2014-15)
  The population prevalence and distribution of radiographic ankle osteoarthritis in community-dwelling older adults
• MPhil (2012-13)
  Megan Bevis: The association between gout and nodal osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional radiographic study
• BSc Medical Science at University of Aberdeen (2012-13)
  Nicholas Miliken: Bone and joint morphology in foot osteoarthritis and hallux characterization using an active shape modelling
• PhD (2010-2011 – student withdrew after 10 months)
  Putting your best foot forward: an investigation into first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis
• Undergraduate BSc (Hons) project (2010-2011)
  A systemic review of the radiographic progression of hand osteoarthritis
  Winner: Keele University student physiotherapy project of the year, 2011
• Undergraduate MBChB project (2009-2010)
  Putting your best foot forward: a systemic search and narrative review of radiographic definitions of foot osteoarthritis

Further information

Grants (selected):

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) (2022-23)
Systematic review of prognostic factors and inequalities in poor outcome in people with dementia (Principal Investigator).
Grant Reference SPCR574 [£106,637].

Nuffield Foundation, Oliver Bird Fund (2020-2022).
The impact of musculoskeletal conditions on outcomes of other illnesses: a linked electronic health record stud: the MSKCOM study (Principal Investigator).
Grant reference OBF/21967 [£344,531].

Dunhill Medical Trust (DMT) Programme Grant (2018-20).
MEasurement of Dementia Disease progression in Primary care: the MEDDIP study (Principal Investigator).
Grant reference PGF1711\11 [£140,373].

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) (2018-19) Long-term outcome of foot pain and osteoarthritis in older people in the general population: The Clinical Assessment Study of the Foot (CASF) seven-year follow-up (Principal Investigator).
Grant Reference SPCR396 [£99,959].

Courses attended (selected):

• MSc Modules in Principles of Ultrasound and Focused Specialist Ultrasound Practice, Derby University, 2010
• Intensive course in Applied Epidemiology for Rheumatologists, Aberdeen University, 2007
• Practical Introduction to Running Randomised Clinical Trials, Keele University, June 2006
• MMedSci Research Methods Module, Keele University, 2005
• MMedSci Statistics and Epidemiology Module, Keele University, 2005

Conference attendance (selected):

• AURORA, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, Advance HE, Feb to June 2019
• Good Clinical Practice, NIHR, May 2018
• Advanced Musculoskeletal epidemiology Course, University of Manchester, July 2016
• Multiple imputation, Prof Ian White from University of Cambridge MRC Biostatistics Unit, Keele University, October 2015
• Quantitative Data Analysis Part Two, Masters in Research Methods, Keele University, March 2012
• Principles of Ultrasound Module, Masters in Medical Ultrasound, University of Derby, June 2010
• Focused Specialist Ultrasound Practice Module, Masters in Medical Ultrasound, University of Derby, March 2010
• Intensive course in Applied Epidemiology for Rheumatologists, Aberdeen University, 2007
• Practical Introduction to Running Randomised Clinical Trials, Keele University, June 2006
• Research Methods Module, Masters in Medical Science, Keele University, 2005

Conference presentations (selected):

Marshall M, Jordan JL, Bajpai RC, Nimmons D, Smith T, Campbell P, Jordan KP. Systematic review of prognostic factors for cognitive decline, care home admission and palliative care in people living with dementia. 17th UK Dementia Conference 2023 – Poster presentation.

Jansen V, Marshall M, Selby A, Toft S, Greenway J, Nicholls E, Van der Windt D. The Prognosis for Pain & Function with Hand & Thumb Base Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review. British Association of Hand Therapists 2023 Conference – Poster presentation. Awarded best poster prize.

Marshall M, Jordan JL, Bajpai RC, Nimmons D, Smith T, Campbell P, Jordan KP. Systematic review of prognostic factors for cognitive decline, care home admission and palliative care in people living with dementia. NIHR School for Primary Care (SPCR) Showcase 2023 – Oral presentation.

Jordan JL, Archer L, Bajpai R, Marshall M, Wynne-Jones G, Jordan KP, van der Windt D. Designing and delivering prognostic factor systematic reviews: challenges and solutions. Cochrane Colloquium 2023 – Poster presentation.

Mason KJ, Jordan KP, Achana F , Bailey J , Chen Y , Frisher M , Heron N, Huntley AL , Mallen CD, Mamas MA, Marshall M, Png ME , Tatton S, White S , Edwards JJ. Musculoskeletal pain and its impact on prognosis following hospitalisation for acute coronary syndrome or cerebrovascular accident: a linked electronic health record cohort study (MSKCOM). Society for Academic Primary Care North Conference 2021 - Oral presentation.

Marshall M, Campbell P, Rathod-MistryT, Bailey J, Chew-Graham CA, Croft P, Frisher M, Hayward R, Negi R, Robinson L, Singh S, Sumathipala A, Thein N, Walters K, Weich S, Jordan K. (2021) Validating primary care markers of the course of dementia through linkage to secondary care records. Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Scientific Meeting – Oral presentation.

Henry-Blake C, Marshall M, Peat G, Edwards J. (2021) The impact of guidelines on the proportion of OA consultations associated with an X-ray request: a time trend analysis. Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Scientific Meeting – Oral presentation.

Gupta V, Lingham A, Marshall M, Menz HB, Roddy E. (2021) Radiographic Validation of a Self-Report Instrument for Hallux Valgus. Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Scientific Meeting – Poster presentation.

Henry-Blake C, Treadwell K, Parmar S, Higgs J, Marshall M, Edwards J, Peat G. (2021) A systematic review of international guidelines regarding the role of radiography in the diagnosis of osteoarthritis. EULAR, Annual European Congress of Rheumatology Virtual - Poster presentation.

Peat G, Yu D, Grønne DT, Marshall M, Skou ST, Roos EM. (2021) Investigating outcome inequalities in osteoarthritis management programmes: an analysis of registry data from the Good Life with osteoArthritis in Demark (GLA:D®) programme using tapered balancing. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2021 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Virtual – Poster presentation.

Negi R, Robinson L, Singh S, Sumathipala A, Thein N, Walters K, Weich S, Jordan K. (2021) Primary care markers of the course of dementia: validation through linkage to cognitive function recorded in secondary care records. Primary Care Mental Health Research Conference – Oral presentation.

Jordan K, Rathod-Mistry T, Marshall M, Campbell P, Bailey J, Chew-Graham CA, Frisher M, Hayward R, Robinson L, Singh S, Sumathipala A, Thein N, Walters K, Weich S.(2020) Can early markers of poor long-term outcomes in dementia be identified from primary care electronic health records? Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Scientific Meeting.

Marshall M, Blagojevic-Bucknall M, Rathod-Mistry T, Thomas MJ, Edwards JJ, Peat G, Menz, HB, Roddy E. (2020) Trajectories of foot pain severity over seven years and relationship to potential prognostic factors: the clinical assessment study of the foot. British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting – Poster Presentation.

Marshall M, Campbell P, Rathod-MistryT, Bailey J, Chew-Graham CA, Croft P, Frisher M, Hayward R, Negi R, Robinson L, Singh S, Sumathipala A, Thein N, Walters K, Weich S, Jordan K. (2020) markers of dementia progression be derived from primary care electronic health records? 34th Virtual International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International – Poster Presentation.

Marshall M. (2019) Osteoarthritis of the Foot and Ankle. Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) 2019 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Toronto – Invited Oral Presentation.