About
Dr Ffion Curtis is a Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis within the Liverpool Reviews and Implementation Group, Department of Health Data Science, Institute of Population Health, at the University of Liverpool. Her research focuses on the development and application of evidence synthesis methods to support healthcare decision-making. She has extensive experience leading and contributing to systematic reviews, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, qualitative evidence syntheses, mixed-methods reviews, network meta-analyses and health technology assessments across a wide range of clinical and public health topics. She has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, including Cochrane Reviews, and her research has informed national and international policy and clinical guidelines.
Before joining the University of Liverpool in 2023, Ffion held research fellow positions at the University of Leicester's Centre for Ethnic Health Research, where she led systematic review activity across NIHR Applied Research Collaboration programmes and developed an Equality Impact Assessment Tool for Systematic Reviews, and previously at the Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health. During her time in Lincoln, she established an evidence synthesis training programme that strengthened research capacity across NHS organisations and developed educational resources to support meaningful patient and public involvement in evidence synthesis.
Alongside her research, Ffion is committed to developing capacity in evidence synthesis through teaching, supervision and mentorship. She leads postgraduate teaching in evidence synthesis methods, supervises doctoral researchers, and has successfully supervised multiple PhD students to completion across qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research. She actively supports early career researchers and interdisciplinary collaborations and welcomes opportunities to work with researchers, clinicians, policymakers and public contributors to improve the use of evidence in health and social care.
Her current research interests include evidence synthesis methodology, health equity, social prescribing, nature-based interventions, health and social care, public and patient involvement, and innovative approaches to evidence-informed decision-making.