Professor Mark Gabbay MBChB, MD, FRCGP, DFSRH, Dip Psychotherapy
Professor Primary Care & Mental Health
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- Work email M.B.Gabbay@liverpool.ac.uk
Research
Research Overview
I am a mixed methods researcher from qualitative interviews focused on experience and process through to pragmatic intervention trials. My interests and focus are varied, but focus on applied health and social care research (particularly in relation to dementia, older adults and frailty); Health Inequalities and Equity. Co-production with Public, service user professional and practitioner experts by experience are integral to my research, supporting the key thread of ensuring the work has a pathway to impact. Much of the work is in community and primary care and the interface with specialist care and public health. Topics include mental health, dementia, covid and long covid, long term conditions, substance misuse among a varied portfolio. Work is in UK and globally..University research page.
I am interested in seeing proposals for funded PhDs in these topic areas.
Research areas of Expertise and Directorships
Director NIHR CLAHRC NWC
Assoc Dir NIHR RDS NW
Complex interventions and behaviours- mixed methods research
Health Inequalities, applied research and implementation science
Fitness for Work and Sickness Certification- lead Fit for Work Research Group
Primary Care esp Mental Health in Primary Care- including substance misuse
Research Group Membership
Research Grants
Community Outpatient Psychotherapy Engagement Service for Self-harm: A feasibility trial (COPESS)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
February 2020 - January 2022
Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
January 2023 - December 2027
ESRC IAA 23-28
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2023 - March 2028
DynAIRx: Artificial Intelligence for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (AIM)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
September 2022 - August 2025
'Understanding and addressing the mental health of older adults in Colombia: The impact of stressful life events
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
February 2021 - January 2024
Exploring remote working practices for patient public involvement and engagement in health and social care research – responding to Covid-19 and rising health inequalities
UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
November 2020 - September 2021
Evaluating the health impact and cost-effectiveness of Ways-to-Wellbeing, a whole system approach to mitigate poverty over the life course
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
May 2021 - May 2024
REviewing long term anti-Depressant Use by Careful monitoring in Everyday practice (REDUCE) programme
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
October 2016 - June 2023
Patient-reported outcome measures for monitoring primary care patients with depression: PROMDEP randomised controlled trial
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
November 2018 - October 2022
Effectiveness of Integrated Homeless Health and Care Services.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
September 2015 - March 2019
Health inequalities in the care pathways for people living with young- and late-onset dementia in Liverpool
LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)
November 2019 - April 2020
NIHR ARC 2 national social care implementation projects
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK), LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)
October 2019 - March 2026
The NIHR Global Health Research Group for Improving Stroke Care in India at UCLan
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
August 2020 - March 2022
The role of hostels in supporting residents’ adherence to methadone maintenance treatment
LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)
March 2018 - December 2019
Tackling health(care) inequalities for a healthier Liverpool: understanding food and medicines poverty in cardiovascular disease management
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
January 2017 - August 2018
Facilitate public led research into inequalities in mental health care
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
November 2016 - June 2021
North West Research Design Services
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
April 2010 - September 2018
North West Research Management and Government Network (MaGNet)
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)
November 2004 - October 2008
Randomised controlled trial of condoms plus additional lubrication.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
August 1992 - April 2002
Debt Counselling for Depression in Primary Care: an Adaptive Randomised Controlled Trial (DeCoDer)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
March 2014 - November 2017
A R&D programme to increase equity of access to high quality mental health services in primary care
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
December 2007 - November 2012
Country Case Study on UK: Focusing on England, in the project Learning from promising Primary Care Practice Models.
TRAINING AND RESEARCH SUPPORT CENTRE (UK)
March 2014 - October 2014
North West Coast CLAHRC
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK), LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK), MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (UK), THE WALTON CENTRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (UK)
January 2014 - June 2021
Merseyside and Cheshire Research Alliance (MACRA) Development
NHS NORTH WEST (UK)
April 2009 - March 2014
Health@Work PCT funded pilot study
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)
June 2008 - June 2010
Pathways to health amongst Chinese communities in Liverpool and Manchester.
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)
July 2012 - December 2012
The new GMS contract in primary care: The impact of governance and incentives on care
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
September 2007 - August 2008
MerseyBeat - Best Evidence, Application and Translation of research
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)
March 2008 - September 2019
Evaluating the fit note
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS (UK)
April 2011 - March 2013
Empowerment through Health Checks - A pilot study of impact on empowering patient health choices through pre-appointment health checks in Primary Care - comparing facilitated and self-service approaches.
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)
May 2010 - February 2013
Merseybeat 2: What people attend A&E due to mental health problems? An analysis over a 1 year period in Liverpool
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)
January 2011 - August 2013
Health R&D NoW.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
April 2005 - March 2010
North West Research Design Services (Phase 2).
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
April 2015 - September 2018
Research fellows to support LivHIR
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)
October 2011 - October 2018
Addressing Health Inequalities Through Primary Care
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)
December 2012 - August 2015
Barriers to implementing the Recovery Agenda in opiate users in long-term contact with treatment services.
MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (UK)
June 2012 - September 2014
Evaluation of the Fit for Work Services Programme of Piloting
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS (UK)
April 2010 - May 2013
Exploring the ability of layworkers to support health-related behaviour change in deprived areas through Heart of Mersey
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2007 - February 2010
Regional Research and Development Support Unit.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
January 2001 - March 2005
Lay and Professional Perceptions of Public Involvement in Clinical Governance.
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
February 2001 - August 2002
Health R&D North West TRAM Fellowships
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
April 2006 - January 2014
Literature search for evidence about primary care interventions for drug misusers.
TRAFFORD HEALTHCARE TRUST (UK)
January 1998 - March 2002
Systematic review of non-treatment antidepressant placebo characteristics: SNAP.
MERSEY PRIMARY CARE R&D CONSORTIUM
September 2006 - August 2009
Assessing training needs of primary care professionals
HALTON AND ST HELENS PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)
May 2007 - November 2007
The Mersey Primary Care Consortium
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)
December 2006 - January 2014
Research to inform GP referral to the Health and Work Service.
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS (UK)
November 2013 - January 2016
Barriers to Recovery from Substance Absue in Dorset.
DORSET DRUG AND ALCOHOL TEAM (DAAT) (UK)
February 2014 - July 2014
The Arts and Public Health: a review of the literature on outcomes and impact
LIVERPOOL PRIMARY CARE TRUST (UK)
January 2012 - June 2013
Engaging physicians, benefiting patients.
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS (UK)
May 2004 - January 2005
Statutory Sick Pay Feasibility Study.
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS (UK)
January 2006 - May 2009
Supporting the Research of Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group.
LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)
November 2014 - February 2015
Introducing personalised risk based intervals in screening for diabetic retinopathy: development, implementation and assessment of safety, cost-effectiveness and patient experience (ISDR study)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
February 2013 - April 2021