Methodology Research Programme Panel
The Methodology Research Programme Panel is responsible for the funding decisions for MRC-NIHR Methodology Research Programme.
The panel’s areas are:
• methods development, with methodological outputs that are applicable beyond a specific case study, to underpin the biomedical sciences, and;
• ‘methods in research’ for developing methods and their implementation in research standards with the aim of improving quality and consistency in practice, for example, consensus statements
More specifically, it includes:
• Research methods in disciplines underpining health research including: biomedical, behavioural and social science, experimental medicine, randomised trials, cohorts and other research designs investigating health, healthcare, health services and health policy
a) for evaluative research
b) for non-evaluative research.
• Developing and evaluating relevant theory and models
• Methods for effective regulation (including indices for decision making), approval, adaptation and reporting of new interventions (including behaviour).
• Research methods for valid measures of health, e.g. health outcomes, exposure and risk (including behaviour, cognition and emotion) and well being.
The research portfolio covers the following disciplines:
1. Health economics and decision science
2. Biostatistics and mathematical modelling
3. Bio and health informatics
4. Epidemiology and public health (including geography)
5. Behavioural sciences and health psychology
6. Social Sciences (including sociology and anthropology)
7. Organisational/management science
8. Ethics and law