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Biography
Gavin is an academic podiatrist who joined the School of Health Sciences as a full-time Lecturer (Teaching & Research) in 2019. Prior to this he was a clinical podiatrist within NHS Tayside and a research fellow in the School. He is an HCPC registered podiatrist, graduating from Glasgow Caledonian University in 1997, completing his MSc in Podiatry in 2010. His research interests focus on developing and testing interventions to improve the lives of older people, with a particular focus on falls, mobility, and physical activity. He is currently completing his PhD, funded by a Chief Scientist Office (Scottish Government) Doctoral Fellowship.
Research
Gavin is a pragmatic researcher with expertise in complex intervention development, randomised controlled trials, applied qualitative research, and evidence synthesis. His work is informed by concerns about developing interventions that are relevant, feasible, and deliverable as part of everyday routines and work practices. This requires paying close attention to:
- the context in which interventions are delivered, and;
- outcomes that are important and relevant to individuals.
Gavin’s current research explores particular issues affecting older people in care homes – a population often underrepresented in research. By applying qualitative and mixed methods, his intervention development work takes account of the unique challenges presented in delivering interventions in the care home context.
He has specific interests in developing podiatry interventions to reduce falls among older people in care homes, and in using ethnographic methods to develop understandings of the ways that care home contexts influence improving physical activity levels in care home residents.
Teaching
Gavin teaches on several modules on research methods, long-term conditions, ageing and health, and anatomy and physiology at undergraduate and post-graduate level. He also supervises Masters students.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Improving Physical Activity Levels of Older People Living in Care Homes (Doctoral Fellowship)
Kroll, T., Morris, J., Witham, M. & Wylie, G.
1/06/15 → 31/08/19
Project: Research
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A Podiatry Intervention to Reduce Falls in Care Home Residents: Development, Feasibility and Acceptability Study with Exploratory Randomised Controlled Trial (Joint with University of Stirling, NHS Tayside and La Trobe University, Australia)
Harper, J., Morris, J., Ogston, S., Sullivan, F. & Wylie, G.
1/03/13 → 31/05/15
Project: Research
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Remembering the past, enhancing the present and sharing the future: a qualitative study of the impact of film screenings in care home communities
Breckenridge, J. P., Kroll, T., Wylie, G. & Salzberg, A., 4 May 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ageing and Society. p. 1-26 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wylie, G., Torrens, C., Campbell, P., Frost, H., Gordon, A. L., Menz, H. B., Skelton, D. A., Sullivan, F., Witham, M. D. & Morris, J., May 2019, In: Age and Ageing. 48, 3, p. 327-336 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Podiatry interventions to reduce falls in older people
Morris, J., Witham, M., Campbell, P., Frost, H., Torrens, C. & Wylie, G., 2017, In: PROSPERO.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Podiatry intervention versus usual care to prevent falls in care homes: pilot randomised controlled trial (the PIRFECT study)
Wylie, G., Menz, H. B., McFarlane, S., Ogston, S., Sullivan, F., Williams, B., Young, Z. & Morris, J., 12 Jul 2017, In: BMC Geriatrics. 17, 143, p. 1-13 13 p., 143.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A podiatry intervention to reduce falls in care home residents is feasible and demonstrates benefits: results from PIRFECT, a feasibility randomised controlled trial
Wylie, G., Young, Z., Williams, B., Sullivan, F., Menz, H. B., Ogston, S. & Morris, J., 27 Apr 2016, In: Journal of Foot and Ankle Research. 9, Suppl 1, p. 11 1 p., B7.6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
Prizes
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Award for Scientific Achievement from the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Unit, University of Stirling
Wylie, Gavin (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Age and Ageing (Journal)
Gavin Wylie (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research (Journal)
Gavin Wylie (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Improving physical activity levels in care home residents
Gavin Wylie (Member)
2015 → 2019Activity: Other activity types › Other