Samuel Watson

Job Title

Associate Professor

Department

WMS - Population Evidence and Technologies

S.Watson.1@warwick.ac.uk_FORMER

Research Interests

Health services research, global health, Bayesian methods, causal inference, normative economics and ethics, health economics.

'Osuh, Mary E., 'Oke, Gbemisola A., 'Lilford, Richard J., 'Owoaje, Eme, 'Harris, Bronwyn, 'Taiwo, Olalekan John, 'Yeboah, Godwin, 'Abiona, Taiwo, 'Watson, Samuel I., 'Hemming, Karla, 'Quinn, Laura, 'Chen, Yen-Fu, 2022. 'Prevalence and determinants of oral health conditions and treatment needs among slum and non-slum urban residents : evidence from Nigeria. PLOS Global Public Health, 2 (4), pp. 1-24
Rego, Ryan, Watson, Samuel I., Alam, Mohammad Atique Ul, Abdullah, Syed Asif, Yunus, Mohammad, Alam, Imam Taskin, Chowdhury, A.S.M.Homuan Kabir, Haider, S.M.Arefeen, Faruque, ASG, Khan, Azharul Islam, Hofer, Timothy, Gill, Paramjit, Islam, Mohammad Sirajul, Lilford, Richard, 2021. A comparison of traditional diarrhoea measurement methods with microbiological and biochemical indicators : a cross-sectional observational study in the Cox's Bazar displaced persons camp. eClinicalMedicine, 42
Bakibinga, Pauline, Kabaria, Caroline, Kasiira, Ziraba, Kibe, Peter, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Mbaya, Nelson, Mberu, Blessing, Mohammed, Shukri, Njeri, Anne, Azam, Iqbal, Iqbal, Romaina, Nazish, Ahsana, Rizvi, Narijis, Shifat Ahmed, Syed A. K., Choudhury, Nazratun, Alam, Ornob, Khan, Afreen Zaman, Rahman, Omar, Yusuf, Rita, Odubanjo, Doyin et al (Select to open full list), 2021.

All authors for Pharmacies in informal settlements : a retrospective, cross-sectional household and health facility survey in four countries

Bakibinga, Pauline, Kabaria, Caroline, Kasiira, Ziraba, Kibe, Peter, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Mbaya, Nelson, Mberu, Blessing, Mohammed, Shukri, Njeri, Anne, Azam, Iqbal, Iqbal, Romaina, Nazish, Ahsana, Rizvi, Narijis, Shifat Ahmed, Syed A. K., Choudhury, Nazratun, Alam, Ornob, Khan, Afreen Zaman, Rahman, Omar, Yusuf, Rita, Odubanjo, Doyin, Ayobola, Motunrayo, Fayehun, Olufunke, Omigbodun, Akinyinka, Osuh, Mary, Owoaje, Eme, Taiwo, Olalekan, Lilford, Richard J., Sartori, Jo, Watson, Samuel I., Diggle, Peter J., Aujla, Navneet, Chen, Yen-Fu, Gill, Paramjit, Griffiths, Frances, Harris, Bronwyn, Madan, Jason, Muir, Helen, Oyebode, Oyinlola, Pitidis, Vangelis, de Albuquerque, João Porto, Smith, Simon, Taylor, Celia A., Ulbrich, Philipp, Uthman, Olalekan A., Wilson, Ria, Yeboah, Godwin, ,

Pharmacies in informal settlements : a retrospective, cross-sectional household and health facility survey in four countries. BMC Health Services Research, 21 (1)
Aujla, Navneet, Ilori, Temitope, Irabor, Achiaka, Obimakinde, Abimbola, Owoaje, Eme, Fayehun, Olufunke, Ajisola, Motunrayo M., Bolaji, Sinmisola O., Watson, Samuel I., Hofer, Timothy P., Omigbodun, Akinyinka, Lilford, Richard J., 2021. Development of a video-observation method for examining doctors? clinical and interpersonal skills in a hospital outpatient clinic in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. BMC Health Services Research, 21 (1)
Yeboah, Godwin, Porto de Albuquerque, Joa?o, Troilo, Rafael, Tregonning, Grant, Perera, Shanaka, Ahmed, Syed A. K. Shifat, Ajisola, Motunrayo, Alam, Ornob, Aujla, Navneet, Azam, Syed Iqbal, Azeem, Kehkashan, Bakibinga, Pauline, Chen, Yen-Fu, Choudhury, Nazratun Nayeem, Diggle, Peter J., Fayehun, Olufunke, Gill, Paramjit, Griffiths, Frances, Harris, Bronwyn, Iqbal, Romaina et al (Select to open full list), 2021.

All authors for Analysis of OpenStreetMap data quality at different stages of a participatory mapping process : evidence from slums in Africa and Asia

Yeboah, Godwin, Porto de Albuquerque, Joa?o, Troilo, Rafael, Tregonning, Grant, Perera, Shanaka, Ahmed, Syed A. K. Shifat, Ajisola, Motunrayo, Alam, Ornob, Aujla, Navneet, Azam, Syed Iqbal, Azeem, Kehkashan, Bakibinga, Pauline, Chen, Yen-Fu, Choudhury, Nazratun Nayeem, Diggle, Peter J., Fayehun, Olufunke, Gill, Paramjit, Griffiths, Frances, Harris, Bronwyn, Iqbal, Romaina, Kabaria, Caroline, Ziraba, Abdhalah Kasiira, Khan, Afreen Zaman, Kibe, Peter, Kisia, Lyagamula, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Lilford, Richard J., Madan, Jason, Mbaya, Nelson, Mberu, Blessing, Mohamed, Shukri F., Muir, Helen, Nazish, Ahsana, Njeri, Anne, Odubanjo, Oladoyin, Omigbodun, Akinyinka, Osuh, Mary E., Owoaje, Eme, Oyebode, Oyinlola, Pitidis, Vangelis, Rahman, Omar, Rizvi, Narjis, Sartori, Jo, Smith, Simon, Taiwo, Olalekan John, Ulbrich, Philipp, Uthman, Olalekan A., Watson, Samuel I., Wilson, Ria, Yusuf, Rita

Analysis of OpenStreetMap data quality at different stages of a participatory mapping process : evidence from slums in Africa and Asia. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10 (4)
Rego, Ryan, Watson, Samuel I., Ishengoma, Philbert, Langat, Philemon, Otieno, Hezekiah Pireh, Lilford, Richard, 2020. Effectiveness of SMS messaging for diarrhoea measurement : a factorial cross-over randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20 (1)
Ahmed, Syed A. K. Shifat, Ajisola, Motunrayo, Azeem, Kehkashan, Bakibinga, Pauline, Chen, Yen-Fu, Choudhury, Nazratun Nayeem, Fayehun, Olufunke, Griffiths, Frances, Harris, Bronwyn, Kibe, Peter, Lilford, Richard J., Omigbodun, Akinyinka, Rizvi, Narjis, Sartori, Jo, Smith, Simon, Watson, Samuel I., Wilson, Ria, Yeboah, Godwin, Aujla, Navneet, Azam, Syed Iqbal et al (Select to open full list), 2020.

All authors for Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan : results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements

Ahmed, Syed A. K. Shifat, Ajisola, Motunrayo, Azeem, Kehkashan, Bakibinga, Pauline, Chen, Yen-Fu, Choudhury, Nazratun Nayeem, Fayehun, Olufunke, Griffiths, Frances, Harris, Bronwyn, Kibe, Peter, Lilford, Richard J., Omigbodun, Akinyinka, Rizvi, Narjis, Sartori, Jo, Smith, Simon, Watson, Samuel I., Wilson, Ria, Yeboah, Godwin, Aujla, Navneet, Azam, Syed Iqbal, Diggle, Peter J., Gill, Paramjit, Iqbal, Romaina, Kabaria, Caroline, Kisia, Lyagamula, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Madan, Jason, Mberu, Blessing, Mohamed, Shukri F., Nazish, Ahsana, Odubanjo, Oladoyin, Osuh, Mary E., Owoaje, Eme, Oyebode, Oyinlola, Porto de Albuquerque, Joao, Rahman, Omar, Tabani, Komal, Taiwo, Olalekan John, Tregonning, Grant, Uthman, Olalekan A., Yusuf, Rita

Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan : results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements. BMJ Global Health, 5 (8)
Schmidtke, Kelly, Nightingale, Peter G., Reeves, Katharine, Gallier, Suzy, Vlaev, Ivo, Watson, Samuel I., Lilford, Richard, 2020. Randomised controlled trial of a theory-based intervention to prompt front-line staff to take up the seasonal influenza vaccine. BMJ Quality & Safety, 29 (3)
Chen, Yen-Fu, Armoiry, Xavier, Higenbottam, Caroline, Cowley, Nicholas, Basra, Rajna, Watson, Samuel I., Tarrant, Carolyn, Boyal, Amunpreet, Sutton, Elizabeth, Wu, Chia-Wei, Aldridge, Cassie P., Gosling, Amy, Lilford, Richard, Bion, Julian, 2019. Magnitude and modifiers of the weekend effect in hospital admissions : a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 9 (6)
Bakibinga, Pauline, Kabaria, Caroline, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Manyara, Anthony, Mbaya, Nelson, Mohammed, Shukri, Njeri, Anne, Azam, Iqbal, Iqbal, Romaina, Mazaffar, Shahida, Rizvi, Narjis, ur Rehman, Hamid, Ahmed, Syed A.K. Shifat, Alam, Ornob, Khan, Afreen Zaman, Rahman, Omar, Yusuf, Rita, Odubanjo, Doyin, Ayobola, Montunrayo, Fayehun, Funke et al (Select to open full list), 2019.

All authors for A protocol for a multi-site, spatially-referenced household survey in slum settings : methods for access, sampling frame construction, sampling, and field data collection

Bakibinga, Pauline, Kabaria, Caroline, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Manyara, Anthony, Mbaya, Nelson, Mohammed, Shukri, Njeri, Anne, Azam, Iqbal, Iqbal, Romaina, Mazaffar, Shahida, Rizvi, Narjis, ur Rehman, Hamid, Ahmed, Syed A.K. Shifat, Alam, Ornob, Khan, Afreen Zaman, Rahman, Omar, Yusuf, Rita, Odubanjo, Doyin, Ayobola, Montunrayo, Fayehun, Funke, Omigbodun, Akinyinka, Owoaje, Eme, Taiwo, Olalekan, Diggle, Peter, Aujla, Navneet, Chen, Y-F.??, Gill, Paramjit, Griffiths, Frances, Harris, Bronwyn, Madan, Jason, Lilford, Richard, Oyobode, Oyinlola, Pitidis, Vangelis, Albuquerque, Joa~o Porto de, Sartori, Jo, Taylor, Celia A., Ulbrich, Philipp, Uthman, Olalekan A., Watson, Samuel I., Yeboah, Godwin

A protocol for a multi-site, spatially-referenced household survey in slum settings : methods for access, sampling frame construction, sampling, and field data collection. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 19
Watson, Samuel I., Dixon-Woods, Mary, Taylor, Celia A., Wroe, Emily B., Dunbar, Elizabeth L, Chilton, Peter J., Lilford, Richard, 2019. Revising ethical guidance for the evaluation of programmes and interventions not initiated by researchers. Journal of Medical Ethics
Watson, Samuel I., Sartori, Jo, Uthman, Olalekan A., Lilford, Richard, 2019. Health effects of sanitation facilities : a Bayesian semi-parametric analysis of compositional data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), 68 (4), pp. 1149-1166
Al-Khudairy, Lena, Kudrna , Laura, Lilford , Richard, Vlaev , Ivo, Watson, Samuel, 2019. Evaluation of a policy intervention to promote the health and wellbeing of workers in small and medium sized enterprises ? a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 19 (1)
Chen, Yen-Fu, Armoiry , Xavier Jacques, Watson , Samuel, Lilford , Richard, 2019. Correction : magnitude and modifiers of the weekend effect in hospital admissions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 9 (6)
Sutton, Matt, Garfield-Birkbeck, Steph, Martin, Graham, Meacock, Rachel, Morris, Stephen, Sculpher, Mark, Street, Andrew, Watson, Samuel I., Lilford, Richard, 2018. Economic analysis of service and delivery interventions in health care. Health Services and Delivery Research, 6 (5), pp. 1-16
Watson, Samuel I., Chen, Y-F.??, Bion, Julian F, Aldridge, Cassie P., Girling, Alan, Lilford, Richard, 2018. Protocol for the health economic evaluation of increasing the weekend specialist to patient ratio in hospitals in England. BMJ Open, 8 (2)
Watson, Samuel I., Sahota, Harvir, Taylor, Celia A., Chen, Y-F.??, Lilford, Richard, 2018. Cost-effectiveness of health care service delivery interventions in low and middle income countries : a systematic review. Global Health Research and Policy, 3 (1)
Dunbar, Elizabeth L., Wroe, Emily B., Nhlema, Basimenye, Kachimanga, Chiyembekezo, Gupta, Ravi, Taylor, Celia A., Michaelis, Annie, Cundale, Katie, Dullie, Luckson, Jumbe, Arnold, Nazimera, Lawrence, McBain, Ryan, Lilford, Richard, Watson, Samuel I., 2018. Evaluating the impact of a community health worker programme on non-communicable disease, malnutrition, tuberculosis, family planning and antenatal care in Neno, Malawi : protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8 (7)
Uthman, Olalekan A., Nduka, Chidozie U., Watson, Samuel I., Mills, Edward, Kengne, Andre, Jaffar, Shabbar, Clarke, Aileen, Moradi, Tahereh, Ekström, Anna Mia, Lilford, Richard, 2018. Statin use and all-cause mortality in people living with HIV : a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases, 18
Dunbar , Elizabeth L., Wroe, Emily B., Nhlema, Basimenye, Kachimanga, Chiyembekezo, Gupta, Ravi, Taylor, Celia A., Michaelis, Annie, Cundale, Katie, Dullie, Luckson, Jumbe, Arnold, Nazimera, Lawrence, McBain, Ryan, Lilford, Richard, Watson, Samuel I., 2018. Evaluating the impact of a community health worker program on non-communicable disease, malnutrition, tuberculosis, family planning and antenatal care in Neno, Malawi : protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster randomized controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8
Ezeh, Alex, Oyebode, Oyinlola, Satterthwaite, David, Chen, Y-F.??, Ndugwa, Robert, Sartori, Jo, Mberu, Blessing, Melendez-Torres, G. J., Haregu, Tilahun, Watson, Samuel I., Caiaffa, Waleska, Capon, Anthony, Lilford, Richard, 2017. The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums. The Lancet, 389 (10068), pp. 547-558
Lilford, Richard, Oyebode, Oyinlola, Satterthwaite, David, Melendez-Torres, G. J., Chen, Y-F.??, Mberu, Blessing, Watson, Samuel I., Ndugwa, Robert, Sartori, Jo, Caiaffa, Waleska, Haregu, Tilahun, Capon, Anthony, Saith, Ruhi, Ezeh, Alex, 2017. Improving the health and welfare of people who live in slums. The Lancet, 389 (10068), pp. 559-570
Watson, Samuel I., Lilford, Richard, 2017. Mortality decrease according to socioeconomic groups. The Lancet, 389 (10081), pp. 1794-1795
Watson, Samuel I., Arulampalam, Wiji, Petrou, Stavros, 2017. The effect of health care expenditure on patient outcomes : evidence from English neonatal care. Health Economics, 26 (12), pp. e274-e284
Watson, Samuel I., Arulampalam, Wiji, Petrou, Stavros, Marlow, N., Morgan, A. S., Draper, E. S., Modi, N., 2016. The effects of a one-to-one nurse-to-patient ratio on the mortality rate in neonatal intensive care : a retrospective, longitudinal, population-based study. Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 101 (3), pp. F195-F200
Watson, Samuel I., Wroe, E. B., Dunbar, E. L., Mukherjee, J., Squire, S. B., Nazimera, L., Dullie, L., Lilford, Richard, 2016. The impact of user fees on health services utilization and infectious disease diagnoses in Neno District, Malawi : a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study. BMC Health Services Research, 16
Chen, Y-F.??, Boyal, Amunpreet, Sutton, Elizabeth, Armoiry, Xavier, Watson, Samuel I., Bion, Julian, Tarrant, Carolyn, 2016. The magnitude and mechanisms of the weekend effect in hospital admissions : a protocol for a mixed methods review incorporating a systematic review and framework synthesis. Systematic Reviews, 5 (1)
Watson, Samuel I., Chen, Y-F.??, Nguyen-Van-Tam, Jonathan S., Myles, Puja R., Venkatesan, Sudhir, Zambon, Maria, Uthman, Olalekan A., Chilton, Peter J., Lilford, Richard, 2016. Evidence synthesis and decision modelling to support complex decisions : stockpiling neuraminidase inhibitors for pandemic influenza usage. F1000Research, 5
Watson, Samuel I., Chen, Y-F.??, Nguyen-Van-Tam, Jonathan S., Myles, Puja R., Venkatesan, Sudhir, Zambon, Maria, Uthman, Olalekan A., Chilton, Peter J., Lilford, Richard, 2016. Evidence synthesis and decision modelling to support complex decisions : stockpiling neuraminidase inhibitors for pandemic influenza usage. F1000Research, 5
Aldridge, Cassie, Bion, Julian, Boyal, Amunpreet, Chen, Y-F.??, Clancy, Mike, Evans, Tim, Girling, Alan, Lord, Joanne, Mannion, Russell, Rees, Peter, Roseveare, Chris, Rudge, Gavin, Sun, Jianxia, Tarrant, Carolyn, Temple, Mark, Watson, Samuel I., Lilford, Richard, 2016. Weekend specialist intensity and admission mortality in acute hospital trusts in England : a cross-sectional study. The Lancet, 388 (10040), pp. 178-186
Watson, Samuel I., Lilford, Richard, 2016. Essay 1 : integrating multiple sources of evidence : a Bayesian perspective. Health Services Delivery Research, 4 (16), pp. 1-18
Watson, Samuel I., Arulampalam, Wiji, Petrou, Stavros, Marlow, Neil, Morgan, A. S., Draper, Elizabeth S., Santhakumaran, S., Modi, N., 2014. The effects of designation and volume of neonatal care on mortality and morbidity outcomes of very preterm infants in England : retrospective population-based cohort study. BMJ Open, 4 (7)

Watson, Samuel I., 2016. Democratic reform and health : interpreting causal estimates. Lancet Global Health, The Lancet Publishing Group

Title	Funder	Award start	Award end
Evidence Based Implementation of Baby-Friendly Workplace Support Initiative and Evaluation	African Population and health Research Centre	01 Oct 2015	30 Sept 2017
Investigating the implementation, adoption and effectiveness of ePrescribing systems in English hospitals: a mixed methods national evaluation	National Institute for Health Research (DoH)	02 Apr 2014	31 Oct 2016