Dr Dean M Thompson CPsychol, AFBPsS, FHEA, PhD

Dr Dean M Thompson

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 414 3344
Email
d.m.thompson@bham.ac.uk
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@DM_Thompson
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Murray Learning Centre
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dean is a Chartered Psychologist and NIHR Advanced Fellow in Mental Health and Mixed Methods Research at the Department of Applied Health. He is an advisor for NIHR Research Support Service (RSS), offering consultation with health and social care researchers on study design and delivery, patient and public involvement, and training and career opportunities.

ORCiD iD: 0000-0002-9095-5593

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Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, University of Birmingham, 2021 
  • PhD in Otorhinolaryngology, University of Nottingham, 2018
  • PGCert in Psychological Therapies, University of Nottingham, 2014
  • MRes in Clinical Psychology, University of Birmingham, 2012
  • BSc in Human Psychology, Aston University, 2011

Biography

Dean is a Chartered Psychologist trained to deliver cognitive behavioural interventions in the NHS where he has worked in mental health services. Dean is interested in research focused on developing mental health support in settings outside of traditional mental health professions and services, and he was awarded a competitive PhD studentship in 2014 to join the NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit to develop and evaluate a psychological intervention for use in audiology settings. During his time in Nottingham, he won the American Auditory Society Student Research Award, and the Sue Watson Presentation Prize for his work, and was a guest lecturer at UCL and an expert advisor for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Dean joined University of Birmingham in 2018 to develop his portfolio of research and work as an Advisor for NIHR Research Design Service (RDS), where he has consulted on over 150 grant and fellowship applications worth over £10m in successful research proposals across a wide range of subject areas and research methodologies. From 2023, this work has continued with the new NIHR Research Support Service (RSS). Dean is also an NIHR RfPB West Midlands Regional Advisory Committee Member, and external peer reviewer for NIHR and other funders.

Most recently, Dean has been awarded funding to lead on paediatric burns, and children and young people’s mental health research at the Department of Applied Health where he continues to work on mental health research while teaching on the MBChB and MPH programmes.

Teaching

Dean is module co-ordinator for the Health Improvement Evidence Review (HIER; Year 3) in Medicine and Surgery MBChB conferring membership of the MBChB Year 3 Management Committee, and teaches on the following courses:

Dean’s current and past MPH students include:

  • Hilmy Kartono
  • Andrea Utz Matus de la Parra
  • Qinyin Li

Postgraduate supervision

Dean is interested in supervising postgraduate students in mental health research, mixed methods design, paediatric burns, and hearing research. Please contact Dean directly if you would like to discuss applying for a PhD. Dean’s current PhD students include:

  • Sue Blackwell - Parastomal hernia and shared decision making

Research

Current projects

  • Improving mental health peer support for children and young people: A mixed methods realist modelling study.  Funded by an NIHR Advanced Fellowship (NIHR303647), £537k.
  • Parent-administered at home dressing changes in paediatric burns aftercare: Experience-based co-design of NHS service guidance and support for parents and carers.  Funded by NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (NIHR204045), £165k.

Research groups and centres

Other activities

  • College of Medicine and Health NIHR Strategy Group
  • NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) West Midlands Regional Advisory Committee
  • Chair of the Early Career Researcher Academic Group (ECRAG) at the Department of Applied Health
  • Birmingham 2030 Strategic Framework: IAHR People and Culture Working Group
  • Outreach activities with children and young people including In2Science

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Blackwell, S, Clifford, S, Pinkney, T, Thompson, D & Mathers, J 2024, 'Assessment of the quality of online patient information resources for patients considering parastomal hernia treatment', Colorectal Disease, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.16959

Thompson, DM, Bernard, M, Maxfield, B, Halsall, T & Mathers, J 2023, 'Focusing a realist evaluation of peer support for paediatric mental health', Discover Mental Health, vol. 3, no. 1, 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-023-00045-2

Mathers, J, Poyner, C, Thompson, D, Rudge, G & Pritchett, R 2022, 'Exploration of the uptake of asymptomatic COVID-19 lateral flow testing in Birmingham, UK: survey and qualitative research', BMJ open, vol. 12, no. 4, e056606. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056606

Thompson, D, Thomas, C, Hyde, L, Wilson, Y, Moiemen, N & Mathers, J 2021, 'At home parent-administered dressing changes in paediatric burns aftercare: a survey of burns centres’ practice', Burns. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2021.03.012

Thompson, D, Thomas, C, Hyde, L, Wilson, Y, Moiemen, N & Mathers, J 2021, 'At home parent-administered dressing changes in paediatric burns aftercare: interviews on parents’ experiences of treatment', Burns. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2021.06.005

Charles, A, Thompson, D, Nixdorf, R, Ryan, G, Shamba, D, Kalha, J, Moran, G, Hiltensperger, R, Mahlke, C, Puschner, B, Repper, J, Slade, M & Mpango, R 2020, 'A typology of modifications to peer support work for adults with mental health problems: systematic review', British Journal of Psychiatry , vol. 216, no. 6, pp. 301-307. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2019.264

Taylor, JA, Thompson, D, Hall, DA, Walker, D-M, McMurran, M, Casey, A, Featherstone, D, MacDonald, C, Stockdale, D & Hoare, DJ 2020, 'The TinMan study: feasibility trial of a psychologically informed, audiologist-delivered, manualised intervention for tinnitus', International journal of audiology.

Ibrahim, N, Thompson, D, Nixdorf, R, Kalha, J, Mpango, R, Moran, G, Mueller‑Stierlin, A, Ryan, G, Mahlke, C, Shamba, D, Puschner, B, Repper, J & Slade, M 2019, 'A systematic review of influences on implementation of peer support work for adults with mental health problems', Journal of Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01739-1

Thompson, DM, Hall, DA, Walker, D-M, McMurran, M, Casey, A, Stockdale, D, Featherstone, D, Hoare, DJ & Taylor, JA 2018, 'Patients' and Clinicians' Views of the Psychological Components of Tinnitus Treatment That Could Inform Audiologists' Usual Care: A Delphi Survey', Ear and Hearing, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 367-377. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000492

Taylor, JA, Hall, DA, Walker, D-M, McMurran, M, Casey, A, Stockdale, D, Featherstone, D, Thompson, DM, MacDonald, C & Hoare, DJ 2017, 'A psychologically informed, audiologist-delivered, manualised intervention for tinnitus: protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial (Tin Man study)', Pilot and Feasibility Studies, vol. 3, 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-017-0137-8

Abstract

Mathers, J, Poyner, C, Thompson, D, Rudge, G & Pritchett, R 2021, 'An exploration of the uptake of asymptomatic COVID-19 lateral flow testing in Birmingham, UK: cross-sectional survey and qualitative analysis', The Lancet, vol. 398, no. Supplement 2, S73. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02616-7

Review article

Thompson, D, Booth, L, Moore, D & Mathers, J 2022, 'Peer support for people with chronic conditions: a systematic review of reviews', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 22, no. 1, 427 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07816-7

Thompson, DM, Hall, DA, Walker, D-M & Hoare, DJ 2016, 'Psychological Therapy for People with Tinnitus: A Scoping Review of Treatment Components', Ear and Hearing, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 149-158. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000363

Hall, DA, Haider, H, Szczepek, AJ, Lau, P, Rabau, S, Jones-Diette, J, Londero, A, Edvall, NK, Cederroth, CR, Mielczarek, M, Fuller, T, Batuecas-Caletrio, A, Brueggemen, P, Thompson, DM, Norena, A, Cima, RFF, Mehta, RL & Mazurek, B 2016, 'Systematic review of outcome domains and instruments used in clinical trials of tinnitus treatments in adults', Trials, vol. 17, 270. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1399-9

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