Ms Naila Dracup MSc, BA (Hons), MCLIP

Information Specialist

Contact details

Address
Health Services Management Centre (HSMC)
Park House
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Naila is an Information Specialist who works within the Birmingham Centre for Evidence and Implementation Science (BCEIS). Naila is primarily involved in the development of systematic literature searches to inform a range of research outputs within health and social care.

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Qualifications

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) (2018)

CILIP – the Library and Information Association Chartership 2015

MSc in Information Studies: Leeds Metropolitan University, 2009

BA Sociology: University of Leeds

Biography

Upon completing a BA in Sociology from the University of Leeds in 2007, Naila completed an MSc in Information Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2009. Previous Information Specialist positions include roles at NHS Evidence – Cancer, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (Scie), the Academic Unit for Health Economics (AUHE) – University of Leeds and the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) - University of Sheffield. She has also worked as a librarian within the NHS and the University of Derby.

Research

Research interests include information retrieval methods, evidence synthesis, professional learning and review methods. She is a member of the Summarized Research in Information Retrieval for HTA (SuRe Info) team and has co-authored the chapter on searching to identify diagnostic accuracy studies.