Selected Publications

• Al-Ansary L, Farmer A, Hirst J, Roberts N, Glasziou P, Perera R, and Price C P (2011) Point-of-Care Testing for Hb A1c in the Management of Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis. Clin Chem.

• Blacklock C L, Hirst J A, Taylor K S, Stevens R J, Roberts N W, and Farmer A J (2011) Evidence for a dose effect of renin-angiotensin system inhibition on progression of microalbuminuria in Type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis. Diabet Med, 28(10):1182-7.

• Jenkins N, Hallowell N, Farmer A J, Holman R R, and Lawton J (2011) Participants' experiences of intensifying insulin therapy during the Treating to Target in Type 2 Diabetes (4-T) trial: qualitative interview study. Diabet Med, 28(5):543-8.

• Lawton Julia, Jenkins Nicholas, Darbyshire Julie L, Holman Rury R, Farmer Andrew J, and Hallowell Nina (2011) Challenges of maintaining research protocol fidelity in a clinical care setting: a qualitative study of the experiences and views of patients and staff participating in a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 12:108.

• Glasziou Paul, Chalmers Iain, Altman Douglas G, Bastian Hilda, Boutron Isabelle, Brice Anne, Jamtvedt Gro, Farmer Andrew, Ghersi Davina, Groves Trish, Heneghan Carl, Hill Sophie, Lewin Simon, Michie Susan, Perera Rafael, Pomeroy Valerie, Tilson Julie, Shepperd Sasha, and Williams John W (2010) Taking healthcare interventions from trial to practice. BMJ, 341:c3852.

Prof. Andrew Farmer

My research aims to improve the effectiveness of treatments intended to improve health for people with long-term conditions, particularly diabetes, and to improve the way that treatments are targeted at those people most likely to benefit through appropriate monitoring of the condition.

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Professor Farmer undertook his DM thesis in the University Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology at Oxford, having completed vocational training at Thame Health Centre where he worked as a principal in the practice from 1985 to 2000. Between 2001 and 2006 he was a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Primary Health Care holding an NHS R&D Senior Clinical Scientist Award. He also works as a salaried general practitioner at South Oxford Health Centre and is a Senior Research Fellow in the Diabetes Trials Unit.

His work has focused on research to improve the self-management of diabetes in general practice including the best use of blood glucose monitoring, supporting adherence to medication, and evaluating the use of telehealth to improve long-term outcomes. He was a Harkness Fellow of the Commonwealth Fund of New York in 1991, one of the first general practitioners to hold this award. He currently has additional roles as Director of the Oxford Primary Care Trials Unit, Co-Director of the NIHR Comprehensive Local Research Network and was Deputy Chair of the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme Commissioning Board from 2007 to 2011.