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Contact

• workRoom B65 Clinical Sciences
  Nottingham City Hospital
  Hucknall Road
  Nottingham
  NG5 1PB
  UK
• work0115 823 1357
• Stephanie.Lax@nottingham.ac.uk

Expertise Summary

Stephanie's portfolio spans quantitative and qualitative methods, including:

• Epidemiology of cancer and rare diseases using registry and national health data
• Evidence synthesis, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses, scoping reviews, and umbrella reviews
• Reflexive thematic analysis of stakeholder perspectives

She generally uses R (tidyverse) for data management, analysis, and visualisation, and has supported teaching of statistical programming at MSc level for many years.

Research Summary

Stephanie joined the RECORDER team (Registration of Complex Rare Diseases - Exemplars in Rheumatology) in 2023 to explore the epidemiology of rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases using national… read more

Recent Publications

• SANTER M, RIDD MJ, HARVEY J, LAX SJ, MULLER I, ROBERTS A and THOMAS KS, 2024. British Journal of General Practice. 74(738), 40-42
• LAX SJ, ROBERTS A, CLIFFE E, RAMESH G, AYODELE D, WILLIAMS HC, BELMO S and LEIGHTON P, 2023. British Journal of Dermatology. 189(5), 623–624
• COWDELL F, LAX SJ, VAN ONSELEN J and PENDLETON R, 2023. BMJ Open. 13, e065557
• HARVEY J, LAX SJ, LOWE A, SANTER M, LAWTON S, LANGAN SM, ROBERTS A, STUART B, WILLIAMS HC and THOMAS KS, 2023. Skin Health and Disease. 3(5), e268

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Current Research

Stephanie joined the RECORDER team (Registration of Complex Rare Diseases - Exemplars in Rheumatology) in 2023 to explore the epidemiology of rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases using national datasets. Whilst data management and analysis are a key focus, she is passionate about patient and public involvement, and has coordinated the RECORDER Public Partnership on since launching it in November 2023. To more fully appreciate the patient perspective on taking steroids, Stephanie recently undertook in collaboration with the University of West of England, Bristol.

She is also co-investigator on "Primary prevention of maternal ANaemia to avoid preterm Delivery and other Adverse outcomes" () funded by a £2.4m NIHR programme grant.

Past Research

Whilst working at the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology (2018-2023), Stephanie's main focus was to deliver landmark Cochrane systematic reviews comparing eczema treatments, including , , and a network meta-analysis of . Alongside, she contributed to a review of the , including observational data, and a . Stephanie also helped deliver two projects where ideas were conceived through patient workshops. These were '', exploring how to describe skin tone more inclusively in health and disease; and 'The ', part of a knowledge mobilisation project to improve lay eczema knowledge and promote self-care.

Whilst at the University of York (2013-2018), Stephanie worked with the Haematological Malignancy Research Network and contributed to a report of the . She was also involved in the development of software for estimation of disease prevalence from incomplete longitudinal data: Crouch S, Lax SJ, Lacy SE. 'rprev: estimating disease prevalence from registry data', Comprehensive R Archive Network, first released 2nd September 2016. Details of how to obtain up-to-date code can be found , with a user guide .

Future Research

Stephanie's primary areas of expertise are in epidemiology and evidence synthesis. Particular points of enthusiasm are in interdisciplinary collaborations, patient, parent, and carer involvement, and public engagement.

• SANTER M, RIDD MJ, HARVEY J, LAX SJ, MULLER I, ROBERTS A and THOMAS KS, 2024. British Journal of General Practice. 74(738), 40-42
• LAX SJ, ROBERTS A, CLIFFE E, RAMESH G, AYODELE D, WILLIAMS HC, BELMO S and LEIGHTON P, 2023. British Journal of Dermatology. 189(5), 623–624
• COWDELL F, LAX SJ, VAN ONSELEN J and PENDLETON R, 2023. BMJ Open. 13, e065557
• HARVEY J, LAX SJ, LOWE A, SANTER M, LAWTON S, LANGAN SM, ROBERTS A, STUART B, WILLIAMS HC and THOMAS KS, 2023. Skin Health and Disease. 3(5), e268
• LAX SJ and DRUCKER AM, 2022. British Journal of Dermatology. 187(6), 838
• BOWIE AC, TADROUS M, EGEBERG A, HARVEY J, LAX SJ, THYSSEN JP and DRUCKER AM, 2022. Agreement and Correlation Between Different Topical Corticosteroid Potency Classification Systems JAMA Dermatology. 158(7), 796-800
• STEELE L, STUART B, AXON E, LAX SJ, HARVEY J, ROBERTS A, SANTER M, WILLIAMS HC, DRUCKER AM and BOYLE RJ, 2022. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD015064
• LAX SJ, HARVEY J, AXON E, HOWELLS L, SANTER M, RIDD MJ, LAWTON S, LANGAN SM, ROBERTS A, AHMED A, MULLER I, MING LC, PANDA S, CHERNYSHOV P, CARTER B, WILLIAMS HC, THOMAS KS and CHALMERS JR, 2022. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD013356
• BENSON CS, SHAH A, STANWORTH SJ, FRISE CJ, SPIBY H, LAX SJ, MURRAY J and KLEIN AA, 2021. Anaesthesia. 76(Suppl 4), 84-95
• MUSTERS, AH, MASHAYEKHI, S, FLOHR, C, DRUCKER, AM, GERBENS, L, FERGUSON, J, IBBOTSON, S, DAWE, RS, GARRITSEN, F, BROUWER, M, LIMPENS, J, LAX, SJ, HARVEY, J, and SPULS, PI, 2021. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
• CUNLIFFE A, ALI U, GRAN S, GRINDLAY D, LAX SJ, WILLIAMS HC and BURDEN-TEH E, 2021. Skin Health and Disease. 1(2), e29
• WANG, SOPHIA S., CARRINGTON, MARY, BERNDT, SONJA I., SLAGER, SUSAN L., BRACCI, PAIGE M., VOUTSINAS, JENNA, CERHAN, JAMES R., SMEDBY, KARIN E., HJALGRIM, HENRIK, VIJAI, JOSEPH, MORTON, LINDSAY M., VERMEULEN, ROEL, PALTIEL, ORA, VAJDIC, CLAIRE M., LINET, MARTHA S., NIETERS, ALEXANDRA, DE SANJOSE, SILVIA, COZEN, WENDY, BROWN, ELIZABETH E., TURNER, JENNIFER, SPINELLI, JOHN J., ZHENG, TONGZHANG, BIRMANN, BRENDA M., FLOWERS, CHRISTOPHER R., BECKER, NIKOLAUS, HOLLY, ELIZABETH A., KANE, ELEANOR, WEISENBURGER, DENNIS, MAYNADIE, MARC, COCCO, PIERLUIGI, ALBANES, DEMETRIUS, WEINSTEIN, STEPHANIE J., TERAS, LAUREN R., DIVER, W. RYAN, LAX, STEPHANIE J., TRAVIS, RUTH C., KAAKS, RUDOLPH, RIBOLI, ELIO, BENAVENTE, YOLANDA, BRENNAN, PAUL, MCKAY, JAMES, DELFAU-LARUE, MARIE-HÉLÈNE, LINK, BRIAN K., MAGNANI, CORRADO, ENNAS, MARIA GRAZIA, LATTE, GIANCARLO, FELDMAN, ANDREW L., DOO, NICOLE WONG, GILES, GRAHAM G., SOUTHEY, MELISSA C., MILNE, ROGER L., OFFIT, KENNETH, MUSINSKY, JACOB, ARSLAN, ALAN A., PURDUE, MARK P., ADAMI, HANS-OLOV, MELBYE, MADS, GLIMELIUS, BENGT, CONDE, LUCIA, CAMP, NICOLA J., GLENN, MARTHA, CURTIN, KAREN, CLAVEL, JACQUELINE, MONNEREAU, ALAIN, COX, DAVID G., GHESQUIÈRES, HERVÉ, SALLES, GILLES, BOFETTA, PAULO, FORETOVA, LENKA, STAINES, ANTHONY, DAVIS, SCOTT, SEVERSON, RICHARD K., LAN, QING, BROOKS-WILSON, ANGELA, SMITH, MARTYN T., ROMAN, EVE, KRICKER, ANNE, ZHANG, YAWEI, KRAFT, PETER, CHANOCK, STEPHEN J., ROTHMAN, NATHANIEL, HARTGE, PATRICIA and SKIBOLA, CHRISTINE F., 2018. Cancer Research. 78(14), 4086-4096
• SMITH A, CROUCH S, LAX SJ, LI J, PAINTER D, HOWELL D, PATMORE R, JACK A and ROMAN E, 2015. British Journal of Cancer. 112(9), 1575-84
• FRANKS, H.A., WANG, Q., LAX, S.J., COLLINS, M.K., ESCORS, D., PATEL, P.M. and JACKSON, A.M., 2014. International Journal of Cancer. 134(3), 575-586
• WANG Q, FRANKS HA, LAX S, EL REFAEE M, MALECKA A, SHAH S, SPENDLOVE I, GOUGH M, SEEDHOUSE C, SRINIVASAN M, PATEL PM and JACKSON AM, 2013. Journal of Immunology. 190(7), (In Press.)