Dr. Sophie Hill

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) UMelb, MA La Trobe, PhD La Trobe

Teaching areas

• Evidence-based public health (critical appraisal of studies, systematic reviews).

Professional involvement

• Steering Group, Cochrane Collaboration (representing Coordinating Editors).
• Research Advisory Panel, Arthritis Victoria.
• Participation Advisory Committee, Victorian Department of Health.

Research interests

• Sociology of health, user involvement, do-not-resuscitate orders.

Recent publications and presentations

PUBLICATIONS

• Hill S, Filippini G, Synnot A, Summers M, Beecher D, Colombo C, et al. (2012) Presenting evidence-based health information for people with multiple sclerosis: The IN-DEEP project protocol. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 12:20
• Ryan RE, Weir M, Leslie B, Worswick J, Lowe DB, Hill SJ. Evidence on optimal prescribing and medicines use for decision makers: Scope and application of the Rx for Change Database. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research 2011, 41(4): 295-9.
• Hill, S (Ed). The Knowledgeable Patient: Communication and Participation in Health. A Cochrane Handbook. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).
• Ryan R, Santesso N, Hill S, Lowe D, Kaufman C, Grimshaw J. Consumer-oriented interventions for evidence-based prescribing and medicines use: an overview of systematic reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 5.
• Ryan R, Hill S, Lowe D, Allen K, Taylor M, Mead C. Notification and support for people exposed to the risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) (or other prion diseases) through medical treatment (iatrogenically). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 3.
• Lowe D, Ryan R, Santesso N, Hill S. Development of a taxonomy of interventions to organise the evidence on consumers' medicines use Patient Education and Counseling 2011 85(2) e101–e107.
• Weir M, Ryan R, Mayhew A, Worswick J, Santesso N, Lowe D, Leslie B, Stevens A, Hill S, Grimshaw J. The Rx for Change Database: A first-in-class tool for optimal prescribing and medicines use Implementation Science 2010, 5:89 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-5-89.
• Hill S, Spink J, Cadilhac D, Edwards A, Kaufman C, Rogers S, Ryan R, Tonkin A. Absolute risk representation in cardiovascular disease prevention: comprehension and preferences of health care consumers and general practitioners involved in a focus group study. BMC Public Health 2010, 10:108 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-108.
• Ryan R, Kaufman C and Hill SJ. Building blocks for meta-synthesis: data integration tables for summarising, mapping, and synthesising evidence on interventions for communicating with health consumers. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:16 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-9-16.
• Ryan R, Hill S. 2009. Multimorbidity decision burden for medicines not recognised. Letter, BMJ, 19 August 2009.
• Ryan R, Prictor M, McLaughlin KJ, Hill S. Audio-visual presentation of information for informed consent for participation in clinical trials. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD003717. DOI: 0.1002/14651858.CD003717.pub2.

PRESENTATIONS

• Lowe D, Hill S, Pitt V. Involvement of consumers in the delivery of statutory mental health services: the impact on consumer and professional employees (Oral presentation abstract number: 010). Consumers Reforming Health Conference 18-21 July 2011, Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre, Australia.
• Pitt V, Lowe D, Hill S, Hetrick S, Prictor M, Ryan R, Berends L. Employing consumers in the delivery of statutory mental health services (Poster abstract number: 112) Consumers Reforming Health Conference 18-21 July 2011, Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre, Australia.
• Synnot A, Hill S, Garner K, Beecher D, Colombo C, Filippini G, Mosconi P, Osborne R, Shapland S, Summers M . The internet and treatment information-seeking by people with MS. Consortium of MS Centres Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, June 1-4 2011. Awarded the Patient and Family Education Award for Best Poster.
• Ryan R, Lowe D, Santesso N, Hill S. Development of a taxonomy of interventions directed at consumers to promote evidence-based prescribing and medicines use: a tool for evidence-based decision-making (Poster session 3: Safe and effective use). Presented at: National Medicines Symposium 26-28 May 2010, Melbourne.
• Lowe D, Ryan R, Santesso N, Hill S, Grimshaw J. Assembling, evaluating and presenting the evidence on interventions directed to consumers to improve medicines use (Poster session 4: Sustainability). Presented at: National Medicines Symposium 26-28 May 2010, Melbourne.
• Ryan R and Hill S. Multimorbidity and communication with consumers. Invited paper presented by R Ryan, National Medicines Symposium 26-28 May 2010, Melbourne.
• Ryan R, Hill S. Effective health communication – the challenge of multimorbidity. Invited paper presented by R Ryan, Arthritis Victoria Roundtable, August 3 2009, Melbourne.
• Hill S, Ryan R. Reviewing the evidence on notifying and supporting people at risk of CJD acquired through medical procedures, Presentation to the CJD Support Group Network Conference May 16 2008.
• Ryan R, Hill S, Lowe D. Developing an evidence-based framework for notifying and supporting people at risk of CJD acquired medically. Presentation to the CJD Support Group Network Conference May 16 2009.
• Dilkes H, Hill S, Ryan R. Evidence for improving communication and participation: evaluation of Evidence Bulletin knowledge transfer. Poster presentation. 16th Cochrane Colloquium, 3-7 October 2008, Freiburg, Germany.
• Ryan R, Lowe D, Prictor M, Hill S. Two reviews are better than one? Developing linkages between a qualitative review of methodologically-diverse studies, and a Cochrane intervention review. Poster presentation. 16th Cochrane Colloquium, 3-7 October 2008, Freiburg, Germany.
• Santesso N, Rosenbaum S, Strømme Nilsen E, Rader T, Pardo J, Ciapponi A, Hill S, Ryan R, Dilkes H. Development and evaluation of a format for Plain Language Summaries. 16th Cochrane Colloquium. Freiburg, Germany. October 4, 2008.
• Prictor M, Hill S, Ryan R. Tools and resources for reviews of complex interventions: a workshop by the Consumers and Communication Review Group. Workshop. 16th Cochrane Colloquium. Freiburg, Germany. October 2008.
• Santesso N, Hill S, Ryan R, Grimshaw J. Summarising and presenting evidence for prescribing and drug use consumer interventions. 15th Cochrane Colloquium. Sao Paulo, Brazil. October 27, 2007.
• Santesso N, Stevens A, Mayhew A, Ryan R, Hill S, Grimshaw J. Cochrane Inside: Working with national agency to create tools for decision makers. 15th Cochrane Colloquium. Sao Paulo, Brazil. October 25, 2007.
• Hill S, Ryan R, Santesso N, Graham S, Grimshaw J. Identifying, assessing, summarising and presenting evidence for prescribing and drug use interventions directed to consumers. Poster presentation. Guidelines International Network, 4th annual conference, 22-25 August, 2007, Toronto.
• Santesso N, Ryan R, Hill S, Grimshaw J. A Taxonomy of Interventions Directed at Consumers to Promote Evidence-Based Prescribing and Drug Use: A Tool for Evidence-Based Decision-Making. Poster presentation, Canadian Agency for Drug and Technologies in Health Symposium, 22-24 April, 2007, Ottawa.
• Stevens A, Santesso N, Ryan R, Hill S, Mayhew A, Graham S, Grimshaw J. Interventions to Facilitate Evidence-based Prescribing and Drug Use: Evidence to Inform Policy Making. Panel presentation, Canadian Agency for Drug and Technologies in Health Symposium, 22-24 April, 2007, Ottawa.
• Stevens A, Santesso N (presenter), Ryan R, Hill S, Mayhew A, Graham S, Grimshaw J. Interventions to Facilitate Evidence-based Prescribing and Drug Use: Evidence to Inform Policy Making. Part II: Interventions directed to consumers for drug use. Panel presentation, Canadian Agency for Drug and Technologies in Health Symposium, 22-24 April, 2007, Ottawa.
• ‘Evidence Synthesis and Overviews of Systematic Reviews: one input to policy making (and unraveling complexity)’. By S. Hill and R. Ryan; seminar delivered by S. Hill to the Cochrane EPOC workshop on Assessing Complex Interventions in Cochrane Systematic Reviews’, 18 May 2006, Melbourne.
• ‘Overviews of systematic reviews of interventions to communicate with and involve health consumers: one input to evidence-informed decision making’. By S. Hill and R. Ryan; seminar delivered by S. Hill to the National Institute of Clinical Studies Fellowship Program, 5 May 2006, Melbourne.
• ‘Overviews of systematic reviews of interventions to communicate with and involve consumers: one input to the development of evidence-informed policy and systems’. Invited paper by S. Hill and R. Ryan to the “Enabling evidence-informed patient choice by translating research evidence into patient information”, seminar, hosted by the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, The Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs, Oslo, 22 March 2006.
• Ryan R and Hill S. Evidence overviews: prioritising areas for overview of systematic reviews of interventions for involvement of patients and carers in health care, Cochrane Colloquium, Melbourne, (workshop) 22-26 October, 2005.
• Ryan R and Hill S. Developing an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews: a framework for synthesising the evidence on interventions to improve people’s involvement in healthcare. Cochrane Colloquium, Melbourne (poster) October 2005.

REPORTS

 

• Ryan R, Lowe D, Hill S, Mead C. (2008) Evidence on strategies for notifying and supporting consumers following exposure to the risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) through medical treatment: a review of the evidence. A report to the Department of Human Services, Victoria, Australia.
• Santesso N, Ryan R, Hill S and Grimshaw J. Overview of Cochrane systematic reviews: Interventions directed to consumers for evidence based prescribing and drug use. Report to The Canadian Optimal Medication Prescribing and Utilization Service (COMPUS) on behalf of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). September 2006.
• Dilkes H, Ryan R and Hill S (2006). Technical report Evidence summaries: Cochrane reviews, Patient at the Centre of Care, for WHO WPRO. November 2006.
• Lin V, Fawkes S, Ehsani J, Hill S, Murphy G, Leggat S, Liu G, Rumbold B, Ryan R, and Howse G. (2005) Unpublished report for WHO. Patient at the centre: Reorienting health care practice to the 21st century, School of Public Health, La Trobe University.
• Spink J, Hill S, Ryan R and Rogers S (2004). Tools for the calculation and discussion of an individual’s absolute risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD): GPs’ and consumers’ views of the issues of format and communication.Final report to the National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance and the Australian Department of Health and Ageing. September 2004.