brian buckley

Dr Brian Buckley is an Honorary Clinical Research Fellow with the Discipline of General Practice at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Research Interests

Current work

• Consultant Researcher and Scientific Writer with the World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region
• Visiting Professor of Health Research, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines, Manila
• Integrated community-based vector control interventions for the prevention of dengue fever in Cambodia, Lao Peoples Republic and the Philippines
• Malaria vector mapping and control in the Greater Mekong Subregion, South East Asia
• Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases and health service provision in developing countries in the Western Pacific Region
• Locally relevant but neglected clinical and surgical research topics in under-resourced health care settings
• Health research system development in developing countries
• Use of routinely reported and survey-generated databases in the study of disease epidemiology and service use

Selected Publications

Dugee O, Oum S, Palam E, Rani M, Buckley BS. Individual-based Primary prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Cambodia and Mongolia: early identification and management of hypertension and diabetes mellitus.  BMC Public Health. 2012;(In press).

Buckley BS, Harreiter J, Damm P, Corcoy R, Chico A, Simmons D, Vellinga A, Dunne F on behalf of the DALI Core Investigator Group. Gestational diabetes mellitus in Europe: prevalence, current screening practice and barriers to screening. A review. Diabetic Medicine 2011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03541.x

Rani M, Bekedam H, Buckley BS. Improving health research governance and management in the Western Pacific: A WHO Expert Consultation. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine 2011; 4 (4): 204-213 doi: 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2011.01161.x

Buckley BS, Lapitan MCM, Simpson SR, Sheikh A. Risk of prostate cancer associated with benign prostate disease: a case-control study. British Journal of General Practice. 2011; 61(592):e684-91

Simpson CR, Buckley BS, McLernon DJ, Sheikh A, Murphy A, Hannaford PC. Five-Year Prognosis in an Incident Cohort of People Presenting with Acute Myocardial Infarction. PLoS ONE 2011; 6(10): e26573.

Buckley BS, Grant AM, Glazener CMA. Case study: a patient-clinician collaboration that identified and prioritized evidence gaps and stimulated research development. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2011 Aug 3. [Epub ahead of print]

Glazener C, Boachie C, Buckley BS, Cochran C, Dorey G, Grant AM, et al. Urinary incontinence in men after formal one-to-one pelvic-floor muscle training following radical prostatectomy or transurethral resection of the prostate (MAPS): two parallel randomised controlled trials. The Lancet 2011; 378(9788):328-37

Lapitan MCM, Buckley BS. Impact of palliative urinary diversion by percutaneous nephrostomy drainage and ureteral stenting amongst patients with advanced cervical cancer and obstructive uropathy: a prospective cohort. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research. 2011; 37(8):1061-70

Buckley BS, Murphy AW, MacFarlane AE.  Public attitudes to the use in research of personal health information from general practitioners’ records: a survey of the Irish general public. Journal of Medical Ethics. doi: 10.1136/jme.2010.037903

Buckley BS, Lapitan MCM. Drugs for treatment of urinary retention after surgery in adults (Review) Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD008023. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008023.pub2.

Imamura M,  Abrams P,  Bain C,  Buckley B,  Cardozo L,  Cody J, et al. Systematic review and economic modeling of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of non-surgical treatments for women with stress urinary incontinence. Health Technology Assessment. 2010 Aug;14(40):1-506.

Buckley BS, Simpson CR, DJ McLernon, Hannaford PC, Murphy AW Considerable differences exist between prevalent and incident myocardial infarction cohorts derived from the same population. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 63(12):1351-7

Buckley BS, Lapitan MC, Epidemiology committee of the 4th International Consultation on Incontinence, Paris, 2008, Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence in men, women and children: current evidence. Findings of the 4th International Consultation on Incontinence. Urology 2010; 76(2): 265-70.

Buckley BS, Simpson CR, DJ McLernon, Hannaford PC, Murphy AW.  Five year survival in a primary care identified incident cohort of people with angina. British Medical Journal 2009; 339: b3058.

Buckley B, Grant AM  What is the most effective management of neurogenic bladder dysfunction? British Medical Journal 2009;338:b659

Buckley B, Murphy AW Do patients with angina alone have a more benign prognosis than patients with a history of acute myocardial infarction, revascularisation or both? Findings from a community cohort study. Heart 2008; 95 461-467.

Affiliations

• Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen
• Editor and author with the Cochrane Incontinence Review Group
• Member of the Technology Appraisal Committee at the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2003-2012)
• Honorary Consultant to the Department of Health, Republic of the Philippines
• Member of the 4th & 5th International Consultations on Incontinence (Paris, 2008 & 2012)
• Member of the International Standard Organisation’s working group on aids for ostomy and incontinence
• Nominated expert (disability and access), National Standards Association of Ireland