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Staff Profile

Dr Patience Kunonga

Research Associate (Evidence Synthesis)

  • Email: patience.kunonga@ncl.ac.uk
  • Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
    Â鶹´«Ã½
    Â鶹´«Ã½ Biomedical Research Building
    Campus for Ageing and Vitality
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    West Road
    NE4 5PL
Background

 

Patience is a Research Associate and member of the Evidence Synthesis Group within the Population Health Sciences Institute, Â鶹´«Ã½. Patience currently works primarily within the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Unit in Older People and Frailty which from January 2024 was renamed the , as well as within the . The Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing is a collaboration between Â鶹´«Ã½, the University of Manchester, and the London School of Economics, it aims to answer policymakers’ questions and help the UK's Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) make informed decisions about the health and wellbeing of people throughout mid to later life. The NIHR Innovation Observatory, hosted by Â鶹´«Ã½, is the national horizon scanning research centre. Patience holds a PhD from Â鶹´«Ã½. She developed the Kunonga Framework, a methodological framework designed to support the incorporation of health inequality and/or inequity considerations within evidence synthesis. Her work aims to support more equitable and inclusive health and care policy and decision-making.

 

Teaching

MSc in Public Health and Health Services Research

  • Introduction to Systematic Reviewing and Critical Appraisal Module - HSC8055
  • Dissertation - DTC3002
Research

Patience’s expertise in research spans reviews of effectiveness of interventions, prediction and prognostic reviews, and qualitative research. Her role includes using robust methods to identify all available primary research literature, extract appropriate data and deliver a meticulous summary in response to a research question. Patience’s research interests include social care, public health, health inequality, health inequity and evidence synthesis.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Spiers GF, Mcgarrigle L, Kunonga TP, Politis M, Barnaba J, Beyer F, Mcdermott J, Todd C, Hanratty B. . BMJ Public Health 2026, 4(2), e004505.
    • Oparah CI, Kunonga TP, Eastaugh C, Norman G. . Journal Of Health Equity 2025, 2(1), 2541613.
    • Kunonga TP, Johnson EE, Din U, Westhead E, Dewhurst F, Hanratty B. . BMC Palliative Care 2025, 24, 119.
    • Spiers G, McDermott J, Johnson EE, Kunonga TP, Hanratty B. . Journal of Health Equity 2025, 2(1).
    • Kunonga TP, Johnson EE, Addis P, Westhead E, Bower P, Hanratty B, Craig D. . BMC Public Health 2025, 25, 4423.
    • Stowell M, Spiers GF, Kunonga P, Beyer F, Richmond C, Craig D, Hanratty B. . Journal of Long-Term Care 2024, 28-41.
    • Kunonga TP, Thomson KH, Beyer FR, Dawson S, Brittain K, Craig D. . Journal of Long-term Care 2024, 383-402.
    • Dewhurst F, Tomkow L, Poole M, McLellan E, Kunonga TP, Damisa E, Stowell M, Todd C, Hanratty B. . Palliative Medicine 2023, 37(9), 1447-1460.
    • Whitehead IO, Moffatt S, Warwick S, Spiers GF, Kunonga TP, Tang E, Hanratty B. . BMJ Open 2023, 13(8), e068402.
    • Kunonga TP, Kenny RPW, Astin M, Bryant A, Kontogiannis V, Coughlan D, Richmond C, Eastaugh CH, Beyer FR, Pearson F, Craig D, Lovat P, Vale L, Ellis R. . BMJ Open 2023, 13(9), e073306.
    • Kunonga TP, Spiers GF, Richmond C, Beyer FR, Bower P, Hanratty B, Craig D. . The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2023, 4(1), E8-E9.
    • Kunonga TP, Hanratty B, Bower P, Craig D. . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2023, 156, 76-84.
    • Hiu S, Bryant A, Gajjar K, Kunonga PT, Naik R. . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022, (8), CD007697.
    • Kontogiannis V, Coughlan D, Javanbakht M, Kunonga P, Beyer F, Richmond C, Bryant A, Bajwa D, Ellis RA, Vale L. . MDM Policy & Practice 2022, 7(1), 1-11.
    • Hiu SKW, Bigirumurame T, Kunonga P, Bryant A, Pillai M. . Brain and Behavior 2022, 19(9), e2734.
    • Bryant A, Hiu S, Kunonga P, Gajjar K, Craig D, Vale L, Winter-Roach BA, Elattar A, Naik R. . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022, (9), CD015048.
    • Spiers GF, Kunonga TP, Stow D, Hall A, Kingston A, Williams O, Beyer F, Bower P, Craig D, Todd C, Hanratty B. . Age and Ageing 2022, 51(10), 1-11.
    • Spiers GF, Liddle J, Kunonga TP, Whitehead IO, Beyer F, Stow D, Welsh C, Ramsay SE, Craig D, Hanratty B. . BMJ Open 2021, 11(9), e046187.
    • Spiers GF, Kunonga TP, Beyer F, Craig D, Hanratty B, Jagger C. . BMJ Open 2021, 11(5), e045567.
    • Chawla K, Kunonga TP, Stow D, Barker R, Craig D, Hanratty B. . PLOS ONE 2021, 16(7), e0255088.
    • Vale L, Kunonga P, Coughlan D, Kontogiannis V, Astin M, Beyer F, Richmond C, Wilson D, Bajwa D, Javanbakht M, Bryant A, Akor W, Craig D, Lovat P, Labus M, Nasr Batoul, Cunliffe T, Hinde H, Shawgi M, Saleh D, Royle P, Steward P, Lucas R, Ellis R. . Health Technology Assessment 2021, 25(64).
    • Spiers GF, Kunonga TP, Hall A, Beyer F, Boulton E, Parker S, Bower P, Craig D, Todd C, Hanratty B. . BMJ Open 2021, 11, e047051.
    • Hall A, Boulton E, Kunonga P, Spiers G, Beyer F, Bower P, Craig D, Todd C, Hanratty B. . Palliative Medicine 2021, 35(10), 1832-1843.
    • Kunonga TP, Spiers GF, Beyer FR, Hanratty B, Boulton E, Hall A, Bower P, Todd C, Craig D. . Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021, 23(11), e25887.
    • Dawson S, Kunonga P, Beyer F, Spiers G, Booker M, McDonald R, Cameron A, Craig D, Hanratty B, Salisbury C, Huntley A. . F1000Research 2020, 9, 857.
    • Barker RO, Craig D, Spiers G, Kunonga P, Hanratty B. . Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2018, 19(12), 1069-1079.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Oparah CI, Kunonga TP, Eastaugh C, Norman G. . In: international HealthTechScan (i-HTS) by EuroScan international network e. V.. Futures, Foresight & Horizon Scanning Conference 2024. 2025, Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne: German Medical Sciences GMS Publishing House.
    • Kunonga TP, Spiers GF, Richmond C, Beyer FR, Bower P, Hanratty B, Craig D. . In: Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Annual Scientific Meeting 2023. 2023, Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, UK: BMJ Publishing Group.
    • Kunonga TP, Bower P, Hanratty B, Craig D. . In: Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting (GSA 2023). 2023, Tampa, Florida: Oxford University Press.
    • Kunonga P, Hanratty B, Bower P, Craig D. . In: HTAi 2022 Meeting. 2022, Utrecht, Netherlands: International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care.
    • Kunonga P, Astin M, Beyer F, Richmond C, Akor W, Bryant A, Coughlan D, Kontogiannis V, Craig D, Nasr B, Ellis R, Labus M, Lovat P, Vale L. . In: 16th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research. 2019, Salt Lake City, Utah: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
    • Kunonga P, Beyer F, Dawson S, Huntley A, Adamson J, Robinson L, Craig D. . In: School for Primary Care Research Showcase 2018. 2018, London: National Institute for Health Research (NHS).