Dr Sharon Parsons

Senior Research Officer

Biomedical Sciences

+44 (0) 1792 606721

s.n.parsons@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

Office - 114
Ground Floor
Grove Building
Singleton Campus

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5841-8309

ResearchGate

About

Dr Sharon Parsons is a Senior Research Officer within the Diabetes Research Group, Swansea University Medical School. Sharon joined the University in 2012 to co-ordinate a large, multi-centre trial looking at self-monitoring of blood glucose in people with type 2 diabetes. This subsequently became the topic of her PhD thesis, which she completed in 2019.

Previously Sharon was Network Manager of the NIHR Thames Valley Diabetes Local Research Network based in Oxford and prior to that R&D Manager at the Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Trust. Her early career was based with Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Health Authority Public Health Department who supported her to undertake a Master degree in Public Health Medicine.

Areas Of Expertise

Diabetes research
Research / clinical trial management
Public involvement and engagement

Career Highlights

Research

Dr Parsons’s primary research area is diabetes. She is particularly interested in self-management of diabetes and the psychological and social aspects of living with diabetes. Her PhD thesis focused on self-monitoring blood glucose in non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes, which has developed an interest in the potential benefits and uses of all forms of blood glucose monitoring. Sharon is currently collaborating with NHS colleagues to evaluate diabetes prevention programmes.

Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Parsons, S., Luzio, S., Bain, S., Harvey, J., McKenna, J., Khan, A., Rice, S., Watkins, A., Owens, D., & Bain, S. (2017). Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose in Non-Insulin Treated Type 2 Diabetes (The SMBG Study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 17(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-017-0154-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32118
Parsons, S., Luzio, S., Harvey, J., Bain, S., Cheung, W., Watkins, A., & Owens, D. (2019). Effect of structured self‐monitoring of blood glucose, with and without additional TeleCare support, on overall glycaemic control in non‐insulin treated Type 2 diabetes: the SMBG Study, a 12‐month randomized controlled trial. Diabetic Medicine, 36(5), 578-590.
https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13899, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48683
Williams, D., Parsons, S., Dunseath, G., Stephens, J., Luzio, S., & Owens, D. (2020). The impact of structured self-monitoring of blood glucose on glycaemic variability in non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes: The SMBG study, a 12-month randomised controlled trial. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews, 14(2), 101-106.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2020.01.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53409
Parsons, S., Luzio, S., Harvey, J., Bain, S., Cheung, I., Watkins, A., & Owens, D. (2019). Effect of structured self‐monitoring of blood glucose, with and without additional TeleCare support, on overall glycaemic control in non‐insulin treated Type 2 diabetes: the SMBG Study, a 12‐month randomized controlled trial. Diabetic Medicine, 36(5), 578-590.
https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13899, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54346
Thatcher, R., Gregory, N., Cheung, I., Dunseath, G., Parsons, S., Goodwin, M., & Luzio, S. (2022). Brief lifestyle interventions for prediabetes in primary care: a service evaluation. BMC Primary Care, 23(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01658-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60094
Parsons, S., Kosnes, L., Anderson, P., Harris, S., Thatcher, R., Harrington, B., Davies, J., Fitzsimmons, D., & Luzio, S. (2024). The challenges and lessons from a formative process and value-based evaluation of the wave 1 roll-out of the all Wales Diabetes Prevention Programme. BMC Public Health, 24(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19946-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67955

All Research

Journal Articles

Parsons, S., Kosnes, L., Anderson, P., Harris, S., Thatcher, R., Harrington, B., Davies, J., Fitzsimmons, D., & Luzio, S. (2024). The challenges and lessons from a formative process and value-based evaluation of the wave 1 roll-out of the all Wales Diabetes Prevention Programme. BMC Public Health, 24(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19946-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67955
Thatcher, R., Gregory, N., Cheung, I., Dunseath, G., Parsons, S., Goodwin, M., & Luzio, S. (2022). Brief lifestyle interventions for prediabetes in primary care: a service evaluation. BMC Primary Care, 23(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01658-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60094
Williams, D., Parsons, S., Dunseath, G., Stephens, J., Luzio, S., & Owens, D. (2020). The impact of structured self-monitoring of blood glucose on glycaemic variability in non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes: The SMBG study, a 12-month randomised controlled trial. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews, 14(2), 101-106.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2020.01.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53409
Parsons, S., Luzio, S., Harvey, J., Bain, S., Cheung, W., Watkins, A., & Owens, D. (2019). Effect of structured self‐monitoring of blood glucose, with and without additional TeleCare support, on overall glycaemic control in non‐insulin treated Type 2 diabetes: the SMBG Study, a 12‐month randomized controlled trial. Diabetic Medicine, 36(5), 578-590.
https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13899, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48683
Parsons, S., Luzio, S., Harvey, J., Bain, S., Cheung, I., Watkins, A., & Owens, D. (2019). Effect of structured self‐monitoring of blood glucose, with and without additional TeleCare support, on overall glycaemic control in non‐insulin treated Type 2 diabetes: the SMBG Study, a 12‐month randomized controlled trial. Diabetic Medicine, 36(5), 578-590.
https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13899, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54346
Parsons, S., Luzio, S., Bain, S., Harvey, J., McKenna, J., Khan, A., Rice, S., Watkins, A., Owens, D., & Bain, S. (2017). Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose in Non-Insulin Treated Type 2 Diabetes (The SMBG Study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 17(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-017-0154-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32118

Career History

Operational Manager, Diabetes Research Unit Cymru, Swansea University

April 2018 - March 2020
Deputy Operational Manager, Diabetes Research Unit Cymru, Swansea University

April 2015 - March 2018
Study Co-ordinator, SMBG Study, Swansea University

February 2012 - March 2018
Network Manager, Thames Valley Diabetes Research Network, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

November 2006 - February 2012
Research & Development Manager, Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

2000 - 2004
Research / Public Health Officer, Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Health Authority

1995 - 2000

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Career Highlights

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Research Highlights

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Career History

Operational Manager, Diabetes Research Unit Cymru, Swansea University

Deputy Operational Manager, Diabetes Research Unit Cymru, Swansea University

Study Co-ordinator, SMBG Study, Swansea University

Network Manager, Thames Valley Diabetes Research Network, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Research & Development Manager, Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Research / Public Health Officer, Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Health Authority