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  1. Experiences of nurses caring for respiratory patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: an online survey study

    Article • BMJ Open Respiratory Research, July 2021, BMJ

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  2. How is the education component of pulmonary rehabilitation delivered in practice––Is it patient‐centred?

    Article • The Clinical Respiratory Journal, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  3. Levels of resilience, anxiety and depression in nurses working in respiratory clinical areas during the COVID pandemic

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  4. What respiratory teaching is currently being delivered to pre-registration nurses in the United Kingdom?

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  5. What Tools and Resources do Pulmonary Rehabilitation Teams use to Deliver Education?

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  6. Informal carers and peer support in pulmonary rehabilitation: an underutilized resource?

    Article • Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, July 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  7. Risk Factors for Severe Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in an Acute Hospital Population

    Article • Journal of Addictions Nursing, July 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  8. Development of an alcohol withdrawal risk stratification tool based on patients referred to an addiction liaison nursing service in Glasgow

    Article • Drugs and Alcohol Today, June 2019, Emerald

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  9. Severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome: review of the literature

    Article • Drugs and Alcohol Today, January 2019, Emerald

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  10. Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document

    Article • Database, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Daniel Prieto, Dr James A.L. Brown, Professor Amanda G Thrift, Docent Kutty Selva Nandakumar, Professor Miguel Viveiros, MD Diego A. Valera-Cornejo, Dr Soroush Safaei, Dr Carmen San Martín, Piero Carninci, Dr Florian Rehfeldt, Dr Yoichi Watanabe, Kazuki Ide, Mr Alvin Wong, Dr Adrian Meule, Dr Maurizio Petrelli, Dr Christine McGarrigle, Dr Tristan Reddan, Dr Nicola Roberts, Professor Stefan Lorkowski, Dr Cyrille Goarant, Dr Emma C Hobbs, Dr. Saurab Sharma, Ph.D., Dr Farid Rahimi, Prof. Iseult Lynch, Mirella Walker, Dr Luca Galluzzi, Sophie Ohlsson, Professor Tullio Florio, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Dr Azubuike Christian Ukubuiwe, Prof Gajendra PS Raghava, Prof Jun Shen

  11. Barriers and enablers to meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus admission screening in hospitals: a mixed-methods study

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  12. A systematic review of the content and delivery of education in pulmonary rehabilitation programmes

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  13. The acceptability of screening for Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE): cross-sectional survey of nursing staff and the general publics’ perceptions

    Article • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  14. Melatonin and health: an umbrella review of health outcomes and biological mechanisms of action

    Article • BMC Medicine, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  15. Reflections on integrated care from those working in and leading integrated respiratory teams

    Article • London Journal of Primary Care, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  16. Measuring patient activation: The utility of the Patient Activation Measure within a UK context—Results from four exemplar studies and potential future applications

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  17. The diagnosis of COPD in primary care; gender differences and the role of spirometry

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  18. Multimodal Secondary Prevention Behavioral Interventions for TIA and Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2015, PLOS

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  19. A review of halotherapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  20. Time trends in 30 day case-fatality following hospitalisation for asthma in adults in Scotland: A retrospective cohort study from 1981 to 2009

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  21. Behavioral Interventions Associated with Smoking Cessation in the Treatment of Tobacco Use

    Article • Health Services Insights, January 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  22. Nurse led versus lay educators support for those with asthma in primary care: a costing study

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  23. Preclinic telephone consultations: an observational cohort study

    Article • Clinical Medicine, April 2012, Royal College of Physicians

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  24. A centralised respiratory diagnostic service for primary care: a 4-year audit

    Article • Primary Care Respiratory Journal, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  25. Why is spirometry underused in the diagnosis of the breathless patient: a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  26. Evaluation of a paper and electronic pictorial COPD action plan

    Article • Chronic Respiratory Disease, February 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  27. Are evaluated respiratory service developments implemented into clinical practice?

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, September 2010, BMJ

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  28. Development of an electronic pictorial asthma action plan and its use in primary care

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  29. Smoothing the passage of patients from primary care to specialist respiratory opinion

    Article • Primary Care Respiratory Journal, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  30. Delivery of Asthma and Allergy Care in Europe

    Article • Journal of Asthma, October 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  31. Rapid Generation of a High Quality Lead for Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β) Type I Receptor (ALK5)

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, September 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  32. The development and comprehensibility of a pictorial asthma action plan

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  33. Inhibitors of the tyrosine kinase EphB4. Part 2: Structure-based discovery and optimisation of 3,5-bis substituted anilinopyrimidines

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  34. Nebulisers or spacers for the administration of bronchodilators to those with asthma attending emergency departments?

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  35. Inhibitors of the tyrosine kinase EphB4. Part 1: Structure-based design and optimization of a series of 2,4-bis-anilinopyrimidines

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  36. Comparison of a web-based package with tutor-based methods of teaching respiratory medicine: subjective and objective evaluations

    Article • BMC Medical Education, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  37. Discovery of Potent and Selective Adamantane-Based Small-Molecule P2X7Receptor Antagonists/Interleukin-1β Inhibitors

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, November 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  38. How much of a primary care nurse's time is spent on those with respiratory disease? A pilot study

    Article • Primary Care Respiratory Journal, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  39. Does the use of a glossary aid patient understanding of the letters sent to their general practitioner?

    Article • Clinical Medicine, October 2007, Royal College of Physicians

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  40. A nurse led intermediate care package in patients who have been hospitalised with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Article • Thorax, September 2007, BMJ

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  41. Do newly qualified doctors use the knowledge and skills they learned as medical undergraduates?

    Article • Medical Education, September 2007, Wiley

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  42. Why do patients decline to take part in a research project involving pulmonary rehabilitation?

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, September 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  43. Telephone consultations in secondary care

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, August 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  44. Discovery, Synthesis, andin VivoActivity of a New Class of Pyrazoloquinazolines as Selective Inhibitors of Aurora B Kinase

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, May 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  45. The effect of telephone reminders on attendance in respiratory outpatient clinics

    Article • Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, April 2007, SAGE Publications

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  46. How is difficult asthma managed?

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, July 2006, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  47. SAR and inhibitor complex structure determination of a novel class of potent and specific Aurora kinase inhibitors

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, March 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  48. Discovery of Novel and Potent Thiazoloquinazolines as Selective Aurora A and B Kinase Inhibitors

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, February 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  49. How useful are post consultation letters to patients?

    Article • BMC Medicine, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  50. Do medical outpatients want 'out of hours' clinics?

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, June 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  51. Novel P2X7 receptor antagonists

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, November 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  52. Relationship between chronic nasal and respiratory symptoms in patients with COPD

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, August 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  53. Airway epithelial inflammatory responses and clinical parameters in COPD

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, July 2003, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Nicola Roberts

  54. Students’ Perceptions About Delivery of Game-Based Learning for Virtual Patients in Second Life

    Article • IGI Global

    Dr Nicola Roberts