Research Fellow

Dr. Britzer Paul Vincent is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Health Research, University of Bedfordshire, specializing in public health and organ donation research. He currently collaborates with Prof. Nasreen Ali on projects addressing health inequalities and workforce challenges, as well as evaluating health service initiatives. In addition, he works with Prof. Gurch Randhawa on fostering community engagement in organ donation. Dr. Vincent’s role also includes training research assistants in research methodologies and providing supervisory support. He has extensive experience teaching public health modules at the master’s level, successfully supervising several dissertations that have led to publications. He is also co-supervising PhD student Dr. Asma Al-Abdulghani, whose research focuses on barriers to deceased organ donation within Muslim communities in the UK and Qatar.

With over a decade of experience in organ donation and transplantation research, Dr. Vincent has held various roles across clinical and public health domains. His Master’s dissertation examined knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to deceased organ donation among medical and nursing students. He also undertook a study in a government tertiary care teaching hospital on the barriers and suggestion for improvement toward deceased organ donation practices. In his PhD, he explored the barriers and facilitators to deceased organ donation in two regions of India. His PhD was funded by the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) in collaboration with the MOHAN Foundation, India. In recognition of his contributions to the field, Dr. Vincent was awarded the prestigious Young Investigator Award at the Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation in 2021.

Following his PhD, Dr. Vincent secured funding from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) for community engagement projects, beginning with £10,000 to support outreach efforts among minority communities. He subsequently obtained a two-year £31,000 grant to engage communities in Luton and Bedford on organ donation awareness. Through his research and community initiatives, Dr. Vincent is actively contributing to advancements in public health and organ donation practices, particularly within underrepresented populations.

Qualifications

• BSc (Physician Assistant)
• MPH
• PhD

Research Interest

• Organ donation
• Health inequalities
• Health workforce
• Health behaviour
• Patient and public involvement
• Health service evaluation
• Evidence synthesis
• Qualitative research

Publications

• Vincent BP, Sood V, Thanigachalam S, Cook E, Randhawa G. Barriers and Facilitators Towards Deceased Organ Donation: A Qualitative Study Among Three Major Religious Groups in Chandigarh, and Chennai, India. Journal of Religion and Health. 2024 Oct 6:1-20.
• Al-Abdulghani A, Vincent BP, Randhawa G, Cook E, Fadhil R. Barriers and facilitators of deceased organ donation among Muslims living globally: An integrative systematic review. Transplantation Reviews. 2024 Jul 31:100874.
• Vincent, B.P., 2023. Global experiences in gaining cooperation towards organ donation: a reply to ‘Nurturing, nudging and navigating the increasingly precarious nature of cooperation in public health: the cases of vaccination and organ donation’ by Heidi J. Larson and Alexander H. Toledo. Global Discourse, 1(aop), pp.1-6.
• Al-Abdulghani A, Vincent BP, Randhawa G, Cook E, Fadhil R. Barriers and facilitators of deceased organ donation among Muslims living globally: protocol for an integrative systematic review using narrative synthesis. BMJ open. 2023 Apr 1;13(4):e069312.
• Tsocheva I, Scales J, Dove R, Chavda J, Kalsi H, Wood HE, Colligan G, Cross L, Newby C, Hall A, Keating M, Sartori L, Moon J, Thomson A, Tomini F, Murray A, Hamad W, Tijm S, Hirst A, Vincent BP, Kotala P, Balkwill F, Mihaylova B, Grigg J, Quint JK, Fletcher M, Mon-Williams M, Wright J, van Sluijs E, Beevers S, Randhawa G, Eldridge S, Sheikh A, Gauderman W, Kelly F, Mudway IS, Griffiths CJ. Investigating the impact of London's ultra low emission zone on children's health: children's health in London and Luton (CHILL) protocol for a prospective parallel cohort study. BMC Pediatr. 2023 Nov 4;23(1):556. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04384-5. PMID: 37925402; PMCID: PMC10625305.
• Vincent BP, Randhawa G, Cook E. Barriers towards deceased organ donation among Indians living globally: an integrative systematic review using narrative synthesis. BMJ open. 2022 May 1;12(5):e056094.
• Sivaraman G, Lakshmanan J, Vincent BP, Thulasingam M, Raghavan B, Raghu N, Raja K, Saxena SK. ‘Shifting from Anxiety to the New Normal’: A Qualitative Exploration on Personal Protective Equipment use by Otorhinolaryngology Health-Care Professionals during COVID-19 Pandemic. Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2022 Apr 1;29(2):110-5.
• Vincent BP, Randhawa G, Cook E. Barriers towards organ donor registration and consent among people of Indian origin living globally: a systematic review and integrative synthesis—protocol. BMJ open. 2020 Jun 1;10(6):e035360.
• Thyagarajan I, Shroff S, Vincent BP, Rajendran J, Kanvinde H, Shankar S, Aneesh K. Knowledge and practice of organ donation among police personnel in Tamil Nadu: a cross-sectional study. Indian Journal of Transplantation. 2020 Apr 1;14(2):141-6.
• Alex A, Shroff S, Vincent BP, Navin S, Ramesh P, Michael J, Menon S. Did an increase in knowledge and awareness about organ donation improve organ donation rate in India over the past two decades?. Indian Journal of Transplantation. 2019 Jul 1;13(3):173-8.
• Vincent BP, Kumar G, Parameswaran S, Kar SS. Barriers and suggestions towards deceased organ donation in a government tertiary care teaching hospital: qualitative study using socio-ecological model framework. Indian Journal of Transplantation. 2019 Jul 1;13(3):194-201.
• Vincent BP, Kumar G, Parameswaran S, Kar SS. Knowledge, attitude, and perception on organ donation among undergraduate medical and nursing students at a tertiary care teaching hospital in the southern part of India: A cross-sectional study. Journal of education and health promotion. 2019 Jan 1;8(1):161.

Successful funding awards

• NHSBT. 2024. Community Engagement Fund on Organ Donation. £31,000
• NHSBT. 2023. Community Engagement Fund on Organ Donation. £10,000

Awards

• Young Investigator Award. 2021. Asian Society of Transplantation. Malaysia.
• PhD Scholarship Award. 2018. Global Challenges Research Fund. United Kingdom.
• Best Paper Presentation Award. 2017. Indian Public Health Association state-level meet. India.
• Achieved National Merit List. 2016. Entrance exam for master’s in public health. India.
• Silver Medal. 2015. Best Paper Presentation Award. International Conference for Physician Assistant. India.

Conference presentations

• Vincent BP. (2024). Research-based lessons: Barriers and Solutions to Deceased Organ Donation. Commonwealth Tribute to Life. United Kingdom. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTPlADM5eAU&t=748s
• Vincent BP. (2024). Exploring institutional level barriers and facilitators in the process of deceased organ donation in India: A qualitative research using key-informant interviews. The Annual UAE Organ Donation and Transplantation Congress. Dubai. (Oral presentation).
• Vincent BP. (2023). Barriers and facilitators toward deceased organ donation among the Indian population from two diverse regions in India. The British Transplant Society. Edinburgh. (Poster presentation).
• Vincent BP. (2023). Barriers and facilitators toward the making of deceased organ donation from two diverse regions in India: A study among transplant coordinators. The British Transplant Society. Edinburgh. (Poster presentation).
• Vincent BP. (2021). Barriers toward organ donor registration among Indians living in India and UK. Donor Research Network. (Oral presentation). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONQKdK7yUP8&t=14s
• Vincent BP. (2021). Barriers Toward Deceased Organ Donor Registration Among Indians Living in India and the United Kingdom: An Integrative Systematic Review Using Narrative Synthesis. Congress of Asian Society of Transplantation. Malaysia. (Awarded presentation - Young Investigator Award) (Oral presentation).
• Vincent BP. (2017). Quality of Life in Liver Cirrhosis patient. Indian Public Health Association state level meet. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India. (Awarded presentation). (Oral presentation).
• Vincent BP. (2017). Prevalence of self-reported diabetes mellitus. National Conference of the Indian Public Health Association. All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. (National shortlisted presentation). (Oral presentation).

Other references

• Linkedin: Dr. Britzer Paul V
• X: @BritzerV