Top ten research priorities in global burns care: findings from the James Lind Alliance Global Burns Research Priority Setting Partnership

Hollie Sarah Richards¹, Robert M T Staruch², Suzannah Kinsella³, Jelena Savovic⁴, Riaz Qureshi⁵, Daisy Elliott⁶, Leila Rooshenas⁶, Anni King⁶, Amy Acton⁷, Jonathan Bayuo⁸, Simon Booth⁹, Shobha Chamania¹⁰, Le Quoc Chieu¹¹, Charlotte Coates¹², Declan Collins¹³, Lise Deguire¹⁴, Baljit Dheansa⁹, Roy Dudley-Southern¹⁵, Ian Easton¹⁶, Dale Edgar¹⁷, Janine Evans¹⁸, Sian Falder¹⁹, Emilio Gonzalez²⁰, Alex Holley²¹, Catrina Holley²¹, Ivette L Icaza²², Claire Jowett²³, Jane Leaver²⁴, Alice Lee²⁵, Niall Martin²⁶, Jill Meirte²⁷, Nguyen Nh Lam¹¹, Catrin Pugh²⁸, Mamta Shah²⁹, Krissie Stiles³⁰, Marielle Vehmeijer³¹, Tanveer Ahmed³², Nikki Allorto³³, Murat Ali Cinar³⁴, Lewis Allen Dingle³⁵, Orlando Flores³⁶, Vincent Gabriel³⁷, Dhruv Ghosh³⁸, Jotham Gondwe³⁹, Teruichi Harada⁴⁰, Jagnoor Jagnoor⁴¹, Vikash Ranjan Keshri⁴², Goaxing Luo⁴³, Andrea Mc Kittrick⁴⁴, Natalie Meyers⁴⁵, Pinki Pargal⁴⁶, Carisa Parrish⁴⁷, Marie-Claude Pelchat²², Mohsen Rezaeian⁴⁸, Edrisa Sanyang⁴⁹, Atul Suroy³⁸, Khaled Taibi⁵⁰, Leila Ait Abderrahim⁵⁰, Luiz Philipe Molina Vana⁵¹, Katie Wang⁵², Nukhba Zia⁵³, Jane M Blazeby⁶, Amber Young⁵⁴

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Health and Care Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. Electronic address: hollie.richards@bristol.ac.uk.
² Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Headington, Oxford, UK; Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.
³ The James Lind Alliance, National Institute for Health Research, School of Healthcare Enterprise and Innovation, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁴ Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
⁶ National Institute for Health and Care Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁷ Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
⁸ School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁹ Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead, UK.
¹⁰ Choithram Hospital and Research Center, Indore, India.
¹¹ Viet Nam National Burns Hospital, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
¹² The Scar Free Foundation, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK.
¹³ Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK; Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
¹⁴ Pennington, NJ, USA.
¹⁵ Stockport, UK.
¹⁶ Andover, UK.
¹⁷ Burn Injury Research Node, Institute for Health Research, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA, Australia.
¹⁸ Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK.
¹⁹ Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundaton Trust, Liverpool, UK.
²⁰ Universidad del Desarrollo, Facultad de Medicina Clinica Alemana, Santiago, Chile.
²¹ Upleadon, UK.
²² Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation, Taipei City, Taiwan.
²³ Birmingham, UK.
²⁴ Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK.
²⁵ St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Chelmsford, UK.
²⁶ Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK; Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK; Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
²⁷ MOVANT Research Group, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; OSCARE, Organization for Burns, Scar After-care and Research, Antwerp, Belgium.
²⁸ London, UK.
²⁹ University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
³⁰ Burns and Plastic Surgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³¹ Radboudumc Center of Expertise for Pediatric Trauma and Burns, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
³² Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³³ University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
³⁴ Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Türkiye.
³⁵ Blond-McIndoe Laboratories, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³⁶ Research Department, COANIQUEM, Santiago, Chile.
³⁷ Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Centre, Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Surgery, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada.
³⁸ NIHR Global Health Research on Global Surgery, India Hub, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India.
³⁹ UNC Project, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi.
⁴⁰ Plastic Surgery, Teramoto Memorial Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
⁴¹ The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴² School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia; State Health Resource Centre, Raipur, India.
⁴³ Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China.
⁴⁴ Department of Occupational Therapy, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia.
⁴⁵ Resurge International, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
⁴⁶ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India.
⁴⁷ University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
⁴⁸ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Occupational Environment Research Centre, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
⁴⁹ Centre for Environmental and Workplace Health, Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA.
⁵⁰ Faculty of Life and Natural Sciences, University of Tiaret, Department of Biology, Tiaret, Algeria.
⁵¹ Departamento de Cirurgia Plástica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵² Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
⁵³ Department of International Health, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵⁴ Centre for Surgical Research, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

PMID: 40286806
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00059-2

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Top ten research priorities in global burns care: findings from the James Lind Alliance Global Burns Research Priority Setting Partnership

Hollie Sarah Richards et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Jun.

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. 2025 Jun;13(6):e1140-e1150.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00059-2. Epub 2025 Apr 23.

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¹ National Institute for Health and Care Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. Electronic address: hollie.richards@bristol.ac.uk.
² Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Headington, Oxford, UK; Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.
³ The James Lind Alliance, National Institute for Health Research, School of Healthcare Enterprise and Innovation, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁴ Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
⁶ National Institute for Health and Care Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁷ Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
⁸ School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁹ Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead, UK.
¹⁰ Choithram Hospital and Research Center, Indore, India.
¹¹ Viet Nam National Burns Hospital, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
¹² The Scar Free Foundation, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK.
¹³ Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK; Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
¹⁴ Pennington, NJ, USA.
¹⁵ Stockport, UK.
¹⁶ Andover, UK.
¹⁷ Burn Injury Research Node, Institute for Health Research, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA, Australia.
¹⁸ Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, UK.
¹⁹ Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundaton Trust, Liverpool, UK.
²⁰ Universidad del Desarrollo, Facultad de Medicina Clinica Alemana, Santiago, Chile.
²¹ Upleadon, UK.
²² Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation, Taipei City, Taiwan.
²³ Birmingham, UK.
²⁴ Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK.
²⁵ St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Chelmsford, UK.
²⁶ Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK; Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK; Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
²⁷ MOVANT Research Group, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; OSCARE, Organization for Burns, Scar After-care and Research, Antwerp, Belgium.
²⁸ London, UK.
²⁹ University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
³⁰ Burns and Plastic Surgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³¹ Radboudumc Center of Expertise for Pediatric Trauma and Burns, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
³² Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³³ University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
³⁴ Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Türkiye.
³⁵ Blond-McIndoe Laboratories, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³⁶ Research Department, COANIQUEM, Santiago, Chile.
³⁷ Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Centre, Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Surgery, McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada.
³⁸ NIHR Global Health Research on Global Surgery, India Hub, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India.
³⁹ UNC Project, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi.
⁴⁰ Plastic Surgery, Teramoto Memorial Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
⁴¹ The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴² School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia; State Health Resource Centre, Raipur, India.
⁴³ Institute of Burn Research, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China.
⁴⁴ Department of Occupational Therapy, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia.
⁴⁵ Resurge International, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
⁴⁶ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India.
⁴⁷ University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
⁴⁸ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Occupational Environment Research Centre, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
⁴⁹ Centre for Environmental and Workplace Health, Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA.
⁵⁰ Faculty of Life and Natural Sciences, University of Tiaret, Department of Biology, Tiaret, Algeria.
⁵¹ Departamento de Cirurgia Plástica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵² Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
⁵³ Department of International Health, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵⁴ Centre for Surgical Research, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

PMID: 40286806
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00059-2

Abstract

Burns are a global issue that can result in lifelong multimorbidities and disproportionately affect people in low-resource settings. Prioritising research of importance to patients and health-care professionals improves evidence-based care. This prioritisation setting partnership was undertaken in global burn care (focusing on thermal non-electrical burns) by establishing a James Lind Alliance research priority setting partnership. Over 2 years, two online multilingual surveys with patients, carers, and clinicians, 16 interviews, and a virtual priority setting workshop were conducted to identify and prioritise questions for research. Survey responses were received from participants in 88 countries (1617 survey one respondents; 630 survey two respondents). A short-list of 19 research priorities were ranked at an online workshop attended by 28 participants (14 health-care professionals, ten burn survivors, and four carers or advocates) from 15 countries to produce the final top ten research priorities. These priorities provide opportunities for researchers, funders, and clinicians to shape the future of burns research and improve burns care globally.

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Declaration of interests RMTS receives payment from the University of Oxford as an anatomy tutor. JS has received payments from JEMMDx and Core Models for providing expert opinion and for teaching. SC has received honoraria and support for travel for attending and presenting at the International Society for Burn Injuries in 2022. BD is a member of Data Safety Monitoring Boards for two trials investigating enzymatic debridement. KS is an ambassador for the Children's Burns Trust; has received consulting fees as an Independent Consultant from Molnlycke, NoBACZ, SpectralMD, Safeguard Medical Technlogies, Flen Health, and Veriton Pharma; and has received honoraria for lectures to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, CPDme HATZOLA, North East Ambulance Service, Yorkshire Air Ambulance, Wound Care People and as a reviewer for RCN Publishing. AY had no competeing interests to our knowledge. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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