PhDs
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PenARC has a number of PhD studentships linked to project and priority areas. As well as the scientific quality of the proposal and strength of the supervisory team, projects are selected on the basis of the following additional criteria:
- Congruence with PenARC aims
- Link to existing PenARC projects or themes
- Likelihood of health impact
This is an important area of capacity development to ensure the continued availability of trained research staff in the longer term. PenARC staff are active as supervisors for other projects across our two University partners.
| Theme: | Public Health |
|---|---|
| Student: | Vichithranie Madurasinghe |
| Supervisor: | Dr Obi Ukoumunne |
| Project: | Cluster randomised trials for evaluating school-based interventions to improve physical health, mental health and behavioural outcomes in pupils |
| Theme: | Mental Health |
|---|---|
| Student: | Sara Eddy |
| Supervisor: | Dr Jo Day |
| Project: | The implementation of integrated psychological medicine services in Devon: An ethnography of change |
| Theme: | Public Health |
|---|---|
| Student: | Kate Allen |
| Supervisor: | Dr Vashti Berry |
| Project: | What community-based, public health interventions might have combined impacts on alcohol and substance misuse, domestic violence and mental health? |
| Theme: | Complex Care/Methods for Research & Improvement |
|---|---|
| Student: | Emily Taylor |
| Supervisor: | Professor Vicki Goodwin MBE |
| Project: | Using mixed methods to inform our understanding of maintaining independence in older people |
| Theme: | Complex Care |
|---|---|
| Student: | Sarah O'Rourke |
| Supervisor: | Professor Jackie Andrade |
| Project: | Implementation of Functional Imagery Training into primary care |
| Theme: | Public Health/Mental Health |
|---|---|
| Student: | Charlotte Featherstone |
| Supervisor: | Dr Kerryn Husk |
| Project: | Social prescribing and horticulture therapy for higher functioning autistic adults |
| Theme: | Dementia/Methods for Research & Improvement |
|---|---|
| Student: | T.B.C |
| Supervisor: | Professor Jo Thomson Coon |
| Project: | Non-pharmacological interventions for dementia behaviours: developing and evaluating a ‘living’ evidence and gap map |
PhD projects in second round of PenCLAHRC (2014 - 2018)
There were 11 PhD studentships funded in the second round of PenCLAHRC, with at least two studentships in each of our research themes. An additional four studentships are funded as part of our NIHR Research Capacity in Dementia Care Pilot Programme (RCDCP), which are fellowships for nurses and allied health professionals.
Further information on all of these studentships is provided below:
NIHR Research Capacity in Dementia Care Programme (RCDCP) PhD fellowships (for nurses and allied health professionals)
Students were recruited to these fellowships in early 2015:
PhD projects from PenCLAHRC pilot phase (2008 - 2013)
| Student | Project |
|---|---|
| Alexandros Georgiadis | Offenders with Common Mental Health Problems: a multi-dimensional and multi-perspective study |
| Claire Parker | Supporting KIds, avoiding Problems (SKIP) |
| Katie Reeves | Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) |
| Lucy Perry | Timely Identification of Dementia in Social Networks (TIDeS) |
| Dr Ilianna Lourida | Lifestyle factors, metabolic dysfunction and dementia |
| Dr Krystal Warmoth | Understanding frailty and facilitating positive life-stage transition |
| Dr Kath Maguire | Public and Patient Involvement in Theory and in Practice |
| Dr Jessica Bollen | Developing a Stroke Rehabilitation Exercise Adherence Measure: StREAM |
| Megan MacMillan | Promoting Positive Peer Attitudes Towards Childhood Disability |
| Dr Bogdan Grigore | An Evaluation of Methods of Eliciting Expert Opinion in Health Technology Assessment |
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Research Projects
Developing methods for the overarching synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence: the interweave synthesis approach
Theme: ARC - Methods for Research & Improvement
Understanding stakeholders’ perspectives on implementing deprescribing in care homes (STOPPING)
Theme: CLAHRC - Person-Centred Care
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