Professor Jeremy Dale - Professor of Primary Care

Jeremy's interests include the interface between primary care and emergency care, and out-of-hours care. Methodologies used include qualitative studies, quantitative studies and clinical trials. Jeremy works as a part-time General Practitioner at Engleton House Surgery in Coventry.

e-mail: jeremy.dale@warwick.ac.uk 

024 765 22891

Professor Paramjit Gill - Professor of General Practice

Paramjit joined the Primary Care Team in March 2017. His research interests include addressing health inequalities, especially amongst migrant populations, and evidence-based health care and its application to health care delivery. Paramjit is also Head of the Division of Health Sciences at Warwick Medical School.

e-mail:

p.gill.1@warwick.ac.uk

024 765 73496

Professor David Fitzmaurice - Professor of Cardiorespiratory Primary Care

David has a longstanding research interest in cardiovascular disease, in particular oral anticoagulation management. David is teaching lead for The Cardiovascular Programme at the University of Warwick. He has been Primary Care Advisor to several NICE guidelines, including the Guidelines Development Group for atrial fibrillation, author of UK guidelines for patients self-management of oral anticoagulation, co-author of recent systematic review of cost-effectiveness of self-management of oral anticoagulation for HTA and primary care advisor to the NHS Heart improvement programme. David is also a GP.

e-mail:

d dot fitzmaurice at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 761 51129

Dr Helen Atherton - Associate Professor

Helen’s research interests are in access to general practice and the delivery of the consultation in primary care, her expertise is in the use of email and video for consultation with patients in primary care settings. Helen also has interests in the reporting of patient experience, specifically the way that the NHS collects and utilises online feedback from patients. Helen is currently involved in leading or collaborating on several ongoing projects in these areas.

e-mail:

h dot atherton at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 761 51405

Dr Rachel Spencer - Clinical Lecturer General Practice

Rachel is an academic GP and her research interest is in all aspects of patient safety in primary care and has involved in prescribing safety research for the last ten years. She helped develop prescribing indicators used by the RCGP and the CPRD. Her doctoral work focused on safety of communication at the interface of primary and secondary care.

e-mail: R dot Spencer dot 2 at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 761 51193

Dr Sarah Hillman - Clinical Lecturer General Practice

Sarah originally joined the Unit as an Academic Clinical Fellow in February 2017. Sarah’s research is around Women’s health in the community and primary care. She is also the co-lead for the IAT programme within the unit.

e-mail:

S dot Hillman at warwick dot ac dot uk

Dr Veronica Nanton - Senior Research Fellow

Veronica’s research has focussed on psychosocial aspects of cancer and patient and carer experience in palliative care. She has a particular interest in the needs of minority populations. Her studies encompass a range of designs including clinical trials and mixed methods, longitudinal narrative interviews and ethnography.

e-mail:

v dot nanton at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 765 74025

Dr John MacArtney - Senior Research Fellow

John is a sociologist of health and illness with specific interests in palliative and end of life care, bereavement, and diagnosis of cancer and who specialises in qualitative research. John’s current position is a partnership with Marie Curie that aims to promote research activities within Marie Curie's services through local, national and international academic and clinical collaborations.

e-mail:

john dot macartney at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 761 50619

Dr Joanna Fleming - Senior Research Fellow

Jo is a mixed-methods researcher who joined the Unit of Academic Primary Care group in July 2016 to work on a variety of projects. Jo’s research interests lie in health promotion and behaviour change, particularly physical activity, nutrition and obesity prevention.

e-mail:

j dot l dot m dot fleming at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 761 50627

Dr Carol Bryce - Research Fellow

Carol is a qualitative researcher who joined the Unit of Academic Primary Care in September 2016. She is involved in evaluating a post CCT GP fellowship programme in acute care and in the development of a digital resource to support carers. Carol has worked on research projects in public health, health education and behaviour change and has a particular interest in healthy eating and the interpretation of nutrition guidelines.

e-mail:

c dot bryce dot 1 at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 765 73851

Dr Abi Eccles - Research Fellow

Abi joined Warwick Primary Care in October 2016 working on various projects. Her research interests focus on patient centred care and communication during consultations. Abi’s doctoral research examined the information and decision support needs for people with Multiple Sclerosis; exploring the applicability of personalised care planning and accounts of decision making and interactions with healthcare professionals.

e-mail:

a dot eccles at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 765 23164

Dr Celia Bernstein - Research Fellow

Celia is a medical sociologist who joined the Unit of Academic Primary Care in the summer of 2019. She is particularly interested in exploring lay experiences of illness to inform the development and delivery of complex interventions. Celia currently works on the Care Companion project that aims to assess the impact of a web-based resource for informal carers. Dr Bernstein is currently away from WMS on Maternity Leave

e-mail:

C dot J dot Bernstein at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 765 74374

Dr Patricia Apenteng - Research Fellow

Patricia is a mixed methods researcher with experience in observational studies, qualitative research and clinical trials. Her research interests are in cardiovascular disease and her primary research is on the prevention of atrial fibrillation related stroke and venous thromboembolism.

e-mail: P dot Apenteng at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 765 72815

Dr Jo Parsons - Research Fellow

Jo is interested in the development and evaluation of digital health interventions, the management of long- term conditions, and health-related behaviour change. She has recently completed a PhD looking at changing risk and efficacy appraisals for flu vaccination among pregnant women.

e-mail: jo dot parsons at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 761 51404

Theresa Day - Research Associate

Theresa currently works on the Care Companion project that aims to assess the impact of a web-based resource for informal carers.

e-mail:

Theresa dot Day at warwick dot ac dot uk

024 761 51885

Dr Bilal Salman - Academic Clinical Fellow

e-mail:

b dot salman dot 1 at warwick dot ac dot uk

Dr Becky MacGregor - Academic Clinical Fellow

Becky is an Academic Clinical Fellow in Primary Care and works as a GP trainee in Warwickshire. Before working in General Practice, she was a specialty trainee in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Her research interests are in Women’s Health in the community.

e-mail;

becky dot macgregor at warwick dot ac dot uk

Dr Julia Gauly - Research Fellow

Julia is a researcher with a keen interest in improving the delivery of health services Julia joined the Unit in October 2017 as PhD student. Her PhD looked at the delivery of pharmacy-based sexual and reproductive health services using both quantitative and qualitative methods. After completing her PhD, Julia is continuing her research on pharmacy-based sexual health services while also working on other projects relating to women’s health.

e-mail:

Julia dot Gauly at warwick dot ac dot uk

Ash Sexton - PhD Student

Ash Sexton started her PhD at WMAS in October 2019. Her research project is focussed on telephone based digital triage in urgent care. Ash is interested in patient outcomes relating to digital triage, including: experience, safety, and patients’ subsequent use of healthcare. Ash is utilising large routine datasets and data linkage as part of this mixed methods project.

e-mail:

ash dot sexton at warwick dot ac dot uk

Eleanor Hoverd - NIHR Predoctoral Clinical Academic Fellow

Eleanor's interests include broadening the diversity of participation in health research to make it more inclusive and provide a better experience for potential participants from under-served communities. Eleanor is a Research Nurse with the Clinical Research Network West Midlands primary care team based in Coventry and is also the Patient Public Involvement Engagement Lead for primary care working closely with NIHR (Public) Research Champions to raise awareness about health research and improve opportunities for involvement and engagement.

e-mail:

eleanor dot hoverd at nihr dot ac dot uk

Bethany McLoughlin - PhD Student

Bethany started her PhD at WMS in October 2020 and her research project centres on improving wellbeing and reducing isolation in carers. Bethany is interested in comparing the effectiveness and accessibility of online and in-person support groups for carers of people with dementia.

e-mail:

bethany dot mcloughlin at warwick dot ac dot uk