Current DPhil projects
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Extending the cost-utility framework to include health outcomes for both mother and baby in the economic evaluation of interventions in pregnancy
Supervisors: Professor Richard McManus; Dr Abigail McNiven; Dr Oliver Rivero-Arias (NDPH); Dr Helen Dakin (NDPH)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Human-Centred AI Design to Develop Digital Health Artificial Intelligence for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (Multimorbidity)
Supervisors: Professor Rafael Perera; Dr Clare Bankhead
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Understanding interventions to improve access of homeless people to general dental services in England: A realist review and evaluation
Supervisors: Professor Geoff Wong; Dr Tanvi Rai; Dr Blenaid Daly (Trinity College Dublin)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Investigating the health and economic benefits of a novel pathway for detecting undiagnosed hypertension in adults, using routinely collected data
Supervisors: Professor Andrew Farmer; Professor Stavros Petrou; Dr Thomas Fanshawe; Professor Peter Watkinson (NDCN)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Improving Task-shifting and Task-sharing to support essential healthcare services in Nigeria: A mixed-methods study
Supervisors: Professor Sara Shaw; Dr Gemma Hughes; Professor Alan Silman (NDORMS)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Understanding ‘Pre-Diabetes’ From The Patient’s Perspective. A mixed-methods qualitative study to improve the success of diabetes prevention strategies
Supervisors: Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Dr Sara Shaw; Dr Chrysanthi Papoutsi
DPhil in Translational Health Sciences
Assessing the capacity of health systems and healthcare practitioners to adopt environmentally sustainable solutions in clinical practice - case study
Supervisors: Dr Sara Shaw
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Stratifying medicines for prevention of cardiovascular disease in Primary Care
Supervisors: Dr James Sheppard; Professor Richard Hobbs; Dr Constantinos Koshiaris; Dr Jennifer Hirst
DPhil in Cancer Sciences
Personalised breast cancer screening: development &validation of a novel approach using the high dimensional data source QResearch &linked data [DPhil in Cancer Science, hosted by NDPCHS]
Supervisors: Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox; Dr David Dodwell; Dr Gary Collins; Dr Simon Lord; Dr John Brady
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Design and implementation of social norm and identity driven behavioral interventions for reducing meat consumption
Supervisors: Professor Susan Jebb; Dr Rachel Pechey
DPhil in Cancer Sciences
Personalised monitoring intervals for cancer surveillance
Supervisors: Dr Jason Oke; Dr Brian Nicholson
DPhil in Primary Health Care
COVID-19: The long recovery
Supervisors: Professor Trish Greenhalgh
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Clinical Trial Registries and Results Reporting: Barriers and Best Practices
Supervisors: Professor Carl Heneghan; Dr Ben Goldacre
DPhil in Primary Health Care
What knowledge would support improving the management of teenagers with dysmenorrhoea in primary care?
Supervisors: Professor Sue Ziebland; Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox; Professor Katy Vincent (NDWRH)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Point-of-care viral load testing and mHealth adherence support to enhance primary care HIV services in South Africa
Supervisors: Professor Chris Butler; Dr Gail Hayward; Dr Sarah Tonkin-Crine; Dr Nigel Garrett
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Risk profiling of pediatric UTIs, how they present to primary care and the resulting long term health implications
Supervisors: Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox; Professor Anthony Harnden; Professor Chris Butler
DPhil in Primary Health Care
(Mis)Managing Microbiomes: Experiences and Challenges with Chronic Vulvovaginal Yeast Infections in Primary Care
Supervisors: Professor Sue Ziebland; Dr Sarah Tonkin-Crine; Dr Abigail McNiven
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Supporting the implementation of self-monitoring of blood pressure - focus on complex pre-eclampsia screening intervention
Supervisors: Dr James Sheppard; Professor Richard McManus; Dr Rebecca Barnes
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Improving the diagnosis and management of bacterial infections in primary care, with a focus on selected subgroups
Supervisors: Professor Carl Heneghan; Professor Chris Butler; Dr Anne-Marie Boylan; Dr Sarah Tonkin-Crine;
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Hypertension Self-Management in Pregnancy
Supervisors: Professor Richard McManus; Dr Kath Tucker; Dr Nerys Astbury
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Screening for heart failure in the community: Exploring the potential role of natriuretic peptides
Supervisors: Professor Richard Hobbs; Dr Clare Taylor; Dr Tom Fanshawe; Dr Lisa Hinton
DPhil in Primary Health Care
The effect of dietary interventions in treating essential hypertension in primary care
Supervisors: Professor Paul Aveyard; Dr Rachna Begh; Dr Min Gao
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Supporting the implementation of self-monitoring of blood pressure
Supervisors: Professor Richard McManus; Dr James Sheppard; Dr Rebecca Barnes
DPhil in Translational Health Sciences
Scaling up the use of remote video consultations for COVID-19: addressing barriers of equity and patient acceptance
Supervisors: Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Dr Joseph Wherton; Dr Chrysanthi Papoutsi; Dr Teresa Finlay
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Towards a framework for the incorporation of Big Data throughout the NHS primary care commissioning cycle: a realist synthesis and evaluation
Supervisors: Professor Geoff Wong; Dr Chrysanthi Papoutsi
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Self-management and self-testing of blood pressure and proteinuria during hypertensive pregnancy
Supervisors: Professor Richard McManus; Dr Kath Tucker; Dr Lisa Hinton
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Reducing stroke risk for patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation in primary care
Supervisors: Professor Richard Hobbs; Dr Clare Taylor; Dr Yaling Yang; Dr Margaret Smith
DPhil in Primary Health Care
The Operational and Clinical Impact of Regulatory Change on Pharmacy Practice: The Implementation of the European Union Falsified Medicines Directive in the United Kingdom
Supervisors: Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Dr Chrysanthi Papoutsi; Professor Gary Ford (RDM); Professor Sue Dopson (SBS)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Hybrid managers in primary health care: balancing excellence and effectiveness
Supervisors: Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Dr Nick Fahy; Dr Andrew Papanikitas; Professor Steven Reid (University of Cape Town)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
An Intervention to Encourage Healthier Food Purchasing: SCOPA (Sugar Swaps for Non Communicable Disease Prevention App)
Supervisors: Professor Paul Aveyard; Dr Carmen Piernas-Sanchez; Dr Felicity Waite
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Preventing infection-related cardiovascular disease in primary care
Supervisors: Dr James Sheppard; Dr Constantinos Koshiaris; Professor Richard Hobbs
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Researching patient-doctor dialogue in linguistic-phenomenological perspectives. "Painsong - exploring the lived-body experience of damaged dancers"
Supervisors: Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Dr Marta Arnaldi (MML)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Real-time benefit-risk assessment of vaccine exposure across a nationally representative primary care sentinel network
Supervisors: Professor Simon de Lusignan; Professor Richard Hobbs; Dr Mark Joy
DPhil in Primary Health Care
The use of a digital application to treat overweight and obesity in children: A feasibility study
Supervisors: Professor Susan Jebb; Professor Paul Aveyard; Dr Tanisha Spratt
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Dietary interventions to prevent gestational diabetes
Supervisors: Professor Susan Jebb; Dr Nerys Astbury; Dr Lucy Mackillop (NDWRH)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Understanding acute functional decline and its relationship to UTI in older people living in care homes
Supervisors: Professor Chris Butler; Dr Gail Hayward
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Dietary management of type 2 diabetes in primary care
Supervisors: Professor Paul Aveyard; Professor Susan Jebb; Professor Fredrik Karpe
DPhil in Primary Health Care
The prevention and management of cardiovascular risk in Kenyan primary care settings
Supervisor: Professor Carl Heneghan; Dr Veronika Williams; Dr David Nunan; Dr Anthony Etyang (KEMRI-Wellcome Trust)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Health economic aspects of childhood obesity
Supervisors: Professor Stavros Petrou; Dr Nerys Astbury; Dr Mara Violato (NDPH)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
OPTIMUM-BP: self-monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy
Supervisors: Professor Richard McManus; Professor Sue Ziebland; Dr Lucy Chappell (Kings College London).
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Including Persons with Disabilities in Health Systems: Measuring Disparities and Improving Outcomes
Supervisors: Dr Emily McFadden; Dr Sara Ryan (Manchester Metropolitan University)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Understanding the early presenting features and long-term complications of childhood and adolescent cancer
Supervisors: Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox; Professor Anthony Harnden
DPhil in Cancer Sciences
Presentation, Diagnosis and Outcomes of Hodgkin Lymphoma
Supervisors: Dr Clare Bankhead; Dr Brian Nicholson
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Power and Participation: A Critical Race Theory Approach to Youth User Participation in Mental Health Research
Supervisors: Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Professor Kam Bhui; Dr Nayanika Mathur (Anthropology)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Generating a Comprehensive Understanding of People’s and GPs’ Experiences of Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of TRD
Supervisors: Dr Sara Ryan; Dr Charlotte Albury; Dr Kamal Mahtani
DPhil in Primary Health Care
The impact of total diet replacement for remission of type 2 diabetes on disordered eating
Supervisors: Professor Paul Aveyard; Dr Dimitrios Koutoukidis
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Exploring the relationship between social prescribing and community networks in different socio-economic areas
Supervisors: Dr Kamal Mahtani; Professor Catherine Pope; Dr Stephanie Tierney; Professor Bernie Hogan (OII)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
The educational and employment experiences of young people and adults with invisible neurodevelopmental disorders: patient-led research
Supervisors: Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Dr Anne Ferrey; Professor Maggie Snowling (EP)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Supporting successful self-management strategies for people living with chronic pain: a mixed methods study focused on those who have been excluded from or dropped out of pain management services
Supervisors: Dr Sara Shaw; Professor Alan Silman (NDORMS); Professor Deborah Swinglehurst
DPhil in Primary Health Care
From Evidence and Guidelines To Implementation: Development and Feasibility Testing the Implementation of a Brief Behavioural Intervention for Weight Loss
Supervisors: Professor Richard Hobbs; Professor Sue Ziebland; Professor Paul Aveyard; Dr Kate Tudor; Professor John Bell (MSD); Professor Robbie Foy (University of Leeds)
Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Translating policy into practice: reducing nosocomial Tuberculosis transmission in South Africa
Supervisors: Professor Chris Butler; Dr Sarah Tonkin-Crine; Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Prof Rodney Ehrlich (University of Cape Town)
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Using Behavioural Insights to Improve Effectiveness of Digital Weight Loss Interventions
Supervisors: Professor Susan Jebb; Dr Dimitrios Koutoukidis; Dr Jadine Scragg
DPhil in Primary Health Care
Developing the evidence for active intervention to support smoking cessation in cardiovascular disease
Supervisors: Professor Paul Aveyard; Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce; Dr Nicola Lindson