Becky Garnett

DPhil Project

• I am a DPhil candidate in the Department of Primary Health Care Sciences under the supervision of  James Sheppard, Richard McManus, Becky Barnes
  
  
• My doctoral project focuses on investigating patient perception of, and attitudes towards, deprescription.
  To date, a majority of deprescription-related research has been conducted from the clinician perspective - I will address this research gap. 
  
  

ResearcH Interests

• My academic interests are wide-ranging, but all share the same core theme - using science to address societal challenges
  
  
• I am particularly interested in the use of qualitative methods within primary care research, women's health and mental health research
  
  

Biography

• I was awarded a Cambridge UK Master's Scholarship (jointly funded by the Cambridge Trust and Corpus Christi College) to complete my Master's in Bioscience Enterprise at Cambridge University
  
  
• Prior to this, I completed a Biological Sciences degree at Oxford University 
  
  
• I also have employment experience - I worked as a scientific researcher for Heartfelt Technologies, a cardiac failure medical device company. I was responsible for patient recruitment and conducting patient health assessments