Emily Owen-Boukra

I am a realist research methodologist with an academic background in primary care and public health. To date, my research has focused on disadvantaged populations, inequalities, lifestyle medicine, and primary care organisation/design.

Prior to joining Oxford, I held Post-Doctoral Research Associate positions at Durham University, Umeå University, and University College London. During my role at Durham, I contributed to a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional project that examined the impact of integrated care systems on the health and well-being of children and young people. At Umeå, I was involved in a realist review exploring how multi-component (re)engagement interventions may meet the needs of young people in vulnerable ‘NEET’ situations.

At UCL, I worked on two NIHR SPCR funded realist review projects. The first realist review explored collaborative and integrated (C+I) working between Community Pharmacies (CP) and General Practice (GP). Throughout this project, strong collaborative relationships were established with patient co-applicants, across UCL and Oxford Primary Care, and UCL School of Pharmacy, facilitating the production of nuanced, impactful findings necessary to not only advance our understanding of CP-GP C+I working but also provide solutions for overcoming challenges, and recommendations for the design of future C+I care models. The second realist review examined general practitioner workforce sustainability, focusing on the factors that maintain, sustain, and enable general practitioners to flourish in their work. Currently, I am collaborating with colleagues from the UK and Sweden on several realist projects at Oxford.

I am a member of the Evidence Synthesis Working Group, working with primary care researchers, clinicians, methodologists, and information specialists across all nine SPCR School members.

More details about my research profile may be found at: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5558-8567 and  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emily-Owen-Boukra