Expertise
Qualitative research
Biography
Julia is a Professor of Health Services Research.
Medical sociologist who undertakes health services research using a range of theoretically informed approaches:
http://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/research/healthresearch/qualitativeresearch/
Current projects:
A randomised controlled trial of a facilitated home-based rehabilitation intervention in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and their caregivers: the REACH-HFpEF study:
https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR130487
Comprehensive geriatric assessment to sustain independence for older people living with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and frailty:
https://www.fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR155936
Recent project:
UKRI/MRC Innovation Scholarship award, and with patients made some short films about our work:
- The contribution of patient advisors: https://vimeo.com/976580161/5221758a6f?share=copy
- The need for diversity in trial design and conduct: https://vimeo.com/976583654/6c03da7360?share=copy
- The value of a Citizens’ Jury: https://vimeo.com/976581836/41803a27d5?share=copy
- If you have more time, watch this: https://vimeo.com/976533674/32037837a4?share=copy
For previous projects and publications follow this link: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3503-5911
She also leads the Qualitative Research Reference Group: https://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/health-community/research/qualitativeresearch/
Projects
- Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) to sustain independence for older people living with heart failure with preserved ejection fracture (HFpEF) and frailty: The CHART Trial
- SAMueL 2 – Stroke Audit Machine Learning
- PhD Project – Using mixed methods to inform our understanding of maintaining independence in older people
Publications
- Use of Clinical Pathway Simulation and Machine Learning to Identify Key Levers for Maximizing the Benefit of Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Stroke
- Learning from a pilot trial of a simple intervention: Is research a barrier to service delivery, or is service delivery a barrier to research?
- Home-based rehabilitation for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Process evaluation of the REACH-HF multicentre randomised controlled trial
- Does a simple web-based intervention facilitate the articulation of patients’ unvoiced agenda for a consultation with their diabetologists? A qualitative study
- Caregiver outcomes of the REACH-HF multicentre randomized controlled trial of home-based rehabilitation for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
- Behind the smile: qualitative study of caregivers’ anguish and management responses while caring for someone living with heart failure
- Asking More of Qualitative Synthesis: A Response to Sally Thorne
- N of 1 trials and the optimal individualisation of drug treatments: a systematic review protocol
- A pre-consultation web-based tool to generate an agenda for discussion in diabetes outpatient clinics to improve patient outcomes (DIAT): a feasibility study
- A qualitative investigation of lay perspectives of diagnosis and self-management strategies employed by people with progressive multiple sclerosis
- Optimising self-care support for people with heart failure and their caregivers: development of the Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure (REACH-HF) intervention using intervention mapping