Trisha Greenhalgh

Patricia Mary "Trisha" Greenhalgh OBE FRCP FRCGP FMedSci (born 11 March 1959)[1] is a British professor of primary health care and a practising general practitioner.

Early life and education

Greenhalgh attended Folkestone Grammar School.[2] She gained a BA in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 1980.[3] She then qualified in Medicine from the University of Oxford in 1983.[3]

Academic career

In April 2010, Greenhalgh was appointed Professor of Primary Health Care and Dean for Research Impact at Queen Mary University of London.[3] Her role included setting up and leading the Healthcare Innovation and Policy Unit in the Centre for Health Sciences at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.[4]

In January 2015, Trish Greenhalgh took up the post of Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences and Fellow of Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford.[5]

In September 2016, she was one of 14 scientists, doctors, and policymakers who signed onto an open letter[6] to Prime Minister UK Theresa May calling for an inquiry into Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt's claim that inadequate weekend staffing at the National Health Service led to avoidable patient deaths.[7][8]

She is a Senior Investigator at the National Institute for Health Research [9]

She is the author of more than 220 peer-reviewed publications and 8 textbooks.[10][11]

How to Read a Paper, her widely-read book on how to assess medical research papers, is now in its fifth edition.[12]

Honours and awards

She has twice won the Royal College of General Practitioners Research Paper of the Year Award.[13]

She accepted an OBE in 2001 for services to evidence based medical care.[14]

In 2006, she was one of the authors who received the Baxter Award from the European Health Management Association.[15]

She was elected to become a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2014.[13]

References

  1. ↑ GREENHALGH, Prof. Patricia Mary, (Trisha), (Mrs Fraser Macfarlane), Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
  2. ↑ Greenhalgh, Trisha (6 June 1992). "Parenting should be taught in school". BMJ. 304 (6840): 1514. doi:10.1136/bmj.304.6840.1514.
  3. 1 2 3 "Primary Care and Public Health staff: Greenhalgh, Trisha". Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Professor Trish Greenhalgh joins Queen Mary" (Press release). Queen Mary University of London. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Trish Greenhalgh: Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences". University of Oxford. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Letters (2016-09-15). "The evidence of an NHS weekend effect is shaky | Letter from Neena Modi, David Owen, Robert Winston, Stephen Hawking and others". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  7. ↑ editor, Denis Campbell Health policy (2016-09-15). "Doctors urge inquiry into Jeremy Hunt's NHS 'weekend effect' claims". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  8. ↑ Rebello, Lara (2016-09-16). "NHS 'weekend effect': Stephen Hawking and other scientists urge inquiry into Jeremy Hunt's claims". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  9. ↑ "NIHR fellowship: review panels" (PDF). National Institute for Health Research. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Five Minutes with Trish Greenhalgh: "We need to be clear that research impact isn't a single dimension."". London School of Economics and Political Science. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Publications: Patricia Greenhalgh". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "How to read a paper". BMJ Books. March 2014.
  13. 1 2 "Fellows directory: Ordinary Fellows: Professor Trisha Greenhalgh". Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Public and voluntary sector honours: OBE". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. 30 December 2000. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Health specialists win European award for best publication" (Press release). University College London. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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