PCPH PhD Project Titles

Below is list of past PhD theses from across the Res Dept of Primary Care & Population Health

• The use of email and text message prompts to engage users of a digital intervention

• Patient and public engagement in UK medical education

• Exploring the effectiveness of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with severe mental illness

• Quality end of life care for people with dementia: The views and experiences of family carers

• Drug Use And Opioid Substitution Treatment In Pregnancy: Evidence From Electronic Health Records

• An exploration of therapist and dose effects within an exercise intervention study for reducing falls and falls risk factors in community dwelling older people

• Long-term outcomes and the effects of maintenance treatments in bipolar disorder

• A prospective cohort study to determine prognostic factors associated with outcomes in primary care attenders with unexplained physical symptoms

• The relationship of sensory impairments with cardiovascular disease and mortality, disability and frailty in older age: longitudinal cohort studies using the British Regional Heart Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

• Antiepileptic drugs in pregnancy

• Development of an online self-management intervention for adults with type 2 diabetes (HeLP-Diabetes)

• The Contribution of General Practice Placements to Medical Education: An Analysis of the Construction of General Practice Placement Knowledge in Published Medical Education Research

• Developing and evaluating a plan to implement an online self-management programme for people with type 2 diabetes within routine healthcare

• Effectiveness of sitagliptin vs sulphonylureas for managing type 2 diabetes mellitus in clinical practice

• Implementation, evaluation and application of multiple imputation for missing data in longitudinal electronic health record research

• Early comorbid parental depression and its effects on child outcomes