General Practice and Primary Care
Doctoral students
Current
Recently completed (with links to e-versions of theses)
PhD/MD opportunities
Current
Name RUTH AGBAKOBA
Degree PhD
Title A qualitative evaluation of telehealthcare at scale in Scotland
Supervisor 1 Frances Mair (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Matt-Mouley Bouamrane (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Marilyn Mcgee-Lennon (School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 4 Nick Watson (Sociology, University of Glasgow)
Funding Medical Research Council
Start year 2012
Intended finish year 2016
Name LAMIA AL ARADI
Degree PhD
Title To be confirmed
Supervisor 1 Kate O'Donnell (General Practice and Primary Care, Unviersity of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Graham Watt (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Funding Kuwaiti Ministry of Health
Start year 2013
Intended finish year 2016
Name BREANNON BABBEL
Degree PhD
Title When push comes to shove: getting primary care practitioners and patients on board for "proportionate universalism" in the age of austerity
Supervisor 1 Annette Hastings (Urban Studies, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Mhairi Mackenzie (Urban Studies, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Graham Watt (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Funding University of Glasgow Kelvin Smith Fellowship
Start year 2012
Intended finish year 2016
Name DAVID BLANE
Degree PhD
Title Understanding the role of primary care in the management of co-morbid obesity: a mixed methods programme
Supervisor 1 Kate O'Donnell (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Sara Macdonald (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 David Morrison (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding CSO Clinical Academic Fellowship
Start year 2013
Intended finish year 2016
Name SHARON BYRNE
Degree PhD
Title The development and evaluation of a mindfulness- based intervention for young offenders in Scotland
Supervisor 1 Stewart Mercer (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Sally Wyke (Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow)
Funding Self-funded
Start year 2012
Intended finish year 2018
Name MAX COOPER
Degree PhD
Title Acculturation and health beliefs in African migrants
Supervisor 1 Kate O'Donnell (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Ken Mullen (Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Seeromanie Harding (MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit)
Funding General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow
Start year 2010
Intended finish year 2013/2014
Name WITHHELD
Degree PhD
Title Testing the applicability of realist synthesis in the context of the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Supervisor 1 Mhairi Mackenzie (Urban Studies, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Kate O’Donnell (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Gerry McCartney (NHS Health Scotland)
Funding Glasgow Centre for Population Health
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2015
Name CARL DE WET
Degree PhD
Title A mixed methods study to explore the safety of health care delivered in general medical practice
Supervisor 1 Kate O’Donnell (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Paul Bowie (NHS Education for Scotland)
Funding NHS Education for Scotland
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2017
Name KATIE GALLACHER
Degree PhD
Title Understanding treatment burden in stroke patients
Supervisor 1 Frances Mair (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 David Batty (University College London)
Supervisor 3 Carl May (University of Newcastle)
Supervisor 4 Peter Langhorne (Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow)
Funding CSO
Start year 2010
Intended finish year 2013
Name ANNA ISAACS
Degree PhD
Title Prevention burden for CVD disease in migrant populations
Supervisor 1 Kate O'Donnell (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Nicola Burns (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Sara Macdonald (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Funding MRC Doctoral Training Programme
Start year 2013
Intended finish year 2017
Name BHAUTESH JANI
Degree PhD
Title Exploring the potential role of allostatic load biomarkers in risk assessment of patients presenting with depressive symptoms
Supervisor 1 Frances Mair (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Jonathan Cavanagh (Mental Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Sarah Barry (Robertson Centre fo Biostatistics, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 4 Naveed Sattar (Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow)
Funding CSO Clinical Academic Fellowship
Start year 2012
Intended finish year 2015
Name ANNA MATTHEWS
Degree MD
Title Preventive health care for migrant populations
Supervisor 1 Kate O'Donnell (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Nicky Burns (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Frances Mair (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Funding Departmental
Start year 2012
Intended finish year 2016
Name DEBORAH MORRISON
Degree PhD
Title Supported self care for asthma: development and evaluation of an online interactive resource
Supervisor 1 Frances Mair (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Sally Wyke (Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Neil Thomson (Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow)
Funding CSO
Start year 2010
Intended finish year 2014
Name ROBERT SIMPSON
Degree MD
Title Mindfulness-based practices in Multiple Sclerosis
Supervisor 1 Stewart Mercer (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Frances Mair (General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Funding Centre for Integrative Care, Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital
Start year 2012
Intended finish year 2018
Name FIONA SMITH
Degree PhD
Title The ongoing care of patients with cancer: what is the appropriate balance between primary and secondary care?
Supervisor 1 Una Macleod (Hull York Medical School)
Supervisor 2 Jim Cassidy (Cancer Studies, University of Glasgow)
Funding CSO
Start year 2007
Intended finish year 2012
Recently completed
Name SUSAN BROWNE
Degree PhD
Year of award 2013
Title and link to e-version Colorectal cancer and socio-economic factors: an exploration of the patient experience
Link to follow when available
Name JOHN O'DOWD
Degree PhD
Year of award 2013
Title and link to e-version Futures for primary care: which models work and why
Link to follow when available
Name JENNA-MARIE MULLEN
Degree PhD
Year of award 2013
Title and link to e-version The relationship between empathy, self-management support and anticipatory care in primary care consultations in areas of high and low socio-economic deprivation
Link to follow when available
Name RICHARD LOWRIE
Degree PhD
Year of award 2012
Title & link to e-version A cluster randomised controlled trial of pharmacist-led statin outreach support in primary care
Name DAVID CUNNINGHAM
Degree PhD
Year of award 2012
Title & link to e-version A grounded theory study of protected learning time
Name ANDREA WILLIAMSON
Degree PhD
Year of award 2011
Title & link to e-version Patients who are repeatedly removed from GP lists: analysing the "revolving door"
Name SARA MACDONALD
Degree PhD
Year of award 2011
Title & link to e-version An exploration of lay epidemiology and cancer
Name MICHAEL SMITH
Degree MD
Year of award 2010
Title & link to e-version "Doing Well": an initiative to improve depression care
Name JULIE MAITLAND
Degree PhD
Year of award 2009
Title & link to e-version From persuasion to negotiation in health promoting technology
Name YINGYING WANG
Degree PhD
Year of award 2009
Title & link to e-version Urban single-handed general practice in Scotland
Name HUSSEIN JABAREEN
Degree PhD
Year of award 2009
Title & link to e-version An exploration of the roles of practice nurses and GPs in delivering primary health care
Name PAULINE CRAIG
Degree PhD
Year of award 2008
Title & link to e-version An exploratory study of inequalities in mental health in primary care in Scotland