Grace Turner

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PhD projects

Major trauma
Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs)/ PRO measures (PROMs)
Stroke
Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database studies

20132024

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Biography

Grace qualified at the University of Birmingham with a First Class BSc (Hons) in Human Biology in 2008 followed by a Distinction MSc in Toxicology in 2009.

Grace took a position as a Research Associate within the Primary Care Department at the University of Birmingham in 2011 where her role was study co-ordinator for a large, national cohort study. She also undertook a secondment at Russells Hall Hospital (Dudley Group NHS Foundation).

In 2012, Grace was awarded the NIHR School for Primary Care Research PhD studentship. Her PhD research investigated the long-term impact of mini-stroke and missed opportunities to prevent stroke, through a systematic review and two epidemiological quantitative studies.

This research is published in high impact journals, including PLOS Medicine and the European Journal of Neurology, and received media coverage, including articles in the Telegraph, Times, Daily Mail, iNews and ScienceDaily.com. The research has informed and is referenced in the Stroke Association’s TIA campaign(2014); the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations (2015); and the NIHR Themed Review of research into the organisation and quality of stroke services (2017). The research was also selected to be published as two NIHR Signals (timely summaries of research relevant to policy makers).

Furthermore, Grace won eight prestigious awards for her PhD research (two NAPCRG Pearls; NAPCRG distinguished paper award; Australian Association for Academic Primary Care presenter award; ESRF Investigator Award; RCGP David Morgan Presentation Prize; NIHR poster prize; and Graduate Research Festival highest scoring abstract).

In 2013, Grace was selected as the only UK candidate to participate in the Canadian training programme TUTOR-PHC (Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research- Primary Health Care), a one-year, interdisciplinary research training program funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation.

Grace’s current position is a Research Fellow within the Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research (CPROR). 

Qualifications

  • PGCert in Academic Practice (2015- present)
  • PhD in Primary Care Clinical Sciences (2012-2015)
  • MSc Toxicology (distinction) (2008-2009)
  • BSc Human Biology (first) (2005-2008)

Research interests

Grace's research interests broadly encompass 3 work streams:

1. Long term impairments and quality of life

2. Epidemiology, clinical trials and systematic reviews

3. Patient and public involvement (PPI) and research impact

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Health Science, Missed opportunities for primary prevention of stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and residual impairments after TIA, University of Birmingham

1 Oct 20121 Oct 2015

Award Date: 12 Dec 2015

Master of Biological Science, Toxicology MSc, University of Birmingham

1 Sept 20081 Sept 2009

Award Date: 1 Sept 2009

Bachelor of Biomedical science, Human Biology, University of Birmingham

1 Sept 20051 Sept 2008

Award Date: 14 Jul 2008

Keywords

  • Q Science (General)
  • R Medicine (General)
  • Stroke
  • Trauma
  • Transient ischaemic attack
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Quality of life
  • Patient reported outcomes
  • epidemiology
  • systematic reviews
  • Clinical Trials

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