In this latest episode of ScHARR Chain Reaction podcast Dr Robert Akparibo will be talking to Dr Louise Preston about their role and how they manage their work life balance among other topics.
Louise works as a Senior Research Fellow in HEDS, which she joined in May 2008 as an Information Specialist and is also the Deputy Dean of SCHARR.
Louise works part time, working four days a week and balance research and teaching with leadership activities including the SCHARR Athena SWAN self assessment team co-chair role.
Louise joined ScHARR in October 2006 as a Research Associate on the Evaluation of Supplementary Prescribing in Nursing and Pharmacy project, based in the Public Health section. Prior to this, she worked as a Research Assistant in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield.
Louise's interests lie primarily in undertaking evidence reviews of complex interventions, specifically in service delivery areas and in the identification of evidence for reviews. She has led a variety of different reviews for organisations including the HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre, the What Works Centre for Wellbeing and the ScHARR Public Health Collaborating Centre and has been involved in a number of publications from this work. Louise has also published on methods relating to searching. From prior research projects, Louise maintains an interest in health services research with a particular interest in information use by patients and carers. Louise obtained her PhD in 2005 from the University of Sheffield. It examined the impact of the MMR vaccine scare on parents in terms of their decision making and information requirements.
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