Staff Profile
Dr Anna Robinson-Barella
Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Email: anna.robinson-barella@ncl.ac.uk
- Personal Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna-Robinson-24
- Address: School of Pharmacy
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Newcastle University
King George VI Building
NE1 7RU
Anna is a Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy and Health- and Medicines- Inequality at Newcastle School of Pharmacy. She is also a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist, with a wealth of experience working in Primary and Secondary care settings across the North-East of England.
Qualifications:
- PhD, 2023
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), 2019
- Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice, 2017
- Masters of Pharmacy, 2015
- Anna also holds national positions with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) including being a Professional Mentor, a member of the Annual Conference steering group, and a member of the Early Career Pharmacist Advisory Group.
Professional registration:
- General Pharmaceutical Council
Memberships:
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Research focus: Anna's research interests lie in working with people from minoritised and marginalised communities. In particular, Anna's research seeks to target medicines- and health- inequalities.
Research expertise: qualitative research methodologies, including remote interviewing and co-design; equality, diversity and inclusivity in research; interpretation and translator services in research; patient and public involvement and engagement; and qualitative evidence synthesis techniques, including meta-ethnography.
Recent work:
- accessibility of healthcare and pharmacy services for marginalised populations;
- the perspectives of healthcare professionals to overcome accessibility barriers for ethnic minority groups when seeking medication support;
- integration of cultural competence in the initial education and training of pharmacy students;
- establishing cultural humility and cultural competence within the pharmacy profession;
- addressing medicines use and deprescribing in palliative care settings.
- Full list here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EoYP-C0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Research funding:
- 2024: NIHR Undergraduate Internship Programme Grant focusing on the role of familial and informal caregivers amongst ethnic minority communities.
- 2023/4: NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Grant to design/produce a digital health animation targeting people from ethnically minoritised communities.
- 2022: Engage FMS Newcastle University Tilly Hale Award for Celebrating Excellence in Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement.
- 2022: Newcastle University Education Development Fund grant to conduct research into the design, implementation and delivery of a culturally competent pharmacy curriculum for pharmacists of the future.
In her previous role as Research Assistant at the School of Pharmacy, her work explored accessibility to medicines review services for ethnic minority communities in the North East of England. She was funded in this post by the NIHR North East and North Cumbria Applied Research Collaboration (ARC). This award-winning work was recognised with an 'Investing in You' Dialogue and Change award from the NIHR.
In 2023, Anna completed her PhD, which was undertaken with funding from the Newcastle University Dr WE Harker PhD studentship in surgical sciences, supervised by Prof Andy Husband, Mr Robert Slight and Prof Sarah Slight. This work focused on the use and optimisation of digital technologies to support healthier lifestyle change in surgical patient cohorts.
Anna is Stage Lead for Stage 2 of the MPharm programme.
In addition, she leads on:
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) for the School of Pharmacy
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) for the Newcastle Patient Safety Research Collaborative (PSRC),
- and Professionalism and Professional Standards for the School of Pharmacy.
Anna is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
She contributes to the teaching and assessments of Clinical Pharmacy across all stages of the MPharm degree at Newcastle.
Anna is a supervisor and co-supervisor of PhD students, Masters-level dissertations and student projects within the School of Pharmacy, as well as wider Public Health postgraduate programmes at the University.
Anna is an external supervisor for pharmacy colleagues undertaking the NIHR DCAF, NIHR PCAF and NIHR IPF.
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Articles
- Asiri R, Robinson-Barella A, Iqbal A, Todd A, Husband A. Understanding the influence of ethnicity on adherence to antidiabetic medication: Meta-ethnography and systematic review. PLoS One 2023, 18(10), e0292581.
- Davison J, Robinson-Barella A, Davies G, Campos-Hinojosa M, Collins C, Husband A, Okeowo D, Hester KLM, Lee R, Rapley T, De Soyza A. Patient attitudes to nebulised antibiotics in the treatment of bronchiectasis: a mixed-methods study. ERJ Open Research 2023, 9(3), 00735-2022.
- Alamer S, Robinson-Barella A, Nazar H, Husband A. Influence of ethnicity on adherence to non-surgical interventions for COPD: scoping review. ERJ Open Research 2023, 9(6), 00421-2023.
- Asiri R, Todd A, Robinson-Barella A, Husband A. Ethnic disparities in medication adherence? A systematic review examining the association between ethnicity and antidiabetic medication adherence. PLoS ONE 2023, 18(2), e0271650.
- Robinson-Barella A, Takyi C, Chan HKY, Lau WM. Embedding cultural competency and cultural humility in undergraduate pharmacist initial education and training: a qualitative exploration of pharmacy student perspectives. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy 2023, 46, 166-176.
- McCann J, Lau WM, Husband A, Todd A, Sile L, Doll AK, Varia S, Robinson-Barella A. 'Creating a culturally competent pharmacy profession': A qualitative exploration of pharmacy staff perspectives of cultural competence and its training in community pharmacy settings. Health Expectations 2023, 26(5), 1941-1953.
- Kandiah J, Nazar H, Blacklock J, Robinson A, Wright D. Contextual factors influencing medicines‐related interventions to support safe transitions for care home residents post hospital discharge: a systematic review and meta‐ethnographic synthesis. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy 2023, 45, 26-37.
- Robinson A, O'Brien N, Sile L, Guraya HK, Govind T, Harris V, Pilkington G, Todd A, Husband A. Recommendations for community pharmacy to improve access to medication advice for people from ethnic minority communities: a qualitative person-centred co-design study. Health Expectations 2022, 25(6), 3040-3052.
- Robinson A, Husband A, Slight R, Slight SP. Designing digital health technology to support patients before and after bariatric surgery: qualitative study exploring patient desires, suggestions and reflections to support lifestyle behavior change. JMIR Human Factors 2022, 9(1), e29782.
- Kerrison R, Robinson A, Skrobanski H, Kayal G, Kaushal A, Ide-Walters C, Todd A, Husband A, Lakhani S, Alter M, von Wagner C, MacDonald L. Demographic and psychological predictors of community pharmacists' cancer-related conversations with patients: a cross-sectional analysis and survey study. BMC Health Services Research 2022, 22, 268.
- Robinson A, Elarbi M, Todd A, Husband A. A qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators affecting ethnic minority patient groups when accessing medicine review services: Perspectives of healthcare professionals. Health Expectations 2022, 25(2), 628-638.
- Robinson A, Sile L, Govind T, Guraya HK, O'Brien N, Harris V, Pilkington G, Todd A, Husband A. "He or she maybe doesn’t know there is such a thing as a review": a qualitative investigation exploring barriers and facilitators to accessing medication reviews from the perspective of people from ethnic minority communities. Health Expectations 2022, 25(4), 1432-1443.
- Robinson A, Slight RD, Husband AK, Slight S. Digital technology to support lifestyle and health behaviour changes in surgical patients: systematic review. BJS Open 2021, 5(2), zraa009.
- Robinson A, Slight RD, Husband AK, Slight SP. Designing the Optimal Digital Health Intervention for Patients' Use Before and After Elective Orthopedic Surgery: Qualitative Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021, 23(3), e25885.
- Robinson A, Slight R, Husband AK, Slight S. The value of teachable moments in surgical patient care and the supportive role of digital technologies. Perioperative Medicine 2020, 9, 2.
- Robinson A, Husband AK, Slight RD, Slight SP. Digital technology to support lifestyle and health behaviour changes in surgical patients: systematic review. BJS Open 2020, 5(1), zraa009.
- Robinson A, Husband AK, Slight RD, Slight SP. Digital Support for Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: Narrative Review of the Roles and Challenges of Online Forums. JMIR Perioperative Medicine 2020, 3(2), e17320.
- Robinson A, Oksuz U, Slight R, Slight S, Husband A. Digital and Mobile Technologies to Promote Physical Health Behavior Change and Provide Psychological Support for Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: Meta-Ethnography and Systematic Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2020, 8(12), e19237.
- Rathbone AP, Norris R, Parker P, Lindsley L, Robinson A, Baqir W, Campbell D, Husband A. Exploring the use of WhatsApp in out-of-hours pharmacy services: A multi-site qualitative study. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy 2019, 16(4), 503-510.
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Review
- Cannon I, Robinson-Barella A, McLellan G, Ramsay SE. From Drugs to Dry Mouth: A Systematic Review Exploring Oral and Psychological Health Conditions Associated with Dry Mouth in Older Adults with Polypharmacy. Drugs and Aging 2023, 40, 307-316.