Staff Profile

Nav is a Senior Research Associate in the Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University.

She is currently working in the Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC) collaboration with the University of Edinburgh (https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/advanced-care-research-centre) in the 'New models of care' work package. She is also part of the Applied Research Collaboration North-East North-Cumbria (ARC NENC) (https://arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/) and is affiliated with the Multimorbidity, Ageing, and Frailty theme (https://arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research-themes/multimorbidity/)

Nav previously worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Warwick Medical School in the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Improving Health in Slums, and before that in the Behavioural Science Group at Warwick Business School.

Nav completed a multi-disciplinary PhD in Ageing and Rehabilitation/Health Psychology at the University of Nottingham. She also has an MSc in Medical Statistics (University of Leicester) and a BSc (Hons) in Psychology (University of Leeds). Before her PhD, Nav worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Leicester and as a Research Associate at the University of Nottingham.

Nav is a mixed-methods researcher with significant experience in health services research that can influence policy and practice. Her expertise is in the application of psychological/behavioural theory to improve care and support for people with physical and mental health multimorbidity. Nav is interested in intervention development, evaluation, and implementation research in the UK and internationally, including in low-and-middle-income countries.

• Schmidtke K, Aujla N, Marshall T, Hussain A, Hodgkinson GP, Arheart K, Birnbach DJ, Kudrna L, Vlaev I. A crossover randomized controlled trial of priming interventions to increase hand hygiene at ward entrances. Frontiers in Public Health 2022, 9, 781359.
• Bakibinga P, Kabaria C, Kasiira Z, Kibe P, Kyobutungi C, Mbaya N, Mberu B, Mohammed S, Njeri A, Azam I, Iqbal R, Nazish A, Rizvi N, Ahmed SAKS, Choudhury N, Alam O, Khan AZ, Rahman O, Yusuf R, Odubanjo D, Ayobola M, Fayehun O, Omigbodun A, Osuh M, Owoaje E, Taiwo O, Lilford RJ, Sartori J, Watson SI, Diggle PJ, Aujla N, Chen YF, Colan C, Gill P, Griffiths F, Harris B, Madan J, Muir H, Oyebode O, Pitidis V, Porto de Albuquerque J, Smith S, Taylor C, Tregonning G, Ulbrich P, Uthman OA, Wilson R, Yeboah G, Park JE. Primary care doctor and nurse consultations among people who live in slums: a retrospective, cross-sectional survey in four countries. BMJ Open 2022, 12(1), e054142.
• Bakibinga P, Kabaria C, Kasiira Z, Kibe P, Kyobutungi C, Mbaya N, Mberu B, Mohammed S, Njeri A, Azam I, Iqbal R, Nazish A, Rizvi N, Ahmed SAKS, Choudhury N, Alam O, Khan AZ, Rahman O, Yusuf R, Odubanjo D, Ayobola M, Fayehun O, Omigbodun A, Osuh M, Owoaje E, Taiwo O, Lilford RJ, Sartori J, Watson SI, Diggle PJ, Aujla N, Chen YF, Gill P, Griffiths F, Harris B, Madan J, Muir H, Oyebode O, Pitidis V, Porto de Albuquerque J, Smith S, Taylor C, Ulbrich P, Uthman OA, Wilson R, Yeboah G. Inequity of healthcare access and use and catastrophic health spending in slum communities: a retrospective, cross-sectional survey in four countries. BMJ Global Health 2021, 6(11), e007265.
• Bakibinga P, Kabaria C, Kasiira Z, Kibe P, Kyobutungi C, Mbaya N, Mberu B, Mohammed S, Njeri A, Azam I, Iqbal R, Nazish A, Rizvi N, Ahmed SAKS, Choudhury N, Alam O, Khan AZ, Rahman O, Yusuf R, Odubanjo D, Ayobola M, Fayehun O, Omigbodun A, Osuh M, Owoaje E, Taiwo O, Lilford RJ, Sartori J, Watson SI, Diggle PJ, Aujla N, Chen YF, Gill P, Griffiths F, Harris B, Madan J, Muir H, Oyebode O, Pitidis V, Porto de Albuquerque J, Smith S, Taylor C, Ulbrich P, Uthman OA, Wilson R, Yeboah G. Pharmacies in informal settlements: a retrospective, cross-sectional household and health facility survey in four countries. BMC Health Services Research 2021, 21, 945.
• Aujla N, Chen YF, Samarakoon Y, Wilson A, Grolmusová N, Ayorinde A, Hofer T, Griffiths F, Brown C, Gill P, Mallen C, Sartori J, Lilford R. Comparing the use of direct observation, standardised patients and exit interviews in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review of methods of assessing quality of primary care. Health Policy and Planning 2021, 36(3), 341-356.
• Yeboah G, Porto de Albuquerque J, Troilo R, Tregonning G, Perera S, Ahmed SAKS, Ayobola M, Alam O, Aujla N, Azam I, Azeem K, Bakibinga P, Chen YF, Choudhury N, Diggle PJ, Fayehun O, Gill P, Griffiths F, Harris B, Iqbal R, Kabaria C, Ziraba AK, Khan AZ, Kibe P, Kisia L, Kyobutungi C, Lilford RJ, Madan J, Mbaya N, Mberu B, Mohammed S, Muir H, Nazish A, Njeri A, Odubanjo D, Omigbodun A, Osuh ME, Owoaje E, Oyebode O, Pitidis V, Rahman O, Rizvi N, Sartori J, Smith S, Taiwo JT, Ulbrich P, Uthman OA, Watson SI, Wilson R, Yusuf R. Analysis of OpenStreetMap data quality at different stages of a participatory mapping process: evidence from slums in Africa and Asia. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2021, 10(4), 265.
• Ahmed SAKS, Ajisola M, Azeem K, Bakibinga P, Chen YF, Choudhury NN, Fayehun O, Griffiths F, Harris B, Kibe P, Lilford RJ, Omigbodun A, Rizvi N, Sartori J, Smith S, Watson SI, Wilson R, Yeboah G, Aujla N, Azam I, Diggle PJ, Gill P, Iqbal R, Kabaria C, Kisia L, Kyobutungi C, Madan JJ, Mberu B, Mohammed SF, Nazish A, Odubanjo D, Osuh ME, Owoaje E, Oyebode O, Porto de Albuquerque J, Rahman O, Tabani K, Taiwo OJ, Tregonning G, Uthman OA. Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID 19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements. BMJ Global Health 2020, 5(8), e003042.
• Aujla N, Yates T, Dallosso H, Kai J. Users’ experiences of a pragmatic diabetes prevention intervention implemented in primary care: Qualitative study. BMJ Open 2019, 9, e028491.
• Bakibinga P, Kabaria C, Kyobutungi C, Manyara A, Mbaya N, Mohammed S, Njeri A, Azam I, Iqbal R, Mazaffar S, Rizvi N, Rizvi T, Rehman HU, Ahmed SAKS, Alam O, Khan AZ, Rahman O, Yusuf R, Odubanjo D, Ayobola M, Fayehun O, Omigbodun A, Owoaje E, Taiwo O, Diggle PJ, Aujla N, Chen YF, Gill P, Griffiths F, Harris B, Madan J, Lilford RJ, Oyebode OR, Pitidis V, Porto de Albuquerque J, Sartori J, Taylor C, Ulbrich P, Uthman OA, Watson SI, Yeboah G. A protocol for a multi-site, spatially-referenced household survey in slum settings: methods for access, sampling frame construction, sampling, and field data collection. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2019, 19, 109.
• Aujla N, Walker M, Vedhara K, Sprigg N. The relationship between patients’ illness beliefs and recovery after stroke. Psychology, Health and Medicine 2019, 24(5), 551-558.
• Aujla N, Vedhara K, Walker M, Sprigg N. Evaluating a stroke-specific version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised, using the Think-Aloud method. Journal of Health Psychology 2020, 25(12), 1989-2005.
• Schmidtke K, Aujla N, Marshall T, Hussain A, Patel K, Hodgkinson T, Arheart K, Martin J, Birnback D, Vlaev I. Using environmental engineering to increase hand-hygiene compliance: a cross-over study protocol. BMJ Open 2017, 7, e017108.
• Aujla N, Walker M, Sprigg N, Abrams K, Massey A, Vedhara K. Can illness beliefs, from the common-sense model, prospectively predict adherence to self-management behaviours? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology and Health 2016, 31(8), 931-958.
• Massey A, Campbell B, Raine-Fenning N, Aujla N, Vedhara K. The association of physiological cortisol and IVF treatment outcomes: a systematic review. Reproductive Medicine and Biology 2014, 13(4), 161-176.
• Aujla N, Stone MA, Taub N, Davies MJ, Khunti K. Identifying people with type 2 diabetes and those at risk: lessons from the Measure Your Waist (MY-WAIST) mixed-methods study in UK primary-care. Primary Care Diabetes 2013, 7(4), 261-267.
• Eborall H, Stone MA, Aujla N, Taub N, Davies M, Khunti K. Influences on the uptake of diabetes screening: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice 2012, 62(596), e204-e211.
• Aujla N, Skinner TC, Khunti K, Davies MJ. The prevalence of depressive symptoms in a White European and South Asian population with impaired glucose regulation and screen-detected Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a comparison of two screening tools. Diabetic Medicine 2010, 27(8), 896-905.
• Aujla N, Abrams KR, Davies MJ, Taub N, Skinner TC, Khunti K. The prevalence of depression in white-European and south-Asian people with impaired glucose regulation and screen-detected type 2 diabetes mellitus. PLOS One 2009, 4(11), e7755.
• Aujla N, Walker M, Sprigg N, Vedhara K. Do individual versus illness belief schema differ in the prediction of post-stroke recovery?. Journal of Health Psychology 2020, 25(13-14), 2118-2128.
• Fazil Q, Aujla N, Hale C, Kai J. Unequal treatment: health care experiences and needs of patients with cancer from minority ethnic communities. Diversity and equality in health and care 2015, 12(3), 95-103.
• McDonough C, Dunkley AJ, Aujla N, Morris D, Davies MJ, Khunti K. The association between body mass index and health-related quality of life: influence of ethnicity on this relationship. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 2013, 15(4), 342-348.
• Aujla N, Davies MJ, Skinner TC, Webb DR, Srinivasan B, Khunti K. The association between anxiety and measures of glycaemia in a population-based diabetes screening programme. Diabetic medicine 2011, 28(7), 785-788.