Staff Profile

Qualifications

PhD Health Psychology. Thesis entitled: The Effects of Autobiographical Accounts of Breast Cancer Patients and an Electronically Designed BSE Skills Program on Women's Knowledge, Beliefs and Behaviour Towards Breast Self Examination.  

MSc Health Psychology.

Stage 1 Qualification in Health Psychology.

BSc (Hons) Psychology.

Memberships

British Psychological Society.

Current Role

July 2013 - Present: Research Associate, Newcastle University.

Previous Role

March 2013 - June 2013: Research Associate, Teesside University. Project Title: Enhancing the Usability of the Get Ahead Portal.

Current Research

• STRiDE - how national and local factors contribute to access to dementia care in England.
• Forget Me Not approach - co producing accessible guidance videos for communicating and receiving a dementia diagnosis.

Previous Research

• Enhancing the Usability of the Get Ahead Portal.
• Development of PMM: an online interactive learning tool and information resource for education in paediatric musculoskeletal medicine. http://www.pmmonline.org.
• Prepare PMM for handover to the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society.
• The use and effectiveness of biologic therapies in adults with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
• Paediatric Musculoskeletal (MSK) triage in the community – Rightpath – a pilot study. http://www.rightpath.solutions. Winner of the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) Best Practice Award 2018.
• CAPTURE JIA: Achieving uniform and optimal data collection to improve patient care for children and young people with JIA.
• Quantifying the utility, feasibility and acceptability of accelerated quantitative MRI in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis to measure suppression of intra-articular inflammation.
• Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography: an improved method for detecting anterior uveitis in children.
• A study to develop and pilot ‘pGALSplus’ to facilitate identification and assessment of children with serious musculoskeletal disease.
• Evaluation of educational resources designed to facilitate access to care for children with musculoskeletal conditions.
• Working alongside the Paediatric Task Force for Global Musculoskeletal Health to assist with their research projects

• Articles

  • Tangcheewinsirikul S, Tang S-P, Smith N, Sukharomana M, Charuvanij S, Vilaiyuk S, Arkachaisri T, Scott C, Foster HE. Delivery of paediatric rheumatology care: a survey of current clinical practice in Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific regions. Pediatric Rheumatology 2021, 19(1), 11.
  • Smith N, Foster HE, Jandial S. A mixed methods evaluation of the Paediatric Musculoskeletal Matters (PMM) online portfolio. Pediatric Rheumatology 2021, 19(1), 85.
  • Rapley T, May C, Smith N, Foster HE. ‘Snakes & Ladders’: factors influencing access to appropriate care for children and young people with suspected juvenile idiopathic arthritis – a qualitative study. Pediatric Rheumatology 2021, 19(1), 43.
  • Lunt LE, Shoop-Worrall S, Smith N, Cleary G, McDonagh J, Smith AD, Thomson W, McErlane F. Validation of novel patient-centred juvenile idiopathic arthritis-specific patient-reported outcome and experience measures (PROMs/PREMs). Pediatric Rheumatology 2020, 18(1), 91.
  • Smith N, Mercer V, Firth J, Jandial S, Kinsey K, Light H, Nye A, Rapley T, Foster HE. RightPath: a model of community-based musculoskeletal care for children. Rheumatology Advances in Practice 2020, 4(2), rkaa057.
  • Bennett JL, Wood A, Smith N, Mistry R, Allen K, Jandial S, Tuckett JD, Gowdy SC, Foster HE, McErlane F, Hollingsworth KG. Can quantitative MRI be used in the clinical setting to quantify the impact of intra-articular glucocorticoid injection on synovial disease activity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis?. Pediatric Rheumatology 2019, 17(1), 74.
  • McErlane F, Foster HE, Armitt G, Bailey K, Cobb J, Davidson JE, Douglas S, Fell A, Friswell M, Pilkington C, Strike H, Smith N, Thomson W, Cleary G. Development of a national audit tool for juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a BSPAR project funded by the Health Care Quality Improvement Partnership. Rheumatology 2018, 57(1), 140-151.
  • Smith N, Rapley T, Jandial S, English C, Davies B, Wyllie R, Foster HE. Paediatric Musculoskeletal Matters (pmm) – Collaborative Development of an Online Evidence Based Interactive Learning Tool and Information Resource for Education in Paediatric Musculoskeletal Medicine. Pediatric Rheumatology 2016, 14(1), 1-7.
  • Smith N, Dhanrajani A, Foster H, Khubchandani RP. A survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices relating to musculoskeletal examination among pediatricians in Maharashtra, India. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2015, 10(4), 212-215.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

  • Smith N, Foster HE, Wyllie R, English C, Davies B, Rapley T. What are the Educational Needs of Nurses Involved in the Care of Children and Young People with Rheumatic Disease?. In: Rheumatology 2015. 2015, Manchester, UK: Oxford University Press.