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Staff Profile

Dr Laura Lindsey

Lecturer

  • Telephone: 0191 2082351
  • Address: School of Pharmacy
    The Faculty of Medical Sciences
    Newcastle University
    King George VI Building
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

https://twitter.com/laurailindsey   

Background

I am a lecturer in the pharmacy practice team and member of the Population Health Sciences research institute in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. I am a chartered psychologist with interest in mental health research and interdisciplinary working. After completing my undergraduate degree, I worked as a researcher on health related projects and having caught the bug for research, pursued a PhD which brought me up to the North East. More than a decade later, I am still here and loving it. 

Roles and responsibilities

Senior tutor for MPharm

FMS ethics committee member

Qualifications:

Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Durham University 2015

PhD, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University 2013

BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Plymouth 2003

Memberships

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Chartered member of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol)

Informal interests

Anti-plastic : pro planet, sustainability, social justice & chocolate.

Research

My research expertise is around patient experience and access to care. My particular interest is around antipsychotic withdrawal and people being offered the support they need. As a qualitative researcher, I am interested in the use of qualitative methods and the role they can play to explore ways of improving the patient experience and outcomes and patient involvement in the care process.

My pedagogic research focuses on ensuring students from diverse backgrounds are supported in their studies and that institutional barriers to their learning are removed. I am also passionate about education and practice working together to improve the process of care and patient experience.

Postgraduate Research Student Supervision

Swzan Akel - Antipsychotic withdrawal and role of support mechanisms

Fatma Alhendyani - delivery of maternal flu vaccination 

Fatemah Ashkanani - the role of pharmacists in supporting sleep

Berk Cayci - the role of community pharmacist in supporting young people with atopic dermatitis

Ogo Offu - the role of community pharmacists in management and prevention of prescription and illicit drug misuse

Badru Wasiu - Personalised antipsychotic treatment in neuropsychiatric disorders

Teaching

My teaching role in the MPharm programme involves research methods, health psychology and clinical skills. I am also the lead for reflective practice teaching and assessments for stages 1 and 2. I am the lead for stage 1 communication and clinical skills teaching and assessment.

As a senior tutor, I oversee personal tutoring and ensure that all students within the school are supported to study and achieve all they can. 

Publications