Research Fellow
Rachael Summers graduated as a physiotherapist with a First Class honours degree from St Martin's College (2006), and completed her MSc in Pain Science and Management at Keele University in 2008. Recently, she finished her PhD at St George's, University of London, which explored patient and physiotherapist perspectives of goals in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Rachael worked as a Research Fellow and study coordinator of the EPaC project. Rachael has now moved to a new job based in Health Sciences at the University of Southampton.
Summary of expertise
- Qualitative research methods
- Applied health services research
- Goal-setting in rehabilitation