About
Rachel is a Research Fellow with the Primary Care and Research Centre and School of Psychology at the University of Southampton.
She has recently completed her PhD which was a mixed-methods study exploring beliefs, attitudes, and intentions towards long-term antidepressant use for people with depression in primary care.
Rachel's professional background is in health psychology. Her research interests are in the self-management of long-term conditions, in particular long-term depression; and patient-GP communication in primary care settings.
Rachel has expertise in qualitative methods, particularly in conducting interviews and using reflexive thematic analysis. Much of her research experience has been working on randomised controlled trials in primary care.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Primary care
- Health psychology
- Qualitative methods
- Depression
- GP-patient communication
Current research
Rachel's PhD was a mixed-methods study exploring beliefs, attitudes, and behavioural intentions towards long-term antidepressant use for people with depression in primary care.
Rachel is a Research Fellow for Talking in Primary Care 2
Publications
Teaching
Rachel is a Teaching Fellow for the MSc Public Health. She is also the Module lead for Qualitative Methods in Public Health. She provides academic skills training to MSc Public Health, MSc Health Psychology, and BM Students
Rachel has supervised both undergraduate and masters level students, and is a personal academic tutor.