Research interests
I have an interdisciplinary programme of mixed methods research around contextual effects in health care, encompassing topics including: ethical, scientific and lay perspectives on use of placebos in clinical practice and research; uptake and adherence to treatments for back pain; applications and elaborations of the common-sense model of illness perception; utilisation of complementary and alternative medicines and psychosocial mediators of their effectiveness; mixing qualitative and quantitative methods.
My work on complementary and alternative medicines led to my selection through international open competition as 1 of 12 international complementary medicine research fellows at the Australian Research Centre for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Technology Sydney. I continue as an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, at the University of Technology Sydney.
Grants
- NIHR HTA. 2018-22. Amitriptyline at low-dose and titrated for irritable bowel syndrome as second-line treatment (The ATLANTIS study): A double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Ford, Everitt (co-PI), Alderson, Farrin, Guthrie, Foy, Tubeuf, Ridd (Co-Is), Bishop (Co-I, Qualitative lead). £1,787,888.
- NIHR National School for Primary Care Research. 2018-2021. Expectation Management for Patients in Primary Care: Developing and Feasibility Testing a New Digital Intervention for Practitioners. Hazel Everitt (PI), Jeremy Howick, Paul Little, Christian Mallen, Leanne Morrison (Co-Is). Lucy Yardley, Felicity Bishop (collaborators). £394,262.
- NHS Solent Research Capability Funding. 2016-17. PI: Felicity Bishop. £25,819.
- University of Southampton FSHS, Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Development Fund. 2016-17. Hush the quacks. Exploring health fraud scams in the UK. PI: Anita Lavorgna. Co-investigator: Felicity Bishop. £5460
- Arthritis Research UK, Special Strategic Award. 2014-17. Non-specific Mechanisms in Orthodox and CAM management of back pain (MOCAM). PI: Felicity Bishop. Co-investigators: George Lewith, Katherine Bradbury, Janine Leach, Hugh MacPherson, Borislav Dimitrov, Lisa Roberts, Lucy Yardley. £124,988.
- Arthritis Research UK, Research Progression Award. 2014-15. Acupuncture for back pain: modifying the psychological determinants of patient outcomes. PI: Felicity Bishop. £51,966.
- NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme. 2013-17. ACTIB (Assessing Cognitive behavioural Therapy in Irritable Bowel): A randomized controlled trial of clinical and cost effectiveness of therapist delivered cognitive behavioural therapy and web-based self-management in irritable bowel syndrome. PI: Hazel Everitt. Co-applicants: Rona Moss-Morris, Trudie Chalder, Paul McCrone, Paul Little, Sabine Landau, Felicity Bishop (Qualitative Lead), Robert Logan, Nicholas Coleman. £1,232,554.
- NIHR National School for Primary Care Research. 2012-13. PIs: Felicity Bishop & George Lewith. Co-applicants: Hazel Everitt, Adam Geraghty, Paul Little. “Creating a Taxonomy to Harness the Placebo effect in UK primary care. £45,179.
- Faculty of Social & Human Sciences, Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Development Fund. 2012. PI: Felicity Bishop. Co-applicants: Cynthia Graham, George Lewith. “Placebo effects and informed consent”. £3500.
- Arthritis Research UK, 2008-12. PI: Felicity Bishop. Co-applicants/Mentors: George Lewith, Lucy Yardley, Paul Little, Cyrus Cooper. Career Development Fellowship "Acupuncture for Back Pain: Evaluating Patient Outcomes and Their Determinants." £300,745
- NIHR National School for Primary Care Research, 2010-12. PI: Felicity Bishop, Co-applicants: Paul Little, George Lewith, Rona Moss-Morris, Nadine Foster. "Treatment beliefs in back pain." £57,568.
Current PhD Research Students
Contextual Factors in Low Back Pain Consultations. Dima Ivanova. (Funding: ESRC SCDTP 1+3 studentship)
Expanding models of health behaviour change: A critical evaluation of health promotion in traditional acupuncture. Jonquil Pinto. (Funding: Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship, British Acupuncture Council)
Reconceptualising Patient-Reported Outcome Measures as Active Components of Complex Interventions. Michelle Holmes. (Funding: Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship, Royal College of Chiropractors, Anglo-European College of Chiropractic, and Southampton Complementary Medicine Research Trust)
Healthy Sexual Aging: A mixed-method Study of Sexual Function and Sexual Well-being in Older European Adults. Lauren Towler. (Funding: Norwegian Research Council)
Patient and health professionals’ attitudes, behaviours, and intentions towards long-term depression management in primary care. Rachel Dewar-Haggart. (Funding: NIHR National School for Primary Care Research)
Completed PhD Research Students
2016-2019. From inert pills to subjunctive medicine: an exploration of the placebo effect in general practice. Doug Hardman. (Funding: NIHR National School for Primary Care Research)
2014-2018. Peer support and homelessness. Stephanie Barker.
2009-2013. Exploring illness representations and management of multimorbidity in people with diabetes and depression. Jenny McSharry.
2008-2013. How do experiences of physiotherapy and osteopathy vary between the NHS and private practice? Katherine Bradbury.
Research group
Centre for Clinical and Community Applications of Health Psychology (CCCAHP)
Affiliate research group
Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education
Research project(s)
Assessing Cognitive behavioural Therapy in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (ACTIB)
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