Trisha Greenhalgh

Patricia Mary "Trisha" Greenhalgh OBE MA MD FRCP FRCGP FMedSci (born 11 March 1959)[1] is a British professor of primary health care and a practising general practitioner.

Early life and education

She gained a BA in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 1980.[2] She then qualified in Medicine from the University of Oxford in 1983.[2]

Academic career

In April 2010, Greenhalgh was appointed Professor of Primary Health Care and Dean for Research Impact at Queen Mary University of London.[2] Her role included setting up and leading the Healthcare Innovation and Policy Unit in the Centre for Health Sciences at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.[3]

In January 2015, Trish Greenhalgh took up the post of Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences and Fellow of Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford.[4]

She is a Senior Investigator at the National Institute for Health Research [5]

She is the author of more than 220 peer-reviewed publications and 8 textbooks.[6][7]

One of her books How to read a paper is now in its fifth edition.[8]

Honours and awards

She has twice won the Royal College of General Practitioners Research Paper of the Year Award.[9]

She accepted an OBE in 2001 for services to evidence based medical care.[10]

In 2006, she was one of the authors who received the Baxter Award from the European Health Management Association.[11]

She was elected to become a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2014.[9]

References

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