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Research Associate

Mrs Elizabeth Lenaghan

Job Title Contact Location
Research Associate/Trial Coordinator  E dot Lenaghan at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 1694  
Medical School 2.06A 
  • Personal
  • Research
  • Publications

Biography

Trials manager with experience of multi-centre applied NHS research studies, particularly in primary care settings involving elderly populations.

Career

• Research Assistant Humberside Police 1990 – 1991
Various clinical and medical audit posts in NHS hospital trusts 1991 - 1995
• Student dietitian / Dietitian Doncaster Hospitals NHS Trust & North East Lincolnshire NHS Trust, Grimsby 1995 - 1998
• Clinical Audit Facilitator South Humber Health Authority, North Lincolnshire 1998 - 2000
• Research Associate / Trial Co-ordinator (HOMER Trial – home-based medication review by pharmacists in older people) MED, UEA 2000 – 2003
• Senior Research Associate / Trial Co-ordinator (Heart-med Trial – home-based medication review by pharmacists in patients with heart failure) MED, UEA 2003 - 2005
• Senior Research Associate / Trial Co-ordinator (SCOOP Study – Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening in older women for prevention of fracture), University of East Anglia; feasibility study April 2005 – January 2007, main trial from February 2007 (ongoing)


Research Interests:-
 

Screening; osteoporosis; older people; use of medicines and medication review.

Selected Publications:-
 

Salter, CI, Howe, A, McDaid, L, Blacklock, J, Lenaghan, E and Shepstone, L (2011) Risk, significance and biomedicalisation of a new population: Older women’s experience of osteoporosis screening. Social Science & Medicine, 73 (6). pp. 808-815. ISSN 02779536

Holland, RC, Brooksby, I, Lenaghan, EA, Ashton, K, Hay, L, Smith, RD, Howe, AC, Shepstone, L, Lipp, A, Daly, C, Hall, R and Harvey, IM (2007) Effectiveness of visits from community pharmacists for patients with heart failure: HeartMed randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal, 334 (7603). pp. 1098-1101.

Lenaghan, EA, Brooks, A and Holland, RC (2007) Home-based medication review in a high risk elderly population in primary care - The POLYMED randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing, 36. pp. 292-297.

Holland, RC, Lenaghan, EA, Harvey, IM, Smith, RD, Lipp, A, Christou, M and Evans, D (2006) Delivering a home-based medication review, process measures from the HOMER randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 14 (1). pp. 71-79.

Holland, RC, Lenaghan, EA, Harvey I, Smith, R, Shepstone, L, Lipp, A, Christou, M, Evans, D, Hand, C (2005) Does home based medication review keep older people out of hospital? The HOMER randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal, 330, pp. 293-297.

Academic Background

  • • BSc (Hons) Information Science, Leeds Polytechnic 1989
  • • Open University degree level courses in Physiology, Biology / Science Foundation Course, Open University 1993 – 5
  • • Post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics & State Registration in Dietetics, Leeds Metropolitan University 1997
  • • MSc in Health Sciences, University of East Anglia 2004
  • Key Research Interests

    Screening for and nutritional aspects of osteoporosis; older people; use of medicines and medication review.


    Research Group Members

    Population Health & Primary Care Department

    Number of items: 18.

    Article

    Salter, CI, Howe, A, McDaid, L, Blacklock, J, Lenaghan, E and Shepstone, L (2011) Risk, significance and biomedicalisation of a new population: Older women’s experience of osteoporosis screening. Social Science & Medicine, 73 (6). pp. 808-815. ISSN 02779536

    Holland, RC, Brooksby, I, Lenaghan, EA, Ashton, K, Hay, L, Smith, RD, Howe, AC, Shepstone, L, Lipp, A, Daly, C, Hall, R and Harvey, IM (2007) Effectiveness of visits from community pharmacists for patients with heart failure: HeartMed randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal, 334 (7603). pp. 1098-1101.

    Lenaghan, EA, Brooks, A and Holland, RC (2007) Home-based medication review in a high risk elderly population in primary care - The POLYMED randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing, 36. pp. 292-297.

    Holland, RC, Lenaghan, EA, Harvey, IM, Smith, RD, Lipp, A, Christou, M and Evans, D (2006) Delivering a home-based medication review, process measures from the HOMER randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 14 (1). pp. 71-79.

    Holland, R, Lenaghan, E, Harvey, I, Smith, R, Shepstone, L, Christou, M, Lipp, A and Evans, D (2005) The HOMER trial: an RCT of medication review in older people. A detailed description of the intervention, and an analysis of whether results differed by pharmacist characteristics. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 57 (Suppl. S). S117 -S117. ISSN 0022-3573

    Holland, R, Battersby, J, Harvey, I, Lenaghan, E, Smith, J and Hay, L (2005) Systematic review of multidisciplinary interventions in heart failure. Heart, 91 (7). pp. 899-906. ISSN 1355-6037

    Holland, RC, Battersby, J, Harvey, IM, Lenaghan, EA, Smith, JR and Hay, L (2005) A Systematic review of multidisciplinary interventions in heart failure. Heart, 91 (7). pp. 899-906.

    Holland, RC, Smith, RD, Harvey, IM, Swift, L and Lenaghan, EA (2004) Measuring quality of life in the elderly: a direct comparison of the EQ-5D and AQoL. Health Economics, 13 (8). pp. 793-805.

    Conference or Workshop Item

    Holland, RC, Brooksby, I, Lenaghan, EA, Ashton, K, Hay, L, Smith, RD, Shepstone, L, Howe, AC, Lipp, A, Daly, C and Harvey, IM (2006) A randomised controlled trial of home-based medication review and lifestyle advice by community pharamacists for patients with heart failure. In: Annual Scientific Conference of the British-Society-Promoting-Cardiovascular-Health, APR 24-27, 2006, Glasgow, SCOTLAND.

    Holland, RC, Brooksby, I, Lenaghan, EA and Ashton, K (2006) An RCT of home-based medication review and lifestyle advice by community pharmacists for patients with heart failure. In: British Cardiac Society. Edinburgh, April 2006.

    Holland, RC, Brooksby, I, Lenaghan, EA and Ashton, K (2006) A Randomised controlled trial of home based medication review and lifestyle advice by community pharmacists for patients with heart faliure. In: British Cardiac Society, Edinburgh.

    Holland, RC, Brooksby, I, Lenaghan, EA and Ashton, K (2006) An RCT of home-based medication review and lifestyle advice by community pharmacists for patients with heart failure. In: Plenary presentation to the Society for Social Medicine. Leeds.

    Holland, RC, Lenaghan, EA, Harvey, IM and Smith, RD (2005) The HOMER trial: an RCT of medication review in older people. A detailed description of the intervention, and an analysis of whether results differed by pharmacist characteristics. In: British Pharmaceutical Conference, Manchester.

    Holland, RC, Lenaghan, EA, Harvey, IM, Smith, RD, Shepstone, L, Christou, M, Lipp, A and Evans, D (2004) A randomised controlled trial of home-based medication review by pharmacists in the elderly. In: Society for Social Medicine, Birmingham, September 2004.

    Battersby, J, Holland, RC, Lenaghan, EA and Hay, L (2003) A systematic review and meta-analysis of educational and home interventions in heart failure. In: Society for Social Medicine, Liverpool.

    Holland, RC, Smith, RD, Harvey, IM and Lenaghan, EA (2003) Assessing quality of life in the elderly: a comparison of two utility measures. In: Fourth Word Congress of the International Health Economics Association, San Francisco, USA.

    Holland, RC, Smith, RD, Harvey, IM and Lenaghan, EA (2003) Assessing life in the elderly a comparsion of two utility measures. In: International Society for Technology Assesment in Health Care (ISTAHC) Conference, Canmore, Canada.

    Holland, RC, Smith, RD, Harvey, IM and Lenaghan, EA (2002) Assessing quality of life in the elderly: a comparison of two utility measures. In: Fifth Annual Congress of the International Society for Pharmaco-economics and Outcomes Research (ISP.

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