Dr. Catherine Powell,

Assistant Professor

Biography

Dr Catherine Powell is an Assistant Professor of Applied and Digital Health in the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences. She commenced this role in 2021, with teaching related to healthcare ethics, public health, and anthropology of illness and disease. She is a Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research Fellow. Her research interests include family care and ageing research; the design, delivery and evaluation of health care and medicines interventions; and qualitative research methods. Catherine is chief investigator of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit funded Enhancing medicines self-management in community-dwelling people living with dementia and family carers (MAGNET) project. Catherine has worked at the University of Bradford for more than 9 years having previously held research fellow positions. From 2018, she was senior research fellow on the Improving the Safety and Continuity Of Medicines management at Transitions of care (ISCOMAT) project which studies medicines management for patients with heart failure across a range of health organisations involved in their care in the National Health Service (NHS). The project was funded by the NIHR through its Programme Grants for Applied Health Research. From 2015-2018, Catherine worked in the Centre for Applied Dementia Studies as a research fellow on the Better Health in Residents in Care Homes (BHiRCH) project. A project also funded by the NIHR through its Programme Grants for Applied Health Research. Prior to this she worked at the Open University as a research assistant on the DISCOVER project which aimed to enhance digital skills and knowledge of health conditions for family carers. She has a BA in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of York, an MA in Social Research from the University of Leeds and a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from the University of Leeds in 2014.