Prof. Trisha Greenhalgh

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University College London
Faculty of Clinical Sciences
Primary Care and Population Sciences
ProfessorAppointed: 2001
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Mailing Address

Room 206
Holborn Union Building
Highgate Hill
London, N19 5LW
United Kingdom

Contact Information

Phone: +44 20 7288 3246
Fax: +44 20 7281 8004
p.greenhalgh@pcps.ucl.ac.uk

Qualifications

FHEA, Institute for Learning and Teaching, 2001.
FRCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners, 1999.
FRCP, Royal College of Physicians, 1997.
M.D., Cambridge University, 1995.
MRCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners London, 1990.
MRCP, Royal College of Physicians London, 1986.
BM BCh, Oxford University, 1983.
B.A., Cambridge University, 1980.

Expertise and Research Interests

RESEARCH
Organisation and delivery of health services
Electronic patient records
Use of narrative techniques in health services research
Policy analysis
Systematic review

TEACHING
Web based postgraduate courses in primary health care
Widening participation in medicine

Other Expertise

Consultant in Primary Health Care, Barnet Primary Care Trust
Department of Health Committee on Ethical Aspects of Pandemic Flu
Nuffield Council for Bioethics Advisory Group on Ethics of Public Health
Primary Care Advisory Board, British Medical Journal
Editorial Board, Biomed Central
External Examiner in Undergraduate Medicine, Imperial College London
University of London External Examiner for PhDs

Future Research

Technology-in-practice perspective on distributed electronic patient records
Self management and peer support in diabetes, with a focus on minority ethnic groups and those with low health literacy

Keywords

Additional Terms:

Electronic Patient Records, Health Services Research, Primary Health Care.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Functional, Functional, Functional)

Memberships

Higher Education Academy
Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal College of Physicians
Society for Academic Primary Care

Honors and Awards

2008, Pendlebury Medal, Royal College of Surgeons, UK
2008, William Pickles Medal, Royal College of General Practitioners, UK
2006, John Fry Fellowship, Nuffield Trust
2006, Visiting Fellowship, National Institute for Clinical Studies, Australia
2006, Baxter Award for Health Care Management, European Health Management Association
2005, UK e-Tutor of the Year Award, UK Higher Education Funding Council
2000, Marshall Marinker Prize for Excellence in General Practice,
2000, Order of the British Empire, Queens New Years Honours
1998, Research Paper of the Year Award Royal College of General Practitioners, Primary Health Care

Funding Received

  • National Institute for Health Research, UK: Exploring the healthcare lottery: a study of rationing decisions in PCTs, £249,000, 2009 to 2011.
  • Medical Research Council (MRC) - United Kingdom: The electronic patient record as technology-in-practice, £514,000, 2007 to 2010.
  • UK Department of Health: Evaluation of the Summary Care Record and HealthSpace Implementation, £995,000, 2007 to 2010.
  • UK Department of Health SDO Programme: Poseidon randomised controlled trial, £219,000, 2006 to 2008.
  • NORCLOR local research network: Realist review of online learning in family medicine, £54,000, 2006 to 2009.
  • University College London and Islington Pathfinder: Dick Whittington Project (Phase 2), £35,000, 2006 to 2007.
  • Guys Kings and Thomas's Charitable Foundation: Evaluation of three modernisation initiatives in health services, £470,000, 2005 to 2008.
  • Sutton Trust, UK Department for Education and Skills: The Dick Whittington Project: widening participation in medicine, £53,000, 2005 to 2006.
  • University of London External System: Action research on peer observation in online teaching, £19,995, 2005 to 2006.
  • Diabetes UK: Diabetes prevention in South Asian women (C Grace - PI), £140,000, 2004 to 2004.
  • Novo Nordisk: Randomised controlled trial of yoga in type 2 diabetes, £80,000, 2004 to 2004.
  • Local primary care research network: Qualitative study of interpreted consultations in general practice, £25,000, 2003 to 2004.
  • Leverhulme Trust: 'Evidence, inference and enquiry' - a cross-disciplinary research programme to explore the nature of evidence (P Dawid - PI), £970,000, 2003 to 2004.
  • UK Department of Health (PhD Award for S Shaw): Exploring the implementation gap between policy and implementation in reseach management and governance, £200,000, 2003 to 2004.
  • Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF): Realist synthesis - a scoping paper (R Pawson - PI), £25,000, 2003 to 2004.
  • UK Department of Health: Spreading good ideas: a systematic literature review of diffusion of innovations in health service organisations, £80,000, 2002 to 2003.
  • Diabetes UK: Action evaluation of patient support groups for Bangladeshis with diabetes, £25,000, 2001 to 2003.
  • University of London: Developing web based masters course in International Primary Health care, £556,000, 2000 to 2004.
  • British Medical Journal: Advancing Professional Practice through On Line Learning Opportunities, £212,000, 2000 to 2002.
  • Diabetes UK: Sharing stories - using storytelling as an educational tool for profesisonals and patients, £88,000, 1999 to 2001.
  • London Regional Office (NHS): Evaluating three approaches to getting research into practice in primary care, £135,000, 1998 to 2001.

Publications

  • Greenhalgh T (2009) Patient and public involvement in chronic illness: beyond the expert patient., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 338, b49 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T (Nov 2008) Thirty years on from Alma-Ata: Where have we come from? Where are we going?, The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 58 (556), 798-804 Abstract
  • Shaw SE, Greenhalgh T (Jun 2008) Best research--for what? Best health--for whom? A critical exploration of primary care research using discourse analysis., Social science & medicine (1982), 66 (12), 2506-19 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Wood GW, Bratan T, Stramer K, Hinder S (Jun 2008) Patients' attitudes to the summary care record and HealthSpace: qualitative study., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 336 (7656), 1290-5 Abstract
  • Parkes G, Greenhalgh T, Griffin M, Dent R (Mar 2008) Effect on smoking quit rate of telling patients their lung age: the Step2quit randomised controlled trial., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 336 (7644), 598-600 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T (2008) Role of routines in collaborative work in healthcare organisations., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 337, a2448 Abstract
  • Swinglehurst,D (2008) Peer observation of teaching in the online environment: an action research approach, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 24 (5), 383-393
  • Greenhalgh T, Stramer K, Bratan T, Byrne E, Mohammad Y, Russell J (2008) Introduction of shared electronic records: multi-site case study using diffusion of innovation theory., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 337, a1786 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T (2008) Role of routines in collaborative work in healthcare organisations., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 337, a2448 Abstract
  • Grace C, Begum R, Subhani S, Kopelman P, Greenhalgh T (2008) Prevention of type 2 diabetes in British Bangladeshis: qualitative study of community, religious, and professional perspectives., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 337, a1931 Abstract
  • Russell J, Greenhalgh T, Byrne E, McDonnell J (Jan 2008) Recognizing rhetoric in health care policy analysis., Journal of health services research & policy, 13 (1), 40-6 Abstract
  • Woolf K, Cave J, Greenhalgh T, Dacre J (2008) Ethnic stereotypes and the underachievement of UK medical students from ethnic minorities: qualitative study., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 337, a1220 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Kristjansson E, Robinson V (Oct 2007) Realist review to understand the efficacy of school feeding programmes., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 335 (7625), 858-61 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Voisey C, Robb N (Sep 2007) Interpreted consultations as 'business as usual'? An analysis of organisational routines in general practices., Sociology of health & illness, 29 (6), 931-54 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T (2007) Primary Health Care: Theory and Practice, Oxford, Blackwells, ISBN=978-072791785
  • Robb N, Dunkley L, Boynton P, Greenhalgh T (Aug 2007) Looking for a better future: identity construction in socio-economically deprived 16-year olds considering a career in medicine., Social science & medicine (1982), 65 (4), 738-54 Abstract
  • Kristjansson EA, Robinson V, Petticrew M, MacDonald B, Krasevec J, Janzen L, Greenhalgh T, Wells G, MacGowan J, Farmer A, Shea BJ, Mayhew A, Tugwell P (2007) School feeding for improving the physical and psychosocial health of disadvantaged elementary school children., Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online) (1), CD004676 Abstract
  • Vuttanont U, Greenhalgh T, Griffin M, Boynton P (Dec 2006) "Smart boys" and "sweet girls"--sex education needs in Thai teenagers: a mixed-method study., Lancet, 368 (9552), 2068-80 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Chowdhury M, Wood GW (Nov 2006) Story-based scales: development and validation of questionnaires to measure subjective health status and cultural adherence in British Bangladeshis with diabetes., Psychology, health & medicine, 11 (4), 432-48 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Robb N, Scambler G (Sep 2006) Communicative and strategic action in interpreted consultations in primary health care: a Habermasian perspective., Social science & medicine (1982), 63 (5), 1170-87 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Russell J, Boynton P, Lefford F, Chopra N, Dunkley L (Apr 2006) "We were treated like adults"--development of a pre-medicine summer school for 16 year olds from deprived socioeconomic backgrounds: action research study., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 332 (7544), 762-7 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Russell J (2006) Promoting the skills of knowledge translation in an online master of science course in primary health care., The Journal of continuing education in the health professions, 26 (2), 100-8 Abstract
  • Robb N, Greenhalgh T (2006) "You have to cover up the words of the doctor": the mediation of trust in interpreted consultations in primary care., Journal of health organization and management, 20 (5), 434-55 Abstract
  • Louch,P, Goodman,C, Greenhalgh,T (2006) Involving service users in the evaluation and redesign of primary care services for depression: A qualitative study., Primary Care and Community Psychiatry, 10, 109-117
  • Russell,J, Elton,L, Swinglehurst,D, Greenhalgh,T (2006) Using the online environment in assessment for learning: a case-study of a web-based course in primary care., Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 31, 465-478
  • Greenhalgh,T, Russell,J (2006) Promoting the skills of knowledge translation in an online master of science course in primary health care., J Continuing Education in the Health Professionals, 26, 100-108
  • Robb,N, Greenhalgh,T (2006) 'You have to cover up the words of the doctor': the mediation of trust in interpreted consultations in primary health care, Journal of Healthcare Organisation and Management, 20, 434-455
  • Greenhalgh,T (2006) How to Read a paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine, 3rd Edition, Oxford, Blackwells, ISBN=978-140513976
  • Greenhalgh T (Dec 2005) The Human Genome Project., Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 98 (12), 545 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Russell J, Swinglehurst D (Dec 2005) Narrative methods in quality improvement research., Quality & safety in health care, 14 (6), 443-9 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Peacock R (Nov 2005) Effectiveness and efficiency of search methods in systematic reviews of complex evidence: audit of primary sources., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 331 (7524), 1064-5 Abstract
  • Shaw S, Boynton PM, Greenhalgh T (Nov 2005) Research governance: where did it come from, what does it mean?, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 98 (11), 496-502 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Macfarlane F, Bate P, Kyriakidou O, Peacock R (Jul 2005) Storylines of research in diffusion of innovation: a meta-narrative approach to systematic review., Social science & medicine (1982), 61 (2), 417-30 Abstract
  • Pawson R, Greenhalgh T, Harvey G, Walshe K (Jul 2005) Realist review--a new method of systematic review designed for complex policy interventions., Journal of health services research & policy, 10 Suppl 1, 21-34 Abstract
  • Macfarlane F, Shaw S, Greenhalgh T, Carter YH (Jun 2005) General practices as emergent research organizations: a qualitative study into organizational development., Family practice, 22 (3), 298-304 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Barriers to Concordance With Antidiabetic Drugs--cultural Differences Or Human Nature?, Bmj (clinical Research Ed.), 330(7502), 1250, May 2005 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T (May 2005) Barriers to concordance with antidiabetic drugs--cultural differences or human nature?, BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 330 (7502), 1250 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Collard A, Begum N, Sharing Stories: Complex Intervention for Diabetes Education in Minority Ethnic Groups Who Do Not Speak English., Bmj (clinical Research Ed.), 330(7492), 628, Mar 2005 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Collard A, Begum N (Mar 2005) Sharing stories: complex intervention for diabetes education in minority ethnic groups who do not speak English., BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 330 (7492), 628 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Can 'anecdote' Ever Be Research?, Family Practice, 22(1), 1, Feb 2005 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Can 'anecdote' ever be research?, Family Practice, 22(1), 1, Feb 2005 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T (Feb 2005) Can 'anecdote' ever be research?, Family practice, 22 (1), 1 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh,T, Russell,J (2005) 5. Greenhalgh T, Russell J. Reframing evidence synthesis as rhetorical action in policymaking drama., Healthcare Policymaking, 1, 31-39
  • Greenhalgh,T, Chowdhury,AM, Wood,G (2005) 'Big is beautiful'? A survey of body image perception and its relation to health in British Bangladeshis with diabetes., Psychology, Health and Medicine, 10, 126-138
  • Macfarlane F, Greenhalgh T, Schofield T, Desombre T, RCGP Quality Team Development Programme: An Illuminative Evaluation., Quality & Safety in Health Care, 13(5), 356-62, Oct 2004 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Childhood obesity and consumption of fizzy drinks: commercial interests have important role, Bmj (clinical Research Ed.), 329(7456), 54, Jul 2004 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Kostopoulou O, Harries C, Making Decisions About Benefits and Harms of Medicines., Bmj (clinical Research Ed.), 329(7456), 47-50, Jul 2004 Abstract
  • Boynton PM, Wood GW, Greenhalgh T, A hands-on guide to questionnaire research Part 3: Reaching beyond the white middle classes, BMJ, 328(7453), 1433-6, June 2004 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Seyan K, Boynton P, "Not a university type": focus group study of social class, ethnic, and sex differences in school pupils' perceptions about medical school, BMJ, 328(7455), 1541, June 2004 Abstract
  • Seyan K, Greenhalgh T, Dorling D, The standardised admission ratio for measuring widening participation in medical schools: analysis of UK medical school admissions by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and sex, BMJ, 328(7455), 1545-6, June 2004 Abstract
  • Russell J, Greenhalgh T, Boynton P, Rigby M, Soft networks for bridging the gap between research and practice: illuminative evaluation of CHAIN, BMJ, 328(7449), 1174, May 2004 Abstract
  • Boynton PM, Greenhalgh T, Selecting, designing, and developing your questionnaire, Bmj (clinical Research Ed.), 328(7451), 1312-5, May 2004 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Wessely S, 'Health for me': a sociocultural analysis of healthism in the middle classes, British Medical Bulletin, 69, 197-213, 2004 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Macfarlane F, Bate P, Kyriakidou O, Diffusion of Innovations in Service Organizations: Systematic Review And Recommendations., The Milbank Quarterly, 82(4), 581-629, 2004 Abstract
  • Wong G, Greenhalgh T, Russell J, Boynton P, Toon P, Putting your course on the Web: lessons from a case study and systematic literature review, Medical Education, 37(11), 1020-3, 2003 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Doing an intercalated BSc can make you a better doctor, Medical Education, 37(9), 760-1, September 2003 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Toon P, Russell J, Wong G, Plumb L, Macfarlane F, Transferability of principles of evidence based medicine to improve educational quality: systematic review and case study of an online course in primary health care, BMJ, 326(7381), 142-5, January 2003 Abstract
  • Fritsche L, Greenhalgh T, Falck-Ytter Y, Neumayer HH, Kunz R, Do short courses in evidence based medicine improve knowledge and skills? Validation of Berlin questionnaire and before and after study of courses in evidence based medicine, BMJ, 325(7376), 1338-41, December 2002 Abstract
  • Hughes J, Humphrey C, Rogers S, Greenhalgh T, Evidence into action: changing practice in primary care, Occasional Paper (royal College of General Practitioners), i-iv, 1-51, 2002 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Intuition and evidence--uneasy bedfellows?, The British Journal of General Practice : the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners., 52(478), 395-400, 2002 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Hughes J, Humphrey C, Rogers S, Swinglehurst D, Martin P, A comparative case study of two models of a clinical informaticist service, BMJ, 324(7336), 524-9, March 2002 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Selling drugs, The British Journal of General Practice : the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners., 52(475), 165, 2002 Abstract
  • Fraser SW, Greenhalgh T, Coping with complexity: educating for capability, BMJ, 323(7316), 799-803, October 2001 Abstract
  • Plsek PE, Greenhalgh T, Complexity science: The challenge of complexity in health care, BMJ, 323(7313), 625-8, 2001 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Storytelling should be targeted where it is known to have greatest added value, Medical Education, 35(9), 818-9, September 2001 Abstract
  • Wilson T, Holt T, Greenhalgh T, Complexity science: complexity and clinical care, BMJ, 323(7314), 685-8, September 2001 Abstract
  • Wilson T, Holt T, Greenhalgh T, Use of Shewart's technique, Lancet, 357(9267), 1529, 2001 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Computer assisted learning in undergraduate medical education, BMJ, 322(7277), 40-4, 2001 Abstract
  • McCormack J, Greenhalgh T, Seeing what you want to see in randomised controlled trials: versions and perversions of UKPDS data. United Kingdom prospective diabetes study, BMJ, 320(7251), 1720-3, 2000 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Herxheimer A, Isaacs AJ, Beaman M, Morris J, Farrow S, Commercial partnerships in chronic disease management: proceeding with caution, BMJ, 320(7234), 566-8, 2000 Abstract
  • Birnbaum D, Greenhalgh T, Emerging distance degree programs, Clinical Performance and Quality Health Care, 8(1), 60-4, 2000 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Commentary: Competencies for informed shared decision making, BMJ, 319(7212), 770, 1999 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Writing as therapy. Effects on immune mediated illness need substantiation in independent studies, BMJ, 319(7205), 270-1, 1999 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Douglas HR, Experiences of general practitioners and practice nurses of training courses in evidence-based health care: a qualitative study, British Journal of General Practice, 49(444), 536-40, July 1999 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Narrative based medicine: narrative based medicine in an evidence based world, BMJ, 318(7179), 323-5, 1999 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Hurwitz B, Narrative based medicine: why study narrative?, BMJ, 318(7175), 48-50, 1999 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, A primary-care-led diabetes service: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, Diabetic Medicine, 15 Suppl 3, S7-9, November 1998 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Helman C, Chowdhury AM, Health beliefs and folk models of diabetes in British Bangladeshis: a qualitative study, BMJ, 316(7136), 978-83, 1998 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Controversies in primary care. Setting prescribing budgets in general practice. Effective prescribing at practice level should be identified and rewarded, BMJ, 316(7133), 750-3, 1998 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Gill P, Pressure to prescribe, BMJ, 315(7121), 1482-3, 1997 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Taylor R, Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research), BMJ, 315(7110), 740-3, 1997 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses), BMJ, 315(7109), 672-5, 1997 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, How to read a paper. Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses), BMJ, 315(7108), 596-9, 1997 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, How to read a paper. Statistics for the non-statistician. I: Different types of data need different statistical tests, BMJ, 315(7104), 364-6, 1997 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, How to read a paper. The Medline database, BMJ, 315(7101), 180-3, 1997 Abstract
  • Greenhalgh T, 'Is my practice evidence-based?', BMJ, 313(7063), 957-8, 1996 Abstract
  • Shared care for diabetes: a systematic review, (Occasional paper 67), RCGP, 1994

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