Tracy Jackson
Senior Research Fellow, Patient and Public Involvement Lead
- Usher Institute
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Contact details
Address
- Street
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Usher Institute – University of Edinburgh
Doorway 3
Old Medical School
Teviot Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Background
Dr Jackson is a Senior Research Fellow based within the Usher Institute at the University of Edinburgh. She leads on Patient and Public Involvement for the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research (AUKCAR), IMPlementing IMProved Asthma self-management as RouTine (IMP2ART) and the Inflammation and Immunity Driver Programme. She also leads on Community Engagement and Involvement for the NIHR Global Health Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE).
She works with researchers to ensure patient, public and community members are meaningfully involved in research. She has a background in health psychology and believes that Patient and Public Involvement is essential to producing high quality health research that is relevant to the people it impacts.
Qualifications
PhD Population Health Sciences (University of Edinburgh, 2019)
MSc Health Psychology (Ulster University, 2013)
BA (Hons) Psychology (Edinburgh Napier University, 2006)
Responsibilities & affiliations
Dr Jackson is a member of the Usher Impact Committee and the Usher Research Committee.
Undergraduate teaching
Honours project supervisor on the Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences programme
Postgraduate teaching
Tutor on the Patient and Public Involvement module on the MSc in Clinical Trials
Dissertation supervisor on the Masters in Public Health programmes (online and on-campus)
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Current PhD students supervised
Aryelly Rodriguez (Usher Institute) - Are anonymised databases truly anonymous?
Current project grants
£87,222 - Chief Scientist Office (2021-2025) - A Prospective Survey Of Near Fatal Asthma In Children And Adolescents To Inform Future Care Bundle To Reduce Risk Of Death In This Population (Co-Investigator)
£249,775.23 - HDRUK/Alan Turing Institute/ONS COVID-19 Advanced Data Analytics Call [2021.0158] (2021-2022) - What is the uptake, safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in: a. pregnancy; b. children and young people; c. those receiving booster doses; d. those co-administered COVID-19 and influenza vaccines? (Co-Investigator)
£245,512.61 - HDRUK/Alan Turing Institute/ONS COVID-19 Advanced Data Analytics Call [2021.0154] (2021-2022) - Predicting unplanned hospital readmission prior to discharge in patients with COVID—19: development, comparison and implementation of regression and machine-learning based risk prediction models. (Co-Investigator)
£18,512 - NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE) Project Award [16/136/109] (2020). Exploring psychological issues of primary care team in Malaysia amidst COVID-19 pandemic. (Co-Investigator)
£184,942 - NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE) Project Award (2019): To assess the feasibility of using the eDPSEEA model in seasonal pollen induced asthma in Islamabad. (Co-Investigator)
Past project grants
£69,888 - University of Edinburgh CMVM PhD Studentship [Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research PHD/14/16] (2015-2018): The impact of financial incentives on the implementation of asthma self-management in Northern Ireland (PhD student)
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IMPlementing IMProved Asthma self-management as RouTine (IMP2ART) in primary care: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled implementation trial
In:
Trials, vol. 24, pp. 252
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07253-9
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The relationship between physician burnout and depression, anxiety, suicidality and substance abuse: A mixed methods systematic review
In:
Frontiers in public health, vol. 11, pp. 1133484
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1133484
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Patient and public involvement in research: the need for budgeting PPI staff costs in funding applications
In:
Research Involvement and Engagement, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-023-00424-7
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
A Hybrid Architecture (CO-CONNECT) to Facilitate Rapid Discovery and Access to Data Across the United Kingdom in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Development Study
In:
Journal of medical Internet research, vol. 24, pp. e40035
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/40035
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Patient perspectives in asthma: Listening to and learning from a new paradigm in translational research
In:
Respiratory Medicine, vol. 205
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2022.107013
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Psychological health and wellbeing of primary healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia: a longitudinal qualitative study
In:
BMC Primary Care, vol. 23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01870-0
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Effectiveness of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation: systematic review and meta-analysis
(20 pages)
In:
European Respiratory Review, vol. 31
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1183/16000617.0076-2022
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Sustaining stakeholder engagement for health research during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from the RESPIRE programme in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, and Pakistan
In:
Journal of Global Health, vol. 12, pp. 03057
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.03057
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Exploring the experiences of older adults living with asthma in the United Kingdom: A co-produced qualitative study
In:
Aging and Health Research, vol. 2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2022.100079
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Engaging stakeholders and communities to improve respiratory health in Asia
In:
Journal of Global Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.01001
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Introducing pulse oximetry in routine IMCI services in Bangladesh: A context-driven approach to influence policy and programme through stakeholder engagement
In:
Journal of Global Health, vol. 12, pp. 06001
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.12.06001
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Features of successful interventions to improve adherence to Inhaled Corticosteroids in children with asthma: A narrative systematic review
In:
Pediatric Pulmonology, vol. 57, pp. 822-847
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.25838
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
COVID-19 and Behavioral Sciences
In:
Frontiers in public health, vol. 9, pp. 830797
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.830797
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Barriers and Challenges of Implementing Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Malaysia: Stakeholders’ Perspectives
In:
Journal of Global Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.11.02003
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Clinical effectiveness and components of Home-pulmonary rehabilitation for people with chronic respiratory diseases: a systematic review protocol
In:
BMJ Open
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050362
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Engaging with stakeholders for community-based health research in India: Lessons learnt, challenges and opportunities
In:
Journal of Global Health, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.11.03072
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
COVID-19 information for people living with asthma: A rapid review of publicly available information
In:
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2021.01.003
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Understanding information needs of patients with asthma in the United Kingdom
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.2699
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Abstract (Published) -
Continuing professional education for general practitioners on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: feasibility of a blended learning approach in Bangladesh
In:
BMC Family Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01270-2
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Patient and Public involvement in research: from tokenistic box ticking to valued team members: We need infrastructure and funding to enable meaningful Patient and Public Involvement in research.
In:
BMC Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01544-7
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)