Dr Grace Turner BSc, MSc, PhD

• PGCert Academic Practice (distinction) (2015-2018)
• PhD in Primary Care Clinical Sciences (2012-2015)
• MSc Toxicology (distinction) (2008-2009)
• BSc Human Biology (first) (2005-2008)

Grace qualified at the University of Birmingham with a First Class BSc (Hons) in Human Biology in 2008 followed by a Distinction MSc in Toxicology in 2009.

Grace took a position as a Research Associate within the Primary Care Department at the University of Birmingham in 2011 where her role was study co-ordinator for a large, national cohort study. She also undertook a secondment at Russells Hall Hospital (Dudley Group NHS Foundation).

In 2012, Grace was awarded the NIHR School for Primary Care Research PhD studentship. Her PhD research investigated the long-term impact of mini-stroke and missed opportunities to prevent stroke, through a systematic review and two epidemiological quantitative studies.

This research is published in high impact journals, including PLOS Medicine and the European Journal of Neurology, and received media coverage, including articles in the Telegraph, Times, Daily Mail, iNews and ScienceDaily.com. The research has informed and is referenced in the Stroke Association’s TIA campaign(2014); the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations (2015); and the NIHR Themed Review of research into the organisation and quality of stroke services (2017). The research was also selected to be published as two NIHR Signals (timely summaries of research relevant to policy makers).

Furthermore, Grace won eight prestigious awards for her PhD research (two NAPCRG Pearls; NAPCRG distinguished paper award; Australian Association for Academic Primary Care presenter award; ESRF Investigator Award; RCGP David Morgan Presentation Prize; NIHR poster prize; and Graduate Research Festival highest scoring abstract).

In 2013, Grace was selected as the only UK candidate to participate in the Canadian training programme TUTOR-PHC (Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research- Primary Health Care), a one-year, interdisciplinary research training program funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation.

Grace’s current position is a Research Fellow within the Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research (CPROR). 

• Medicine and Surgery MBChB
  
  • Professional Academic Skills (PAS)
  • Evidence Based Medicine
  • Research Methods
  • Clinical Communications
    
    
• Physiotherapy BSc
  • Advanced Integrated Physiotherapy Practice
    
    
• Public Health MPH/Diploma

Major trauma
Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs)/ PRO measures (PROMs)
Stroke
Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database studies

Grace's research interests broadly encompass 3 work streams:

1. Long term impairments and quality of life

2. Epidemiology, clinical trials and systematic reviews

3. Patient and public involvement (PPI) and research impact

Leadership roles

• Member of the Institute Executive Committee
• Co-chair for the Early Career Research Academic Group (ECRAG)
• PERCAT representative (Postdoctoral / Early Researcher Career Development And Training)
• Mentor for postdoctoral researchers

Funding

NIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship (£493,543): SUPPORT TIA: Structured follow-Up Pathway to imProve management Of Residual impairmenTs and patients’ quality of life after Transient Ischaemic Attack and minor stroke: Intervention refinement and feasibility study. 01/01/2018 - 01/01/2020

Clinical Research Network (£10,000): Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Primary Care. Principal Investigator. 01/11/2018 - 01/08/2019

Wellcome Trust ISSF (£9,418): Long-term impact of transient ischaemic attack (TIA). Principal Investigator. 02/05/2016 - 01/05/2017

Wellcome Trust ISSF (£10,000): The use of patient reported outcomes in the management of long-term, chronic conditions in primary care. Co-applicant, PI: Dr Tom Keeley. 02/05/2016 - 01/05/2017

British Heart Foundation (£300,000): British Heart Foundation CVD Statistical Tender. Co-applicant, PI: Prof Tom Marshall. 07/11/2016 - 04/11/2019

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) (£85,260) NIHR SPCR PhD Studentship Award. 01/09/2012 – 01/09/2015

BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) (£16,000): BBSRC Masters Scholarship. 01/09/2009 – 01/09/2010

Awards/ Prizes

• Best Poster Prize (2018): British Trauma Society (Manchester)
• Best Patient and Public Involvement Award (2018): UK PROMs conference (Birmingham)
• PERCAT Academic Citizenship award (2017): Awarded for going 'above and beyond' job role
• Awarded the European Stroke Research Foundation (ESRF) Investigator Award to attend the European Stroke Conference (Berlin, 2017).
• Two journal papers select to be shared as NIHR Signals: these papers were selected for their high quality design and relevance to UK decision makers.
  • Under-prescribing of prevention drugs and primary prevention of stroke and transient ischaemic attack in UK general practice: A retrospective analysis
  • Ongoing impairments following transient ischaemic attack: retrospective cohort study
• Awarded the David Morgan Presentation Prize at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research Symposium (2016).
• Winner of two NAPCRG Pearl Awards: Awarded to the top research studies that will impact clinical practice, that were presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group Conference (Mexico 2015).

• Distinguished paper presentation (2015): NAPCRG conference, Mexico
• Highest scoring abstract for Health and Population Sciences (2015): Medical and Dental Sciences Graduate Research Festival, Birmingham
• UK candidate for TUTOR-PHC: one-year, national interdisciplinary research training program with Western University, Canada (2014)
• Second place poster prize (2014): NIHR SPCR Showcase, Oxford
• First time presenter award (2014): Australian Association for Academic Primary Care, Canberra
• AstraZeneca Research Prize (2009): Awarded for my MSc thesis 

Society membership

• Society of Academic Primary Care (SAPC)
• Primary Health Care Scientists (PHoCuS)
• North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG)
• Co-chair of the UK and Ireland Special Interest Group for the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL)

Reviewer

• Reviewer for The Health Improvement Network (THIN) Scientific Review Committee
• Reviewer for journals, grant applications and conference abstracts
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