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Dr Heather Barry

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Heather Barry

Dr Heather Barry

School of Pharmacy

Dr. Barry is a qualified pharmacist and health services researcher. She is Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice in the School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast. Her research interests relate to service delivery and organisation of care within the primary healthcare setting, rational prescribing and medicines use for older people particularly those with dementia, frailty and multimorbidity, and pharmacists’ integration into general practice and their contribution to the multidisciplinary healthcare team. She has broad research experience utilising both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

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  • H.Barry@qub.ac.uk
  • 028 9097 2139

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of health services research, primary care, prescribing, medicines optimisation, older people.

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Current Research Opportunities

  • An exploration of non-prescription medication use amongst older adults

Public outreach & key achievements

  • Member, Scientific Advisory Panel, Pharmacy Research UK
  • Associate Editor, BMC Health Services Research
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Canada
  • Visiting Scholar, School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • STEM ambassador

Research students

PhD Title An exploration of medication-related harm in people living with dementia
Name Fiona Carabine
Years of Study 2022 - Present
Country  Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title Optimising medicines use for people with dementia in Saudi Arabia
Name Nahla Alageel
Years of Study 2021 - Present
Country Saudi Arabia
   
PhD Title Optimising management of anxiety and depression for people with dementia in primary care
Name Catherine Sinnamon
Years of Study 2021 - Present
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title An assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medicines optimisation for care home residents with dementia
Name Nawaf Alsulami
Years of Study 2021 - Present
Country Saudi Arabia

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Anticholinergic medication use in people with dementia in primary care: an exploration of evidence and perspectives
Name Bara’a Shawaqfeh
Years of Study 2020-2024
Country  Jordan
Current Position Assistant Professor in Clinical Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan
   
PhD Title Medicines optimisation for frail older people in primary care: an exploration of community pharmacists’ experiences, knowledge and perspectives
Name Lucy Faulkner
Years of Study 2018 - 2022
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position Pharmacist

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