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trisha greenhalgh
Professor of Primary Health Care
T: +44 (0)20 7288 3474
E: p.greenhalgh@pcps.ucl.ac.uk
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Trisha has a special interest in the philosophical aspects of evidence-based
medicine, in particular the tension between 'rational' scientific evidence
and the messy practicalities of real-world medicine and policymaking. She
is concerned with the limitations of the fundamentally linear and
reductionist paradigm of EBM to the highly complex and relentlessly
contextual problems encountered in the clinic, at the bedside, and around
the policymaking table. In past research projects, she has explored the
mismatch between the evidence we need and what is actually available,
especially in relation to 'hard to research' groups such as ethnic
minorities, those with multiple and complex illnesses, and the socially
excluded. She has developed a particular interest in the use of
storytelling (illness narratives, life narratives, organisational
narratives) to capture and address the complexities of these challenging
areas of enquiry.
Trisha is a member of a number of groups working to develop and implement
evidence-based health policy, including the National Institute for Clinical
Excellence and the Health Development Agency. She was an active member of
the Department of Health's Expert Reference Group, which produced the
National Service Framework for Diabetes in 2002, and chaired two
subcommittees (women’s health and inequalities). She is an honorary
Consultant at Barnet Primary Care Trust.
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