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Staff Profile

Dr Nicola Aldridge

Research Associate

  • Address: Â鶹´«Ã½ Biomedical Research Building,
    Campus for Ageing and Vitality,
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Background

Qualifications

PhD Health Psychology. Thesis entitled: The Effects of Autobiographical Accounts of Breast Cancer Patients and an Electronically Designed BSE Skills Program on Women's Knowledge, Beliefs and Behaviour Towards Breast Self Examination.  

MSc Health Psychology.

Stage 1 Qualification in Health Psychology.

BSc (Hons) Psychology.

Memberships

British Psychological Society.

Current Role

July 2013 - Present: Research Associate, Â鶹´«Ã½.

Previous Role

March 2013 - June 2013: Research Associate, Teesside University. Project Title: Enhancing the Usability of the Get Ahead Portal.


Research

Current Research


  • STRiDE - how national and local factors contribute to access to dementia care in England.
  • Forget Me Not approach - co producing accessible guidance videos for communicating and receiving a dementia diagnosis.


Previous Research


  • Enhancing the Usability of the Get Ahead Portal.
  • Development of PMM: an online interactive learning tool and information resource for education in paediatric musculoskeletal medicine. http://www.pmmonline.org.
  • Prepare PMM for handover to the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society.
  • The use and effectiveness of biologic therapies in adults with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
  • Paediatric Musculoskeletal (MSK) triage in the community – Rightpath – a pilot study. http://www.rightpath.solutions. Winner of the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) Best Practice Award 2018.
  • CAPTURE JIA: Achieving uniform and optimal data collection to improve patient care for children and young people with JIA.
  • Quantifying the utility, feasibility and acceptability of accelerated quantitative MRI in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis to measure suppression of intra-articular inflammation.
  • Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography: an improved method for detecting anterior uveitis in children.
  • A study to develop and pilot ‘pGALSplus’ to facilitate identification and assessment of children with serious musculoskeletal disease.
  • Evaluation of educational resources designed to facilitate access to care for children with musculoskeletal conditions.
  • Working alongside the Paediatric Task Force for Global Musculoskeletal Health to assist with their research projects
Publications

  • Articles

    • Tangcheewinsirikul S, Tang S-P, Smith N, Sukharomana M, Charuvanij S, Vilaiyuk S, Arkachaisri T, Scott C, Foster HE. . Pediatric Rheumatology 2021, 19(1), 11.
    • Smith N, Foster HE, Jandial S. . Pediatric Rheumatology 2021, 19(1), 85.
    • Rapley T, May C, Smith N, Foster HE. . Pediatric Rheumatology 2021, 19(1), 43.
    • Lunt LE, Shoop-Worrall S, Smith N, Cleary G, McDonagh J, Smith AD, Thomson W, McErlane F. . Pediatric Rheumatology 2020, 18(1), 91.
    • Smith N, Mercer V, Firth J, Jandial S, Kinsey K, Light H, Nye A, Rapley T, Foster HE. . Rheumatology Advances in Practice 2020, 4(2), rkaa057.
    • Bennett JL, Wood A, Smith N, Mistry R, Allen K, Jandial S, Tuckett JD, Gowdy SC, Foster HE, McErlane F, Hollingsworth KG. . Pediatric Rheumatology 2019, 17(1), 74.
    • McErlane F, Foster HE, Armitt G, Bailey K, Cobb J, Davidson JE, Douglas S, Fell A, Friswell M, Pilkington C, Strike H, Smith N, Thomson W, Cleary G. . Rheumatology 2018, 57(1), 140-151.
    • Smith N, Rapley T, Jandial S, English C, Davies B, Wyllie R, Foster HE. . Pediatric Rheumatology 2016, 14(1), 1-7.
    • Smith N, Dhanrajani A, Foster H, Khubchandani RP. . Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2015, 10(4), 212-215.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

    • Smith N, Foster HE, Wyllie R, English C, Davies B, Rapley T. . In: Rheumatology 2015. 2015, Manchester, UK: Oxford University Press.