Dr Rhiannon Phillips

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Education and Qualifications

• 1999 BSc (1st Class Hons.), Psychology, University of Wales Swansea
• 2004 PhD, School of Medicine, University of Leeds

Career Overview

• 2013-present: Research Fellow, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
• 2012-2013: Senior Health Promotion Practitioner, Public Health Wales
• 2008-2012: Trial Manager/Research Fellow, University of Bath
• 2006-2008: Project Manager, part-time secondment to the Wales Centre for Health
• 2005-2008: Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Cardiff University
• 2004-2005: Research Associate, School of Psychology, Cardiff University

Ymrwymiadau siarad cyhoeddus

2017: Public Engagement event at the National Eisteddfod in Angelsey. Digwyddiad i'r Cyhoedd yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn Ynys Môn. Micro-organisms - the good, the bad, and the ugly! Micro-organebau: Y da, y drwg, a'r hyll! 

2017: Improving care and support for women with musculoskeletal conditions during pregnancy plannng, pregnancy and early parenting. STAR Family Stakeholder Event, Park Plaza, Cardiff. 

2016: Health Care Quality Research Group Meeting, Cardiff. The Journey to Parenthood for Women with Rheumatic Diseases.

2016: South West Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Conference, Cardiff. Qualitative process evaluation of the pilot phase of a randomised controlled trial of use of a C-reactive protein point of care test to help target antibiotic prescribing to patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care (the PACE study).

2015: Health Care Quality Research Group Meeting, Cardiff. Health literacy based interventions for people with multi-morbidity. 

2015: Stakeholder Engagement Event. Cardiff. Development of an MI based peer-support intervention for breastfeeding maintenance. 

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

• 2015 - present: PRIME Centre Wales Operational Group

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Undergraduate supervision:

• CUROP 2016 - developing a health literacy-based intervention for people with multi-morbidity
• SSC 2017 - perinatal mental health service evaluation
• Intercalated BSc 2017/2018 - early parenting support for women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases

PhD supervision:

• Gladys Makuta - determining the feasibility of measuring bacterial load in exhaled breath of children with pneumonia and empyema using a novel point-of-care test

As a Health Psychologist, I am interested in how the way that people think and behave can influence their health and well-being. My research focuses on finding ways to help people avoid becoming unwell in the first place, and to have a better quality of life or recover more quickly when they do become unwell.

I am especially interested in maternal and child health. I also have a more general interest in improving the quality of patient care, and in particular of using approaches that activate and engage with patients and carers to offer them more choice and control over their health and well-being. 

Research Interests

• Maternal and child health
• Long-term health problems (including pain, anxiety, and depression)
• Development and evaluation of complex interventions in community and primary care settings
• Health behaviour change
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Shared decision making

Current Projects

• Improving the health and quality of life of women with Rheumatic Diseases during family planning, pregnancy and early parenting: women and health professionals’ perspectives on needs and priorities. Funding: Wellcome Trust ISSF cross-disciplinary award. 
• A novel peer-support intervention using Motivational Interviewing for breastfeeding maintenance: a UK feasibility study . Funding: NIHR HTA (13/18/05).
• Primary care use of a C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Point of Care Test (POCT) to help target antibiotic prescribing to patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD) who are most likely to benefit (The PACE Study) . Funding: NIHR HTA (12/33/12).

Previous Projects (Selected)

• A randomised controlled cluster trial comparing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a school based cognitive behaviour therapy programme (FRIENDS) in the reduction of anxiety and improvement in mood in children aged 9/10 . Funding: NIHR PHR (09/3000/03).
• A cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of classroom-based cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) in reducing symptoms of depression in high-risk adolescents (PROMISE Project). Funding: NIHR HTA (06/37/04)
• Imaging neural responses to pain related stimuli in patients with chronic non-malignant pain (CNMP) pre and post a pain management programme (2009-2011), £59k from the Royal Collage of Anaesthetists.

• Imaging neural responses to pain-related stimuli in chronic pain patients (2008-2009), £16k from the Welsh Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, co-applicant with the CUBRIC Pain Research Group.

• Well-being in Work Stage 2 (2006-2008), in collaboration with Keele and Swansea Universities, £303k from the Wales Centre for Health/Welsh Assembly Government.

• Well-being in Work Phase 1 (2005/2006), £46k from the Wales Centre for Health/Welsh Assembly Government. Co-applicant; biopsychological approach to chronic conditions.

• Evaluation of the Occupational Health Physiotherapy Project pilot (2008-2009), £100k from the Welsh Assembly Government.

Supervision

• Health psychology
• Qualitative and mixed-methods research
• Maternal and child healh 

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Past projects