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Dr Gillian Prue

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Dr Gillian Prue

Dr Gillian Prue

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Dr Prue's research focusses on cancer prevention, survival and reduction of cancer-related symptoms. Her work explores the impact of exercise on cancer survival and symptom reduction and she is the Northern Ireland lead for amn International study on exercise and survival in prostate cancer.


She is interested in cancer-related fatigue, and is involved in a trial investigating fatigue and chemokines during stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Linked to her cancer prevention work, she has an interest in HPV-related cancers, and HPV vaccination.

Contact info

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  • g.prue@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 2345
  • @GillianPrue

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Supportive and palliative care, with a particular interest in exercise
  • Exercise training in ovarian cancer
  • Pre-habilitation in lung cancer
  • Exercise to enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Fatigue in survivors of COVID-19

Public outreach & key achievements

  • Profiled in Vol V DNA of Innovation, edition on Early Career Researchers
  • BMJ publication on HPV vaccination for boys, altmetric score of 192, accessed over 6000 times. Article featured in The Guardian, The Times and many others:
    • Cancer Research UK
    • The Guardian
    • Belfast Telegraph
  • Interviewed on Radio 5 Live on HPV vaccination for boys
  • Interviewed on BBC Breakfast and was live on Good Morning Ulster for the launch of the GAP4 trial:
    • Belfast Telegraph
    • Belfast Live
  • For International Men’s Health week 2017, I was again interviewed on Radio Ulster, promoting QUB activities.

Research students

PhD Title  Exploring the effectiveness of hospital connectivity using digital communication technology during disaster management among nurses in emergency departments in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a mixed methods study
Name Badryah Alshehri
Country Saudi Arabia
Year of Study  2015 - Present
   
PhD Title Nurse-Led Mobile Phone Intervention to Promote Self-Management in Type 2 Diabetes in an Urban Area in Ghana: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Name Ernest Asante
Country Ghana
Year of Study 2018-Present 
   
PhD Title Cognitive Behavioural Therapy during Radiotherapy Treatment for Breast Cancer-a feasibility randomised controlled trial.
Name Deirdre McGrath
Country NI
Year of Study 2018-Present

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title An exploration of men’s experiences of favourable risk prostate cancer
Name Dr Eimear Ruane-McAteer
Country  UK
Current Position Post doctoral Research Assistant School of Nursing and Midwifery, QUB

 

PhD Title The development of a psychosocial supportive intervention for family and friends in post-treatment cancer survivorship: a mixed methodology study
Name Dr Emily Moffat
Country UK
Current Position  

 


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