Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of primary care, prescribing, older people, medicines optimisation. Most projects which students undertake are mixed methods in nature i.e using both qualitative and quantitative approaches, including trials.
Current Research Opportunities
Public outreach & key achievements
Carmel was the first pharmacist to have been appointed to a Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy (1998-99) which she spent at the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Carmel is the only pharmacist to have been awarded a National Primary Care Career Scientist Award.
She received the British Pharmaceutical Conference 2001 Practice Research medal. She is a Senior Editor for BMC Pilot and Feasibility Studies. She is currently a member of the International Advisory Board of the School for Primary Care Research (funded by the National Institute for Health Research-NIHR).
She is a Trustee, Board Member and Chair of the Research Grants Committee of the Vivensa Foundation, a leading UK charity which funds research focusing on older people and is a member of the NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research Stage 2 Sub-Committee. She has been appointed as Deputy Chair for Sub-Panel 3 in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 and is Institutional Lead for REF for Queen’s University.
Research students
| PhD Title | Pharmacist prescribing in Saudi Arabia |
| Name | Rafah Alajmi |
| Years of Study | 2023 - 2028 |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| PhD Title | Measurement of outcomes associated with a core outcome set focusing on trials in medicines management in people living with dementia |
| Name | Ghayda’ Al Zu’bi |
| Years of Study | 2025 - 2028 |
| Country | Jordan |
| PhD Title | Adaptation of an intervention focusing on appropriate polypharmacy |
| Name | Hiba Al Fahmawi |
| Years of Study | 2025 - 2028 |
| Country | Jordan |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Appropriate use of non-prescription drugs |
| Name | Prof. Mayyada Wazaify |
| Years of Study | 2000 - 2003 |
| Country | Jordan |
| Current Position | Professor of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, University of Jordan and Adjunct Professor in Social Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| PhD Title | Investigation of the role of pharmacological exposures in the aetiology and survival of pancreatic cancer |
| Name | Dr. Marie Bradley |
| Years of Study | 2006 - 2009 |
| Country | N. Ireland and now, USA |
| Current Position | Lead Pharmacoepidemiologist in the Division of Epidemiology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration |
| PhD Title | Antimicrobial stewardship in care homes for older people: development of a core outcome set |
| Name | Dr. Hoa Nguyen |
| Years of Study | 2017 - 2020 |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Current Position | Lecturer, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City |
Discover More
- Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences
- School of Pharmacy
- Materials and Advanced Technologies for Healthcare
- Cochrane: Effective Practice and Organisation of Care
- Primary Care Research Group