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Research Fellow - Digital Health Testbed | eHealth Productivity and Innovation in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (EPIC2) | Centre for Health Technology, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth UK, University of Plymouth

Samantha Prime RN MPHTM is a clinical academic working at the intersection of industry, citizens, health and social care, academia, and policy to support digital health innovation, and health and care transformation within the UK. In her role as Research Fellow Digital Health Testbed for the European Union Regional Development Fund program - eHealth Productivity and Innovation in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (EPIC) - she supports the South West region to develop, test and adopt digital health solutions that are end-user-focused, value and evidence-based, and fit for purpose for citizens and the NHS.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Research Fellow - Digital Health Testbed, University of Plymouth

Education

  • 2013 
    James Cook University, Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
  • 2008 
    University of Southern Queensland , Bachelor of Nursing

Publications

  • 2021
    Chronic wet cough in Australian children: Societal costs and quality of life, Pediatric Pulmonology
  • 2019
    Development of a quality improvement audit tool for the primary care of children with chronic wet cough using a modified delphi consensus approach, Journal of Paediatric and Child Health
  • 2018
    Assessing the quality of clinical care for children with chronic wet cough prior to respiratory specialist consultation: Targets for improvement, Quality in Primary Care
  • 2018
    Multiple inflammasomes may regulate the interleukin-1-driven inflammation in protracted bacterial bronchitis, European Respiratory Journal Open Res
  • 2017
    Cytokine responses to two common respiratory pathogens in children are dependent on interleukin-1β, European Respiratory Journal Open Res
  • 2016
    Codeine versus placebo for chronic cough in children, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • 2015
    To treat or not to treat: Evaluation of the use of artemisinin for the treatment of malaria during pregnancy, Annals of the ACTM: An International Journal of Tropical and Travel Medicine
  • 2015
    Antibiotics for Community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections secondary to mycoplasma pneumoniae in children, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research Summer Scholar
    Role:
    Issues Brief: Optimising health care through specialist referral reforms
    Funding Source:
    Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association and HESTA

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association
  • Australasian Institute of Digital Health