Research Fellow, University of Leeds
Rachael is a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds interested in treatment decision-making. Specific interests include the psychological factors influencing uptake and adherence to chemoprevention and lifestyle behaviour change. Rachael is also interested in adherence to systemic therapies used for inflammatory long-term conditions and identifying new psychological and behavioural factors associated with poor treatment response. Rachael answers key questions about medication use, clinical implementation and management using qualitative and quantitative methodology.
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Dec 04, 2018 16:40 pm UTC| Health
Women who have a family history of breast cancer can reduce their risk of getting the disease by more than a third if they take a drug called tamoxifen. But our latest study shows widespread reluctance, with only one in...
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