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