- Reader in Medicines and Health and Co-Chair, UNESCO Chair for Global Health & Education, University of Huddersfield
Nicola Gray is Reader in Medicines and Health and Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair 'Global Health & Education', at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Her research and policy interests include young people’s health, medicines information and health literacy. She was a Harkness Fellow in International Health Policy in the Division of Adolescent Medicine in Rochester, New York, USA in 2001/2.
She is a Trustee of the UK Association for Young People's Health, Vice-President for Europe of the International Association for Adolescent Health, and a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. She was awarded Fellowship of the US Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine in 2010 for research and national leadership in the field of young people’s health.
She has published many research papers and abstracts as an academic pharmacist in previous posts at the Universities of Manchester, London, Nottingham and the University of Central Lancashire. Most recent projects in young people’s health have explored the impact on adolescent well-being of the COVID-19 pandemic school closures, the experience of young people living with juvenile arthritis and their medicines use, and the possible contribution of the pharmacist to increasing health literacy across the lifecourse.
Experience
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2020–presentAffiliated Researcher, UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education
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2010–2011Reader in Medicines and Health, University of Central Lancashire
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2003–2010Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, University of Nottingham
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2001–2002Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Manchester
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2001–2002Harkness Fellow in International Healthcare Policy, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
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2000–2000Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of London
Education
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2009University of Nottingham, PGCHE
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2000University of Manchester, PhD Social Pharmacy
Professional Memberships
- Fellow - Royal Pharmaceutical Society
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