Dr Michelle Farr
BSc (Hons), MPHIL, PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Research interests
I work in applied health research, with a background in sociology and public services management. I have 13 years of qualitative research experience with a wide range of public services including health, local government, and third sector organisations. I have a strong interest in collaborative and participatory research in public services, working with service users and staff to improve services and co-produce research. I am currently working on a public engagement project to explore how to equalize power relations in co-produced health research, and how to evidence the impact of co-produced research.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Changing Futures Evaluation
Principal Investigator
Description
Changing Futures is part of a government funded programme aimed at improving the lives of adults experiencing multiple disadvantages. Changing Futures will work with organisations and people with lived experience…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/06/2022 to 31/03/2024
HOPE Project Evaluation
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
To help resolve high suicide rates in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, the charity Second Step was commissioned to roll-out the Hope service offering psychosocial intervention for men, supporting…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2019 to 31/12/2020
Improving the Communication of the Chief Medical Officer's Physical Activity Guidelines
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The UK Chief Medical Officers (CMO) are due to publish new guidelines on physical activity in 2019. They will recommend how much physical activity we should do and what types…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
07/01/2019 to 27/09/2019
Co-producing resources and guidance for sharing power in research
Principal Investigator
Description
We invited public contributors, healthcare staff and researchers to share insights from their own experiences of co-produced research, at two workshops. Through these, we aim to develop and co-produce practical…Managing organisational unit
Dates
02/07/2018 to 28/02/2019
unexpecteD consEquenCes Of Digital hEalth
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The NIHR School for Primary Care Research funded DECODE (unexpecteD consEquenCes Of Digital hEalth) study is examining the unexpected and unintended consequences of technology for patients, GP’s and other practice…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2018 to 31/03/2020
Publications
Recent publications
13/02/2025Baby Sleep Project Protocol
BMJ Open
Trauma-informed primary care: from evidence to practice
SAPC ASM 2024 - Bristol - Talk Abstracts
Moving beyond the ‘PPG’: co-production and inclusion health
Co-production in practice
Palliative Medicine
Improving access to general practice for and with people with severe and multiple disadvantage
British Journal of General Practice
Related people
Professor Jeremy Horwood
Professor of Social Science and Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Gene Feder
Professor of Primary Care
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Helen Cramer
Senior Research Fellow
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Dr Jonathan Banks
Senior Research Fellow (Qualitative Research)
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Dr Lucy Potter
NIHR Clinical Research Fellow
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