
Dr Rachel Hale
BA(hons), MSc, PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
I am a Senior Research Associate conducting qualitative research as part of a feasibility trial OPTimising IMmunosuppression for older Adult kidney transpLant recipients (OPTIMAL)
I am a mixed methods social scientist and health services researcher. My background is in Sociology and Science and Technology Studies (STS). My research has focused on three main strands: health, sustainability and digitalisation. I have leadership skills including supervising and mentoring more junior colleagues and students and of being principal investigator on research projects. My teaching experience at several universities includes substantive topics in social sciences and health sciences and research methods to a diverse range of students, and of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertation and professional project supervision.
I am co-PI on the EXPO-ENGAGE project which aims to facilitate participation in air quality citizen science equitably across the UK.
I also work at Cardiff University on the ALCHIMIA project which is exploring the insertion of a particular Artificial Intelligence technology incorporating ‘federated learning’ within the European steel industry for the more efficient operation of Electric Arc Furnace steel production.
Publications
Recent publications
16/05/2024Integrating qualitative research within a clinical trials unit
Trials
Whole Systems Networking Fund
Whole Systems Networking Fund
Hypernormal Science and its Significance
Perspectives on Science
Identity, place narrative and biophilic urban development
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
Developing principles for sharing information about potential trial intervention benefits and harms with patients
Trials