Miss Kalpa Pisavadia

Kalpa Pisavadia is a Research Project Support Officer at Bangor University's Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME). Kalpa is currently working on the MAP Alliance project, investigating how to provide better care for women's perinatal mental health and preparing rapid reviews for the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre. Kalpa is particularly interested in improving the lives of people of low socio-economic status and health interventions that can contribute towards system change. Additionally, within this role, Kalpa is a member of the Health and Care Economics Cymru management board as the co-lead in communication and knowledge transfer. Kalpa attained a BA with first-class honours in Humanities (The Open University) and a Master of Arts in English Literature (Bangor University).  

2023

• PublishedIs lifestyle coaching a potential cost-effective intervention to address the backlog for mental health counselling? A Rapid Review
  Makanjuola, A., Granger, R., Pisavadia, K. & Edwards, R. T., 24 Jan 2023, MedRxiv.
  Research output: Working paper › Preprint
• PublishedWhat interventions or best practice are there to support people with Long COVID, or similar post-viral conditions or conditions characterised by fatigue, to return to normal activities: a rapid review
  Spencer, L., Hendry, A., Makanjuola, A., Anthony, B., Davies, J., Pisavadia, K., Hughes, D., Fitzsimmons, D., Wilkinson, C., Edwards, R. T., Lewis, R., Cooper, A. & Edwards, A., 28 Jan 2023, 34 p. (MedRxiv).
  Research output: Working paper › Preprint
• PublishedWhat is the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions in reducing the harms for children and young people who have been exposed to domestic violence or abuse: a rapid review.
  Spencer, L., Hendry, A., Makanjuola, A., Pisavadia, K., Davies, J., Albustami, M., Anthony, B., Wilkinson, C., Fitzsimmons, D., Hughes, D., Edwards, R. T., Lewis, R., Cooper, A. & Edwards, A., 10 May 2023, 79 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2022

• UnpublishedIs lifestyle coaching a potential cost-effective intervention to address the backlog for mental health counselling?
  Granger, R., Pisavadia, K., Makanjuola, A. & Edwards, R. T., 2022, Health Economics Study Group (HESG) annual conference June 2022. p. Poster
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
• PublishedSocial care workforce shortage in the UK: why investing now is essential for our well-becoming
  Pisavadia, K. & Edwards, R. T., 7 Dec 2022
  Research output: Other contribution
• PublishedThe Well-becoming of all: Levelling Up and mitigating the Inverse Care Law
  Pisavadia, K., Makanjuola, A., Davies, J., Spencer, L., Hendry, A. & Edwards, R. T., 7 Dec 2022
  Research output: Other contribution
• PublishedWhat innovations can address inequalities experienced by women and girls due to the COVID-19 pandemic across the different areas of life/domains: work, health, living standards, personal security, participation and education? Report number – RR00027 (January 2022). Gender Inequalities: COVID-19 initiatives
  Spencer, L., Hartfiel, N., Hendry, A., Anthony, B., Makanjuola, A., Pisavadia, K., Davies, J., Bray, N., Hughes, D., Wilkinson, C., Fitzsimmons, D. & Edwards, R. T., 15 Jan 2022, Health and Care Research Wales.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
• PublishedWhat is the long-term impact of COVID-19 on the Health-Related Quality of Life of individuals with mild symptoms (or non-hospitalised): A rapid review
  Spencer, L., Hendry, A., Makanjuola, A., Davies, J., Pisavadia, K., Hughes, D., Fitzsimmons, D., Wilkinson, C., Edwards, R. T., Lewis, R., Cooper, A. & Edwards, A., 9 Sept 2022, Health and Care Research Wales, 47 p.
  Research output: Working paper › Preprint