Dr Rachel Granger

I joined the Centre for Health Economics and Medicine Evaluation (CHEME) in January 2022 and I currently work as a Research Officer in public health economics. I'm particularly interested in women’s health from perimenopause to later life, as well as wellbeing throughout the life course, and the role of lifestyle factors in optimising health and wellbeing.

I specialise in the health economics techniques of Social Return on Investment (SROI) and Cost Consequence Analysis (CCA), as well as working on projects using Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) evaluation techniques.

I have experience of evidence synthesis through carrying out scoping, rapid and systematic reviews. As part of my current role in CHEME I also support the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre for their rapid evidence synthesis reviews.

Previous to joining CHEME I completed a MRes in Exercise Physiology at Bangor University and provided support for exercise rehabilitation trials in a RPSO role from 2022-23. 

My initial scientific training (BSc and PhD) was in biochemistry and genetics at Cardiff University. I also worked for 8 years in commercial roles as a data analyst in customer behaviour analysis and financial analysis. I also have 14 years’ experience working part-time as a tutor teaching Welsh to Adults, including organising and running short courses.

I have taught on the CHEME public health short course programme as part of the ALPHAcademy

2024

• PublishedDigital Remote Monitoring Using an mHealth Solution for Survivors of Cancer: Protocol for a Pilot Observational Study
  Innominato, P. F., Macdonald, J., Saxton, W., Longshaw, L., Granger, R., Naja, I., Allocca, C., Edwards, R., Rasheed, S., Folkvord, F., de Battle, J., Ail, R., Motta, E., Bale, C., Fuller, C., Mullard, A. P., Subbe, C., Griffiths, D., Wreglesworth, N., Pecchia, L., Fico, G. & Antonini, A., 30 Apr 2024, In: JMIR Research Protocols. 13, p. e52957 e52957.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe cost-effectiveness of life after stroke services and the impact of these services on health and social care resource use: a rapid review
  Pisavadia, K., Anthony, B., Davies, J., Roberts, S., Granger, R., Spencer, L. H., Gillen, E., Hounsome, J., Noyes, J., Fitzsimmons, D. & Edwards, R. T., 22 Nov 2024, MedRxiv.
  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

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
• PublishedProcess evaluation findings of the CHARMING intervention: exploring the involvement of community- and peer role models within a school-based physical activity intervention
  Granger, R., 11 Sept 2023, In: European Journal of Public Health. 33, Supplement 1
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedToo much is too much: Influence of former stress levels on food craving and weight gain during the COVID-19 period
  Granger, R. & Kubis, H.-P., 27 Apr 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 4, p. e0277856 18 p., 0277856.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedHealth economics of health justice partnerships: A rapid review of the economic returns to society of promoting access to legal advice
  Granger, R., Genn, H. & Edwards, R. T., 15 Nov 2022, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 10, p. 1009964 9 p., 1009964.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• 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
• PublishedToo much is too much: influence of former stress levels on food craving and weight gain during the COVID-19 period
  Granger, R. & Kubis, H.-P., 8 Nov 2022, (MedRxiv).
  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

2000

• PublishedGene, stimulus and cell-type specific regulation of activator protein-1 in mesangial cells by lipopolysaccharide and cytokines
  Granger, R., Ramji, D. & Hughes, T., Jul 2000, p. 100-7. 7 p.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedStimulus- and cell-type-specific regulation of CCAAT-enhancer binding protein isoforms in glomerular mesangial cells by lipopolysaccharide and cytokines
  Granger, R., Ramji, D. & Hughes, T., Jul 2000, p. 171-9. 8 p.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

1999

• PublishedA distinct member of the aspartic proteinase gene family from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
  Berry, C., Humphreys, M. J., Matharu, P., Granger, R., Horrocks, P., Moon, R. P., Certa, U., Ridley, R. G., Bur, D. & Kay, J., 30 Mar 1999, In: Febs Letters. 447, 2-3, p. 149-154 6 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1997

• PublishedDifferential regulation of transcription factor gene expressions in renal mesangial cells by cytokines and growth factors
  Granger, R., Ramji, D. & Hughes, T., Jan 1997.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2024

• Applied Health Economics for Public Health Practice and Research

  Building on 20 years of our experience in research and teaching health economics to public health practitioners and those undertaking research in public health, we offer this two-day free online short course showcasing our research portfolio at the Public Health and Prevention Economics Research Group (PHERG) at the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME). Through recorded presentations and live breakout rooms with you, the delegates, and our faculty of researchers at PHERG CHEME, we will be asking and discussing collaboratively:

  What additional challenges does applying methods of economic evaluation to public health and prevention initiatives within and outside of traditional health care systems pose and how can we address them?

  What methods are we, as health economists, using (diversifying our portfolio) to address these challenges and add to the evidence base of the relative cost-effectiveness and social value of public health and prevention interventions across sectors and across the life-course?

  How can such interventions be paid for in future and how do these methods relate to overarching policy approaches to sustainability and climate change?

  This short course accompanies the textbook: Edwards, R. T., & McIntosh, E. (Eds.). (2019). Applied health economics for public health practice and research. Oxford University Press.

  12 Mar 2024 – 13 Mar 2024

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)