Dr Anna Price
NIHR Three Research Schools Mental Health Career Development Fellow & Senior Research Fellow
A.Price@exeter.ac.uk
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+44 (0) 1392 726026
South Cloisters 2.05
South Cloisters, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
Overview
Anna is a Senior Research Fellow, and NIHR Three Schools Mental Health Research Fellow. Her research concentrates on service provision for children and young people's mental health, with a focus on digital health, and neurodevelopment. Anna's research is co-located between APEx (Collaboration for Primary Care at Exeter), and ChYMe (Children & Young People’s Mental Health Research Collaboration). She is the Mental Health Theme co-lead for APEx, and co-leads SAND: the Science of ADHD & Neurodevelopment collaboration at Exeter. She is a Guest Editor for BMC Digital Health, special edition, "Digital technology and the future of mental health treatment".
Anna holds an NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement Award. She is also principal investigator for the MAP study: 'Managing young people with ADHD in primary care', and for DigitalHealth-ADHD: 'Identifying appropriate evidence-based digital solutions to improve healthcare and support for young people (aged 16 to 25) with ADHD in primary care'. She is co-investigator on the SPaCE Project: ‘Support for Parent Carers in England’, where she is lead advisor on the mapping work stream.
Anna retains strong links with the Exeter HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre, where she worked for two years, conducting syntheses of evidence about organisation and delivery of health and social care. Anna completed her PhD in Medical Studies whilst working on the CATCh-uS study: 'Children and adolescents with ADHD in transition between children’s services and adult services'. She previously worked as a Trial Manager at the Exeter Clinical Trials Unit, managing the HemiSPAIRE randomised controlled trial: 'Effects of a Modified Muscle Sparing Posterior Technique (SPAIRE) in hip hemiarthoplasty'.
Broad research specialisms
Anna has extensive experience of working in child and adolescent mental health, with a focus on neurodevelopmental difference, transition, and digital health. She has developed expertise in mapping health service provision, using collaborative research techniques that engage a range of research partners including those with lived experience. Her focus is on improving mental health and wellbeing in underserved populations, through access to health and social care. She is experienced in conducting evidence syntheses to inform health and social care policy. She has also worked in clinical trial management, with a focus on trials with the potential to inform healthcare guidelines.
Qualifications
- Fellow of BCS Chartered Institute for IT, Health and Care Specialist Group, 2024
- Future Focussed Leadership Programme, NIHR, 2023
- One Year Training Programme in Autism Research, Autistica, 2022
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), 2020
- PhD Medical Studies, University of Exeter Medical School, 2019
- BSc Psychology, University of Exeter, 2012
Career
Anna has worked at the University of Exeter Medical School since 2012, with various job roles in ChYMe, the Clinical Trials Unit, the Evidence Synthesis Centre, and most recently APEx. She gained her PhD in Medical Studies in October 2019. Anna is interested in the use of early interventions to promote health and wellbeing in children and families, as well as supporting young peoples' transitions into adulthood. She is focussed on the co-creation of research to ensure health and social services are accessable to all. She has wide interests in education, with personal experience of supporting neurodevelopmental differences, home education, and flexi-schooling.
Links
- ORCID profile
- Science of ADHD and Neurodevelopment collaboration
- MAP study
- SPaCE project
- Twitter profile
- NIHR Mental Health Fellowship profile
Research group links
Research
Research interests
Anna's main research interests are in applied health and social care aspects of the mental health of children and young people, including:
- Support for neurodevelopmental difference (e.g., ADHD or Autism) in young people
- Transition from child to adult services
- Co-development of Digital Health Interventions (DHIs)
- Stakeholder informed methodologies of mapping services
- Evidence syntheses
- Clinical trial management
- Small study group student learning and inclusive education
Research projects
Selected current projects:
- DigitalHealth-ADHD: Identifying appropriate evidence-based digital solutions to improve healthcare and support for young people (aged 16 to 25) with ADHD in primary care (principal investigator).
- MAP ADHD: Managing young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in primary care: mapping current practice and co-producing guidance on pathways to improve healthcare for an underserved population. NIHR Three Research Schools Mental Health Research Fellowship (principal investigator).
- SPaCE Project: Support for Parent Carers in England (co-investigator).
Selected previous projects:
- Various: Exeter HS&DR Evidence Synthesis Centre. Research Fellow.
- HemiSPAIRE Trial: Effects of a Modified Muscle Sparing Posterior Technique (SPAIRE) in hip hemiarthoplasty trial, at the Exeter Clinical Trials Unit. Trial Manager.
- CATCh-uS Study: Children and adolescents with ADHD in transition between children’s services and adult services. Associate Research Fellow and PhD student.
- STARS Project: Supporting Teachers and childRen in Schools. Associate Research Fellow
- HCA study: Helping Children Achieve. Peninsula Medical School and Kings College London. Associate Research Fellow.
- Various: Including Exeter Perinatal Team mental health service, Systemic Family Therapy, Specialist Team for Early Psychosis, and Adult Mental Health Services. Devon Partnership NHS Trust. Honorary Assistant Psychologist.
Research grants
- 2024 NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement Award
NIHR Funding to train in the person-based approach to intervention development, build links with key collaborators, and develop a prototype digital health intervention for young people with ADHD. - 2024 University of Exeter Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Fund
Engagement work to understand experiences and preferences of children and young people on waiting lists for neurodevelopmental services. - 2023 NIHR School for Primary Care Research
NIHR SPCR Funding Round Six: Identifying appropriate evidence-based digital solutions to improve healthcare and support for young people (aged 16 to 25) with ADHD in primary care, the Digital Health-ADHD project. A 12-month project to conduct a systematic review of evidence on healthcare applications and triangulate findings with survey and qualitative questions on digital resource use. (Principal investigator, £52,714, 2023-2024) - 2023 University of Exeter
Funding for student internships to widen participation in higher education. Working on the NIHR funded MAP study. - 2022 University of Exeter Medical School
Children and Young People's Wellbeing @ Exeter Engagement Award: Interdisciplinary research writing retreat, providing protected time and shared space to develop a joint grant application to explore the feasibility of establishing an ‘Exeter Cohort of Neurodivergent Young People and their Families’. (Principal investigator, £2,000, 2022) - 2021 National Institute for Health Research Three Schools Mental Health Programme
Career Development Fellowship: Managing Young People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Primary Care, the MAP study. Mapping current practice and co-producing guidance on pathways to improve healthcare for an underserved population. (Principal investigator, £174,447, 2021-2024) - 2021 National Institute for Health Research Three Schools Mental Health Programme
Three Research Schools Mental Health Research Award: Support for Parent Carers in England, the SPaCE Project. A 2-year project to investigate the prevalence of mental health problems in parent carers, and to map pathways to assessment, referral, and treatment for parent carers with mental health problems. (Co-investigator, £283,436, 2022-2024)
Links
- CATCh-uS study
- STARS study
- HCA trial
- HemiSPAIRE trial
- CATCh-uS study videos & links
- HIFAMS
- Science of ADHD and Neurodevelopment collaboration
- MAP study
- SPaCE project
- CATCh-uS map of services
Publications
Journal articles
Conferences
Reports
External Engagement and Impact
Awards
Special issue, invited article, November 2018
Price AM, Janssens A, Woodley AL, Allwood M, Ford T (2018). Review: Experiences of healthcare transitions for young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review of qualitative research. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 12-12.
Highly Commended paper in the 2015 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence
Hurst A, Price A, Walesby R, Doolan M, Lanham W, Ford T (2014). Routine outcome monitoring of evidencebased parenting programmes: Indications of effectiveness in a community context. Journal of Children's Services, 9(1), 58-74
Winner of the Emanuel Miller Research Poster Competition prize, March 2013
Davies CR, Price A, Hurst A, Ford T. Evaluating Evidence Based Parenting Programmes: Routine Outcome Measures as Evidence of Effectiveness in A Community Context. Poster session presented at: Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and National Conference; 2013 Mar 15; London, UK
Advice to Government, Parliament, devolved and English regional administrations, other national, international, regional or local agencies; advice to non-government organisations and to private practice
Member of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disoder (ADHD) implementation working group. Advising on implementation challenges and suggested solutions, specifically in relation to ADHD transitions and on the availability of services for adults with ADHD. 14th August, 2019; London UK.
Committee/panel activities
Deputy Board Member, Exeter School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) Board, Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx), University of Exeter Medical School. Early and mid career researcher representative. Mental health research representative. 2022 - present.
Co-lead Autism Champion at the University of Exeter Medical School, trained through the Exeter Spectrum Programme in association with the National Autistic Society. Hosting neurodiversity awareness events and delivering staff training. 2019 - present.
Symposium presenter at 23rd World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP): In transition from children’s services to adult services: the case of ADHD: Price, A., Janssens, A., Woodley, A., Eke, H., & Ford, T., Where to transition to: how transparent is the UK‘s and or your national service provision? 23-27th July 2018; Prague, Czech Republic.
Co-presenter and invited panel member at the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) 42nd Annual Conference: School based mental health interventions symposium: Price, A. & Allen, K., Supporting teachers and children in schools: a trial of the incredible years teacher classroom management programme. 22nd – 25th July 2014, Birmingham, UK.
Presentation and workshop leader at Plymouth University’s Worlds, Bodies and Minds Conference. Price, A. & Davies, CR., Experiencing the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task as it is Utilised in the Helping Children Achieve Project. 16-17th May 2013, Plymouth UK.
Conferences and invited presentations
Price, A. The Managing and supporting young people with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Primary Care (MAP) study: Mapping current practice and exploring opportunities for digital healthcare for an underserved population. Presentation. Primary Care Mental Health Conference. 2023. Bristol, UK. 2023.
Price, A. Working collaboratively with people with lived experience to map and co-create guidance on improving health services for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Presentation at Symposium: 'The value of co-production in international neurodiversity research and practice' at 31st European Congress of Psychiatry. 2023. Paris, France. International
Price, A., Ajuha, L., Bramwell, C., Briscoe, S., Shaw, L., Nunns, M., O'Rourke, G., Baron, S., and Anderson, R. Implementation of strategies for fostering strengths based adult social work in the UK: a systematic review of research evidence. Presentation at Society for Social Medicine & Population Health 65th Annual Scientific Meeting. 2021. Virtual.
Price, A. and Price, M. National Map of Adult ADHD Services. Interactive Presentation at UK Adult ADHD Network Annual Conference '10 Years of Progress'. 2019. London, UK.
Price, A. Where to transition to: how transparent is the UK‘s and or your national service provision? Presentation at Symposium: ‘In transition from children’s services to adult services: the case of ADHD’. 23rd World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions. 2018. Prague, Czech Republic. International
Evidence of impact on policy and professional practice
Funded by National Institute for Health Reserach (NIHR) to design and co-produce a national UK map of health services for young adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Map informed by responses from over 2600 health workers, service users and commissioners. Working with UK Adult ADHD network to enable them to host and update map.
Publication of article summary in The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) practitioner facing The Bridge magazine.
Media Coverage
University of Cambridge: Links to research videos, publications and press coverage for the CATCh-uS study https://dev.psychiatry.cam.ac.uk/catch-us/
Podcast, Adjusting to Change – Episode 2 ‘ADHD, A Young Person’s Guide’ (>1,680 listens). Series: ADHD, A Young Person’s Guide. Available from: https://www.acamh.org/podcasts/adhd-adjusting-to-change/
Science of ADHD and Neurodevelopment (SAND) collaboration, video resources.
Teaching
Mental health and social care provision for under-represented groups, with a focus on young people with neurodevelopmental disorders. Applied health research methodologies including digital health interventions (DHIs), stakeholder informed service mapping, evidence syntheses, and randomised controlled trials.MSc Health Research Methods:
- Clinical Trials Module, organisational support for clinical research (2019-present)
BMBS Medicine:
- Special Study Unit, young people's mental health, transition (2022)
- Making Sense of Evidence, small group tutor. Randomised controlled trials, qualitative research, and systematic reviews (2019-2022)
- Wellcome Trust funded INSPIRE scheme, Academy of Medical Sciences. Taster day teaching sessions for medical students, mentorship for successful applicants (2016-2020)
- Research in Action Module, final year research methods workshop (2016 - 2018)
- Problem Based Learning group facilitator, supervising students, providing formative assessments (2015 to 2016)
BSc Medical Sciences:
- Translational Medical Science Module, supporting structured small group learning sessions (2018 to 2019)
Autism Champion:
- Co-lead University of Exeter Medical School, in association with the National Autistic Society. Advocating for teaching designed and delivered using Universal Design (UD) (2019-present)
Supervision / Group
Postgraduate researchers
- Rebecca Gudka Research Assistant
Alumni
- Kieran Becker Research Assistant MAP study
- Rebecca Gudka Research Assistant MAP study