Professor Helen Lester (1961–2013)

In 1995, she was awarded her first research fellowship by the RCGP Midland faculty, and in 1997 a Sheldon fellowship that enabled her to study for an MA at Warwick in Sociological Research Methods and to undertake the RCT that was to become the subject of her thesis, awarded as her MD in 2000. [...]...

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Published in:Primary health care research & development 2013-07, Vol.14 (3), p.324-325
Main Author: Sharp, Deborah J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Careers
Medical research
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Obituary
Primary care
Quality
R&D
Research & development
Scholarships & fellowships
Society
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Summary:In 1995, she was awarded her first research fellowship by the RCGP Midland faculty, and in 1997 a Sheldon fellowship that enabled her to study for an MA at Warwick in Sociological Research Methods and to undertake the RCT that was to become the subject of her thesis, awarded as her MD in 2000. [...]began her academic career, and in 12 years Helen went on to achieve what most of us can only dream about. A senior lecturer post in Birmingham was quickly followed by an NIHR career scientist award as Helen began to develop her research programme in primary care mental health, focussing on those with long-term enduring illness and its associated social disadvantage and built a devoted research team.
ISSN:1463-4236
1477-1128
DOI:10.1017/S1463423613000212