Sarah Buckingham

Academic profile

Dr Sarah Buckingham

Research Fellow - Information & Evidence Synthesis Specialist
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)

About Sarah

Mixed methods researcher specialising in rehabilitation and digital health. Background in academic, health and social care research.

My current role is Research Fellow - Information and Evidence Synthesis Specialist in the Mental Health Research Group (MHRG): https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare/mental-health-research-group

From 2023 to 2026 I worked on the TULAY project (http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/tulay) which involved co-designing a community physical rehabilitation programme in the Philippines.
From 2020 to 2022 I worked on the Telerehab Project, exploring the remote assessment and management of people with movement problems. This project involved developing a toolkit and training package to support healthcare practitioners in delivering care using remote technology: http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/telerehab
Previous research projects include Smartline (http://smartline.org.uk/) and Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure (REACH-HF).
PhD in mobile health technology for promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary time in the police force.

Teaching

Qualitative and mixed methods research; Digital health; Complex interventions; Evidence synthesis

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