Dr Alice Lee is an Inflammation and Immunity PhD student based at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NHS Trust.
Project Information
Driver Programme: Inflammation and Immunity programme
Title: Linking socioeconomic exposures associated with deprivation to early years respiratory outcomes using existing and routinely collected health and non-health data
Summary:
Alice’s PhD project aims to use linked health and non-health data to better understand the drivers of early years respiratory health inequalities across Cheshire & Mersey Integrated Care Board; This includes:
- Assessing the impact of socioeconomic deprivation on bronchiolitis and wheeze for 0-3 year olds;
- Identifying which socioeconomic risk factors have the largest population-level impacts in different communities;
- Identifying opportunities for community-level primary and secondary care prevention
Outside of the programme Alice is a paediatric trainee currently working as a clinical research and innovation fellow at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
Her research interests lie in health inequalities and paediatric respiratory health, which she’s pursued throughout her training. This includes completing an MA in humanitarianism and conflict response and a population health fellowship with Health Education England. After completing her PhD, Alice plans to complete her training in paediatric respiratory medicine.
What is your motivation for undertaking this project and how will this funding impact your research?
I have always felt passionate about addressing the socioeconomic inequalities I see in my clinical practice. I want to use my skills to contribute to developing new knowledge around how we can adapt clinical services to address the social determinants of health for young children.
