Rachel is a Research Officer in public health economics at the Centre for Health Economics and Medicine Evaluation (CHEME). Since joining CHEME in January 2022 her work has focused on the role of welfare and legal advice services in public health. She is currently investigating the impact  of a targeted Citizens’ Advice intervention on physical health, mental wellbeing and healthcare usage. Rachel is particularly interested looking at the wider picture of intervention impacts, which includes using the Social Return on Investment (SROI) evaluation method, mixed methods evaluations and the role of qualitative research in health economics.

Previous to this post Rachel completed a Masters by Research in Sports and Exercise Physiology at Bangor University,  with a focus on exercise rehabilitation and preventative health. She still provides support for exercise rehabilitation trials run in Bangor University School of Behavioural Sciences, by developing exercise programmes for trial participants.

Rachel’s initial scientific training was in Biochemistry at Cardiff University, where she completed a MSc in Biochemistry and a PhD studying the effects of inflammation on gene expression in kidney cells. After leaving Cardiff University she worked for 8 years in commercial healthcare/retail settings, including in product development, customer analysis, and financial analysis and strategic planning roles. Since moving back to Wales and learning Welsh as an adult she has also worked as a part-time Welsh language tutor.

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Bangor University

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e-mail: rachel.granger@bangor.ac.uk

Web: http://cheme.bangor.ac.uk

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

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

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