Ragy Tadrous

Ragy Tadrous

Profile

I am currently completing a White Rose Network funded PhD in the Department for Ageing and Stroke Research in the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences developing an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults aged ≥75 years.

I graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a First Class Honours degree in Physiotherapy, after which I undertook a Research Masters which profiled the physical performance of people with narcolepsy. I was awarded a White Rose Network Scholarship from the Univeristy of Leeds and University of York to develop an intervention to reduce frailty in older adults.

I have a keen interest in mixed-methods research and throughout my PhD I have undertaken several stuides including:

  • A mixed-method review of the literature relating to interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults.
  • A co-production study informed by the Thoeretical Domains Framework and Behavioural Change Wheel to develop an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults aged ≥75.
  • A mixed-method pilot study which explored the delivery of the co-produced intervention.

The majority of my PhD has explored intervention development with populations of older adults that are underrepresented in sedentary behaviour research (i.e. adults aged ≥75).

In 2022, I was appointed to the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE) Scholars Board, which help imporve diveristy, and inclusion in doctoral education for BAME students. I am also acting as PGR Representative for the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences.

Research interests

  • Sedentary Behaviour
  • Physical Inactivity
  • Older Adults 
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Health sciences
  • Behavioural science
  • Quantitative and qualitative research methods

Qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin
  • MSc (Res) Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin