Ragy Tadrous

Ragy Tadrous

Profile

I recenlty completed 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 am supervised by Professor Andrew Clegg, Professor Anne Forster, Professor Amanda Farrin and Dr Peter Coventry.

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 have a keen interest in mixed-methods research and throughout my PhD I have undertaken several studies 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.

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
  • PhD Behaviour Change/Intervention Development