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