Dr Melanie Chalder
LL.B (Hons), MSc, PhD
Expertise
I specialise in empirical, mixed-methods research across a range of clinical and organisational topics associated with healthcare.
Current positions
Honorary Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Research interests
My research covers a range of clinical, organisational and methodological areas.
These include older age (e.g. hospital admission avoidance, healthy living, end-of-life care) mental health (e.g. depression, anxiety), delivery of care (e.g. primary, secondary, ambulatory, emergency), study design and implementation (e.g. randomised controlled trials, mixed methods observational studies), behavioural interventions (e.g. physical activity, alcohol use, smoking, handwashing) and respiratory disease (e.g. COPD, childhood asthma, COVID-19).
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Access and Active Leisure in a Time of Pandemic: Tales of Two Cities
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
This project, supported by a Brigstow Institute Collaborative Fellowship, considers how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted longstanding issues around access to and enjoyment of urban spaces. Focusing on access to…Managing organisational unit
Department of FrenchDates
01/04/2021 to 31/07/2021
QR SPF: Active in Lockdown
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Active in Lockdown is a project run by the University of Bristol and Knowle West Media Centre. Together we are recording and saving for posterity one of the few positive…Managing organisational unit
Department of FrenchDates
01/01/2021 to 31/05/2021
Shaping Bodies: Exploring the Political Culture of Sports and Exercise
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
This is a collaboration between colleagues in Modern Langauges and Population Health Sciences at the UoB and members of the Sport and Exercise Research Cluster at the Moore Institute, NUI,…Managing organisational unit
Department of FrenchDates
25/05/2020 to 29/05/2020
Putting a Positive Spin on the Story of Cycling
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The benefits of cycling for Bristol are clear: a healthier population, less traffic congestion, and a cleaner urban environment. Yet, to encourage mass take-up of cycling, we need to transform…Managing organisational unit
Department of FrenchDates
01/04/2019 to 31/07/2019
Living well in older age: a collaborative approach to 'what works' - Brunelcare
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/09/2016 to 31/08/2017
Publications
Recent publications
04/12/2023Implementing Germ Defence digital behaviour change intervention via all primary care practices in England to reduce respiratory infections during the COVID-19 pandemic
Implementation Science
Primary Care implementation of Germ Defence, a digital behaviour change intervention to improve household infection control during the COVID-19 pandemic
Trials
Observational cost-effectiveness analysis using routine data
PharmacoEconomics - Open
Using and implementing care bundles for patients with acute admission for COPD:
BMJ Open Respiratory Research
New policy hasn’t improved patients’ healthcare
Related people
Professor Sarah Purdy
Emeritus Professor
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Debbie Sharp
Professor of Primary Health Care
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Ken Fox
Emeritus Professor
School for Policy Studies
Professor William Hollingworth
Professor of Health Economics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Katrina Turner
Professor of Primary Care Research
Bristol Medical School (PHS)