Ms Emma Steel

  • Research Assistant (Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment)

Biography

I joined the Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) team as a Research Assistant at the start of 2024. My background is in genetic counselling with a BSc (Genetics) from the University of Glasgow in 2008 and a MGenCouns from the University of Melbourne in 2010. I have worked on a number of qualitative research projects across different healthcare settings in Australia and Scotland, conducting interviews, focus groups and surveys with a range of individuals, including healthcare professionals, vulnerable patients, and consumers.  

Research interests

  • Capturing patient and clinical perspectives through qualitative methodology to improve patient experiences and outcomes
  • Incorporating qualitative methodology into the development, testing, and acceptability of health technology

Publications

Prior publications

Article

Ashley Shepherd, Emma Steel, Anne Taylor, William Mackay, Suzanne Hagen (2019) Patient and community nurse perspectives on recruitment to a randomized controlled trial of urinary catheter washout solutions Emma Steel. ISSN 2054-1058 (doi: 10.1002/nop2.285)

Cruickshank S, Steel E, Fenlon D, Armes J, Banks E, Humphris G (2019) Specialist breast cancer nurses' views on implementing a fear of cancer recurrence intervention in practice: a mixed methods study. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-04762-9)

(2019) Consumer and clinician perspectives on personalising breast cancer prevention information Emma Steel. (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2018.11.002)

Louisa L Lo et al. (2018) The iPrevent Online Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Risk Management Tool: Usability and Acceptability Testing Crossref. (doi: 10.2196/formative.9935)

(2017) How does genetic risk information for Lynch syndrome translate to risk management behaviours? Emma Steel. (doi: 10.1186/s13053-016-0061-6)

(2017) A feasibility study of the Mini-AFTER telephone intervention for the management of fear of recurrence in breast cancer survivors: a mixed-methods study protocol Emma Steel. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-017-0161-8)

(2016) The experience of extended bowel resection in individuals with a high metachronous colorectal cancer risk: A qualitative study Emma Steel.

(2016) iPrevent®: a tailored, web-based, decision support tool for breast cancer risk assessment and management Emma Steel. (doi: 10.1007/s10549-016-3726-y)

Phillips KA et al. (2015) Transitioning to routine breast cancer risk assessment and management in primary care: what can we learn from cardiovascular disease? Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1071/PY14156)

Steel EJ, Hodgson J, Stirling L, White SM (2014) An exploration of the communication patterns and language used between clinical geneticists and parents of children with dysmorphic features. Europe PubMed Central. (doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36749)

Collins, I.M. et al. (2014) Assessing and managing breast cancer risk: Clinicians' current practice and future needs Scopus - Elsevier. (doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2014.06.014)