Dr Patricia Apenteng

Dr Patricia Apenteng

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 8666
Email
p.n.k.apenteng@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
Murray Learning Centre
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Patricia Apenteng is a Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Health Sciences and is funded by the West Midlands Applied Research Collaboration (ARC). 

Her research is centred on improving outcomes for patients and the efficiency of healthcare services.  She uses a range of research methodologies, and her work spans several disciplines including implementation science, epidemiology, medical sociology, primary care, and population health. 

Qualifications

  • PhD in Health Sciences, University of Warwick, 2020
  • MPhil in Development Studies, University of Cambridge, 2002
  • BA (Hons) in Sociology, University of Ghana, 1999

Biography

Patricia joined the Department of Applied Health Sciences, University 麻豆精选 in 2021.听 She previously worked at the University in Primary Care Clinical Sciences before moving to Warwick Medical School in 2017 following a TUPE transfer.听听She is funded by the NIHR using UK international development funding from the UK Government to support global health research, as well as the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands and NIHR Midlands Patient Safety Research Collaboration (PSRC).听 She leads a number of projects on the Acute care interfaces theme of the West Midlands ARC and is particularly interested in the implementation of point-of-care ultrasound.听 She is a collaborator on several studies in primary care and population health.

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Teaching

  • MBChB
  • Masters in Public Health

Postgraduate supervision

Global health
Atrial fibrillation
Anticoagulation
Health inequalities

Research

Research interests

  • Healthcare delivery
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Health inequalities
  • Point-of-care ultrasound
  • Global health

Current projects

NIHR RfBP (Co-investigator): Menopause GAP: exploring inequalities in menopause care in GenerAl Practice using qualitative methodology (2023 鈥� 2024)

Research England QR Funding (Co-investigator): Supporting policy to improve delayed diagnosis of cancer in Nigeria (2023-2024)

NIHR i4i (Co-investigator and PPI lead)听Case finding of obstructive sleep apnoea in primary care using a novel device: a randomised controlled trial (2022-2025)

NIHR RfBP (Chief Investigator): The Patient Path to a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation: a qualitative study in primary care (2022-2023)

NHS England and NHS Improvement (Project lead): Acute assessment and medical care without hospital transfer for older people living with frailty (2022-2023)

West Midlands ARC/Beneficial Change Network (PI): Implementation of Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in community settings (2021-2024)

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Previous grants

NIHR RfBP (Co-investigator): GARFIELD-AF in Primary Care - Optimising prediction of mortality, stroke, and major bleeding for patients with atrial fibrillation using routinely collected primary care electronic health records (2019-2021)

NIHR SPCR & PCRT (Co-investigator): A prospective observational cohort study to determine the incidence of venous thromboembolism among care home residents (2013-2016)

Other activities

Peer review

Patricia has acted as a peer reviewer for the following funding programmes:

  • NIHR Policy Research Programme
  • NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme

Patricia is a peer reviewer for several journals including:

  • British Journal of General Practice
  • BMJ Open
  • Journal of Public Health
  • Australasian Journal on Ageing

Honorary Research Fellow

Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Fayehun, O, Apenteng, P, Umar, UAU, Adebayo, K, Owoaje, E, Sartori, J, Popoola, O, Nnabuife, U, Oladejo, A, Odubanjo, O, Ayandipo, O, Odukogbe, A-T, Irabor, D, Ijitola, J, Muhammad, A, Haruna, I, Ajiya, A, Rasheed , S, Muhammad, I, Adamou, N, Abdullahi, N, Muhammad, S, Tijjani, I, Nagwamutse, T, Abdullahi, S, Shittu, L, Ado, K, Umar, A, Bello , A, Yakasai, I, Omigbodun, A & Lilford, R 2025, '', BMC Health Services Research.

Apenteng, P, Nanton, V, Lobban, T & Lilford, R 2025, '', BJGP Open.

FOUND Trial study group, Miller, MA, Yu, L-M, Ali, A, Apenteng, P, Auguste, P, Dale, J, Hope, K, Shanyinde, M, Grabey, J, Scott, E, Smith, A & Cappuccio, FP 2024, '', BMJ open, vol. 14, no. 7, e090000.

The GARFIELD-AF Investigators 2023, '', BMJ Open Heart, vol. 10, no. 1, e002275.

Apenteng, P, Prieto-Merino , D, Hee , SW, Lobban , T, Caleyachetty, R & Fitzmaurice, D 2023, '', British Journal of General Practice .

Akanuwe, JNA, Siriwardena, AN, Bidaut, L, Mitchel, P, Bird, P, Lasserson, D, Apenteng, P & Lilford, R 2023, '', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 23, no. 1, 84.

Dale, J, Nanton, V, Day , T, Apenteng, P, Bernstein , CJ, Smith , GG, Strong , P & Procter , R 2023, '', JMIR Aging, vol. 6, e41185.

Apenteng, P, Virdone, S, Hobbs, R, Camm, AJ, Fox, KAA, Pieper, KS, Kayani, G, Fitzmaurice, D & GARFIELD UK investigators 2022, '', British Journal of General Practice , vol. 72, no. 723, 0548, pp. E693-E701.

Bassand, J-P, Apenteng, PN, Atar, D, Camm, AJ, Cools, F, Corbalan, R, Fitzmaurice, DA, Fox, KA, Goto, S, Haas, S, Hacke, W, Jerjes-Sanchez, C, Koretsune, Y, Heuzey, J-YL, Sawhney, JP, Oh, S, St臋pi艅ska, J, Cate, VT, Verheugt, FW, Kayani, G, Pieper, KS, Kakkar, AK & GARFIELD-AF Investigators 2021, '', Future Cardiology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 19-38.

Apenteng, PN, Gao, H, Hobbs, FR, Fitzmaurice, DA & UK GARFIELD-AF Investigators and GARFIELD-AF Steering Committee 2018, '', BMJ open, vol. 8, no. 1, e018905.

Apenteng, PN, Hobbs, FR, Roalfe, A, Muhammad, U, Heneghan, C & Fitzmaurice, D 2017, '', British Journal of General Practice , vol. 67, no. 655, pp. e130-e137.

Apenteng, P, Fitzmaurice, D, Litchfield, I, Harrison, S, Ward, A, Heneghan, C & Greenfield, S 2016, '', BMJ open, vol. 6, no. 12, e013839.

Litchfield, I, Fitzmaurice, D, Apenteng, P, Harrison, S, Heneghan, C, Ward, A & Greenfield, S 2016, '', British Journal of General Practice , vol. 66, no. 649, pp. e593-e602.

Apenteng, PN, Murray, ET, Holder, R, Hobbs, FD, Fitzmaurice, DA & UK GARFIELD-AF Investigators and GARFIELD-AF Steering Committee 2013, '', BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, vol. 13, no. 1, 31.

Comment/debate

Apenteng, PN & Lilford, R 2023, '', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), vol. 380, p574.