Dr Andrea Hilton

Dr Andrea Hilton

Reader

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • School of Paramedical PeriOperative and Advanced Practice

Qualifications

  • BPharm
  • MSc
  • PhD / DPhil (University of Bradford)
  • PGCert

Summary

Andrea is a pharmacist who has previously worked in primary care and in community pharmacy.

She gained her undergraduate degree (first class honours) in pharmacy from the University of Bradford in 1999, before completing an MSc in clinical pharmacy while working in secondary care.

Andrea completed her PhD in 2006 while working on the MRC-funded RESPECT trial. Her PhD was entitled Development and Validation of a UK Medication Appropriateness Index.

She has been chair of the local branch of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, as well as the chair of the Hull Pharmacy Association.

Projects and grants include (sample):

- Can a clinical medication review improve the pharmacological treatment of behaviours in dementia that challenge in care home residents: a pilot study (MEDREV-D) (2014), National Institute for Health Research: Research for patient benefit, £198,000 (co-applicant), lead Aston University

- A qualitative scoping study exploring the role of the community pharmacist in medication management in people with dementia dwelling in the community. (2014) Pharmacy Research UK, £54,000 (co-applicant)

- An exploratory study to establish how pharmacists can facilitate shared decision making which supports the personalised care agenda for patients. (2013) Hull Pharmacists Association, £10,000 (PI)

- Challenge Demcare: Management of challenging behaviour in dementia at home and in care homes. (2007) National Institute for Health Research: Programme Grant, £1.9m (co-applicant)

Non-Medical Prescribing

Pharmacology

Recent outputs

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Digital Artefact

HVs' role in providing alcohol advice to women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy

Walker, J., Smith, L., Hilton, A., Alfred, L., Scholin, L., & Ahankari, A. (2024). HVs’ role in providing alcohol advice to women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy

Journal Article

Biomarker Driven Antifungal Stewardship (BioDriveAFS) in acute leukaemia—a multi-centre randomised controlled trial to assess clinical and cost effectiveness: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Flett, L., Abdelatif, R., Akhtar Baz, S., Brady, S., Corbacho, B., Common, K., Cowling, A., Fairhurst, C., Fitzmaurice, E., Gandhi, S., Hilton, A., Hope, W., Howard, A., Laycock, J., Lillie, P., Mitchell, G., Parker, A., Peel, M., Sheard, L., Sneddon, J., …Barlow, G. (2024). Biomarker Driven Antifungal Stewardship (BioDriveAFS) in acute leukaemia—a multi-centre randomised controlled trial to assess clinical and cost effectiveness: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 25(1), Article 427. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08272-w

What really is nontokenistic fully inclusive patient and public involvement/engagement in research?

Hilton, A., Megson, M., Aryankhesal, A., Blake, J., Rook, G., Irvine, A., Um, J., Killett, A., Maidment, I., Loke, Y., van Horik, J., Fox, C., & TIMES programme team. (2024). What really is nontokenistic fully inclusive patient and public involvement/engagement in research?. Health Expectations, 27(2), Article e14012. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.14012

Exploring the interplay between dementia, multiple health conditions and couplehood: A qualitative evidence review and meta-ethnography

Dunn, R., Wolverson, E., & Hilton, A. (2024). Exploring the interplay between dementia, multiple health conditions and couplehood: A qualitative evidence review and meta-ethnography. Dementia, 23(1), 41-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012231214017

Other

INdependenT prEscribinG in community phaRmAcy; whaT works for whom, why and in what circumstancEs (INTEGRATE): Realist review study protocol

Amr Abdelfatah, O., Hilton, A., Schafheutle, E., Wong, G., Holden, K., Scott, L., Roberts, N., Haddington, N., Kelly, T., Hibberd, V., Sturrock, A., & Maidment, I. (in press). INdependenT prEscribinG in community phaRmAcy; whaT works for whom, why and in what circumstancEs (INTEGRATE): Realist review study protocol

Research interests

- Primary Care/Medicines optimisation/Pharmaceutical care/ Prescribing/Pharmacy

- Dementia research

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

PPI for PBP research - Exploring the role, responsibilities and impact of pharmacists working in primary care (GP surgeries)

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£470.00

Started

1 April 2019

Status

Complete

Project

A rapid realist synthesis of community pharmacy support for the public health agenda during the COVID-19 pandemic and future health emergencies

Funder

MRC Medical Research Council

Grant

£2,524.00

Started

20 July 2020

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

The Biomarker Driven Antifungal Stewardship in AML: The BioDriveAFS Trial

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£97,102.00

Started

1 September 2021

Status

Ongoing

Project

The clinical, social and cost effectiveness of a decision support tool to optimise tailored community-based tailored management of sleep (TIMES) for people living with dementia or mild cognitive impairment and sleep disturbance TIMES - Tailored ManagEment of Sleep TIMES

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£434,337.00

Started

1 February 2022

Status

Ongoing

Project

Determining how Health Visitors can be agents of change alongside parents in reducing the prevalence/mitigating the risk of alcohol related developmental disorders in England: exploratory mixed methods study

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£173,361.00

Started

1 February 2025

Status

Ongoing

Postgraduate supervision

Andrea welcomes applications in

- Dementia research

- Medicines optimisation

- Pharmaceutical care

- Mixed methods research

Completed PhDs

November 2015 Yanhua Chen (2nd supervisor): 2015 - 2015

‘Developing and validating a scale to study mentors' behaviour in nursing education’

September 2020 Xiaolei Zhao (1st supervisor): 2017 – 2020

Development and feasibility testing of a web-based diabetes education I adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus in China

February 2024 Khaldoon Obiedate (1st supervisor): 2019- 2024

A qualitative study using a constructivist grounded theory approach to investigate factors in Jordan that impact psychiatric medication-taking behaviour in schizophrenia, and Bipolar I disorder

(Full time with extension due to COVID)

May 2024 Rasmia Anabtawi (1st supervisor): 2020 – 2024

A Grounded Theory of Medication Administration Safety in Palestinian Critical Care Units.

(Full time with extension due to COVID)

Committee/Steering group role

Validation panel member - Royal Pharmaceutical Society - prescriber supervision competency framework

2019 - 2019

Chair of Hull York Medical School - Student FtP (Chair from 2019)

2014 - 2020

Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society research conference panel

2013 - 2019

External examiner role

External examiner - University of Nottingham

2016 - 2020

External examiner - UCLAN

2011 - 2016

Journal editorial role

Editorial Board Member Health Expectations

2016 - 2024

Editorial Advisory Board of Clinical Pharmacist

2016 - 2016

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Senior Fellow HEA

2016

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