Director of Centre for Rural Health
- Overview
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Professor Philip Wilson Contact Details
- p.wilson@abdn.ac.uk
- Address
- The University of Aberdeen Centre for Rural Health University Of Aberdeen Centre for Health Science Old Perth Road Inverness IV2 3JH Telephone: 01463 255085
Biography
Phil Wilson studied physiology at Balliol College, Oxford, followed by a Wellcome Foundation doctoral studentship in the Department of Anatomy at Oxford, where he worked on serotonin metabolism in the hypothalamus and its interaction with the neuroendocrine system. He then went to Cambridge to become a clinical medical student. Three years after qualifying, he became a partner in a small practice in Battlefield, in South East Glasgow. In 1997 this practice became one of the first five CSO-funded research practices in Scotland.
In 1995, he began to work one day per week in the then Department of General Practice at the University of Glasgow. Between 1998 and May 2001, he was medical director of WestNet, the West of Scotland Primary Care Research Network. He was appointed a primary care career scientist by the Chief Scientist Office in October 2003, with a programme of research involving the role of primary care in improving the mental health of pre-school children. He was also clinical advisor to the Medical Research Coucil Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow between 2001 and 2012.
In August 2012 he was appointed University of Aberdeen Professor of Primary Care and Rural Health and started work as an honorary sessional GP in the Cairn Medical Practice in Inverness.
Phil's research interests are:
- Development and evaluation of complex interventions to improve health
- The primary care/secondary care interface
- Primary care paediatrics
- Data linkage
- Evaluating digital technologies in rural healthcare
Most of his recent research has involved early identification of childhood neurodevelopmental problems and interventions to address them.
Esteem factors
- Visiting Professor, Department of General Practice, Copenhagen University
- Visiting Professor, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
- Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Growing Up Scotland Cohort Study
Qualifications
FRCPCH, Paediatrics RCPCH 2016 FRCGP, General practice RCGP 1997 MB BChir, Medicine University of Cambridge 1983 DPhil, Neurochemistry University of Oxford 1983 MA, Physiology University of Oxford 1976
External Memberships and Affiliations
Professor of child health in general practice, University of Copenhagen
Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Prizes and Awards
Winner of RCGP Grant Thornton Prize for Innovation in General Practice, 1999.
Winner of RCGP Research Paper of the Year 2004
Winner of RCGP Health Services Research Paper of the Year Award 2020
- Research
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Collaborations
Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska Institute, University of Gothenburg.
Research Funding and Grants
Mort A, Wilson P. Ultrasound in rural stroke diagnosis. TSB Space/Life Science Catapult/HIE/UKRC. £75,000, Jan 2014-Sept 2004.
Wilson P. Evaluation of Paediatric Unscheduled Care Pilot. Northern Health Commissioning Group. August 2013-April 2014. £11,000
National Records of Scotland data linkage pathfinder project. Conway D, Elliot L, Wilson P, Milligan I, Connelly G, Macpherson L, McMahon A, Wood R, van der Sluijs W. Linking Looked After Children Data and NHS Dental Data. March 2013 - Sept 2014. £135,105
Wilson P, Thompson L, Reynolds, L, McClung M, Wood R. Enhancing health visiting information systems to support children’s health and development: exploring options in Glasgow. Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (MRC/Scottish Government) seed funding. £39,998.
Wilson P. Glasgow City Parenting Support Framework evaluation. £220,000 Jan 2011-March 2013, NHS GGC
Wilson P, O’Dowd J, Gillberg C, Thompson L, Law J. Characterising neurodevelopmental problems identified at a universal nurse contact with 30-months-old children. NHSGGC, £39,532. June 2011-May 2012
Henderson M, Haw S; Wilson P; Bond L; Elliott L; Levin K; Wight D; Jackson C; McConnachie A. Social and Emotional Education and Development (SEED): a Stratified, Cluster Randomised Trial of a Multi-component Primary School Intervention that follows the Pupils’ Transition into Secondary School. NIHR HTA. £868,796,
Minnis H, Wilson P, Morton L, Follan M, Messow M, Zeanah C, Gillberg C, Norrie J, Bryce G, Donaldson J. Evaluation of the New Orleans Intervention Model for Infant Mental Health in Glasgow. CSO £222,921
Wilson P, Puckering C, Thompson L, Clarke A, MacBeth A, McAlees S, Henderson M. Antenatal parenting support for women vulnerable in pregnancy: an exploratory randomised controlled trial of Mellow Bumps. Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy. November 2011-March 2013. £73,165
Henderson M; Calam R; Wilson P, McGee E; Thompson L; Fenwick L; O'Dowd J, Law J, Minnis H, Wight D; Wittkowski A; McConnachie A; Loureiro T,. Trial of Healthy Relationship Initiatives for the Very Early-years (THRIVE): a Three-Arm Randomised Control Trial for Mothers Identified as Vulnerable in Pregnancy and their Babies who are at High Risk of Maltreatment. NIHR HTA. £2,683,666.00
Minnis H, Briggs A, Wilson P, Gillberg C, McConnachie A. Autism and Reactive Attachment Disorder symptoms in the Scottish Population: associations with health and service use. CSO, full application, £49,624 June 2012-Dec 2014
Edwards P, Farrington J et al. dot.rural: digital economy in rural areas. UKRC, £11M. 2010-2015.
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