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Dr Lavanya Thana

BSc PhD

Research Fellow

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

I am a primarily qualitative research psychologist with strong interests in patient experience and safety. Before joining the School's Policy Innovation and Evaluation Research Unit (PIRU) in 2019, I completed a PhD in mental health services research at Imperial College London. My doctoral work examined the micro and meso level processes contributing to adverse outcomes of psychotherapy using Constructivist Grounded Theory. During my time at the College, I also worked on randomised controlled trials of complex psychological interventions for adults and children with a range of mental health conditions. Prior to this, I was involved in various health-related primary care informatics projects at St George’s, University of London.

Affiliations

Department of Health Services Research and Policy
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Teaching

I teach on the Principles of Social Research module, and am a tutor and project supervisor for the MSc in Public Health.

I also co-supervise PhD and 4th Year Medical BSc projects at Imperial College London.

Research

I am currently employed to deliver the qualitative component of the ‘Adverse Medical Incidents and Outcomes in the NHS’ study led by Helen Hogan and funded by the NIHR. This mixed methods study aims to understand the prevalence, patients' perspectives and factors that influence subsequent actions.

In the Policy Innovation and Evaluation Research Unit, I contributed to the 'Longer-term Evaluation of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneers', which involved a mixed methods approach.

Research Area
Ageing
Clinical care
Clinical trials
Complex interventions
Health outcomes
Health policy
Health services research
Organisational research
Primary care
Public health
Quality improvement
Systematic reviews
Evaluation
Methodology
Mixed methods
Older people's health
Qualitative methods
Randomised controlled trials
Discipline
Psychology
Social Sciences
Disease and Health Conditions
Chronic disease
Mental health
Country
United Kingdom

Selected Publications

Observations of community-based multidisciplinary team meetings in health and social care for older people with long term conditions in England.
Douglas N; Mays N; Al-Haboubi M; Manacorda T; Thana L; Wistow G; Durand MA
2022
BMC Health Services Research
Barriers to the management of sexual dysfunction among people with psychosis: analysis of qualitative data from the REMEDY trial.
Thana LJ; O'Connell L; Carne-Watson A; Shastri A; Saravanamuthu A; Budhwani N; Jayacodi S; Leeson VC; Munjiza J; Pappa S
2022
BMC Psychiatry
Integrating Care in London: Service and system perspectives
Al-Haboubi M; Douglas N; Durand MA; Erens R; Manacorda T; Thana L; Wistow G; Mays N
2020
Switching antipsychotic medication to reduce sexual dysfunction in people with psychosis: the REMEDY RCT.
Crawford MJ; Thana L; Evans R; Carne A; O'Connell L; Claringbold A; Saravanamuthu A; Case R; Munjiza J; Jayacodi S
2020
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
Structured Psychological Support for people with personality disorder: feasibility randomised controlled trial of a low-intensity intervention.
Crawford MJ; Thana L; Parker J; Turner O; Carney A; McMurran M; Moran P; Weaver T; Barrett B; Roberts S
2020
BJPSYCH OPEN
Aligning Health and Social Care in Practice - Observing Multi-disciplinary Team Meetings
Douglas N; Al-Haboubi M; Manacorda T; Thana L; Durand MA; Wistow G; Erens R; Mays N
2020
International multicentre randomised controlled trial of improvisational music therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder: TIME-A study.
Crawford MJ; Gold C; Odell-Miller H; Thana L; Faber S; Assmus J; Bieleninik Ł; Geretsegger M; Grant C; Maratos A
2017
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
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