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Shobhana Nagraj

University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Institute for Leadership & Management, University of East Anglia, University of Dundee

Research areas: Health Professions · General Health Professions · Health Policy Implementation Science · Innovations in Medical Education · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration

ORCID iD 0000-0002-0045-9896
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I am an Assistant Professor of Primary and Community Care at the Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge. I lead the Global Primary And Community Care group (GPACC), which focuses on research methods and models of care to enable reciprocal learning between global and local communities in the UK, with the aim of improving health services for all. I work in partnership with the East London NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Cambridge to lead an Implementation Research Hub in Luton & Bedfordshire, to improve research capacity and conduct high quality research that bridges physical and psychological health services, embedding equity, diversity and inclusivity in all our work and through our active people participation network. I am research capacity development lead for the Primary Care Unit, and work in partnership with local Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough and Bedford, Luton & Milton Keynes.

My research expertise is in theory-informed design and evaluation of complex interventions and implementation science. I have a methodological background in human-centred design which seeks to embed empathy into the design of interventions. I use behaviour change theories and frameworks, realist methods and normalisation process theory in my research. My focus has been on improving equity in maternal and child health service interventions both locally and globally.

At Cambridge University, I co-Lead the Global Health theme on the MPhil in Population Health Sciences. I am co-lead of the Global Health theme of Cambridge Public Health and co-Lead the Health & Wellbeing Across Generations theme for Cambridge Reproduction.

I am on the editorial board of BMJ Digital Health & AI and am a reviewer for Lancet Primary Care.

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Projects & Funding

  • Supporting Health through Integrated Networks and Engagement: A Community Assets Care Approach for East London Youth (SHINE) Barts Charity
    2026 - 2029
  • Reconfiguring Inclusive Access through an Integrated Model of Community Health Care for Children and Young People in East London (REACH) NIHR SPCR
    2026 - 2027
  • Are measures of attachment and attachment-relevant caregiving helpful or unhelpful to assessments of child mental health and safeguarding needs? Wellcome
    2026 - 2031
  • Non-Expert Acquisition and Remote Expert Review of Echocardiography in Communities to improve Health Outcomes (NEARER ECHO) Department of Health and Aged Care
    2025 - 2030
  • Building research champions in Child & Young Peoples’ Mental Health in Luton & Bedfordshire – continuity funding. NHS
    2025 - 2025
  • Exploring health inequalities and high-risk groups' care pathways in primary care in Bedford, Luton & Milton Keynes (BLMK). NHS
    2025 - 2026
  • Menopause & Mental Health Pathway NHS
    2024 - 2026
  • Building Research Champions in Child & Young Peoples’ Mental Health in Luton & Bedfordshire. NHS
    2024 - 2025
  • How might Physician Associates help (or not) address the workforce crisis in the NHS? National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2023 - 2026
  • Addressing Child Food Poverty from Grassroots to Policy Actions Oxford Policy Engagement Network Fellowship
    2023 - 2023
  • Healthcare system adaptive capacity and resilience in the face of climate shocks Climate & Health Pump Priming Fund
    2022 - 2023
  • Community Based Interventions for Preterm Babies in India & Indonesia Leo & Mia Foundation
    2022 - 2023
  • Codesigning a Theory of Change for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Indigenous Communities in Northern Territory, Australia, and East Timor. University of Oxford Public & Community Engagement with Research Seed Fund
    2022 - 2023
  • Childhood Malnutrition: Grassroots to Policy Action Sheila Kitzinger Programme
    2021 - 2022
  • SMARThealth Pregnancy: Development of a complex intervention using clinical decision support to detect & refer high-risk pregnant women in rural India Medical Research Council
    2018 - 2021
  • Building an evidence network on technology enhanced community health worker training in low- and middle-income countries (LMICS) Global Challenges Research Fund
    2018 - 2018

Publications (95)