Exeter Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) Blog

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From setbacks and second chances to meaningful research and lasting friendships, this is a story of resilience, rediscovery, and rewarding academic success, by Dr Sarah Price

My first attempt at getting a PhD started in 1988. I had really enjoyed the experimental side of my degree particularly the final year projects, and a career in research really appealed. I loved the idea of working in a university and being paid to be inquisitive and to keep learning new things. I secured […]


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Primary care studies in the COVID-19 pandemic : my PRINCIPLE and PANORAMIC experience by Professor Phil Evans

As colleagues in Exeter will know a large part of my Deputy Medical Director role within the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) was spent in leading pandemic primary care studies. As the dust settles on COVID-19, now is an appropriate time to reflect on the delivery of the […]


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Antimicrobial resistance – what should we focus on? Associate Professor Emma Pitchforth

At the end of May 2024 I attended a symposium in New Delhi organised by the Indian Council of Medical Research and The Academy of Medical Sciences on ‘Addressing antimicrobial resistance with a One Health approach’. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is associated with or directly attributed to around 5 million of deaths a year according to […]


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