Dr Alice Berry

Qualifications:

PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons)

Position:

Associate Professor in Rehabilitation

Department:

HAS - Allied Health ProfessionsHAS - Nursing and MidwiferySchool of Health and Social Wellbeing

Email:

Alice.Berry@uwe.ac.uk

About me

My research focuses on improving self‑management support for people living with long‑term musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, with a particular commitment to reducing inequalities in access to care and opportunities for physical activity. I examine how behaviour change theory, community‑based resources, and digital health innovations can help people manage symptoms and sustain meaningful activity in ways that align with their everyday lives and contexts.

I am the Chief Investigator of a major NIHR‑funded evaluation of the getUBetter app, assessing its clinical effectiveness, cost‑effectiveness, and implementation into the NHS (Clinical and cost-effectiveness of digital technology for non-specific low back pain across an entire Integrated Care System pathway - NIHR Funding and Awards). This work explores the potential of digital technology to support equitable self‑management for non‑specific low back pain at scale.

My previous research has included adopting the intervention mapping (IM) approach to guide the co-development of a self-management intervention for osteoarthritis, as well as leading and supporting a range of other studies using the theoretical framework of acceptability (TFA) to understand patient and clinician preferences towards self-management interventions. I have worked on implementation studies, such as the FRONTIER project (NIHR16/116/03), and led a nested process evaluation within the FREE-IA study (NIHR PB-PG-1216-20014). Other strands of my work use Realist methods and Q methodology to examine how local contexts shape engagement with interventions, and how programmes can be designed to reduce disparities in access and outcomes for underserved MSK populations. My PhD focused on developing and testing a digital behaviour change intervention for people with osteoarthritis.

Currently accepting PhD students, please do get in touch.

Area of expertise

I have significant expertise in intervention and implementation mapping, co‑design and co‑production of self‑management interventions, qualitative research, mixed‑methods evaluation, and partnership working with diverse community groups. I am also Co‑Director of the Active Lives Health Integration Team (Active Lives HIT) within Bristol Health Partners Active Lives HIT - Bristol Health Partners.

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