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Dr Rosalind Adam

Dr Rosalind Adam
Dr Rosalind Adam
Dr Rosalind Adam

MBChB, MRCGP, BSc(Med.Sci), MSc, AFHEA, PhD

Senior Clinical Lecturer

51cg
Email Address
rosalindadam@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 437906
Office Address

Room 1:020, Polwarth Building,

Foresterhill,

AB25 2ZD

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition



Biography

I am an academic general practitioner (GP) and a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care. I have been awarded a Scottish Senior Clinical post-doctoral fellowship (CSO, NRS, Scottish Universities) which runs until August 2026 and investigates the role of digital health technologies in improving outcomes for people living beyond cancer. My research focuses on:

  • Symptom management - particularly pain and fatigue
  • Cancer in primary care
  • Digital health and digital health interventions

With robust primary care clinical research we can improve health outcomes at scale.

Qualifications

  • BSc Medical Sciences (1:1) 
    2003 - University of Glasgow 
  • MBChB Commendation Medicine 
    2005 - University of Glasgow 
  • MSc Primary Care 
    2015 - 51cg 
  • PhD Primary Care 
    2018 - 51cg 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
  • Research Lead, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, 51cg
  • Member of Clinical Studies Oversight Group 
External Memberships
  • General Practitioner at Gilbert Road Medical Practice, Aberdeen
  • Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the Cancer and Primary Care Research International Network (Ca-PRI)
Research

Research Overview

My research spans four interconnected areas:

  1. Delivering effective primary care
  2. Optimising cancer outcomes
  3. Digital health
  4. Achieving effective symptom management

My research utilises both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. I have expertise in intervention development.

Research Areas

Applied Health Sciences

Research Specialisms

  • Clinical Medicine

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.

Current Research

The following are current research projects that I am leading:

  • The Improving Cancer Aftercare Study (ICAS) - investigating experiences of treatment burden in individuals who have been treated for prostate and colorectal cancer, their perceptions of cancer aftercare, and areas that might be improved
  • Co-designing digitally enabled cancer aftercare - patients as equal partners in a process to develop digital interventions to improve cancer outcomes
  • Investigating multimorbidity in individuals after cancer and the effect of multimorbidity on survival and quality of life. This research will utilise routinely collected health data
  •  Investigating treatment burden after cancer treatment: a questionnaire study
  • The RUREO questionnaire study - investigating whether rural and urban patients with cancer have different experiences and expectations of out-of-hours medical care 
  • Innovative engineering technologies to improve the understanding and management of fatigue

I am collaborating on the folllowing projects:

  • Phase II double-blind randomised controlled trial of exogenous administration of melatonin in chronic pain (DREAM—CP)
  • Improving the patient-pharmacist interaction: A new approach to help patients make informed pain management decisions
  • Developing digital educational interventions to improve pain management in individuals with advanced cancer (Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Boston

 

 

 

Collaborations

Collaborations include:

  • Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Boston (Pain management apps)
  • Health Economics Research Unit, 51cg
  • Health Psychology, 51cg
  • Fatigue engineering technologies - University of Cambridge, University of Glasgow, Lancaster University, University College London, University of Southampton
  • Pain management team, NHS Grampian

Funding and Grants

2021: NHS Grampian Endowment Funding - Optimising Remote Consulting and Home Assessment of Medically Vulnerable Rural Patients - the ORCHARD Study £12,000

2019 - 2024 Improving cancer survivorship care through theory-based, tailored eHealth interventions. NHS Research Scotland, CSO, and 51cg Development Trust £862,870

2018-2019 Achieving Self-Directed Integrated Cancer Aftercare (ASICA): developing digitally supported cancer aftercare to achieve high quality, equitable care for diverse populations. NHS Grampian Pump Priming Murchie P, Adam R, Maclennan S, Macdonald G, Samuel L £24,573

2017 - continues: Developing a person-centred discrete choice experiment to support shared decision making in the patient-pharmacist interaction. Pharmacy Research UK Project Grant. Ryan M, Bond C, Chua G, Krucien N, Adam R, Porteous T, Murchie P £99,994

2014-2017 Using novel technology to improve outpatient palliative cancer pain management. Doctoral research fellowship, Scottish Government. £160,573

 

Teaching

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

I teach on the medical student Student Selected Component 3 module

I examine clinical OSCEs

I teach medical students within the medical practice and supervise trainee GPs.

Publications

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  • Adults' experiences of perioperative opioid use: a mixed-methods study

    Aljohani, D. M., Pogatzki-Zahn, E. M., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    Pain reports, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. e1485
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Adults' experiences of perioperative opioid use: a mixed-methods study

    Aljohani, D. M., Pogatzki-Zahn, E. M., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    Pain reports, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. e1485
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Adults' experiences of perioperative opioid use: a mixed-methods study

    Aljohani, D. M., Pogatzki-Zahn, E. M., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    Pain reports, vol. 11, no. 5, e1485
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Adults' experiences of perioperative opioid use: a mixed-methods study

    Aljohani, D. M., Pogatzki-Zahn, E. M., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    PAIN Reports
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Standardising oral morphine equivalent conversion ratios for research: A modified Delphi consensus survey

    Almodibeg, B. A., Adam, R., Alevrogianni, F., Kirodian, T., Knaggs, R., Kranke, P., Dirzu, D. S., Ferguson, K., Häuser, W., Rey, M. L. P. d., Ramsay, G., Stamenkovic, D., Wasay, A., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., Forget, P.
    European Journal of Anaesthesiology, vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 851-853
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
  • Standardising oral morphine equivalent conversion ratios for research: A modified Delphi consensus survey

    Almodibeg, B. A., Adam, R., Alevrogianni, F., Kirodian, T., Knaggs, R., Kranke, P., Dirzu, D., Ferguson, K., Häuser, W., Rey, M. L. P. D., Ramsay, G., Stamenkovic, D., Wasay, A., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., Forget, P.
    European Journal of Anaesthesiology
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Measuring and quantifying treatment burden in individuals living with and beyond cancer: a scoping review

    Duncan, L., Dixon, D., Allan, J., Adam, R.
    European Journal of Cancer Care, e003
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • "You lose a day for every appointment": A qualitative study of how rural versus urban residence shapes cancer care experiences in Northeast Scotland

    Carriere, R. A., Adam, R., Samuel, L., Murchie, P.
    Supportive Care in Cancer, vol. 34, no. 7, 615
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Cancer is a chronic disease: why don’t we treat it as one?

    Adam, R., Hogg, D. R., Ritchie, L. D., Nekhlyudov, L.
    BMJ, vol. 392, e086624
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
  • Pain and opioids after surgery (PANDOS): Protocol of a prospective, international, observational cohort study

    Forget, P., Cotton, S., Keir, H., Campbell, L., Onyeakazi, U., Aljohani, D. M., Almodibeg, B., Jutila, L., Hauser, W., Rosenberger, D., Ferguson, K., Ramsay, G., Adam, R., Summers, J., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., Pain AND Opioids after Surgery (PANDOS) European Society of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care (ESAIC) Research Group
    European Journal of Anaesthesiology Intensive Care, vol. 4, no. 6, e0092
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Acute Pain Management at the Intersection of Primary and Secondary Care: Insights from Recent Literature

    Al Ghamdi, S. S., Aljohani, D. M. S., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 14, no. 21, 7732
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The role of natural language processing in improving cancer care: A scoping review with narrative synthesis

    Sun, M., Reiter, E., Duncan, L., Adam, R.
    Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, vol. 168, 103227
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Co-design of the Structured Personalised Assessment for Reviews after Cancer (SPARC) Intervention

    Adam, R., Duncan, L., MacLennan, S., Locock, L., Kiltie, A., Samuel, L., Murchie, P.
    Health Expectations, vol. 28, no. 1, e70174
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Relationship between symptoms, sociodemographic factors and General Practice help-seeking in 10,904 adults aged 50 and over

    Adam, R., Vieira, R., Hannaford, P., Martin, K., Whitaker, K. L., Murchie, P., Elliott, A.
    European Journal of Public Health, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 26-34
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Hybrid Sensing for Fatigue Detection Using Wearables and RF

    Taylor, W., Hill, D., Adam, R., Cooper, J. M., Abbasi, Q. H., Imran, M. A.
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 24, no. 14, pp. 22764 - 22772
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Experiences and perspectives of adults on using opioids for pain management in the postoperative period: A scoping review

    Aljohani, D. M., Almalki, N., Dixon, D., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    European Journal of Anaesthesiology, vol. 41, no. 7, pp. 500-512
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Understanding patterns of fatigue in health and disease: protocol for an ecological momentary assessment study using digital technologies

    Adam, R., Lotankar, Y., Sas, C., Powell, D., Martinez, V., Green, S., Cooper, J. M., Bradbury, K., Sive, J., Hill, D. L.
    BMJ Open, vol. 14, no. 5, e081416
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Melatonin treatment has consistent but only transient beneficial effects on sleep measures and pain in patients with severe chronic pain: the DREAM–CP randomised controlled trial

    Onyeakazi, U., Columb, M., Adam, R., Kanakarajan, S., Galley, H.
    British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 132, no. 4, pp. 725-734
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Improving the patient-pharmacist interaction: A new approach to help patients make informed decisions

    Ryan, M., Loria Rebolledo, L., Adam, R., Bond, C., Murchie, P.
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    Books and Reports: Other Reports
  • Rural and Urban patients’ Requirements and Experiences of Out-of-hours medical care after cancer (RUREO): A questionnaire study

    Duncan, L., Murchie, P., Khor, W. L., Fielding, S., Evans, J., Adam, R.
    BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 7, e073392
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Understanding Persistent Pain (UPP): a Decision Aid Tool to inform management of persistent pain in pharmacy

    Loria Rebolledo, L., Ryan, M., Bond, C., Murchie, P., Adam, R.
    BPS ASM 2023, pp. 58
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
  • Experiences and perspectives of adults on using opioids for pain management in the postoperative period: A scoping review protocol.

    Aljohani, D. M. S., Almalki, N., Adam, R., Forget, P.
    European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, vol. 2, no. 3, e0024
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Treatment burden in individuals living with and beyond cancer: A systematic review of qualitative literature

    Adam, R., Nair, R., Duncan, L. F., Yeoh, E., Chan, J., Vilenskaya, V., Gallacher, K. I.
    PloS ONE, vol. 18, no. 5, e0286308
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • “A Switch Went off in My Whole Body”:: Lived Experiences of Fatigue and Post-Exertional Malaise in Long Covid

    Sas, C., Lotankar, Y., Adam, R., Bradbury, K. J., Cooper, J., Hill, D. L., Martinez, V., Powell, D.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Supraneural versus infraneural approach to transforaminal epidural steroid injection for unilateral lumbosacral radicular pain (SIAMESE): A study protocol for a randomised non-inferiority trial.

    Galley, H., Adam, R., Columb, M. O., Onyeakazi, U., Kanakarajan, S.
    BJA Open, vol. 5, 100126
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Treatment burden in survivors of prostate and colorectal cancer:: a qualitative interview study.

    Adam, R., Duncan, L., MacLennan, S., Locock, L.
    BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 3, e068997
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Melatonin and sleep parameters in patients with chronic pain: first results from the double-blind randomised controlled trial of exogenous administration of melatonin in chronic pain (DREAM-CP) trial

    Galley, H. F., Onyeakazi, U., Columb, M. O., Adam, R., Kanakarajan, S.
    Anaesthesia Research 2022
    , pp. 204e-e208
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
  • Is stroke incidence increased in survivors of adult cancers?: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Turner, M., Murchie, P., Derby, S., Ong, A. Y., Walji, L. T., McLernon, D., Macleod, M., Adam, R.
    Journal of Cancer Survivorship, vol. 16, pp. 1414–1448
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • How does social context influence appraisal and help-seeking for potential cancer symptoms in adults aged 50 and over? A qualitative interview study

    Adam, R., Thornton, A. J., Whitaker, K. L., Murchie, P., Hannaford, P., Hall, S., Smith, S., Elliott, A. M.
    European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 31, no. 6, e13640
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Using a discrete choice experiment to develop a decision aid tool to inform the management of persistent pain in pharmacy: – a protocol for a randomised feasibility study

    Loria Rebolledo, L. E., Ryan, M., Bond, C., Porteous, T., Murchie, P., Adam, R.
    BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 9, e066379
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Leveraging mobile health technology and research methodology to optimize patient education and self-management support for advanced cancer pain

    Azizoddin, D. R., Adam, R., Kessler, D., Wright, A. A., Kematick, B., Sullivan, C., Zhang, H., Hassett, M. J., Cooley, M. E., Ehrlich, O., Enzinger, A. C.
    Supportive Care in Cancer, vol. 29, pp. 5741–5751
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Cancer pain self-management in the context of a national opioid epidemic: Experiences of patients with advanced cancer using opioids

    Azizoddin, D. R., Knoerl, R., Adam, R., Kessler, D., Tulsky, J. A., Edwards, R. A.
    Cancer, vol. 127, no. 17, pp. 3239-3245
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • CANCER PAIN SELF-MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF A NATIONAL OPIOID EPIDEMIC: EXPERIENCES OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER

    Azizoddin, D. R., Knoerl, R., Adam, R., Kessler, D., Enzinger, A. C., Tulsky, J. A.
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 55, no. S1, pp. S90-S90
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
  • Can-Pain - a digital intervention to optimise cancer pain control in the community: development and feasibility testing

    Adam, R., Bond, C. M., Burton, C. D., de Bruin, M., Murchie, P.
    Supportive Care in Cancer, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 759-769
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Leveraging mobile health technology and multidisciplinary methodology to optimize self-management education for advanced cancer pain: Development of stamp

    Azizoddin, D., Adam, R., Kessler, D., Enzinger, A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Impact of geography on Scottish cancer diagnoses in primary care: Results from a national cancer diagnosis audit

    Murchie, P., Adam, R., Khor, W. L., Smith, S., McNair, E., Swann, R., Witt, J., Weller, D.
    Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 66, 101720
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Cancer diagnosis in Scottish primary care: Results from the National Cancer Diagnosis Audit

    Murchie, P., Adam, R., McNair, E., Swann, R., Witt, J., Wood, R., Weller, D.
    European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 29, no. 3, e13234
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Influences of rurality on action to diagnose cancer by primary care practitioners– results from a Europe-wide survey in 20 countries

    Murchie, P., Khor, W., Adam, R., Esteva, M., Smyrnakis, E., Petek, D., Thulesius, H., Vedsted, P., McLernon, D., Harris, M.
    Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 65, 101698
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Patterns of symptoms possibly indicative of cancer and associated help-seeking behaviour in a large sample of United Kingdom residents: the USEFUL study

    Hannaford, P. C., Thornton, A. J., Murchie, P., Whitaker, K. L., Adam, R., Elliott, A. M.
    PloS ONE, vol. 15, no. 1, e0228033
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Phase II double-blind randomised controlled trial of exogenous administration of melatonin in chronic pain (DREAM—CP): a study protocol

    Adam, R., Kanakarajan, S., Onyeakazi, U., Columb, M., Galley, H.
    BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 3, e034443
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The future of primary care rural cancer research: a commentary on Murage et al

    Murchie, P., Turner, M., Adam, R., Carierre, R., Wood, R., Fielding, S.
    Family Practice, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 526-527
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
  • Can we understand and improve poorer cancer survival in rural-dwellers?

    Murchie, P., Adam, R., Wood, R., Fielding, S.
    BJGP Open, vol. 3, no. 2, bjgpopen19X101646
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Promoting shared decision making in patient-pharmacist interactions: a systematic review of decision aid tools and discrete choice experiments in chronic pain management

    Chua, G. N., Ryan, M., Bond, C., Porteous, T., Adam, R., Murchie, P., Krucien, N.
    Royal Pharmaceutical Society Science and Research Summit 2019, pp. 20-21
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
  • Publicly available apps for cancer survivors: a scoping review

    Adam, R., McMichael, D., Powell, D., Murchie, P.
    BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 9, e032510
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • People who live in countryside are less likely to survive cancer

    Adam, R., Murchie, P., Carriere, R.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
  • Rural dwellers are less likely to survive cancer: An international review and meta-analysis

    Carriere, R., Adam, R., Fielding, S., Barlas, R., Ong, Y., Murchie, P.
    Health & Place, vol. 53, pp. 219-227
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The role of primary care in supporting patients living with and beyond cancer

    Adam, R., Watson, E.
    Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 261-267
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Impact of rurality on processes and outcomes in melanoma care: results from a whole-Scotland melanoma cohort in primary and secondary care

    Murchie, P., Adam, R., Khor, W. L., Raja, E. A., Iversen, L., Brewster, D. H., Lee, A. J.
    The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 68, no. 673, pp. 566-575
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • What are the current challenges of managing cancer pain and could digital technologies help?

    Adam, R., de Bruin, M., Burton, C. D., Bond, C. M., Giatsi Clausen, M., Murchie, P.
    BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 204-212
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Do patients' faces influence General Practitioners' cancer suspicions? A test of automatic processing of sociodemographic information

    Adam, R., Garau, R., Raja, E. A., Jones, B., Johnston, M., Murchie, P.
    PloS ONE, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 1-13
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Increased survival means increasing roles for primary care after cancer diagnosis

    Adam, R., de Wit, N., Groome, P., Helsper, C., McBride, M., Watson, E., Wind, J.
    The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 67, no. 661, pp. 349-349
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Does emergency presentation of cancer represent poor performance in primary care? Insights from a novel analysis of linked primary and secondary care data

    Murchie, P., Smith, S., Yule, M., Adam, R., Turner, M. E., Lee, A. J., Fielding, S.
    British Journal of Cancer, vol. 116, no. 9, pp. 1148-1158
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Can patient reported measurements of pain be used to improve cancer pain management? A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Adam, R., Burton, C. D., Bond, C. M., De Bruin, M., Murchie, P.
    BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 373-382
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Utilising out-of-hours primary care for assistance with cancer pain: A semi-structure interview study of patient and caregiver experiences

    Adam, R., Clausen, M., Hall, S., Murchie, P.
    The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 65, no. 640, pp. e754-e760
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Patient and caregiver experiences of utilising out of hours primary care for cancer pain

    Adam, R., Hall, S. J., Murchie, P.
    European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 24, no. Supplement 2, pp. 19
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
  • Educational interventions for cancer pain: A systematic review of systematic reviews with nested narrative review of randomized controlled trials

    Adam, R., Bond, C., Murchie, P.
    Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 269-282
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Why are we not controlling cancer pain adequately in the community?

    Adam, R., Murchie, P.
    The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 64, no. 626, pp. 438-439
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Why do patients with cancer access out-of-hours primary care?: A retrospective study

    Adam, R., Wassell, P., Murchie, P.
    The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 64, no. 619, pp. 84-85
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Use of a structured palliative care summary in patients with established cancer is associated with reduced hospital admissions by out-of-hours general practitioners in Grampian

    Ali, A. A., Adam, R., Taylor, D., Murchie, P.
    BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 452-455
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Referral patterns and clinic outcomes from a tertiary pain clinic.

    Kanakarajan, S., Adam, R.
    British Journal of Pain, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 19-20
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
  • TLR4 mutations (Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile) are not associated with ankylosing spondylitis.

    Adam, R., Sturrock, R., Gracie, A.
    Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 1099-1101
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Mycobacterial Disease in South West Scotland.

    Adam, R., Rafferty, P.
    European Respiratory Society Conference, pp. 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 419s.
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

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