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- Research Fellow
- Applied Health Research
- Institute of Epidemiology & Health
- Faculty of Pop Health Sciences
Dr Holly Walton is a research fellow in the Department of Applied Health Research at University College London. Dr Holly Walton graduated with a BSc Psychology (Nottingham Trent University, 2014), MSc Health Psychology (University College London, 2015) and a PhD in Health Psychology(University College London, 2018). Holly’s research interests include implementation of complex interventions and health care services (in particular fidelity of delivery and engagement), development of high-quality measures to evaluate implementation, patient and staff experience of healthcare services, care coordination, behaviour change.


Currently, Holly is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Applied Health Research. Within this role, Holly has worked on the following projects:
- Coordinated Care of Rare Diseases (CONCORD study)
- NIHR Rapid Service Evaluation Team:
- COVID Oximetry@home
- Innovations in adult social care and social work
- Peer support social care in prisons in England and Wales
- Prehospital triage for potential stroke patients: lessons from systems implemented in response to COVID-19 (PHOTONIC)
- Optimising Exome Prenatal Sequencing Services (EXPRESS)
Holly's PhD research focused on evaluating the implementation of social interventions to improve independence in dementia. This research included a systematic review and the use of mixed-methods, including observational methods, qualitative methods and self-report methods.
13-AUG-2018 | Research Fellow | Department of Applied Health Research | University College London, United Kingdom |
01-OCT-2015 | PhD Student | Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology | University College London, United Kingdom |
2018 | Doctor of Philosophy | University College London | |
2015 | Master of Science | University College London | |
2014 | Bachelor of Science | Nottingham Trent University |