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Laura Howells

Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

Laura joined the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology in 2016. She completed her PhD in patient-reported outcome measures for atopic eczema in 2019. She has research experience in working with a range of dermatological conditions.

Laura is currently the UK Dermatology Clinical Trials (UK DCTN) Trials Development Manager (http://www.ukdctn.org/) and works on multiple research projects, including the Rapid Eczema Trials project (https://rapideczematrials.org/).

Laura studied Psychology (BSc) at the University of Sheffield, and then went on to study Health Psychology (MSc) at the University of Bath.

She is a qualified Health Psychologist. She is interested in improving the provision of psychological interventions for people with dermatological conditions and improving communication in healthcare.

Teaching Summary

Laura teaches on the MSc Health Psychology course (/pgstudy/course/taught/health-psychology-msc). She also supervises PhD students.

Recent Publications

  • BATCHELOR, JONATHAN M., GRAN, SONIA, LEIGHTON, PAUL, HOWELLS, LAURA, MONTGOMERY, ALAN A., TAN, WEI, AHMED, ISMA and THOMAS, KIM S., 2022. Using the Vitiligo Noticeability Scale in clinical trials: construct validity, interpretability, reliability and acceptability BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY.
  • GABES, MICHAELA, RAGAMIN, AVIEL, BAKER, ARABELLA, KANN, GESINA, DONHAUSER, THERESA, GABES, DANIELA, HOWELLS, LAURA, THOMAS, KIM S., OOSTERHAVEN, JART A. F., PASMANS, SUZANNE G. M. A., SCHUTTELAAR, MARIE L. and APFELBACHER, CHRISTIAN, 2022. British Journal of Dermatology.
  • THOMAS, K S, APFELBACHER, C A, CHALMERS, J R, SIMPSON, E, SPULS, P I, GERBENS, L A A, WILLIAMS, H C, SCHMITT, J, GABES, M, HOWELLS, L, STUART, B L, GRINICH, E, PAWLITSCHEK, T, BURTON, T, HOWIE, L, GADKARI, A, ECKERT, L, EBATA, T, BOERS, M, SAEKI, H, NAKAHARA, T and KATOH, N, 2020. Recommended core outcome instruments for health-related quality of life, long-term control and itch intensity in atopic eczema trials: results of the HOME VII consensus meeting. The British journal of dermatology.
  • L.HOWELLS, CHALMERS JR, GRAN S, AHMED A, APFELBACHER C, BURTON T, HOWIE L, LAWTON S, RIDD M, ROGERS NK, SEARS AV, SPULS P and THOMAS KS, 2019. Br J Dermatol.
  • BATCHELOR, JONATHAN M., GRAN, SONIA, LEIGHTON, PAUL, HOWELLS, LAURA, MONTGOMERY, ALAN A., TAN, WEI, AHMED, ISMA and THOMAS, KIM S., 2022. Using the Vitiligo Noticeability Scale in clinical trials: construct validity, interpretability, reliability and acceptability BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY.
  • GABES, MICHAELA, RAGAMIN, AVIEL, BAKER, ARABELLA, KANN, GESINA, DONHAUSER, THERESA, GABES, DANIELA, HOWELLS, LAURA, THOMAS, KIM S., OOSTERHAVEN, JART A. F., PASMANS, SUZANNE G. M. A., SCHUTTELAAR, MARIE L. and APFELBACHER, CHRISTIAN, 2022. British Journal of Dermatology.
  • THOMAS, K S, APFELBACHER, C A, CHALMERS, J R, SIMPSON, E, SPULS, P I, GERBENS, L A A, WILLIAMS, H C, SCHMITT, J, GABES, M, HOWELLS, L, STUART, B L, GRINICH, E, PAWLITSCHEK, T, BURTON, T, HOWIE, L, GADKARI, A, ECKERT, L, EBATA, T, BOERS, M, SAEKI, H, NAKAHARA, T and KATOH, N, 2020. Recommended core outcome instruments for health-related quality of life, long-term control and itch intensity in atopic eczema trials: results of the HOME VII consensus meeting. The British journal of dermatology.
  • L.HOWELLS, CHALMERS JR, GRAN S, AHMED A, APFELBACHER C, BURTON T, HOWIE L, LAWTON S, RIDD M, ROGERS NK, SEARS AV, SPULS P and THOMAS KS, 2019. Br J Dermatol.
  • HOWELLS L, THOMAS KS, SEARS AV, NASR I, WOLLENBERG A, SCHUTTELAAR MLA, ROMEIJN GLE, PALLER AS, MUELLER K, DOYTCHEVA K, KATAOKA Y, DAGUZE J, BARBAROT S, VON KOBYLETZKI L, BECKMAN L, GRAN S, COWDELL F, SANTER M and JR CHALMERS, 2019. J EADV.
  • HOWELLS L, RATIB S, CHALMERS JR, BRADSHAW L, THOMAS KS and , 2018. The British journal of dermatology. (In Press.)
  • CHALMERS JR, THOMAS KS, APFELBACHER C, WILLIAMS HC, PRINSEN CA, SPULS PI, SIMPSON E, GERBENS LAA, BOERS M, BARBAROT S, STALDER JF, ABUABARA K, AOKI V, ARDELEANU M, ARMSTRONG J, BANG B, BERENTS TL, BURTON T, BUTLER L, CHUBACHI T, CRESSWELL-MELVILLE A, DELOZIER A, ECKERT L, EICHENFIELD L, FLOHR C, FUTAMURA M, GADKARI A, GJERDE ES, VAN HALEWIJN KF, HAWKES C, HOWELLS L, HOWIE L, HUMPHREYS R, ISHII HA, KATAOKA Y, KATAYAMA I, KOUWENHOVEN W, LANGAN SM, LESHEM YA, MERHAND S, MINA-OSORIO P, MUROTA H, NAKAHARA T, NUNES FP, NYGAARD U, NYG脜RDAS M, OHYA Y, ONO E, REHBINDER E, ROGERS NK, ROMEIJN GLE, SCHUTTELAAR MLA, SEARS AV, SIMPSON MA, SINGH JA, SROUR J, STUART B, SVENSSON 脜, TALMO G, TALMO H, TEIXEIRA HD, THYSSEN JP, TODD G, TORCHET F, VOLKE A, VON KOBYLETZKI L, WEISSHAAR E, WOLLENBERG A and ZANIBONI M, 2018. The British journal of dermatology. (In Press.)
  • HOWELLS L, RATIB S, CHALMERS JR, BRADSHAW L and THOMAS KS, 2018. British Journal of Dermatology. 178(5), 1135-1142
  • CHALMERS, J. R., HOWELLS, L., ALPFELBACHER, C., SPULS, P., SIMPSON, E. L., WILLIAMS, H. C., SCHMITT, J., PRINSEN, C. A. C., GERBENS, L. A. A., WOLLENBURG, A., SEARS, A. V., IBRAHIM, N., COWDELL, F., SCHUTTELAAR, M. L., ROMEIJN, G. L. E., PALLER, A. S., MUELLER, K., DOYTCHEVA, K., KATAOKA, Y., DAGUZE, J., VON KOBYLETZKI, L., BOERS, M., BARBAROT, S., STALDER, J. F. and THOMAS, K. S., 2018. What is long-term control of atopic eczema? International qualitative studies and results of the HOME V consensus meeting BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 179(1), E17-E17
  • CHALMERS, J. R., HOWELLS, L., HUMPHREYS, R., HALL, D., LAYFIELD, C., MASTON, B., BLACKWELL, J., SHELTON, M., COWDELL, F. and THOMAS, K. S., 2018. Understanding the barriers and facilitators to effective patient involvement in core outcome set development consensus meetings: experiences of HOME BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 179(1), E49-E49
  • HOWELLS L, CHISHOLM A, COTTERILL S, CHINOY H, WARREN RB and BUNDY C, 2017. Arthritis care & research.
  • BRADSHAW, LUCY, HEPBURN, TRISH, MONTGOMERY, ALAN A., HARRISON, ELEANOR F., MITCHELL, ELEANOR J., HOWELLS, LAURA and THOMAS, KIM S., 2017. Frequency of data collection in a randomised controlled trial for long term eczema management in children TRIALS. 18,
  • HOWELLS, LAURA, RATIB, SONIA, CHALMERS, JOANNE, BRADSHAW, LUCY E. and THOMAS, KIM S., 2017. The minimum clinically important difference (MCID) of the patient oriented eczema measure (POEM): do different methods of calculation give different MCIDs? TRIALS. 18,
  • HOWELLS LM, CHALMERS J, COWDELL F, RATIB S and SANTER M, 2017. BMJ Open.
  • HOWELLS LM, CHALMERS JR, COWDELL F, RATIB S, SANTER M and THOMAS KS, 2017. BMJ open. 7(11), e017731
  • HOWELLS, L., THOMAS, K., RATIB, S. and CHALMERS, J., 2016. Is the Patient Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) fit for purpose as the core instrument for patient reported eczema symptoms? A series of linked validation studies to inform the Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) initiative BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 175, 48-49
  • HOWELLS, L., CHISHOLM, A., COTTERILL, S., CHINOY, H., WARREN, R. and BUNDY, C., 2016. The role of beliefs, mood, coping strategies, disease severity and quality of life in patients living with psoriatic arthritis BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 175, 53-53
  • BUNDY C, BORTHWICK M, MCATEER H, CORDINGLEY L, HOWELLS L, BRISTOW P and MCBRIDE S, 2014. The British journal of dermatology. 171(4), 825-31

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