Emily is a Reader at the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation, Chair of the Bangor University Researcher Development & Concordat Group, and an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool.  In 2021 Emily was awarded Health and Care Research Wales Rising Research Star and in 2022 she participated in both the Welsh Crucible and Aurora Leadership Programme for Women.

Emily’s research interests and expertise include preference elicitation and the influence of human behaviour on the cost-effectiveness of interventions.  She currently holds a five-year Health Research Fellowship awarded by Health and Care Research Wales to investigate the economics of rapid diagnostics to reduce antibiotic prescribing in Wales (TRaDe); and is co-lead of the NIHR Grace Project, creating patient-centred infrastructures to enhance informed consent and improve patient experience of radiotherapy for gynaecological cancers .  Emily is keen to advance interdisciplinary research of global health concerns.  In 2021 she set-up the Bangor University Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research Interest Group and in 2023 became a founding member of the Wales Active Travel Research Consortium (ATLAS).  Emily also supervises several research students conducting research in preferences for healthcare delivery and benefit-risk assessments of treatments. 

Emily graduated in Economics at the University of Liverpool and started her career at the University of Manchester, before taking her position at Bangor University.  She completed her doctoral research in behavioural economics and health psychology of medication adherence.    Emily has over 70 published papers and conference proceedings and edited health technology assessment reports for the All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre (AWTTC) for several years.  More recently, she has led on bi-lingual (Welsh & English) public engagement activities for children and adults to learn about Health Economics at National Festivals and University Community Days.  Emily was an inaugural member of the International Society of Medical Adherence Research (ESPACOMP) ECR committee.  Currently, she is a member of the Health and Care Research Wales Faculty and Chair of the Doctoral Fellowship Awards Panel.  She is also a member of the LISTEN, FASAR & GRRAND (NIHR) Trial Steering Committees, Bangor University Athena SWAN working group, and the Bangor University healthcare and medical sciences academic ethics committee review panel.

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e-mail: e.holmes@bangor.ac.uk

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Joint-Lead:

Creating patient - centred infrastructures to enhance informed consent and improve patient experience of radiotherapy for gynaecological cancers.

01/09/24 - 28/02/27

Health Research Fellowship:

The Economics of Rapid Diagnostics to reduce Antibiotic Prescribing in NHS Wales (TRaDe).

01/10/2020 – 30/09/2025

Principal Investigator:

Maximising Opportunities for Active Travel via the workplace (MOAT 1).  Academy for Health Equity, Prevention and Wellbeing.

01/05/25 - 28/02/26

Health Economics of the Pharmacy Hypertension Service (BCUHB).

01/04/25 - 31/12/25

Co-investigator:

What Can We Learn From Firsthand Accounts Of Death And Dying? An Exploration Of Raw And Honest Narratives From Those At The End Of Life, Their Loved Ones And Their Healthcare Professionals In North Wales (BCUHB, LSW). 

01/12/24 - 30/06/25

Future occupational therapy service delivery in primary care: Understanding the value and impact of virtual working vs traditional care.

01/04/24 - 31/03/25

PhD Supervision:

Lowri Jones.  Understanding and quantifying the public preferences for characteristics of primary dental services in Wales.  Bangor University. 

Ben Lewis. Investigating the Primary Care Dental Workforce Providing National Health Service (NHS) Provision within Wales and the Possible Influences on Recruitment and Retention. Bangor University. 

MPhil Supervision:

Abigail Clynch.  Seizure Control in Glioma-Related Epilepsy: Attribute Selection for a Discrete Choice Experiment.  University of Liverpool. Completed 2023.

MSc Intern Supervision

Elizabeth Rhodes.  Patient focused benefit-harm assessment of ASMs.  University of York.  Completed 2023.

Short Course Teaching:

Pharmacoeconomics short course, Bangor University. 

Bangor University Researcher Development & Concordat Group Chair. 

Health and Care Research Wales Doctoral Fellowship Awards Panel Chair. 

North Wales Medical School lead for Athena SWAN.

Member of Bangor University Athena SWAN Task Group (representative for contract research). 

Member of Bangor University Healthcare and Medical Sciences Academic Ethics Committee

NIHR and HCRW Peer-Review

Member of The International Society for Medication Adherence (ESPACOMP) Student Chapter Team (2021-2023)

Member of Epilepsy Action Scientific Awards Panel (2017-2023)

Epilepsy Action Local Services Volunteer