Dr Emma Bray

Emma is a senior research fellow in the Stroke research team, with experience in quantitative and mixed-methods health service research, clinical trials, and research supervision. Her work focuses on the prevention of stroke and cardiovascular disease, with a particular interest in health psychology.

Emma achieved her BSc in Psychology and Sports Science from the University of Birmingham before going on to complete a MSc in Health Psychology at the University of Bath. She was then awarded a ESRC fellowship to continue at Bath to gain her PhD looking at neural network modelling in eating disorders. This was followed by 7 years at Primary Care Clinical Sciences at the University of Birmingham where she gained extensive experience in managing and conducting large scale primary care based, randomised controlled trials of blood pressure self-management interventions. Emma's particular interests within the trials was exploring the role of health behaviours and cognitions, and their impact on the intervention and outcomes. Emma started at UCLan in 2011 as a Guild Fellow, before joining the stroke research team in 2017.