Dr Arabella Baker

Lecturer in Adult Nursing

Email:: arabella.baker@bcu.ac.uk

Arabella is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing, teaching on the Delivering High Quality Care module and also teaching research related lectures across other modules. She has worked as a nurse internationally in various outpatients clinics, including: oncology, haematology and gynaecology as well as community settings. Bringing her research expertise and clinical experience, Arabella offers valuable insights to students and helping to link theory to practice. She is dedicated to nurturing the future generation of nurses and empowering them to reach their potential through supportive teaching.

In 2020, Arabella obtained her BSc (Hons) First Class in Adult Nursing at Birmingham City University and started working as a practice nurse in primary care. She subsequently moved on to pursue a PhD in Clinical Trials Research at the University of Nottingham. She was located at the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology, renowned for its excellence in skin research. Her doctoral research focused on improving the design and conduct of clinical trials in eczema, with particular interest in the measurement, validation and optimisation of patient-reported outcomes and remote participant recruitment. After successfully completing her PhD, she continued her career in eczema research as a Postdoctoral Researcher. She worked on an NIHR programme grant, co-producing a series of clinical trials with patients to test various self-management strategies for eczema.

Arabella has presented her research findings at national and international conferences. Additionally, she also delivered public lectures, seminars and webinars on research methodology. Her research has been published in various esteemed journals. Currently, she serves as a peer-reviewer for dermatology, primary care and nursing journals.

Arabella is enthusiastic about cultivating a dynamic academic environment underpinned by the principles of evidence-based practice that positively impact both students and patients.

Areas of Expertise

Qualifications

Memberships

Teaching

Research

Publications

Journal articles:

Baker, A., Mitchell, E. J., Partlett, C. & Thomas, K. S. 2023. Evaluating the effect of weekly patient-reported symptom monitoring on trial outcomes: results of the Eczema Monitoring Online randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Dermatology, 189, 180-187. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljad163
Baker, A., Mitchell, E. J. & Thomas, K. S. 2022. A practical guide to implementing a successful social media recruitment strategy: lessons from the Eczema Monitoring Online trial. Trials, 23, 905. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06839-z
Howells, L., Muller, I., Baker, A., Owen, T., Davies, F., Ridd, M. J., Mitchell, E. J., Cowdell, F., Leighton, P., Roberts, A., Thomas, K. S. on behalf of the Rapid Eczema Trials Team. 2023. Can an online approach to citizen science revolutionise clinical trials? The European Health Psychologist, 23(1), 1103-1109. https://ehps.net/ehp/index.php/contents/issue/view/119/175
Gabes, M., Ragamin, A., Baker, A., Kann, G., Donhauser, T., Gabes, D., Howells, L., Thomas, K. S., Oosterhaven, J. A. F., Pasmans, S. G. M. A., Schuttelaar, M. L. & Apfelbacher, C. 2022. Content validity of the Recap of atopic eczema (RECAP) instrument in Dutch, English and German to measure eczema control in young people with atopic eczema: a cognitive interview study. British Journal of Dermatology, 187, 919-926. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.21767

Oral presentations:

Baker, A., Mitchell, E. J. & Thomas, K. S. (2023) The impact of weekly patient-reported symptom assessments on trial outcomes: results from an online randomised controlled trial in eczema. Harmonising Outcomes Measures for Eczema (HOME) XI Meeting, Berlin, Germany.
Baker, A., Stuart, B., Howells, L., Mitchell, E. J. & Thomas, K. S. (2023) In pursuit of meaningful change: enhancing interpretability of the Recap of atopic eczema (RECAP) instrument. 13^th Georg Rajka International Symposium on Atopic Dermatitis, Gdańsk, Poland.
Baker, A., Gabes, M., Ragamin, A., Kann, G., Donhauser, T., Gabes, D., Howells, L., Thomas, K. S., Oosterhaven, J. A. F., Pasmans, S. G. M. A., Schuttelaar, M. L. & Apfelbacher, C. (2023) Is my instrument inclusive and accessible? Checking language variation and age appropriateness of an eczema patient reported outcome measure. 7^th UK Patient Reported Outcome Measures Research Conference, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Baker, A., Mitchell, E. J. & Thomas, K. S. (2023) PRO monitoring as a healthcare intervention. Trials Methodology Research Partnership - Health Data Research UK Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Meeting, Online.
Baker, A., Mitchell, E. J. & Thomas, K. S. (2022) Evaluating the effect of regular symptom monitoring on trial outcomes: using electronic patient-reported outcome measures in an online eczema randomised controlled trial. 6^th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference, Harrogate, United Kingdom.
Baker, A., Mitchell, E. J. & Thomas, K. S. (2022) Measuring outcomes in eczema clinical trials. Postgraduate Research Impact Forum, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Poster presentations:

Baker, A., Mitchell, E. J. & Thomas, K. S. (2023) Assessing language variation and age suitability of RECAP: an international content validity study. Harmonising Outcomes Measures for Eczema (HOME) XI Meeting, Berlin, Germany.
Baker, A., Mitchell, E. J. & Thomas, K. S. (2023) Evaluating the effect of weekly patient-reported symptom assessments on health outcomes: results of a randomised controlled trial in eczema. European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Seville, Spain.
Baker, A., Mitchell, E. J. & Thomas, K. S. (2022) Symptom monitoring with patient-reported outcome measures: results of the Eczema Monitoring Online randomised controlled trial. 12^th Georg Rajka International Symposium on Atopic Dermatitis, Online.
Baker, A., Mitchell, E. J. & Thomas, K. S. (2022) Implementing a social media recruitment strategy: lessons learnt in the Eczema Monitoring Online randomised controlled trial. 6^th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference, Harrogate, United Kingdom.