Rate My Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham

Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham MB ChB, MD, FRCGP, graduated from the University of Manchester in 1984 with a BSc. She is Professor of General Practice Research in the School of Medicine at Keele University, holding additional positions as Honorary Professor of Primary Care Mental Health at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Honorary Professor of Primary Care at the University of Manchester, and Visiting Professor at Keele University. As a practicing GP Principal in Central Manchester, she integrates clinical experience with academic research.

Professor Chew-Graham has led key organizations in primary care, serving as former Chair of the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) and former Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Scientific Foundation Board. She currently chairs the RCGP Research Paper of the Year panel, serves as Editor-in-Chief of Health Expectations, and contributed to the NICE Clinical Guideline Development Group for the Depression update. Her research focuses on primary care management of anxiety, depression, multiple long-term conditions, medically unexplained symptoms, clinician mental health and wellbeing, patient and public involvement, and Long Covid, employing qualitative methods informed by social sciences and psychology.

Key publications include 'Integrated primary care for patients with mental and physical multimorbidity: cluster randomised controlled trial of collaborative care for patients with depression comorbid with diabetes or heart disease' (BMJ, 2015), 'Incidence, clinical management, and mortality risk following self-harm among children and adolescents: cohort study in primary care' (BMJ, 2017), and the book 'Mental Health and Older People: A Guide for Primary Care Practitioners' (2006). Her work has garnered over 33,000 citations on Google Scholar. Awards include the OBE (2023) for services to general practice, patient care, and primary care research particularly on Long Covid, the President's Medal from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2021) for contributions to mental health policy and education, and appointment as NIHR Senior Investigator (2025).