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Dr Mel Ramasawmy

Mel

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Email: m.ramasawmy@qmul.ac.uk

Profile

I am a qualitative researcher working on the MODE study, which aims to understand when interim diagnoses represent missed opportunities to diagnose cancer. 

My background is in health policy, where I covered medicine and medical device safety, and social care. More recently my research has focused on patient experiences of care for long-term health conditions including cardiometabolic disease, Long Covid, obesity and depression; and on digital health inequalities in the South Asian population in the UK. 

 

Research

Research Interests:

•    Health services research
•    Health inequalities
•    Health policy
•    Digital health

Publications

  • Szekely R, Armstrong M, Geraghty AWA et al. (2026). Digital Health Interventions for Diabetes Distress in Type 2 Diabetes: Protocol for a Scoping Literature Review Focused on Equity and Inclusion. nameOfConference


  • Robles L, Abel GA, Black G et al. (2026). “One of the hardest things in medicine is challenging an initial diagnosis.” Interim Diagnoses and Missed Opportunities for Diagnosing Cancer in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study. nameOfConference


  • Remfry E, Chaturvedi J, Markham S et al. (publicationYear). Co-designing animated videos to explain large language models and their use in healthcare and research. nameOfConference


  • Derksen C, Ramasawmy M, Arora S et al. (publicationYear). Willingness to Share Internet Use Data for Research on Early Disease Detection: Cross-Sectional Survey. nameOfConference


  • Rickford R, Ramasawmy M, Francois-Walcott R et al. (2026). Understanding Depression Symptom Heterogeneity in South Asian Minority Groups: A Systematic Scoping Review. nameOfConference


  • Gradwell NC, Ramasawmy M, Arora S et al. (publicationYear). Acceptability of Sharing Internet Browsing History for Cancer Research: Think-Aloud and Interview Study. nameOfConference


  • Persson DR, Ramasawmy M, Khan N et al. (publicationYear). A Design Framework for Microintervention Software Technology in Digital Health: Critical Interpretive Synthesis. nameOfConference


  • Poole L, Rickford R, Martinez A et al. (2025). Mental health among British South Asians: reflecting on granularity. nameOfConference


  • Poole L, Ronaldson A, Frith H et al. (2025). The paper study (prescribing antidepressants in primary care: ethnic inequalities in treatment). A study protocol. nameOfConference


  • Ramasawmy M, Sunkersing D, Poole L et al. (2025). Healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards digital health interventions and perspectives on digital health inequalities in cardiometabolic care: a qualitative study. nameOfConference


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