Luke Cowie is a Research Associate for the Innovations Programme where he is involved in evaluating the quality and safety of emerging innovative health technologies and practices.
His previous research experience includes examining patient experiences of continuity of care whilst based within the Division of Health and Social Care Research at King’s College London, where he took a lead role in investigating how people with one or more long-term conditions experience varying degrees of continuity as they move between different healthcare locations and associated professionals.
Luke’s research is informed by a background in the social sciences. Following the completion of an MSc in Medical Anthropology from University College London, he undertook his PhD at the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU) at the University of York. His thesis, entitled ‘Medicine: Its Meaning, Management & Value’, investigates the processes involved with developing innovative medicines and managing their usage. It draws upon data collected from pharmaceutical industry professionals, prescribers and patients in order to track the ways in which the value of a medicine is constructed and negotiated within contexts of development, regulation and use.
Publications:
Cowie L, Morgan M, White P, & Gulliford M. ‘Experience of Continuity of Care of Patients with Multiple Long-Term Conditions in England’, Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 2009; 14(2): 82-87
Cowie L. ‘The Value of Medicines: Evaluation and Renegotiation by prescribers and patients’, BSA Medical Sociology Group Annual Conference, University of Manchester, September 2009. Conference paper.
Cowie L. ‘Patient Experiences of Continuity of Care in Different Chronic Illnesses’, Society for Social Medicine Annual Conference, University of Southampton, September 2008. Conference paper.
Cowie L. ‘Experimental and Meaningful Factors in Patients’ Conceptions of Medicines: a Comparative Case Study of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Hypertension’, European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) Conference, Université deLausanne, Switzerland, August 2006. Conference paper.
