Dr Faye Wray
Research Fellow
ORCID 0000-0001-9351-5019
Faye is a Senior Research Fellow at the Academic Unit for Ageing and Stroke Research. Faye’s disciplinary background is in Psychology and her research interests include; improving psychological wellbeing and adjustment after stroke, complex intervention development (including co-production) and methods to enhance the inclusion of underserved groups (such as stroke survivors with aphasia) in research. Faye was awarded her PhD in 2018 and began a Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the Stroke Association in 2019. This fellowship focused on developing and feasibility testing a supported self-management approach for stroke survivors with aphasia. The self-management approach aimed to help stroke survivors with aphasia to develop strategies and confidence to cope with aphasia in everyday situations. Following this, Faye has been awarded an NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement Award (2026-2028) to develop further knowledge and skills in optimisation and phase III clinical trials of complex interventions. Faye is primarily a qualitative researcher; she has worked in a variety of roles in applied health research since 2010. Faye is PhD supervisor, a thesis supervisor on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme at the University of Leeds and has supervised healthcare professionals undertaking Health Education England research internships and NIHR Pre-doctoral Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowships (PCAF).
Qualifications
- PhD Medicine; University of Leeds, 2018
- MSc Health Services Research; University of York, 2015
- BA(Hons) Psychology; University of Manchester, 2009
Professional memberships
- British Aphasiology Society
- Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists
Recent Funding Awarded
Wray, F. (mentors: Forster, A., Cruice, M., Farrin, A., Smith, S., Demeyere, N). Development and Skills Enhancement Award. National Institute for Health and Care Research, £110 281.38, 2026-2028.
Wray F, Clarke D, Cruice M. the Stroke Association. Develop and feasibility test a supported self-management intervention for stroke survivors with aphasia. Stroke Association Postdoctoral Fellowship £174,999.60, 16/09/2019-15/09/2022
Recent Publications
- Coleman S, Wray F, Hudson K, Forster A, Conroy S, Tremyl J, Shenkin SD, Nixon J, Fader M, Goodwin VA, Woods D, Crossland S, Holt R, Mcgregor L, Maud R, Wyrko Z, Lamb SE, Teale E. Using consensus methods to prioritize modifiable risk factors for development of manifestations of frailty in hospitalized older adults. Nursing Open 2023;10(2):1016-1028. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1370Wray F, Coleman S, Clarke D, Hudson K, Forster A, Teale, E. Risk factors for manifestations of frailty in hospitalized older adults: A qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2022;78(6):1688– 1703. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15120Crocker TF, Brown L, Lam N, Wray F, Knapp P, Forster A. Information provision for stroke survivors and their carers: Cochrane review. Stroke 2022;53(7):e269-e270. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.038162Crocker TF, Brown L, Lam N, Wray F, Knapp P, Forster A. Information provision for stroke survivors and their carers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD001919. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd001919.pub4Wray F, Clarke D, Cruice M, Forster A. Development of a self-management intervention for stroke survivors with aphasia using co-production and behaviour change theory: An outline of methods and processes. PLoS One 2021;16(11):e0259103. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259103Wray F, Clarke D, Forster A. How do stroke survivors with communication difficulties manage life after stroke in the first year? A qualitative study. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 2019;54(5). doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12487Wray F, Clarke DJ, Forster A. Post-stroke self-management interventions: a systematic review of effectiveness and investigation of the inclusion of stroke survivors with aphasia. Disability and Rehabilitation 2018;40(11):1237-1251. doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2017.1294206
Wray F, Clarke D. Longer-term needs of stroke survivors with communication difficulties living in the community: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies BMJ Open 2017;7(10):e017944.