
Dr Christina Pearce
Christina is a Teaching Fellow for the Centre for Adherence Research and Education (CARE) and a Research Associate at KCL since 2020. She is a chartered psychologist whose research interests focus on health behaviours that influence long-term conditions.
Christina’s research on paediatric asthma began in 2015 with her PhD at UCL's School of Pharmacy, in partnership with the Royal Brompton Hospital. The PhD explored determinants and patterns of non-adherence in paediatric patients with severe asthma. Christina’s postdoc work includes implementing and evaluating a polypharmacy adherence intervention at City, University of London based in community pharmacy for older adults.