Personal profile
Biography
Helena graduated with a Combined Science degree (Cum Laude) from the University of Seville (Spain), in 1997. She then completed a PgCert Education before registering as a pharmacist in 1998. She then worked as a pharmacy manager while undertaking a number of post-graduate courses, including an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy and PgC in Pharmacy Management.
In 2006, she joined the University of Portsmouth to be Course Leader for the Foundation Degree in Medicines Management, and subsequently, the MSc in Pharmacy Practice. She then gained additional qualifications, including a PhD and PgC in Research Methods.
Currently, Helena is Director of Postgraduate Research and teaches across a number of healthcare courses topics related to research methods, clinical practice and professional ethics. She continues to working in practice as a community pharmacist.
Research Interests
Key interests relate to public health, in particular to health proteccion and environmental determinants of health and how these affect key populations
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., Evaluation of a Foundation Degree for Pharmacy Technicians, University of Portsmouth
1 Sept 2007 → 1 Oct 2010
Award Date: 1 Oct 2010
PG Cert, PgCert Research Methods, University of Portsmouth
1 Sept 2006 → 1 Sept 2007
Award Date: 2 Jul 2007
Master of Science, Pharmacists’ perceptions of the implementation of Medicines Use Reviews and Prescription Intervention Services, Cardiff University
1 Sept 2003 → 1 Sept 2006
Award Date: 3 Jul 2006
A1 assessor award, City and Guilds
1 Sept 2005 → 1 May 2006
Award Date: 1 Sept 2005
PG Cert, PgCert Pharmacy Management, Queen's University Belfast
1 Sept 2004 → 1 Jul 2005
Award Date: 4 Jul 2005
PgCert Education, University of Seville
1 Sept 1996 → 1 May 1997
Award Date: 1 May 1997
Master of Science, Master of Pharmacy, University of Seville
1 Sept 1991 → 1 Jul 1996
Award Date: 1 Jul 1996
External positions
External Examiner, Liverpool John Moores University
1 Jun 2016 → …
Keywords
- RS Pharmacy and materia medica
- research
- environment
- practice
- education
- medicines optimisation
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Gender-associated factors on the occurrence and prevalence of zero-dose children in sub-Saharan Africa: a critical literature review
Musuka, G. N., Moyo, E., Iradukunda, P. G., Pierre, G., Herrera, H., Madziva, R., Dhliwayo, T., Mutata, C., Mataruse, N., Mano, O., Mbunge, E. & Dzinamarira, T., 6 Oct 2025, In: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 10, 10, 16 p., 286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Paternal factors affecting under-five immunization status in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Musuka, G., Moyo, E., Mano, O., Madziva, R., Pierre, G., Iradukunda, P. G., Sayem, A. S. M., Dhliwayo, T., Herrera, H., Mutata, C. & Dzinamarira, T., 3 Oct 2025, In: Vaccine. 64, 11 p., 127695.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Condomless anal intercourse among HIV-positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with men in Zimbabwe
Mapingure, M. P., Chingombe, I., Cuadros, D., Murewanhema, G., Moyo, B., Samba, C., Mpofu, A., Mugurungi, O., Herrera, H. & Musuka, G. N., 30 Sept 2024, In: Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 25, 1, 6 p., a1583.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Occupational health risks and HIV prevention programming for informal extractive miners in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review of interventions, challenges, and lessons learned
Dzinamarira, T., Moyo, E., Cuadros, D., Herrera, H., Mano, O., Munyonho, F., Mhango, M. & Musuka, G. N., 11 Dec 2024, In: Merits. 4, 4, p. 475-489 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Patients' views and behaviours in relation to asthma inhalers use and their impact on environmental sustainability: a cross-sectional survey study
Herrera, H., Charalambou, M., Dean, H., Youles, D., Warren, N. & Rutter, P., 29 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 32, Supplement_1, p. i35Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
Thesis
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Evaluation of a foundation degree for pharmacy technicians
Herrera Garcia, H. (Author), Brown, D. (Supervisor) & Portlock, J. (Supervisor), Dec 2010Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Datasets
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Dataset for 'Prevalence and types of prescribing errors occurring in a mental health setting: a prospective study.'
Herrera, H. (Creator), Scott, H. F. (Creator) & Brown, D. (Contributor), University of Portsmouth, 2019
DOI: 10.17029/b7cf289d-682d-4ce3-9ced-d1e81c61fa09
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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A case study investigating students, educators’ and service users experiences of an inter-professional approach to learning and providing health checks to “hard-to- reach” people in Portsmouth
Nazar, Z. (PI), Wanyonyi, K. (CoI) & Herrera, H. (CoI)
15/09/17 → 22/06/18
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Your Antidepressants Are Ending Up in The Environment, Bathing Fish in a 'Drug Soup'
8/10/18 → 28/02/19
11 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited