Title of presentation:

Routine data collection in homeopathic clinical practice: Insights from three recent UK studies

Dr Philippa Fibert

PhD, MSc, BSc, BEd, FSHom

Philippa was born into a homeopathic family and had the honour of being treated by Dr Margery Blackie throughout her childhood. She studied English and Education at Cambridge University and initially worked as a special needs teacher. She trained as a Homeopath on discovering there was a Homeopathic College at the end of her road, and, startled by the effectiveness of homeopathic treatment for some of her former pupils, amalgamated her two professions. 

Trying to understand the evidence issues surrounding homeopathy, she completed a BSc in Homeopathy; an MSc in Research Methodology in Psychology; and a PhD in Public Health, during which she conducted a Case Series and an RCT comparing the effectiveness of treatment by homeopaths with usual care in ADHD.

She currently holds an Associate Lectureship position at St Mary’s University, where she lectures on the MSc course in Chronic Disease Management.

She also works as a Research Officer for Homeopathy UK, enabling various research projects and publications. 

She has initiated several ongoing Homeopathy research and data collection projects and has collaborated with International and UK homeopaths and researchers on multiple peer-reviewed publications. She is currently working on a series of systematic reviews with the European group, Gesellschaft für klinische Forschung, and she is also the Principal Investigator of an ongoing trial of homeopathic treatments for long COVID.  

In addition, Philippa has spoken at numerous national and international conferences on these twin passions.

She has a homeopathic practice in the Chilterns, specialising in neurological conditions and chronic disease, which motivates her continued involvement in the not-so-easy task of developing the evidence base for Homeopathy.