Welcome to Her Service Her Health
Dr Alethea McHardy
Dr Alethea McHardy
Dr Alethea McHardy
A Consultant in Sport & Exercise Medicine with the Ministry of Defence for over a decade. She is the lead clinician at the Regional Rehabilitation Unit for Scotland based in Edinburgh. In 2024 she started a PhD looking at the health outcomes of women who have served in the UK Armed Forces.
Mission Statement
Dr Alethea McHardy
Dr Alethea McHardy
Dr Alethea McHardy started the Her Service Her Health Project with a simple goal in mind: to create a platform that makes it easy for people to access evidence based health research on
Ex-servicewomen. This includes those who have served, are considering serving, charities who support veterans and policymakers.
Aims
Dr Alethea McHardy
Aims
Women are an under researched group. This is even more obvious when looking at women who have served in the military. Policies have historically been developed around research that does not include or has a small number of women. This research aims to address this imbalance and give policymakers accurate indepth knowledge to develop policies that embrace the women in our military.
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Her Service Her Health - Research Coming Soon
Musculoskeletal
Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Musculoskeletal
We know women are more at risk of lower limb injury in training and service but does this mean they are also at more at risk of knee and hip replacements in the future? This explores if there is a correlation between the two.
Reproductive
Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Musculoskeletal
Prior to August 1990 if a woman became pregnant in the UK Armed Forces they were met with immediate dismissal. What is the impact of military service on women's reproductive health. This will focus on pregnancy and outcomes taking particular account of the policy change in 1990.
Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Breast and Ovarian Cancer
In the UK around 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer at some point in their life while around 1% of women will develop ovarian cancer. The final phase of research will be looking at breast and ovarian cancer risk in ex-servicewomen.