Rebekah Young

Rebekah Young is a Specialist Respiratory Registrar at Bart’s Health NHS Trust and an MD(Res) student at Queen Mary University of London’s Wolfson Institute of Population Health. Her clinical practice focuses on interventional pulmonology within the Lung Cancer team. She combines clinical work with research investigating patient experiences of digital behavioral change interventions for lung cancer prehabilitation. Her research portfolio includes studies on surgical outcomes, frailty assessment, pleural disease management, and sleep disorders.

Educational Background: Holds MB ChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) and MRCP (Member of the Royal College of Physicians) qualifications.

Research Interests: Center on respiratory medicine with a focus on:

• Patient-centered digital health solutions
• Optimizing surgical recovery through prehabilitation
• Frailty assessment methodologies
• Management of obesity-related respiratory conditions

Research Contributions: Her work bridges clinical practice and population health, with recent publications addressing thoracic surgical techniques, ambulatory pleural services, and clinical frailty measurement reliability. Current studies explore mobile application efficacy in preoperative lung cancer care.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Lung Cancer team at Bart’s NHS Trust and the Wolfson Institute’s Population Health research groups.