Doctoral Research Supervisors

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Supervisors
Name	Research Interests/Groups	Methodological Expertise
Dr Emma Adams	Design, implementation and evaluation of physical activity promotion interventions in adults Workplace health promotion Implementation science	Mixed methods research Formative, process and impact evaluation Implementation science
Dr Gary Adams	Diabetes Diabetic pathology Insulin resistance Tight glycaemic control Insulin manipulation Physico-chemical characterisation of insulin Biochemical and Biophysical characterisation of polysaccharide-protein complexes Alternative therapies in Diabetes	Quantitative Laboratory-based Systematic reviews Clinical reviews/audits
Dr Emad Al-Yahya	Motor Control Cognitive Motor Interference Neural Correlates of Movement Rehabilitation Gait and Balance Biomechanics Translation of basic neuroscience research into clinical practice Disability and Rehabilitation Physical Activity Active and Healthy Again	Brain Imaging (fMRI, fNIRS) 3D Movement Analysis (Qualisis, Vicon) Wearable Biomedical Sensors (IMUs, Axivity) Physiology of Movement (EMG, H-reflex) Biosignal Processing Advanced Research and Statistical Methods (including systematic reviews and meta-analysis)
Dr Charley Baker	Suicide Self harm Literature and medicine Literature and mental health Domestic Violence and Abuse Safeguarding Trauma informed care Reducing restrictive interventions in healthcare practice	Qualitative methodology Media based research Literary based research
Dr Sharon Black	Nursing Leadership Nursing education Healthcare education Ethics (nursing, health, medical)	Qualitative methodologies
Professor Holly Blake	Impacts of Covid-19 Workplace health and wellbeing Psychological wellbeing in healthcare workers Health behaviour (exercise, diet) Health promotion interventions Health screening Self-management of long-term conditions (e.g. diabetes, chronic pain) Digital interventions (e.g. eHealth, mHealth)	Evaluation of complex interventions Randomised control trials Process evaluations Questionnaires and surveys Mixed-methods Systematic reviews Intervention development E-Learning packages
Dr Sara Borrelli	Early labour Birth settings Early pushing urge Student midwives' experiences of clinical placements Spontaneous rupture of membranes Quality midwifery care International/global maternity care	Qualitative research: Phenomenology Grounded theory Quantitative methodology: Descriptive observational studies
Dr Dianne Bowskill	Non-medical prescribing in education and practice Quality standards and education Assessment and moderation in education Medicines management Health literacy Concordance and adherence Law and accountability in the professions	Quantitative research methods Case study methodology
Dr Tim Carter	Exercise and mental health Application of cognitive behavioural therapy Mental health treatment intervention development and testing Children and young people's mental health	Quantitative research methods Randomised Control Studies Systematic reviews
Dr Liz Charalambous	Dementia Delirium Healthcare of older people	Qualitative methods Interviews Diaries Thematic analysis
Professor Jane Coad	Children and Young People Health Complex Care and Long Terms Needs Nursing	Qualitative Arts-based participatory methods Mixed Methods Triangulation Stakeholder engagement
Professor Paul Crawford	Health communication Health language Discourse in health care Applications of arts and humanities in health care Mental health Community mental health Mental health communication Mental health language Literature and mental health	Qualitative methods, in particular multimodal discourse analysis Quantitative/mixed methods incorporating computational analysis of language (Corpus Linguistics)
Hannah Degge	Maternal, child and adolescent health and wellbeing Obstetric fistula Sexual and reproductive health Contraceptives Childhood immunisation Health promotion Migrant health Global health Healthcare management	Qualitative research method Narrative inquiry Co-production Thematic analysis Systematic Literature review
Dr Claire Diver	Musculoskeletal Medicine/ Physiotherapy Fibromyalgia Illness experience, beliefs and perceptions: patients and carers perspectives Advanced practice in physiotherapy Corticosteroid injections in management of musculoskeletal disorders	Qualitative Methods Systematic Reviews
Professor Avril Drummond	Rehabilitation Occupational therapy interventions Stroke and long term neurological conditions Falls Traumatic brain injury Vocational rehabilitation Service delivery Long term follow up	Quantitative methods RCTs Cluster and multi centre RCTS Mixed methods
Dr Alison Edgley	Motherhood and wellbeing Parenting and care Caring and gender Health Care Organisation Social and Political Theory Sociology	Qualitative Theory Narratives and Critical Realism
Dr Catrin Evans	Maternal, sexual and reproductive health Global health HIV prevention and care FGM prevention and care Migration and health Evaluation of advanced clinical practice roles	Qualitative research Community based participatory research Systematic reviews
Dr Kerry Evans	Maternal health and Wellbeing Research Group Perinatal mental health – anxiety Midwifery-led research	Complex intervention development and evaluation Qualitative research Mixed-methods research Systematic review: psychometric, quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods
Dr Michelle Hall	Musculoskeletal injury and management Osteoarthritis Joint replacement Fibromyalgia Physical activity/Exercise interventions Contextual response in patient care	Epidemiological studies (cohort/case-control) Clinical trials RCT Systematic reviews Mixed- methods
Dr Theresa Harvey-Dunstan	Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy Pulmonary Rehabilitation Exercise Outcomes in Respiratory Disease Frailty measures in Long Term Conditions Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	Quantitative research methods Randomised Control Studies Feasibility studies Observational studies
Dr Pippa Hemingway	Children and Young People's Emergency care Childhood acute illness Parental perspectives Child Health Interface between emergency, urgent care and primary care	Quantitative methods Questionnaire surveys Case-control studies Multiple logistic regression analysis Systematic review Qualitative methods Multiple case study Qualitative generic Systematic review Mixed Methods Systematic reviews
Dr Paul Hendrick	Evaluating the Delivery and Management of Musculoskeletal injuries Patient's and health practitioner's perceptions and beliefs of pain in chronic musculoskeletal conditions Musculoskeletal diagnosis, pain evaluation and classification in spinal pain Measurement of physical activity and movement in chronic musculoskeletal conditions and occupational health Evaluating potential predictors and non-responders in chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions	Clinical trials Cohort study designs Surveys Mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) and systematic reviews
Dr Maria Holden (nee Beard)	Child health Injury prevention Global Health Burns prevention Health behaviour Energy technology for low-middle-income areas	Methodological expertise Participatory research Qualitative research methods Interview, focus group and observational methods
Dr Jessica Jackson	Infants, children and young people Infant feeding and childhood obesity Inequalities in family and maternal health Child and adolescent mental health Social media	Quantitative and qualitative approaches NHS service research evaluations Systematic, realist and narrative reviews Social media engagement research Patient and public engagement
Dr Sachiyo Ito-Jaeger	Wellbeing of children and young people Mental health literacy Social/digital interventions Attachment theory Effects of physical contact Self-regulation Stress (cortisol)	Quantitative methods Randomised controlled trials
Dr Alison Mostyn	Pharmacology Education Digital tools in Education Healthcare Education Non-Medical Prescribing	Quantitative methodologies
Dr Dominic O'Connor	Cancer rehabilitation Neuromuscular electrical stimulation Prehabilitation Physical activity / exercise interventions Health ageing Frailty	Quantitative research methods Feasibility studies Case studies Systematic reviews
Dr Stathis Konstantinidis	Digital learning / eLearning Digital innovations in Education ( Virtual Reality, Augment Reality, Chatbots, Artificial Intelligence, Holograms, Internet of Things in Education) Participatory Health / Social media in Health and Education Healthcare workforce skills and training Digital Health / Health Informatics Exergames and gamified applications Data in healthcare and education (learning analytics, artificial intelligence, semantic web, big data in health)	Quantitative methods Qualitative methods Co-design, user-centred design / research Evaluation of eLearning and digital health interventions
Professor Jo Lymn	Prescribing Clinical pharmacology Education Prior care experience Compassion Male perspectives	Qualitative approaches Questionnaires Quantitative (basic) Mixed methods
Dr Damion McCormick	Metabolic regulation of lipolysis Diabetic pathology Niacin-derived hypolipidaemic drugs Biosciences and nurse education eLearning and digital whiteboards	Quantitative Laboratory-based techniques Clinical reviews/audits Evaluation of e-learning and online interventions
Dr Fiona Moffatt	Medical sociology/professional healthcare work First contact practice in physiotherapy Implementation science Physical activity and physical activity promotion Patient's and health practitioner's perceptions and beliefs of pain/management	Qualitative Ethnography Surveys Systematic Reviews
Dr Fiona Ng	Mental health recovery Serious mental illness (eg borderline personality disorder and psychosis) Posttraumatic growth Psychosocial interventions	Qualitative Research Systematic Reviews
Dr Phoebe Pallotti	Global maternity Intrapartum care LMIC maternal and child health Breastfeeding and infant nutrition BAME/BIPOC maternal and child health Midwifery Maternity care in migration	Ethnography Qualitative methodologies Epidemiology Public Health Mixed Methods
Dr Farzaneh Pazandeh	Global Maternal Health intrapartum care evaluation and improvement Respectful Maternity Care Immigration and maternal health	Qualitative Quantitative Mixed methods Randomised Controlled Trials Action research
Dr Kristian Pollock	Patient and family experience and understanding of illness and treatment Communication in medical consultations Advance Care Planning End of life care Dementia Public attitudes to death and dying	Qualitative research methods Social science Research ethics
Dr Stefan Rennick-Egglestone	Healthcare technology design and evaluation Narratives of health and recovery Health and wellbeing through creative arts Studies of healthcare practice	Design research Conceptual framework development Qualitative synthesis for systematic reviews Ethnography Qualitative analysis and evaluation
Dr Julie Roberts	Women’s experiences of pregnancy, birth, maternity care Ultrasound in pregnancy Choice in maternity care Prolonged pregnancy Induction of labour Sociology of health	Qualitative research
Dr Catherine Sackley	Rehabilitation, management and recovery of non-communicable disease, particularly stroke, Parkinson's disease and hip fracture Global health	Randomised Controlled Trials (including cluster designs), cohort studies, priority setting and community engagement
Dr Gina Sands	Maternal health and wellbeing Early labour · Birth environments Traumatic birth and birth anxiety Patient safety Human factors / ergonomics Inclusive design Ageing and older people Built environments Design of healthcare systems Patient and public involvement	Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research Systematic reviews Patient and public involvement Clinical trials Complex interventions
Professor Mike Slade	Mental health recovery Well-being	Mixed methods research
Dr Zoey Spendlove	Professional regulation Sociology of the professions	Qualitative research Grounded theory Ethnography
Professor Helen Spiby	Content of care and service provision during pregnancy Labour and the postpartum Models and content of early labour provision Preparation for labour Midwifery role and practice and maternity workforce wellbeing Post-traumatic stress disorder related to childbearing	Mixed methods research Quantitative approaches
Elizabeth Such	Public health Health Inequalities Knowledge mobilisation, implementation and improvement Complex systems science Human trafficking and exploitation Migrant health Black and ethnic minority health inequalities	Systematic reviews, evidence syntheses, scoping reviews, participatory reviews and rapid evidence assessments
Danai Theodosopoulou	Dementia Art based interventions Music interventions in healthcare Family caregiving	Qualitative methods Systematic Reviews Intervention development and evaluation Interviews and questionnaire design Focus Group Thematic Analysis
Professor Heather Wharrad	E-learning in health Design of digital education digital innovations in health e-health/health informatics telemedicine	Quantitative methods Evaluation of eLearning Participatory design/research Evaluation of digital interventions Q-methodology Development methodologies Digital pedagogy
Dr Katharine Whittingham	Chronic heart failure Specialist heart failure nurse roles Advanced nursing practice Palliative care for people living with advanced heart failure Carer issues in heart failure Health promotion and public health	Qualitative methods Mixed methods IPA
Dr Eleanor Wilson	Palliative and end of life care Neurological conditions Huntington's disease Parkinson's disease Death and dying Patient and family perspectives Living with long-term conditions Managing medications Mental capacity	Qualitative research Interviews Case studies Observations Focus groups Ecograms Sensitive research
Professor Richard Windle	Digital learning Design Digital learning in healthcare Digital curriculum and learning Student-led content development Co-design and participation in education Stress related physiology in health and disease Critical care physiology Endocrinology	Quantitative methods Q methodology Mixed/qualitative methods Evaluative research techniques in educations research
Dr Nicola Wright	Mental Health Recovery Care Transitions Modern slavery/Human Trafficking	Qualitative methods
Yasuhiro Kotera	Mental health Cross-culture Compassion Intrinsic motivation	Quantitative Qualitative Systematic review
Dr Maria T. Clark	Womens health Child health Public health Nursing/Health Visiting Safeguarding Professionalisation Global health/global nursing Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) Social determinants of health Wellbeing interventions Community-based practice	Qualitative, Reflexive, Narrative Ethnographic Systematic and qualitative reviews
Dr Lesley Halliday	Women’s experiences of fertility, infertility, pregnancy, and motherhood Serious birth complications/ experiences Menopause and premature menopause Cancer and fertility challenges Disruptions to the three ‘M’s- menstruation, motherhood, menopause Conditions that impact on women’s quality of life, identity, womanhood or mental health Sexual dysfunction and sexual issues Women’s experiences of care and interactions with healthcare providers	Qualitative methods Mixed methods Survey development
Dr Dan Durin	Process philosophy and nursing theory and practice Mental health and ill-health experience Mad studies and reclamation/discovery Liberation health Public mental health and mental health promotion Psychosocial interventions Place-based mental health Friendship, loneliness and mental health Young person’s/adult’s mental health Literature and mental health	Qualitative methodology Narrative and critical realism Systematic review

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