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Biography
I am a research fellow, working with the NIHR study, KNOW-PH. see our website: https://www.know-ph.ac.uk/ This works aims to critically examine the ways in which evidence can be used to enhance decision-making in public health. We work with many local authorities, key representative organisations and individuals to respond to their priorities. Our approaches to knowledge mobilisation are highly creative and include the arts, LEGO Serious Play, digital innovations and dedicated hybrid workshops. All our work is evaluated as an integral part of the process of knowledge mobilisation.
My background is in health ethnography which includes examining the organisational aspects of health and social care and the intersectional boundaries of care transitions within and across community and hospital care. I am especially interested in the expectations, experiences and reflections of professionals and patients, families and carers. Whilst my work has mostly focused on people with long-term conditions and multiple health conditions, I am keen to examine the potential for preventative care among this group of people.
Previously I have worked in public health, community care and the NHS.
My academic interests include mixed-method research, novel feasibility work, transforming research into evidenced-based policy and practice, rurality, neurological conditions and health inequalities.
I have worked on a number of large studies, including the NIHR Programme Grant Medical Crisis in Older People (MCOP); NIHR HS & DR Community In-reach Rehabilitation And Care Transition (CIRACT); NIHR HS & DR Knowledge sharing across the boundaries of between care processes, services and organisations: the contributions towards safe hospital discharge and reduced emergency readmission; British Academy Fear and Loathing in the Acute Hospital?.
More recently, I have been occupied with a number of diverse studies including; care homes during COVID-19, Soundscapes in acute hospitals, animal therapies and rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injuries.
Expertise Summary
I act as a reviewer for several peer reviewed journals and research grant awarding organisations.
Teaching Summary
I contribute towards the Msc. in Mental Health Research and supervise post-graduate students.
Research Summary
NIHR Research Fellow Public Health Knowledge Mobilisation (PI: Liz Such)
Dr Fiona Marshall is working with public health organisations to examine the ways in which evidenced-based knowledge is transferred into practice to inform decision-making at local levels.
Recent Publications
FIONA MARSHALL and LAURA EDWARDS, 2022. The effects of animal assisted therapy on the health and wellbeing of military veterans textendash a systematic scoping review and recommendations for future research People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice.
MARSHALL, F, GORDON AL and GLADMAN JRF, 2021. Care homes, their communities, and resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: interim findings from a qualitative study. BMC Geriatrics. (In Press.)
MARSHALL F, 2020. Farm Based Care: Providing Meaningful Activities as an Alternative to “Standard Day Care” in the UK. In: INNES A, MORGAN D and FARMER J, eds., Remote and Rural Dementia Care Policy Press, Bristol.
SPILSBURY K, DEVI R, GRIFFITHS A, AKRILL C, ASTLE A, GOODMAN C, GORDON A, HANRATTY B and ET AL, 2020. SEeking AnsweRs for Care Homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID SEARCH) Age Ageing. afaa201
Past Research
Principal Investigator
July 2015- June 2019
Alzheimer's Society, UK.
"Scaling the Peaks; Understanding the barriers and drivers to providing and using dementia friendly community services in rural areas: the impact of location, cultures and community in the Peak District National Park on sustaining service innovations"
Ref; AS-SF-14-005 £279, 112.00
Lead Investigator
February 2015- June 2015
Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit.
Improving the Health Outcomes of People with Dementia who are in crisis in the East Midlands. Ref; GEMCSU/14/60 £29,500.
Principal Investigator
March 2015-June 2016
Alzheimer's Society and Hardwick CCG.
Dementia Friendly GP Practices: Independent Evaluation £11,200.
Research Associate
December 2014- June 2015University of Derby
Jointly funded by NHS England and five CCGs in Derby and Derbyshire to provide research activities related to the direct needs of the local community in terms of health and social care organisation.
Research Associate
December 2014-April 2015
Ambient Assisted Living Programme. Elders UP! Adaptive systems for enabling the elderly collaborative knowledge transference to small companies. International project 2013-16.
Joint work with Clevercherry Ltd, Birmingham to design online collaborative workspace. £14,000.
Principal Investigator
January 2013-September 2015
University of Nottingham Business School
British Academy Small Grants Award- SG112132: £8,604.
Fear and Loathing in the Acute Hospital? The recognition and maintence of empathy during the discharge process towards frail older people.
Key Themes: Acute stroke care, empathy, communication, patient perceptions, ethnography.
Research Fellow
June 2011 - June 2014
University of Nottingham - Nottingham UK
Managed and undertook qualitative strand of two research studies within the Nottingham University Business School;
HS&DR - 11/1023/10: The CIRACT (Community In-reach Rehabilitation And Care Transition) Clinical and Cost Effectiveness study
Key Themes: Rehabilitation, In-reach, Community, In-patients, RCT/mixed methods
http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hsdr/11102310
HS&DR - 10/1007/01: Knowledge sharing across the boundaries between care processes, services and organisations: the contributions to safe hospital discharge and reduced emergency readmission
Key Themes: care decision-making across boundaries, Community, Acute, qualitative methods.
http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hsdr/10100701
Research Fellow
May 2009 - June 2011
School of Medicine, University of Nottingham
HS&DR - 08/1809/227: Care of Older People with Cognitive Impairment in General Hospitals (Medical Crisis Older People)
Key Themes; qualitative research, Older people, dementia, acute care
http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hsdr/081809227
Research Associate
January 2007 - February 2009
School of Nursing, University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham funded study; The Recognition of dying in acute hospital settings; an observational study of professionals within acute wards.
Key Themes; older people, acute care, dying, qualitative research