Chronic Illness and Palliative Care

Research Theme

Chronic Illness and Palliative Care

The Chronic Illness and Palliative Care research theme aims to improve the health and wellbeing of those affected by chronic illness, and enhance end-of-life care

THEME OVERVIEW

The Chronic Illness and Palliative Care research theme engages patients, families and clinicians in cutting edge research to improve the health and wellbeing of those affected by chronic illness and enhance supportive decision making at end-of-life care.

Our team delivers ambitious and impactful research through tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges: from using Artificial Intelligence to provide 24hour personalised support for patients with heart failure; to reinventing advanced care planning to support patients and carers living with dementia and those affected by end-stage kidney disease. Together we achieve transformative research by:

Fostering interdisciplinary integration
Embracing innovation through digital technologies
Promoting knowledge exchange with our regional, national and international partners.

Theme Lead. Dr Chantal Ski

Research Theme Staff

Find out more about our research staff using the links below

Dr Chantal Ski (Theme Lead)

Professor Kevin Brazil

Professor Michael Brown

Dr Gillian Carter

Dr Kumaresan Cithambaram

Dr Susan Clarke

Dr Deborah Coleman

Professor Donna Fitzsimmons

Dr Karen Galway

Professor Kevin Gormley

Ms Louise Hales

Dr Loreena Hill

Dr Helen Kerr

Dr Lynne Marsh

Ms Deirdre McGrath

Dr Jenny McGaughey

Dr Oonagh McSorley

Dr Clare McVeigh

Dr Gary Mitchell

Dr Helen Noble

Dr Peter O'Halloran

Dr Gillian Prue

Professor Joanne Reid

Dr Katherine Rogers

Dr Olinda Santin

Professor David Thompson

Dr Barry Quinn

Dr Iseult Wilson

CURRENT AND RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS

Principal Investigator	Project Title	Funders & Dates
Brazil, K. Prof.	Evaluation of Dyadic Psychoeducational Interventions for people with Advanced Cancer and Informal Caregivers (DIAdIC): An international randomised controlled trial	Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme EU.3.1.3 2019-2023
Brazil, K. Prof.	Scaling up the Family Carer Decision Support Intervention: A transnational effectiveness-implementation evaluation	EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) 2019-2021
Brazil, K. Prof.	Scaling up the Family Carer Decision Support Intervention: A multi- site implementation evaluation	Alzheimer’s Society UK 2018-2021
Brown, M. Prof	Relationship and Sexuality Education programmes for children and young people with learning disabilities in special schools. Funder: Burdett Trust for Nursing. April 2020-April 2021	Burdett Trust for Nursing 2020 -2021
Brown, M. Prof	LGBTQ+ health within undergraduate nursing and midwifery pre-registration programmes in the UK and Ireland.	Burdett Trust for Nursing 2020 -2021
Brown, M. Prof. (*Co-Investigator)	The views and experiences of the Mental Health Tribunal Service in Scotland: A mixed methods research study	Nuffield Foundation, 2017-2020
Gormley, K. Dr	Recording Nursing Care through the PACE Framework: Research Evaluation of an Innovative Approach to Person-centred Care Planning	HSC NI Research and Development Division 2020 - 2022
Hill, L. Dr	PAtient Self-care uSIng eHealth In chronic Heart Failure PASSION-HF	INTERREG NWE 2018 - 2021
Kerr, Helen. Dr	‘Registered nurses’ perspectives of the impact of completing the Specialist Practice in Oncology qualification on patient care and clinical practice: a qualitative study.'	Burdett Trust for Nursing
McGaughey, Jennifer. Dr	Co-design of a patient and family-initiated escalation of care intervention to detect and refer patient deterioration on acute hospital wards	Health Services Executive, Programme for Health Service Improvement 2018-2021
Mitchell, G. Dr	Co-Development of a Digital Intervention to Reduce Restrictive Practices in Care Homes	Burdett Trust for Nursing 2020-2022
Mitchell, G. Dr	Development of a Digital Intervention to Improve Oral Health for Older People Living with Complex Needs in the Community	Burdett Trust 2020 - 2021
Noble, H. Dr.	Development of a psychosocial intervention to support informal caregivers of people with end-stage kidney disease receiving haemodialysis	Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund
Noble, H. Dr.	Development of an arts-based intervention for patients with end-stage kidney disease receiving haemodialysis: a feasibility randomised controlled trial	Department for the Economy (DfE) 2017-2020
Noble, H. Dr	Developing guidance to deliver an arts-based intervention in a haemodialysis unit	ESRC 2020 - 2021
Noble, H. Dr	Development of The Starman play	Arts Council NI Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Noble, H. Dr	Renal Arts Group Administrator	NI Kidney Research Fund 2019 - 2021
Noble, H. Dr	Exploration of experience and development of a psychosocial intervention for caregivers of patients with end-stage kidney disease managed without dialysis	Marie Curie 2020 - 2023
O'Halloran, P. Dr.	Advance care planning with older patients who have end-stage kidney disease: Feasibility of a deferred entry randomised controlled trial incorporating a mixed methods process evaluation	Dunhill Medical Trust 1 2016 – 2020
Prue, G. Dr.	PRECISE: PancREatic Cancer: Individualised Supervised Exercise: a feasibility study	Pancreatic Cancer UK. 2019 – 2021
Prue, G. Dr.	Programme of research focussing on exercise in advanced prostate cancer. Two projects: Movember GAP4: INTERVAL – MCRPC: INtense Exercise for survival with Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer: a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase III study. EXACT-MCRPC: Exercise for advanced prostate cancer: a multicomponent feasibility trial in men with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer.	Movember and HSC R&D Office
Quinn, B. Dr	Assessment of the ‘Managing Advanced Cancer Pain Together’ (MACPT) tool to facilitate communication on total cancer pain between advanced cancer patients and their healthcare professionals	Amgen Inc. 2018 - 2020
Reid, J. Prof.	Place of death Northern Ireland – past trends, future analysis	Marie Curie
Reid, J. Prof.	Non- Cancer Palliative Care	Marie Curie
Santin, O. Dr.	Development of a Website to Help Cancer Caregivers Cope- Translating Evidence to Practice	Knowledge Exchange Award - Public Health Agency HSC R&D Division
Ski, C. Dr.	Feasibility of an eHealth, family-based, cardiovascular disease risk reduction programme: Health-e-Hearts	Department for the Economy (DfE) 2019 - 2022
Thompson, D. Prof	An eHealth intervention ‘Man-Guard’ to reduce cardiovascular risk in male taxi drivers: a pilot randomised controlled trial	Department for the Economy (DfE) 2018-2021
Wilson, I. Dr	The feasibility of a walking intervention to increase activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in people with serious mental illness	CHITIN, Interreg, Health Research Board
Wilson, I. Dr	Managing expectations and reducing morbidity after surgery for breast cancer	Department for the Economy (DfE) and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland
Wilson, I. Dr	Enhancement of the student experience during practice placement using technology-assisted social constructivism	Department for the Economy (DfE)
Wilson, I. Dr	What can be done to help prevent and reduce injuries in school-aged rugby players?	Self-funded
Wilson, I. Dr	Exploring the impact of school-based educational interventions in middle adolescent populations (15-17yrs) on HPV uptake, knowledge of HPV and its associated cancers and attitude regarding self-protection against HPV	Department of the Economy (DfE)

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Chronic Illness and Palliative Care

Research Theme

Chronic Illness and Palliative Care

The Chronic Illness and Palliative Care research theme aims to improve the health and wellbeing of those affected by chronic illness, and enhance end-of-life care

THEME OVERVIEW

Theme Lead. Dr Chantal Ski

Research Theme Staff

CURRENT AND RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS

Principal Investigator

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