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ENHANCING HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

Within the School of Nursing and Midwifery our area of strength is health innovation through co-design and rigorous evaluation of health promoting and healthcare interventions with policymakers, practice partners, patients and carers. Within the School we have two core (Maternal and Child Health; Chronic Illness and Palliative Care) and one emerging (Education and Practice) innovative research themes, which encapsulate lifespan health research from conception to end-of-life.

RESEARCH AREAS
Maternal and Child Health Research Theme

Enhancing the lives of children, families and communities.

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Chronic Illness and Palliative Care Research Theme

Improving the health and wellbeing of those affected by chronic illness, and enhancing end-of-life care.

Education and Practice Research Theme

Cross linking research with educational and nursing practice, including the doctoral research of our staff.

#1

in the UK for organisation and management (Children's Nursing)

NSS 2023
#1

in the UK for Career Prospects for Midwifery

Guardian University Guide 2024
#6

in the UK for research quality in Nursing

Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024
  • Our research is funded from the European Commission under Interreg and Horizon 2020, large charities such as Alzheimer’s Society, Dunhill Trust, Marie Curie, Movember Cancer Research United Kingdom, Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke as well as the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the Medical Research Council (MRC), the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Newton Fund, the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), and the Health and Social Care, Research and Development Division, Public Health Agency (PHA) of Northern Ireland.
  • The success of our research depends on the meaningful and long-term partnerships we have developed with a range of key stakeholders, including practice and patient public involvement. In continuing to work with our key stakeholders at all stages of the research process we aim to ensure that the research conducted within the School is relevant and will lead to changes that improve healthcare outcomes for our society.

Professor Joanne Reid, Director of Research

The lived experience of nurses during Covid19

“Visualising the Voices of Nursing: A Co-Designed Video's Impact on Understanding Nurses' COVID-19 Experiences

A collaborative project between QUB, KCL and RCN NI

Nurses were at the forefront of managing the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, Royal College of Nursing in Northern Ireland commissioned a longitudinal qualitative survey using the Cognitive Edge SenseMaker® tool to capture nurses' experiences of delivering care from April 2020 to March 2021. The aim of this work was to explore the impact of a co-designed video based on verbatim narrative of the lived experience of nurses in Northern Ireland during the 2020/2021 global pandemic. Results will be posted soon. For further info contact Professor Joanne Reid j.reid@qub.ac.uk

 

This work has been kindly supported by QUB Engaged Research Seed Fund”

Watch the video here

 


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Marie Curie

The School of Nursing and Midwifery has worked in close collaboration with Marie Curie and the School hosts one of four Marie Curie senior research fellows throughout the United Kingdom. This is a joint post between the School of Nursing and Midwifery and Marie Curie Hospice Belfast which aims to address important issues in palliative and end-of-life care. It also supports capacity building in palliative care and end-of-life research.


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MBRU

In 2020 the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast and Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) in Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) formed a novel college of Nursing and Midwifery. The college currently offers MSc programs in Cardiovascular and Paediatric nursing  - Read more here: College of Nursing and Midwifery - MBRU

 


Postdoctoral Fellows

We have an expanding group of postdoctoral researchers from a variety of applied health discipline backgrounds who contribute to a diversity of multidisciplinary research across our School. Meet our Postdoctoral Research Fellows.


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Postgraduate Research

We have a vibrant and growing community of postgraduate research students from a number of countries including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kurdistan, Indonesia, Oman, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Kuwait.

Find out more about PhD Research at the School


Events and seminars

The School of Nursing and Midwifery has a regular program of local, national and international seminar events which invite participation from a range of audiences including service users, charity representatives, healthcare staff, academic staff and post-graduate research students. Additionally, staff within the School lead the International Network of Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN) global classrooms, bringing together doctoral nursing students from across the globe.


Latest Publications

  • Maternal and infant (mental) health and development: our TREASURE – Introducing an EU COST Action on the impact of maternal perinatal stress
    • Rafael A Caparros-Gonzalez
    • Susan Ayers
    • Elif Aysimi Duman
    • Neville Calleja
    • Jean Calleja-Agius
    • Nicola Carone
    • Pelin Dikmen-Yildiz
    • Sandra Garcia-Pintor
    • Antje Horsch
    • Sarah Kittel-Schneider
    • Ester Leno-Duran
    • Fiona Lynn
    • Mirjam Oosterman
    • Lucija Prepušt
    • Maria F. Rodriguez-Muñoz
    • Anna-Lena Zietlow
    • Maja Žutić
    • Susan Garthus-Niegel
    19 May 2025
  • Integrated palliative care and oncology: a realist synthesis
    • Natasha Bradley
    • Tracey McConnell
    • Carolyn Blair
    • Peter O'Halloran
    • Gillian Prue
    • Fiona Lynn
    • Nia Roberts
    • Geoff Wong
    • Elspeth Banks
    • Joanne Reid
    9 May 2025
  • Acceptability study of a co-designed educational game about Dementia for children: the Kids Dementia Game
    • Patrick Stark
    • Sonya Clarke
    • Gary Mitchell
    • Gillian Carter
    • Steph Craig
    • Christine Brown Wilson
    8 May 2025
  • Nutrition and oral health in care homes: a qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives
    • Gerard Bradwel
    • Aziza Sallam
    • Noleen McCorry
    • Claire McEvoy
    • Anja Heilmann
    • Marina Ferrari
    • Caroline Lappin
    • Gary Mitchell
    • Ciaran O'Neill
    • Jayne Woodside
    • Georgios Tsakos
    • Paul Brocklehurst
    • Gerry McKenna
    8 May 2025
  • Why men are the minority: the perceptions of young men in UK post-primary education about studying psychology at university
    • Elida Cena
    • Stephanie Burns
    • Ruth Lee
    • Kathryn Gillespie
    • Paddy O'Connor
    • Tara Anderson
    • Grace Duffy
    • Lisa Graham-Wisener
    8 May 2025
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Future research direction in Nursing and Midwifery

  • Collaboratively developing and evaluating healthcare innovations together with practice, public and policy partners to deliver transformational improvements in health and healthcare locally and internationally that address major health challenges ensuring our research contributes towards attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is impactful to both policy and practice.
  • Developing transdisciplinary health innovations driven through external and university partnerships through the Life and Health Science sectoral strength within the Institute of Research Excellence for Advanced Clinical Healthcare (iREACH).
  • Building on our strengths of leading rigorous and policy relevant evidence syntheses in partnership with both Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations and through funded NIHR evidence syntheses. 
  • Delivering evidence informed innovations and clinical guidelines with local partners, such as the Health Trusts of Northern Ireland, charities such as Marie Curie, as well as international partners, notably the World Health Organization and the European Society of Cardiology. 

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