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Chronic Illness and Palliative Care Maternal and Child Health Education and Practice

Chronic Illness and Palliative Care

Research Opportunities	Supervisors
Palliative care Chronic illness Elder care	Professor Kevin Brazil
Healthcare transitions Health and nursing liaison models Social prescribing Mental health legislation and human rights Diabetes and adults with intellectual disabilities Trauma and adults with intellectual disabilities	Professor Michael Brown
Health and wellbeing of older population in long term care settings and dementia	Dr Kumaresan Cithambaram
Care of the older person Primary health care topics	Dr Deborah Coleman
Chronic disease self-management Preventative cardiology Palliative care in chronic illness	Professor Donna Fitzsimons
Promotion, prevention and service provision to support good mental health and wellbeing	Dr Karen Galway
Palliative care in heart failure Patient & family involvement in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator decisions Self care in heart failure management	Dr Loreena Hill
Interventions and evaluations to improve the transition from children’s to adult services Educational interventions for teaching symptom management in undergraduate nursing programmes	Dr Helen Kerr
Management of acute deterioration Critical care education Family and patient involvement in escalation of care Development of online educational resources Feasibility testing of protocols/ interventions to improve sleep, dysphasia and delirium in ICU	Dr Jennifer McGaughey
Palliative care Mindfulness meditation The use of digital technology with clinical populations Digital educational interventions to deliver medical and nursing education Non-malignant life limiting diseases	Dr Clare McVeigh
The care of older people Dementia care Palliative care Restrictive practice/restraint	Dr Gary Mitchell
Improving systems of patient care with end-stage kidney disease The development of supportive and palliative care services The use of advance care planning The identification of cachexia as patients deteriorate Interventions to improve quality of life including reflexology and arts based interventions	Dr Helen Noble
Palliative care Chronic illness	Dr Peter O’Halloran
Supportive and palliative care, with a particular interest in exercise Exercise training in ovarian cancer Pre-habilitation in lung cancer Exercise to enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy	Dr Gillian Prue
Cachexia in chronic illness and health services	Professor Joanne Reid
Bioscience education for healthcare professions Cancer-related projects particularly those with a treatment/pharmacology or epidemiological focus	Dr Katherine Rogers
Psycho-oncology Development of supportive and psychological supports for patients and carers Understanding the health and social care needs of minority groups	Dr Olinda Santin
Cardiovascular health Behavioural change Psychosocial intervention Psychometric evaluation	Dr Chantal Ski
Cardiovascular disease prevention Rehabilitation Psychosocial intervention Health outcome measurement	Professor David Thompson
Chronic musculoskeletal conditions Developing qualitative methodology	Dr Iseult Wilson

Maternal and Child Health

Research Opportunities	Supervisors
Gender and Health Men, Sexual Health, Reproduction and Parenting Intervention design and evaluation	Professor Maria Lohan (Theme Co-ordinator)
Promoting normality in pregnancy Enhancing women’s experience across the trajectory of pregnancy Public health Sexual health Enhancing the student experience Assessment Enquiry based learning Simulation in education and inter-professional education	Ms Gail Anderson
All aspects of neonatal and children's health	Dr Breidge Boyle
Maternal mental health Intervention design and evaluation, especially in relation to improving services for families when parents have mental illness and/or substance use problems	Dr Anne Grant
Promoting physiological birth and positive birth experiences Implementation of guidelines for the provision of midwife-led care Understanding women and health care providers experience of care	Dr Maria Healy
Women’s experiences across the childbirth trajectory Diabetes in pregnancy Health promotion Simulation in education Inter-professional education Enquiry based learning	Mrs Clare Hughes
Sexual health HIV care Developing interventions	Dr Carmel Kelly
Paediatric neurodisability and rehabilitation	Dr Claire Kerr
Neurodisability and the criminal justice system Educational outcomes Concussion/Mild traumatic brain injury	Dr Mark Linden
Exploring the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions to improve outcomes in health and wellbeing	Dr Fiona Lynn
Health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities Intellectual disability nursing Fathers’ and families' experiences of children with intellectual disabilities	Dr Lynne Marsh
Prevalence and characteristics of cerebral palsy over time Efficacy of therapeutic interventions for the cerebral palsy population Patient and public involvement in research.	Dr Karen McConnell
Maternal and child health and midwifery specifically in relation to practice, education or improving clinical outcomes	Dr Jennifer McNeill
Children, young people and their families' experiences of living with disability Complex and palliative care needs Public Patient Participation	Dr Patricia McNeilly
Charting, monitoring, and understanding the development of learning and behaviour of term and pre-term infants Interventions to improve term and pre-term infants’ learning and social learning skills Developmental outcomes of Cerebral Palsy children	Dr Oliver Perra
Public Health aspects of maternal and child health	Dr Esther Reid

Education and Practice

Research Opportunities	Supervisors
Older person’s nursing and dementia care, including support of carers and staff education. Qualitative approaches welcome	Professor Christine Brown-Wilson (Theme Co-Ordinator)
Promoting normality in pregnancy Enhancing women’s experience across the trajectory of pregnancy Public health Sexual health Enhancing the student experience Assessment Enquiry based learning Simulation in education and inter-professional education	Ms Gail Anderson
Care of the older person Primary health care topics	Dr Deborah Coleman
Promoting physiological birth and positive birth experiences Implementation of guidelines for the provision of midwife-led care Understanding women and health care providers experience of care	Dr Maria Healy
Interventions and evaluations to improve the transition from children’s to adult services Educational interventions for teaching symptom management in undergraduate nursing programmes	Dr Helen Kerr
Health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities Intellectual disability nursing Fathers’ and families' experiences of children with intellectual disabilities	Dr Lynne Marsh
Educational research Clinical supervision Curriculum development Nursing leadership Ophthalmic and perioperative practice	Dr Karen McCutcheon
Management of acute deterioration Critical care education Family and patient involvement in escalation of care Development of online educational resources Feasibility testing of protocols/ interventions to improve sleep, dysphasia and delirium in ICU	Dr Jennifer McGaughey
Children, young people and their families' experiences of living with disability Complex and palliative care needs Public Patient Participation	Dr Patricia McNeilly
Palliative care Mindfulness meditation The use of digital technology with clinical populations Digital educational interventions to deliver medical and nursing education Non-malignant life limiting diseases	Dr Clare McVeigh
The care of older people Dementia care Palliative care Restrictive practice/restraint	Dr Gary Mitchell
Dementia Care International students' experience of University study in the UK	Ms Catherine Monaghan
Bioscience education for healthcare professions Cancer-related projects particularly those with a treatment/pharmacology or epidemiological focus	Dr Katherine Rogers

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