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Professor Joanne Reid

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Joanne Reid

Professor Joanne Reid

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Professor of Cancer and Palliative Care

Director of Research

Professor Reid's main research focus is on cachexia in chronic illness, most notable in: cancer, renal, and cardiac populations. She also has research interests in associated health services research; for example, she has current grant income on studies such as DIAdIC (European Commission H2020); Place of death within Northern Ireland – projections to 2040 (Marie curie); and Understanding the holistic experiences of living with a kidney transplant (British Renal Society / Kidney Care UK).

 

She has completed local and international studies in these areas and has strong links with multi-disciplinary international collaborators.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 2459
  • @joannereid48

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Cachexia in chronic illness;
  • Development of complex healthcare interventions.

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Professor Reid's research has been cited in national and international evidence based guidelines, developed to translate current best evidence into recommendations for multi-disciplinary teams responsible for:  identification and treatment of reversible elements of cachexia; and improvement in quality of life for both patients who have refractory cancer cachexia and their carers.
  • Current chair of the Palliative Care Research Network, All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care.
  • Chair of International Seminar of European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Research Network and The EAPC Reference Group on Public Health and Palliative Care, November 2020.
  • Professor Reid leads the INDEN (International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing) Global Classroom work package. 

Research students

PhD Title  Developing an arts-based intervention for patient on dialysis
Name Claire Carswell
Country Northern Ireland
Year of Study  2017-Present
   
PhD Title Implementation evaluation of a tailored exercise intervention for patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.
Name Deirdre McGrath
Country Northern Ireland
Year of Study 2018-Present
   
PhD Title Development of a psychosocial intervention to support informal caregivers of people with end-stage kidney disease receiving haemodialysis
Name Michael Matthews
Country Northern Ireland
Year of Study 2019-Present

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Breast health awareness in an Arabic culture: A qualitative exploration
Name Dr Norah Madkhali
Country Saudi Arabia
Current Position Vice Dean for the College of Nursing, Gizan University
   
PhD Title Cancer cachexia: Health care professionals understanding and perception of need
Name Dr Claire Lewis
Country  Northern Ireland
Current Position Operational Manager NI Biobank
   
PhD Title Palliative care needs in NMRD: An all-Ireland study
Name  Dr Clare McVeigh 
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position Lecturer (Education) QUB
   
PhD Title Ethnography of communication processes in oral chemotherapy (colorectal cancer)
Name  Dr Gary Mitchell
Country N.Ireland
Current Position Lecturer (Education) QUB

 

 


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  • Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences

  • School of Nursing and Midwifery

  • Chronic Illness And Palliative Care Research Initiative

  • Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation

     


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