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Professor Joanne Reid
School of Nursing and MidwiferyProfessor 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 a recently completed study is a feasibility trial of music therapy intervention in palliative care.
She has completed local and international studies in these areas and has strong links with multi-disciplinary international collaborators.
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Research opportunities
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Cachexia in chronic illness
- Health services.
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. Guidelines include: - Guidelines for Nutrition and Hydration in end of life care, Royal College of Nursing
- Getting it right every time: Nutrition and Hydration Care at end of life, Royal College of Nursing
- European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients
Research students
| PhD Title | RCT: interprofessional simulation education to teach end of life care |
| Name | Priscilla Cunningham |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Year of Study | 3rd |
| PhD Title | Developing an arts-based intervention for patient on dialysis |
| Name | Claire Carswell |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Year of Study | 1st |
| PhD Title | Breast health awareness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| Name | Norah Abdullah Madkhali |
| Country | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
| Year of Study | 3rd |
| 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 | 1st |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Cancer cachexia: Health care professionals understanding and perception of need |
| Name | Dr Claire Lewis |
| Year of Study | 2011-2014 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | Operational Manager NI Biobank |
| PhD Title | Palliative care needs in NMRD: An all-Ireland study |
| Name | Dr Clare McVeigh |
| Year of Study | 2013-2016 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | Lecturer (Education) QUB |
| PhD Title | Ethnography of communication processes in oral chemotherapy (colorectal cancer) |
| Name | Dr Gary Mitchell |
| Year of Study | Lecturer (Education) QUB |
| Country | N.Ireland |
| Current Position | Lecturer (Education) QUB |