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Professor Michael Brown
School of Nursing and MidwiferyProfessor Brown's main research focus is on the health needs and inequalities experienced by people with intellectual disabilities and their access to care services and the adjustments necessary to promote and enable equality of access to improve outcomes.
Current research is on diabetes and adults with intellectual disabilities, trauma and adults with intellectual disabilities, health care transitions and young people with intellectual disabilities and mental health legislation and human rights.
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Research opportunities
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- 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
Public outreach & key achievements
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing
Research students
| PhD Title | Newly Qualified Registered Nurses Experiences in Kuwait: A qualitative Exploration |
| Name | Fatmah Kreedi |
| Country | Kuwait |
| Year of Study | 2017-present |
| PhD Title | Medicines adherence and people with intellectual disabilities and diabetes: A mixed methods study |
| Name | Ruth Paterson |
| Country | Scotland |
| Year of Study | 2013-2018 |
| PhD Title | Physical and activity and people with intellectual disabilities: Influencing factors and barriers |
| Name | Andrew Maine |
| Country | Scotland |
| Year of Study | 2016-present |
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Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Optimal treatment of patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and the evolutionary role of nurses and allied health professionals |
| Name | Professor Scott McLean |
| Year of Study | 2008-2011 |
| Country | Scotland |
| Current Position | Director of Acute Services, NHS Fife |
| PhD Title | Psychological trauma and substance misuse in pregnant women: A qualitative study |
| Name | Dr Naomi Waddle |
| Year of Study | 2014-2017 |
| Country | Scotland |
| Current Position | Lecturer in Midwifery, Edinburgh Napier University |
| PhD Title | Aligning People, Processes and Technology: Recurring issues in the Design and Implementation of eHealth and eBusiness Systems |
| Name | Dr Jenny Ure |
| Year of Study | 2009-2012 |
| Country | Scotland |
| Current Position | Research Fellow, University of Edinburagh |