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Professor Michael Brown

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Michael Brown

Professor Michael Brown

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Professor 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.

Contact info

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  • m.j.brown@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5967

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • Gender, health and education
  • Health and social care systems and access
  • Qualitative research designs and evaluation

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Relationships and sexuality Education (RSE) for young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Public outreach & key achievements

Public Outreach

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Consulting Editor, Learning Disability Practice
  • Editorial Board, British Journal of Learning Disabilities

 

Key Achievements

  • Principle Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing
  • Nurse Adviser, Royal College of Nursing Foundation
  • Royal College of Nursing Fellow's Committee
  • Member Policy and Practice Committee, International Association of Scientific Study in Intellectual Disabilities

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  Dietary supports and people with leaning disabilities: A qualitative exploration
Name Mhari Henderson-Laidlaw 
Country Scotland 
Year of Study  2019-present 

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Medicines adherence and people with intellectual disabilities and diabetes: A mixed methods study
Name Ruth Paterson 
Year of Study 2013-2018 
Country  Scotland 
Current Position  
   
PhD Title Physical activity and people with intellectual disabilities: Influencing factors ad barriers 
Name  Andrew Maine
Year of Study 2016-2019
Country Scotland 
Current Position  
   
PhD Title Interpersonal trauma, substance misuse and pregnancy: A phenomenological exploration of pregnant women and midwives in Scotland
Name  Naomi Waddle
Year of Study 2013-2018
Country Scotland 
Current Position  

 

 


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