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Name Area of Expertise Email Telephone
Brendan Armstrong

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

brendan.armstrong@qub.ac.uk  
Dr Paul Best 

The use of immersive and digital technologies, such as VR and 360 video for therapeutic practice as well as professional social work training; The application of cognitive behavioural therapy for conditions such as PTSD/cPTSD, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder and Depression; New approaches to coproduction and participatory analysis.

p.best@qub.ac.uk
 
+44 (0)28 9097 3256
Professor Lisa Bunting Child welfare and maltreatment with specific interests in the impact of childhood adversity across the life-course; The experiences of child victims/witnesses within the criminal justice system; UK child protection and criminal justice policy.  l.bunting@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 1482
Dr Anne Campbell Mental health and substance use including adult opioid use, young people and polydrug use, alcohol and related disorders; Complex co morbidities; Drug use and homelessness; New benzodiazepines and use of technology to address opioid overdose. a.campbell@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 5990 
Dr Patricia Carlisle Research: religion and spirituality in mental health, the interfaces of religion and spirituality, faith based organisations and mental health services.  p.carlisle@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 1379
Dr Stephen Coulter

Trauma informed care; Systemic Psychotherapy; Impact of Trauma in Childhood experiences.

s.coulter@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 3236 
Professor Gavin Davidson Mental health; Mental health social work and the effectiveness of mental health services; The social determinants of mental health; Human rights and mental health/mental capacity legislation.  g.davidson@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 3151 
Professor Joe Duffy Service user involvement in social work education and policy development; Social work and political conflict; Social inclusion and social justice.  joe.duffy@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 5909 
Dr Michael Duffy Mental health linked to trauma and conflict; The development of evidence based psychological interventions, in particular cognitive therapy for conflict related PTSD. michael.duffy@qub.ac.uk +44(0)28 9097 3298
Professor Davy Hayes Service user experiences of the child protection and criminal justice systems; Involvement of family members in child protection and child welfare processes and methods; Practice and experiences of professionals who operate the child protection system; Social work assessment and decision making in child welfare.  d.hayes@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 5971 
Professor Kathryn Higgins Substance use and addictive behaviour; Programme evaluation/implementation science.  k.m.higgins@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 5286 
Professor Berni Kelly Disability; child and youth identities; children in care and leaving care; participatory research. b.r.kelly@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 1486 
Dr Mandi MacDonald

Children and young people in alternative care and adopted from care; Supporting the families of children in need; Collaboration with practitioners and families to translate research into innovative practice solutions; Interpretative qualitative research methods.

m.macdonald@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 3179 
Dr Danielle Mackle   d.mackle@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 1245
Dr Gerry Marshall

Children and young people who are looked after especially with respect to residential child care; Identity formation of young people growing up in children's homes and leaving care facilities; The interface between children's rights and delivery of child care services.

gerard.marshall@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 3220 
Dr Paul McCafferty Decision-making, knowledge acquisition and utilisation, children’s rights, and social work education.  p.mccafferty@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 3310
Dr Lorna Montgomery

Adult safeguarding including elder abuse, the criminal investigative processes, legislation and policy development; The development of culturally competent interventions; Therapeutic interventions for bereavement; Mental health and mental capacity; Parenting capacity assessments; Social work education and practice experience.

l.montgomery@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 1480 
Dr Suzanne Mooney

Systemic practice and systemic family psychotherapy in different contexts; trauma informed care; improving services for care experienced children and young people, their families and caregivers; the impact of adversities and inequalities on the lives of children, adults and families; child welfare social work; living with illness and supportive healthcare; action, participatory and narrative research methodologies.

s.mooney@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 3641 
Patricia Nicholl

Children in care; Family support; Education of children in care; Cultural competence in Social Work; Multi-agency working in children’s services; Early intervention and safeguarding of children

patricia.nicholl@qub.ac.uk  
Dr Maria Pentaraki

Gender-based and intimate partner violence; The neoliberal transformation of the welfare state, austerity measures and the response of the social work profession; International social work; Critical social theory.

m.pentaraki@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 5312 
Professor Audrey Roulston

Palliative Care Social Work including living with life-limiting illness, decision-making, advance care planning, and supporting communication at end of life. Bereavement assessment, interventions, and practice standards. Student well-being, mindfulness, supervision, values-based recruitment and failing students.

a.roulston@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 5966 
Professor Karen Winter

Children in care and their rights, needs and wellbeing; communication and relationships with children in care; support services for families and children known to social services; innovative qualitative methods. 

k.winter@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 3917

Research Staff

     
Dr Carolyn Blair Reviewing the education and training capacity and relevant outputs to inform the design of the Regional Trauma Network in NI.  The central aim of this review is to improve knowledge and understanding of psychological therapy services and other supportive trauma-related services available for individuals and families. c.blair@qub.ac.uk +44 (0)28 9097 5939 
Dr Nina O'Neill Randomised Controlled Trials; clinical drug trials; exploratory research with mixed methods design. nina.oneill@qub.ac.uk  
Dr Michelle Templeton Children and young people's rights and participation: ‘Relationships and Future Fatherhood’ programme with young incarcerated men; disabled children’s experience of their digital rights; a consultation with children in the five UN regions to develop a set of indicators for monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. m.templeton@qub.ac.uk  +44 (0)28 9097 

 

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