Meet
the
Team
Meet the Team
Meet the Team
Project Lead:
Professor
Joanne Reid
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast
Expertise:
- Palliative care background
- extensive experience as Principle Investigator of palliative care research, realist review methodology, Cochrane reviewer/supervisor.
Joint Lead:
Dr Tracey
McConnell
Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast
Expertise:
- Palliative Care and Health Services Research background
- Extensive experience in realist review methodology, execution and supporting reviews. Member of online Delphi group with an interdisciplinary panel of experts from academia and policy for the RAMESES project (www.ramesesproject.org) that developed realist review quality and publication standards and training materials.
Collaborator:
Dr Fiona
Lynn
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast
Expertise:
- Health Services Research background
- Extensive experience in health economics
Collaborator:
Associate Professor,
Geoff Wong
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
Expertise:
- NHS GP
- extensive experience in realist review methodology, execution and supporting reviews
- Lead researcher on RAMESES project (www.ramesesproject.org) that developed realist review quality and publication standards and training materials.
Collaborator:
Information
Specialist (Librarian)
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
Expertise:
- Information specialist (librarian) with experience in developing complex search strategies for systematic reviews and realist reviews.
Collaborator:
Dr Peter
O’Halloran
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast
Expertise:
- Palliative Care and Health Services Research background
- Extensive experience in realist review methodology, execution and supporting reviews.
Collaborator:
Dr Gillian
Prue
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast
Expertise:
- Extensive experience in oncology research.
Collaborator:
Dr Carolyn
Blair
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast
Expertise:
- An experienced mixed-methods research fellow at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Queen’s University Belfast (QUB).
- Lead researcher across multiple projects predominantly relating to palliative care and cachexia management.
Collaborator:
Mrs Elspeth
Banks
Expertise:
- Extensive PPI experience in research on oncology as a member of the National Cancer Research Institute, Living with and beyond cancer executive.
Research Fellow:
Dr Natasha
Bradley
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast
Expertise:
- A mixed methods researcher with expertise in realist methodology.
- Completed a PhD at the University of Liverpool, exploring the role of social support in palliative care, especially hospice day services.
- Other projects that Natasha has led or been involved with have studied the link between digital exclusion and health inequalities; and examined the processes of innovation adoption within the NHS and within independent hospices.
- Before joining Queen’s University Belfast, Natasha was a research fellow at the University of the West of England in Bristol.
- Passionate about reducing inequality in access to palliative care.
PPI Stakeholder:
Peter
Buckle
Patient and Public Involvement Stakeholders:
Marie Curie Research Voices group member
Expertise:
- Lived experience as an informal carer for a close person with cancer
- Making sure this research focuses on what matters to patients and their families
PPI Stakeholder:
Sharon
Paradine
Patient and Public Involvement Stakeholders:
Marie Curie Research Voices group member
Expertise:
- Lived experience as an informal carer for a close person with cancer
- Making sure this research focuses on what matters to patients and their families
PPI Stakeholder:
Carrie
Jain
Patient and Public Involvement Stakeholders:
Northern Ireland Cancer Research Consumer Forum
Expertise:
- Lived experience as an informal carer for a close person with cancer
- Making sure this research focuses on what matters to patients and their families
Supported by
Funders supporting us on our journey
This project is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) HS&DR (NIHR152115). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.