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Dr. Elspeth Mathie has worked as Researcher in CRIPACC (Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care), University of Hertfordshire since 2005, and previously Exeter University where she gained her MA and PhD. She has over 20 years of health research experience. Since April 2014 Elspeth has been part of the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in Research Theme at CLAHRC East of England. She is a member of PIRg (Public Involvement in Research group) at University of Hertfordshire. Her past research has included NIHR funded studies in care homes focusing on end of life care and dementia (Prof.…
Dr Angela Dickinson is a Senior Research Fellow in Older People’s Health at the Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care (CRIPACC), University of Hertfordshire. She is a social scientist with a background in nursing and nutrition. Her research interests include nutrition, falls, as well as the development and evaluation of health and social care services for older people, with a particular focus on older people’s views and experiences. Recent research includes evaluation of falls in acute settings for older people in an acute mental health setting funded by NIHR RfPB, along with a systematic review and a…
Wendy Wills is Director of the Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care (CRIPACC) at the School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, where is also an Associate Dean for Research. CRIPACC is world renowned for its inter- and multi-disciplinary research on older people's health and complex conditions; health, young people and family lives; public health and communities research; and patient experience and public involvement in research. In terms of her own research Prof Wills works at the interface of social science and public health in relation to food, food safety, eating, weight/obesity and health inequalities.…
Professor Mark Whiting is a Consultant Nurse for Children with Complex Health Needs in Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust. He also holds an appointment (as WellChild Professor of Community Children’s Nursing at the University of Hertfordshire. WellChild is a National Charity whose work is focused upon the provision of care, support and research for children with long term and complex health needs and Mark’s research focus will be in this area. Mark has a long-standing involvement in the development of Community Children’s Nursing services across the United Kingdom and his interest in this area incorporates elements of clinical practice, strategic leadership…
Dr Marina Buswell has both a research background and experience working in the NHS. She has worked in PCTs in health promotion (as a stop smoking facilitator) and then commissioning information. Her PhD (2001, Cambridge) is in organic chemistry and from there she moved to work at the Commission for Health Improvement on clinical governance reviews, investigations and evaluating the CHD National Service Framework. Her research interests developed through studying part-time for a Masters in Public Health (Kings, 2006) and she carried out a qualitative evaluation of a school-based stop smoking pilot project for the MPH dissertation. Marina previously worked…
Professor Claire Goodman is a NIHR Senior Investigator She is a district nurse by background and Professor of Health Care Research at the Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care (CRIPACC) at the University of Hertfordshire. Her research focuses on the oldest old and how primary health care works with social care and long term care providers to support this population. She leads a programme of nationally funded studies that focus on the needs of the oldest old living at home and in long term care. She is lead investigator for the DH PRP funded DEMCOM study a…