Faculty Member, School of Health and Social Care
University of Aberdeen, School of Medicine & Dentistry
London Metropolitan University, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSH)
Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Public Health
Professor of Reproductive Health Research
About
I am a medical sociologist with an interest in mixed-methods research. A large share of my academic work has been in the field of either Public Health or the Organisation of Maternity Care. I have substantial research experience in conducting large-scale comparative studies, often using mixed-methods approaches.
I have been involved in evaluating large-scale community-based public-health interventions in Scotland funded by, for example, the Chief Scientist Office (Scottish Government, Edinburgh), the Wellcome Trust, and NHS Health Scotland.
I have has also published on various aspects of research methods in a format easily accessible to a lay audience, including a paper on research ethics published in a midwifery journal.
My overseas’ research is largely based in Nepal. We are involved in the evaluation of a community-based project funded by Green Tara Trust (UK-based Buddhist charity) tries to improve the uptake of antenatal care.
A second one funded by The British Council was awarded in 2009 one of the DelPHE grants to a collaboration between Tribhuban University and the University of Aberdeen and Bournemouth University and a Nepalese NGO. This latest project: Improving Access to Research Literature for Higher Education Institutions in Nepal (PARI Initiative) addresses gaps in teaching, learning and research at Nepalese universities. Our project aims to build on capacity of the higher education institutions in accessing and utilising research-based information in the medical, nursing and public health fields.
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