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Understanding and improving health and wellbeing for children, families and communities is my primary area of interest. My background is in psychology and research, where I have worked with children and families in a variety of contexts over the past 15 years; working with adolescents in an intensive innovative education context to boost achievement and working in a social work environment with vulnerable families in crisis, undertaking assessment, coordinating multi-disciplinary support and interventions. More recently, I worked on and have written bids for several large-scale European projects within the field of healthcare, including, social norms in alcohol and drugs and family health practice and education.
I have expertise in research having worked for a private psychologist for approximately 10 years. My research expertise is in self-harm and suicide behaviours, where I undertook a large-scale mixed methods study of children and adolescents across 6 local-authority regions within West Central Scotland investigating suicide behaviours, self-harm rates and psychosocial risk characteristics.
I recently worked for Healthcare Improvement Scotland as a researcher for the Scottish Medicines Consortium, where I further developed expertise in medical statistics and methodologies in clinical trials. I was part of a skilled multi-disciplinary team undertaking critical appraisal of new medicines, providing robust evidence-based recommendations to NHSScotland on the benefits and cost-effectiveness of medicines.
I am currently working on developing international health related research activities for the School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery - establishing parternships and exploring opportunities for collaborations that will widen the international opportunities for the staff and students. I am very interested in health outcomes, the patient voice and psychological mechanisms and outcomes that are associated with this.
Mixed methodological approaches
Quantitative statistical techniques e.g. logistic regression
Clinical statistics and emerging statistical techniques e.g. network meta-analyses, indirect comparisons
International private/public healthcare companies for potential partnership/collaboration for training
NHS
European/International Higher Education Institutions
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Health Services Researcher, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
18 Aug 2014 → 17 Apr 2017
Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, University of the West of Scotland
16 Jan 2012 → 31 Oct 2013
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Bradford
1 Sep 2011 → 31 Dec 2011
Associate Lecturer, University of the West of Scotland
1 Sep 2006 → 1 Jun 2013
Social Care Worker, Glasgow City Council
1 Nov 2004 → 1 Oct 2006
Researcher, Dr Jack Boyle and Associates
1 Aug 2003 → 1 Oct 2013
Academy Mentor @ Jordanhill Campus, University of Strathclyde
1 Jun 2002 → 20 Aug 2004
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Brown, Margaret (Recipient), Jack-Waugh, Anna (Recipient), McCafferty, L. (Recipient), McGeehan, M. (Recipient) & Harkess-Murphy, Eileen (Recipient), 16 Dec 2021
Prize: National/international honour