My work on health justice and inclusion falls into three categories: research, communication, and strategy.
RESEARCH
I have a PhD in anthropology from King’s College London and extensive experience using qualitative research methods in different countries and contexts with a focus on health systems, medical education, health equity, and disability inclusion. Read my publications, including my book Special Treatment.
I enjoy conducting research as part of multi-disciplinary teams. I also draw on my experience working for a research funder to advise on research proposal development and project design with a view to maximising impact on policy and practice.
COMMUNICATION
Excellent research often fails to make an impact because it isn’t communicated effectively. Drawing on my experience promoting and facilitating evidence uptake at a major funder and an international NGO, I support clients to design and execute impact plans that ensure their work has the best chance of influencing positive change.
I am an experienced public speaker and workshop facilitator. With colleagues and fellow activists, I give talks about energy-limiting health conditions (ELC), and how organisations can become more inclusive of people living with chronic illness.
INCLUSIVE STRATEGY
Inclusive strategy means devising the most effective means of achieving your goals in a way that takes into account the needs, perspectives, and contributions of everyone involved. From designing strategies for evidence uptake and learning, through to working with disabled employee networks to enhance their engagement, I help people to envisage and realise positive change on the road to a world where everyone has the chance to thrive.
EXAMPLES OF MY WORK
Engaged Research for Health: An Accessible Interactive Guide.
Informed by a scoping review and the expertise of my advisory partners, this guide will help researchers to engage different stakeholder groups at different stages of the research cycle, across a range of health-related themes.
Disability inclusive gender-based violence prevention and response in Uganda.
Creating technical guidance to support civil society organisations and government departments to ensure that GBV services are more inclusive of women and girls with disabilities.
Integrating humanities into medical training to advance health equity in South and Southeast Asia with WHO SEARO.
Disbelief and Disregard: Gendered experiences of healthcare for people with energy limiting conditions.
I am part of the research team for this BA/Leverhulme-funded project, led by the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with Chronic Illness Inclusion.
More details here.
Imagining better futures of health and social care with and for people with energy limiting conditions.
I’m part of the team on this collaborative AHRC-funded project, led by the University of Liverpool, supporting people with ELC to use creative methods to imagine better futures.
‘Cripping’ the exhaustion economy: radically reimagining the neoliberal academy from the sick bed.
I’m a researcher on this ISRF-funded project, working with colleagues at the University of Liverpool to explore the experiences of academics living and working with ELC.
Interested in working together?
What if everyone really did have the chance to thrive? That’s the world I choose to imagine. If you share a similar vision, I’d love to work with you.
