Research Interests

Supervising PhD students in the fields of

• Supportive and palliative care, with a particular interest in exercise
• Exercise training in ovarian cancer
• Pre-habilitation in lung cancer
• Exercise to enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy

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Public outreach & key achievements

• Profiled in Vol V DNA of Innovation, edition on Early Career Researchers
• BMJ publication on HPV vaccination for boys, altmetric score of 192, accessed over 6000 times. Article featured in The Guardian, The Times and many others:
  
  • The Guardian
  • Belfast Telegraph
• Interviewed on Radio 5 Live on HPV vaccination for boys
• Interviewed on BBC Breakfast and was live on Good Morning Ulster for the launch of the GAP4 trial:
  • Belfast Telegraph
  • Belfast Live
• For International Men’s Health week 2017, I was again interviewed on Radio Ulster, promoting QUB activities.

Research students

PhD Title	Exploring the effectiveness of hospital connectivity using digital communication technology during disaster management among nurses in emergency departments in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a mixed methods study
Name	Badryah Alshehri
Country	Saudi Arabia
Year of Study	2015 - Present
PhD Title	Nurse-Led Mobile Phone Intervention to Promote Self-Management in Type 2 Diabetes in an Urban Area in Ghana: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Name	Ernest Asante
Country	Ghana
Year of Study	2018-Present
PhD Title	Cognitive Behavioural Therapy during Radiotherapy Treatment for Breast Cancer-a feasibility randomised controlled trial.
Name	Deirdre McGrath
Country	NI
Year of Study	2018-Present

 

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title	An exploration of men’s experiences of favourable risk prostate cancer
Name	Dr Eimear Ruane-McAteer
Country	UK
Current Position	Post doctoral Research Assistant School of Nursing and Midwifery, QUB

 

PhD Title	The development of a psychosocial supportive intervention for family and friends in post-treatment cancer survivorship: a mixed methodology study
Name	Dr Emily Moffat
Country	UK
Current Position

 

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• Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences

• School of Nursing and Midwifery

• Chronic Illness And Palliative Care Research Initiative

• Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation

• Institute of Health Sciences