Research Interests
Supervising PhD students in the fields of
- Maternal and child health and midwifery specifically in relation to practice, education or improving clinical outcomes
Public outreach & key achievements
- Member of Board of Directors of TinyLife
- Appointed Member of International Confederation of Midwives Research Standing Committee
Research students
| PhD Title | Flipping Breastfeeding: Exposing student midwives to breastfeeding in the social arena using a flipped classroom approach in order to influence their attitudes to breastfeeding support. |
| Name | Mary Jo Chesnel |
| Country | NI |
| PhD Title | The role of the health visitor in working towards positive outcomes for neonatal graduates and their families: developing a home-based, early intervention for preterm infants |
| Name | Emma McCall |
| Country | NI |
| PhD Title | Continuity of Midwifery Carer in NI for Women with Additional Care Needs Across the Continuum of Care |
| Name | Lavelle Keys |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD Title | Continuity of Midwifery Carers in NI |
| Name | Sinead Kernan |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Leading the Way: Leadership and Management Preparation for Midwives: A mixed methods evaluation |
| Name | Dr Elizabeth Bannon |
| Year of Study | 2014-2019 |
| Country | NI |
| Current Position | |
| PhD Title | Investigating the Feasibility of a Music Intervention in Pregnancy to Minimise Stress and Anxiety |
| Name | Dr Kyrsten Corbijn van Willenswaard |
| Year of Study | 2015-2018 |
| Country | NI |
| Current Position | |
| PhD Title | Doctorate in Midwifery Practice title: A mixed method evaluation of enquiry based learning (EBL) within undergraduate midwifery education in Ireland |
| Name | Anita Byrne |
| Year of Study | 2011-2016 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Current Position | Lecturer/Acting Midwifery Programme Director DKIT |
| PhD Title | Macrosomia in uncomplicated pregnancies : an investigation of physical activity, maternal nutrition and women's experiences |
| Name | Esther Reid |
| Year of Study | 2009-2012 |
| Country | NI |
| Current Position | Lecturer Midwifery (Education), QUB |
| PhD Title | The implementation and evaluation of a cross-faculty collaboration to develop an innovative entrepreneurship training programme for nurses in Thailand |
| Name | Nungruetai Kanchantar |
| Year of Study | 2009-2015 |
| Country | Thailand |
| Current Position | Lecturer, Assumption University Thailand |
| PhD Title | Doctorate in Midwifery Practice title: Midwifery Peer Assisted Learning and Support |
| Name | Jean Carragher |
| Country | Ireland |
| Year of Study | 2014-present |