Dr Carol Gray Brunton
| Post Nominals | BA (Hons) MSc PhD CPsychol AFBPsS FHEA |
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| Biography | I am a Lecturer in Health and Social Care Sciences. I am a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow with the British Psychological Society (highest standards of knowledge and experience in the field of psychology). I have strong theoretical knowledge and skills around applying behavioural, psychological and social sciences to health. I am a specialist methodologist with wide expertise in Qualitative research and evaluation (discourse analysis; thematic analysis; IPA; grounded theory; thematic synthesis for evidence synthesis). I am a member of various BPS associated groups including the Division of Academics, Teachers and Researchers in Psychology; Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section; Division of Health Psychology. I am a member of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP); European Qualitative Methods in Psychology Society (EQUIP); British Psycho-Oncology Society; Behavioural Research UK (BR-UK) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My research interests and expertise are focused on working with hard-to-reach, vulnerable groups including: 1) Leading the Vaccine Hesitancy and Confidence Research programme over the past 12 years in SHSC 2) Qualitative Research and Evaluation 3) Professional roles and service evaluation 4) Psycho-oncology for rare cancers I previously worked as a postdoctoral research fellow for 5 years at ENU in cancer and public health where I developed my own interests/expertise in vaccine uptake and confidence/hesitancy on a range of childhood vaccines e.g. for MMR, HPV, H1N1 and now for COVID-19 amongst Health & Social Care professionals. I worked as a research assistant for QMU and taught widely in psychology. I have previously worked as a psychology research assistant in the NHS on a range of research projects. I have been involved in service evaluation and consultancy for the NHS and charitable sector (Attention Fife, Macmillan Cancer Support). I have over 15 years' experience of working in Higher Education and have taught widely across undergraduate and postgraduate provision for Nursing (all branches), Psychology and Business school students. I have taught at ENU, Queen Margaret University and the Open University. During 2019-2022 I was the School Research Degrees Lead for over 50 research degrees students in the SHSC. I lead and monitored the development and overall progress for students and provided support for supervisors. My work has achieved local, national and international attention. I have presented widely at national and international conferences. I am active in pursuing research funding and in publishing in peer-reviewed journals. I have successfully supervised PhD students (four completions - one of these subject to revisions). Open to new PhD students in vaccine hesitancy/confidence and other areas of expertise. |
| Research Interests | - I lead a Programme of Research centred on Vaccine Hesitancy and Confidence for HPV, MMR, Covid-19 and Flu vaccines - Behavioural, psychological and social sciences applied to Public Health - Qualitative research and evaluation expertise (discourse analysis; IPA, thematic analysis, grounded theory; thematic synthesis). - Professional roles and service evaluation - Psycho-Oncology and experiences of cancer amongst hard-to-reach groups - Public Health and Policy implementation |
| Teaching and Learning | I currently teach across the Business school and Health and Social Care. I lead a module on Health Policy and Public Involvement for MBA Health Specialism (2019-current); I lead the Masters in Science Healthcare Management Project Dissertations (Tr1) since 2022 with excellent student feedback. I have previously supervised over 40 Project dissertations for the MBA and Masters in Healthcare Management. I have supervised over 20 Honours Projects for Nursing (ENU) and Psychology (OU). I taught widely across the Undergraduate Nursing programme (all branches) and specialise in Research and Evidence based practice. I specialise in translating complex research terms and approaches using accessible language for a range of audiences. I receive excellent feedback on teaching innovations e.g. research-style posters and using research papers to critique and read a paper. I have previously taught widely in psychology for undergraduate and postgraduates including Health and Wellbeing; combined learning disability nursing and psychology students (ENU); Critical Social Psychology and discursive psychology (Open University); and Masters in Health Psychology and Undergraduate Psychology (QMU). |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | - Vaccine hesitancy and confidence research programme (behavioural, psychological and social approaches to HPV, MMR, Covid-19, Flu vaccines for parents, young people, staff) amongst hard-to-reach groups - Qualitative health research and evaluation spanning discourse analysis; IPA, thematic analysis, grounded theory; thematic synthesis - Professional role identities and service evaluation - Psycho-Oncology for rare cancers and hard-to-reach groups |