Professor Christopher McKevitt
Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences & Health
- School Lead (Research & Impact)
Research interests
- Biomedical and life sciences
Contact details
Biography
Professor Christopher McKevitt is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences & Health in the Department of Population Health Sciences and School Lead for Research & Impact in the School of Life Course & Population Sciences.
Research interests:
Anthropology of health and illness; qualitative methods; ethnographic methods in applied research; health services research; complex intervention development and evaluation; experiences of stroke and other chronic disease, & user involvement.
Research
Stroke Research Group
We are a multidisciplinary group (epidemiologists, stroke physicians, GPs, social scientists, statisticians, health informaticians and health economists) focused on stroke and with a wider interest in vascular long-term conditions and analytics.
Improving the lives of stroke survivors with data
We aim to improve the lives of stroke survivors through a programme of stakeholder engagement, data collection, analysis and modelling, and use in practice.
Project status: Ongoing
Equitable and Inclusive Patient and Public Involvement in Stroke Research (EquIPS)
EquIPS will coproduce tools for researchers that will support the participation of all stroke survivors, including those with severe stroke related impairments.
Project status: Ongoing
Spotlight
Transforming systems for more effective stroke care
King’s researchers oversee The South London Stroke Register (SLSR) and The Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) – data repositories and quality...
Research
Stroke Research Group
We are a multidisciplinary group (epidemiologists, stroke physicians, GPs, social scientists, statisticians, health informaticians and health economists) focused on stroke and with a wider interest in vascular long-term conditions and analytics.
Improving the lives of stroke survivors with data
We aim to improve the lives of stroke survivors through a programme of stakeholder engagement, data collection, analysis and modelling, and use in practice.
Project status: Ongoing
Equitable and Inclusive Patient and Public Involvement in Stroke Research (EquIPS)
EquIPS will coproduce tools for researchers that will support the participation of all stroke survivors, including those with severe stroke related impairments.
Project status: Ongoing
Spotlight
Transforming systems for more effective stroke care
King’s researchers oversee The South London Stroke Register (SLSR) and The Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) – data repositories and quality...