Biography
Sophie is a Research Associate in Social Science in the Department of Population Health Sciences. Sophie has a PhD in Social Policy from University of Kent, where she also obtained a MA in Modern History. Sophie's interests lie in practices of involving patients in health research and understanding healthcare within personal and community settings. Her current work focuses on understanding information needs of stroke survivors, health professional and policy makers and how this relates to wider discussions on the informal costs of care. Prior to starting this role, Sophie worked as a Research Fellow in the Department of Health Services, Research and Policy, within NIHR-funded School for Public Health Research (SPHR) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). The project aimed to evaluate an area-based public health initiative in London Local Authorities. Sophie has also previously worked at the University of Surrey as a Research Fellow in Sociology and University of Kent as an Associate Lecturer in Social Sciences.
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.
Health Inequalities, Societies and Systems
Central to our research is understanding and tackling the systemic and intersecting drivers of disparities in health over the life course such as racism, gender, crime, precarious livelihoods, environmental pollution, and inaccessible health care. We work collaboratively across the School of Life Course and Population Sciences to strengthen the theoretical aspects of population health research.
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
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.
Health Inequalities, Societies and Systems
Central to our research is understanding and tackling the systemic and intersecting drivers of disparities in health over the life course such as racism, gender, crime, precarious livelihoods, environmental pollution, and inaccessible health care. We work collaboratively across the School of Life Course and Population Sciences to strengthen the theoretical aspects of population health research.
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