Student Research and Potential Supervision
A list of potential PhD topics that can be supervised by Nursing Studies staff.
Information on our research students can be found at the link below.
Here is a list of potential PhD topics in our four research priority areas that can be supervised by Nursing Studies staff. We are also open to other research topics if supervision can be provided.
The four priority research areas are:
- Policy, Professions and Care
- Sudden Interruptions in Health
- Global Public Health
- Social Justice and Health Inequity
| Topic areas | Potential supervisors |
|---|---|
| Alcohol education & training in pre and post registration curricula | Professor Aisha Holloway |
| Global Nursing Workforce | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
| Nursing Mental Health and Wellbeing | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
| Leadership developement in early career nursing | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
| Clinical decision making | Professor Tonks Fawcett |
| Examining dignity and respect in nursing for compassionate care | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
| Global Nursing Leadership | Professor Aisha Holloway |
| History of nursing workforce | Dr Marti Balaam |
| Nursing Education and Nursing Science | Dr Lissette Aviles |
| Organ Donation process and transplantation | Dr Lissette Aviles |
| Nursing workforce in critical and end-of-life care | Dr Lissette Aviles |
| Person-centered care in nursing education and practice | Dr Lissette Aviles |
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Students with caring responsibilities |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
| Widening participation and increasing diversity in higher education | Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Navigating academia and research - Ethnic minorities |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
| Leadership | Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Herbal Medicine |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Influence of culture and traditions on health an illness experience |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Religion and spirituality |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Mentoring and professional development |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Advanced communication |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
| Interdisciplinary simulated learning | Dr Jenni Tocher |
| Image of nursing | Dr Marti Balaam |
| Leadership | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
| Nursing education | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
| Nurses’ roles in achieving behaviour change | Professor Aisha Holloway |
| Nursing workforce | Dr Marti Balaam |
| Relationship-centred care for people with dementia | Dr Julie Watson |
| Service organisation and delivery | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
| Service evaluation using realist approaches (realist synthesis and realist evaluation) | Dr Larry Doi |
| Transition to care home - patient, family and professional perspectives | Dr Sarah Rhynas |
| The needs of the care home workforce | Dr Julie Watson |
| Understanding skill mix in primary care for good nursing outcomes | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
| Workforce: nurses in critical care issues | Dr Susanne Kean |
| Topic areas | Potential supervisors |
|---|---|
| Alcohol Brief Interventions: evaluation in various settings e.g. hospital, workplace, prisons | Professor Aisha Holloway |
| Cancer care issues | Professor Tonks Fawcett |
| Compassion and well-being | Dr Marti Balaam |
| Individuals and families' experience of organ donation and transplantation | Dr Lissette Aviles |
| Experiences of individual and families when surviving stroke | Dr Lissette Aviles |
| Family and person-centered care in acute critical care and practice | Dr Lissette Aviles |
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Cancer care experiences |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Critical care experiences |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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End of life and palliative care |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Men’s health |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Pathways to care (communicable and non-communicable diseases) |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Near death and 'death' experiences and impact on individuals and families |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Neurodiversity in children |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
| Development and evaluation of complex interventions | Dr Larry Doi |
| Experiences of families and patients with acute and/or chronic critical illness | Dr Susanne Kean |
| Intervention studies in critical care | Dr Susanne Kean |
| Post-stroke rehabilitation for young adults | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
| Multidisciplinary team in critical care | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
| Patient experience of intensive care | Dr Catherine Clarissa |
| Liver, renal and/or pancreatic surgery | Dr Jenni Tocher |
| Maintaining personal identity while in acute hospital when living with dementia | Dr Sarah Rhynas |
| Music interventions for people with dementia | Dr Sarah Rhynas |
| Nurses experiences of approaching relatives for organ donation | Dr Jenni Tocher |
| Pain | Professor Tonks Fawcett |
| Pain in critical care | Dr Jenni Tocher |
| Covid-19 and young people | Dr Divya Sivaramakrishnan |
| Palliative and end of life for people with dementia living in care homes | Dr Julie Watson |
| Personal and social identity when living with dementia | Dr Sarah Rhynas |
| Person and family centered care (PFCC) in critical care | Dr Susanne Kean |
| Recovery and/or survivorship after critical illness | Dr Susanne Kean |
| Topic area | Potential supervisor |
|---|---|
| Alcohol and Public Health | Professor Aisha Holloway |
| Global public health: traumatic brain injury and stroke | Dr Lissette Aviles |
| Global Public Health: health workforce, Covid-19 and wellbeing | Dr Lissette Aviles |
| Public health and community nursing | Dr Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
| Physical Activity | Dr Divya Sivaramakrishnan |
| Sedentary Behaviour | Dr Divya Sivaramakrishnan |
| Healthy Ageing | Dr Divya Sivaramakrishnan |
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Virtual and Online Learning |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Climate change and implications for minorities |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Artificial intelligence in relation to ethical principles and inclusivity |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
| Digital education, app development and healthcare | Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Telehealth |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Social media |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
| Epidemiology | Dr Glenna Nightingale |
| Evaluation of public health interventions | Dr Glenna Nightingale |
| Modelling Longitudinal health related data | Dr Glenna Nightingale |
| Topic area | Potential supervisor |
|---|---|
| Exploring alcohol interventions within the prison population | Professor Aisha Holloway |
| Prison Health | Professor Aisha Holloway |
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Marginalised groups |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Racism in academia |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Social injustice and whistle-blower protection |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |
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Improving access to care - developing countries |
Dr Michelle King-Okoye |