Senior Lecturer in Health, Wellbeing and Care in Society
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Society where I teach BSc (Hons) Health, Wellbeing and Care in Society delivering health-related topics within a biopsychosocial framework.
My research interest's areas are somatic disorders, stigmatisation and inequalities in health.
I am currently completing a PhD examining Epistemic Injustice within the Dr/Patient relationship, Stigma and Inequalities for those living with ME/CFS.
Teaching and supervision
- I am module leader for:
- HSC103 – Foundations of Policy, Practice and Inequalities in Health and Wellbeing
- HSC204 – Health Inequalities and Lifestyle "Killers"
- HSC308 – Pain or Happiness? Understanding Somatic Illnesses
I also teach: - SOC332 where I supervise dissertation students in areas including inequalities in health, PTSD, somatic illness and mental health who are in their final year of undergraduate study.
Research interests for potential research students
- Somatic symptom disorders and Medically Unexplained Pain
- PhD – ME and the true self: Stigmatisation of living with an invisible illness ME/CFS
Research
I am currently completing a PhD – ME and the true self: Stigmatisation of living with an invisible illness ME/CFS.
Publications
Reports, briefing/ working papers
Deacon, Lesley, Butler, Anneliesa and Shaw, Julie (2023) Whole-School Approach to Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing (MHW) of Children and Young People. Project Report. University of Sunderland, Sunderland. (Unpublished)