Events 2025

The QRF is co-ordinated by the Qualitative Research Reference Group.

This event is being presented by postgraduate researchers:

Leah Attwell

Leah is a PhD student funded by the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR). The aim of her research is to understand how, why and in which contexts community involvement impacts the development of parenting-support services that address early years health inequalities. Leah will discuss the final study within her project which is a realist evaluation of practices across two distinct case studies, including discussion of her study design and how it seeks to unpick complex casual processes through triangulation of mixed-method data.

Gemma Mason

Gemma Mason is a UKCP registered psychotherapist who works in a private practice in Wiltshire. Her PhD research is using narrative analysis to understand the perceptions of epilepsy as held by those who have the illness and those health professionals who work with them. She is conducting individual interviews with people who have epilepsy and health professionals to give her insights from both perspectives and eliciting themes that may improve communication between these two groups. Her interest in this research topic comes from her lived experience of having epilepsy for the first 22 years of her life. She went on to work with this client group as a health professional.

If you would like to attend please complete this form by 15 April. A Teams link will be sent out to registered attendees shortly before the event is due to take place.

Please note that this event is only open to University of Exeter staff/students and will not be recorded. 

Professor Angus Jones, Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

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Decolonising Research in Medicine, Health & Life Sciences  

Please save the date for this HLS Faculty event. More details will follow. If you have any ideas about speakers, or would like to contribute in any way in organising this conference, please contact the relevant organisers below.

Join us for a full-day conference dedicated to exploring how we can decolonise research across medicine, health, and life sciences. This event will bring together staff and students for an engaging programme of activities aimed at fostering critical discussions and promoting equitable and inclusive research practices. 

Programme Highlights:
•    Keynote Presentations
•    Thematic Talks
•    Interactive Workshops
•    Panel Discussions
•    Poster presentations

This conference is open to all staff and students within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.

Organising committee: 
•    Biosciences- Orly Razgour & Yusra Siddiqui
•    CBS – Shalinee Dhayal, Federico Palmisani and Maisha Reza
•    HCS/HCP – Kristin Liabo, Amad Al-Azzawi and Susannah Tooze
•    Psychology – Ioanna Kapantai & Morgana Lizzio-Wilson

Professor Antonieta Medina-Lara, Public Health and Sport Sciences

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Professor Phil Evans, Health and Community Sciences

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Professor Vashti Berry, Public Health and Sport Sciences

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Professor Kate Ellacott, Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

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Professor Sam Vine, Public Health and Sport Sciences

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Professor Sarah Richardson, Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

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Professor Rachel Freathy, Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

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Professor Richard Oram, Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

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