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Dr Clare Bennett

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Overview

I am a Reader in the School of Healthcare Sciences and Co-Director of The Wales Centre For Evidence Based Care: A JBI Centre of Excellence. I am also RCN Wales Nurse of the Year for Research, Digitilisation and Innovation. 

My research predominantly focuses on promoting the health of vulnerable populations through systems-oriented research. I have been Principal Investigator for NIHR, NHS England, Burdett and RCN funded projects. Most recently I have led research into children and young people's mental health crisis service delivery (NIHR HSDR), digital technologies for adolescent sexual health (Burdett) and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine uptake (European Cancer Organisation). I mostly utilise qualitative methods, mixed methods and evidence synthesis methodology. I Chair the JBI Qualitiative Methods Group and I am a peer reviewer for NIHR.

I teach, assess and supervise the full range of healthcare students across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Research Methods, Patient Safety, Public Health, Global Health and Health Policy. I am a PhD supervisor, examiner and Viva Chair with experience in the UK and internationally. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Visiting Lecturer at Freiburg University in Germany and The Health Care and Services Research Unit (Investén-isciii), Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain. I am also Invited Lecturer for Bethlehem University.

Clinically, I was a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Advanced Nurse Practitioner for the West Midlands Regional Centre for Immunology and a Research Nurse for Birmingham University, having worked previously as a staff nurse in HIV, Infectious Diseases and Sexual Health in London, Birmingham and Romania.

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Thesis

Websites

Research

My research interests are bound by a focus on service delivery, health prevention and vulnerable populations. Specific areas of interest are:

  • Young people's sexual health and well being
  • Young people's experiences of mental health crisis care
  • Evidence synthesis
  • Qualitative research methods
  • Mixed methods
  • Evidence synthesis

My doctoral thesis (D.Nurs awarded 2016, Cardiff University) centred on adult-child sexuality communication within families in England. In 2018 I was awarded a grant by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust which enabled the continuation of this research in The Netherlands. I have subsequently published two books as an outcome of this research.

I am currently co-Chief Investigator for a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): Health and Social Care Delivery (HSDR) Research Programme funded study (CAMH-Crisis2: Crisis Care for Children and Young People with Mental Health Problems: National Mapping, Models of Delivery, Sustainability and Experience) and Principal Investigator for a European Cancer Organisation funded study into HPV vaccine take-up internationally. I am also co-Director of The Wales Centre For Evidence Based Care: A JBI Centre of Excellence. Previously, I have been Principal Investigator for a number of Health Education England and Royal College of Nursing commissioned studies. I am a peer reviewer for NIHR.

Grants 

04/24 - 04/25

European Cancer Organisation: A mixed methods systematic review of the barriers and enablers to the uptake of HPV vaccine in Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia

Principal Investigator 

£20,000

11/22 - 04/25

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): Health and Social Care Delivery (HSDR) Research Programme, 2022. CAMH-Crisis2: Crisis Care for Children and Young People with Mental Health Problems: National Mapping, Models of Delivery, Sustainability and Experience.

Co-Chief Investigator 

 

 

£811,060

01/22 - 07/23

Burdett Trust for Nursing: Digital Interventions for Adolescent Sexual Health 

Principal Investigator 

£50,000

07/17 - 08/17

Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship: Parent-child sexuality communication in the Netherlands.

Principal Investigator

£4880

05/16 - 10/16

Health Education England:

Urgent Out of Hospital Care Programme: A Realist Evaluation.

Principal Investigator

£19,612

03/15 - 02/16

Health Education England:

The Pharmacist Independent Prescriber (PIP) Programmes: A Realist Evaluation.

Principal Investigator

£51,000

09/15 -02/16

Health Education England:

A Realist Evaluation of the RCN’s Cultural Ambassadors Programme

Principal Investigator

£6,550

06/14 - 02/16

Health Education England:

Skills Enhancement in Rural Communities (SERC): A Study of Impact.

Principal Investigator

£22,500

06/14 -01/15

Health Education England:

Measuring the Impact of the HEWM / RCN Leadership Development Programme: A Realist Evaluation.

Principal Investigator

£15,684

01/14 -01/15

Health Education England:

Recruitment and Selection to the Aspiring Directors Programme HEWM: A Research Study into Best Practice.

Principal Investigator

£10,126

Teaching

I teach and assess on undergraduate, MSc and doctoral modules and lead three post-graduate, level 7 modules: Research Methods, Patient Safety, and Public Health, Health Economics and Health Policy. I have also published in these fields.

I became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2018. I supervise students undertaking masters dissertations and doctoral candidates. I am experienced in curriculum design and programme leadership. I am a Visiting / Invited Lecturer at Freiburg University in Germany, Bethlehem University and The Health Care and Services Research Unit (Investén-isciii), Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain. I am also an External PhD Examiner in the UK and Australia.

Biography

My career in nursing began in the early 1990s. After having worked in a variety of surgical and medical settings I developed an interest in HIV, first working with children and babies who were HIV positive in Romania and later with adults, at the West Midlands Regional Centre for HIV.  I then went on to work in sexual health before becoming a Research Nurse at Birmingham University and a Clinical Nurse Specialist / Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Immunology. In 1999 I moved to London where I continued to practice clinically and commenced my career as a Lecturer.  My first post was with Middlesex University, followed by the Royal College of Nursing Institute, the Open University and the University of Worcester. I joined the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University in 2018.

Honours and awards

Professional memberships

RN 1 and Teacher Status with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Academic positions

08/22 -

Present

Reader

Cardiff University

10/22 -

Present

Invited Lecturer

Bethlehem University

04/22 -

Present

Visiting Lecturer

The Health Care and Services Research Unit, Madrid

01/22 -

Present

PhD Examiner & Chair

Cardiff University, University of Bath, University of Tasmania, Birmingham University, Queen Margarets University, University of Manchester, University of Adelaide

09/19 -

07/22

Senior Lecturer

Cardiff University

03/18 -

08/19

Lecturer

Cardiff University

01/17 -

Present

Visiting Lecturer

Freiburg University

09/16 -

03/18

Honorary Tutor

Cardiff University

09/14 -

03/18

Research Fellow

University of Worcester

08/08 -

09/14

Senior Lecturer

University of Worcester

05/07 -

08/08

Visiting Lecturer

University of Worcester

06/03 -

08/08

Senior Lecturer

Royal College of Nursing

11/03 -

02/12

Associate Lecturer

Open University

05/99 -

11/02

Senior Lecturer

Middlesex University

09/95 -

05/99

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Birmingham Heartlands NHS Trust

Committees and reviewing

Chair of the JBI Qualitative Methods Group

Member of the JBI Reproductive Health Expert Reference Group

Editorial Board: Journal of Advanced Nursing

NIHR Peer Reviewer

Journal reviewer: Culture Health and Sexuality, Sex Education, BMJOpen, Journal of Research in Nursing and Nurse Researcher.

 

Supervisions

I am an experienced PhD and Prof Doc supervisor and examiner in the UK and Australia and am interested in supervising post-graduate research students in the areas of:

  • Sexual health
  • Public Health
  • Family Studies
  • Young people's well being
  • Leadership and quality improvement
  • Healthcare service delivery

Current PhD/Professional Doctorate students

Lead supervisor: Fatemah Altheyab Parenting a nonverbal child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Kuwait: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of mothers’ experiences

Co-supervisor:  Hamamah Hassan Alzahrani Saudi women's experiences of making informed choices during childbirth.

Current supervision

Fatemah Altheyab

Fatemah Altheyab

Hamamah Alzahrani

Hamamah Alzahrani

Gabrielle Gilbert

Gabrielle Gilbert

Sami Alanazi

Sami Alanazi