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Dr Brittany Nocivelli
(she/her)
BSc (Hons), MSc PhD
Teams and roles for Brittany Nocivelli
Research Associate
Research Associate
Overview
I am a Research Associate in the Centre for Adult Social Care and DECIPHer centres in the School of Social Sciences. My current research focus is on suicide prevention and self-harm research, based in the new National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Research.
My research interests include research inclusivity of underserved, vulnerable populations and the development of interventions to empower underrepresented populations to participate in research.
Publication
2025
- Nocivelli, B. 2025. Engaging care home residents in research: identification of barriers and facilitators to inclusion and the development of a communication support intervention (The ENGAGE study). PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2024
- Nocivelli, B., Wood, F., Hood, K., Wallace, C. and Shepherd, V. 2024. “Research happens a lot in other settings—so why not here?” A qualitative interview study of stakeholders’ views about advance planning for care home residents’ research participation. Age and Ageing 53(10), article number: afae235. (10.1093/ageing/afae235)
- Nocivelli, B., Wood, F., Hood, K., Wallace, C. and Shepherd, V. 2024. Widening research participation: a survey exploring stakeholders' views about opportunities for older adults living in UK care homes to participate in research. Nursing and Residential Care 26(7), pp. 1-9. (10.12968/nrec.2023.0039)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2024. Improving the inclusion of an under-served group in trials: development and implementation of the INCLUDE Impaired Capacity to Consent Framework. Trials 25(1), article number: 83. (10.1186/s13063-024-07944-x)
2023
- Nocivelli, B., Shepherd, V., Hood, K., Wallace, C. and Wood, F. 2023. Identifying barriers and facilitators to the inclusion of older adults living in UK care homes in research: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics 23(1), article number: 446. (10.1186/s12877-023-04126-3)
- Nocivelli, B., Shepherd, V., Hood, K., Wallace, C. and Wood, F. 2023. Identifying barriers and facilitators to the inclusion of older adults living in UK care homes in research: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics
Articles
- Nocivelli, B., Wood, F., Hood, K., Wallace, C. and Shepherd, V. 2024. “Research happens a lot in other settings—so why not here?” A qualitative interview study of stakeholders’ views about advance planning for care home residents’ research participation. Age and Ageing 53(10), article number: afae235. (10.1093/ageing/afae235)
- Nocivelli, B., Wood, F., Hood, K., Wallace, C. and Shepherd, V. 2024. Widening research participation: a survey exploring stakeholders' views about opportunities for older adults living in UK care homes to participate in research. Nursing and Residential Care 26(7), pp. 1-9. (10.12968/nrec.2023.0039)
- Shepherd, V. et al. 2024. Improving the inclusion of an under-served group in trials: development and implementation of the INCLUDE Impaired Capacity to Consent Framework. Trials 25(1), article number: 83. (10.1186/s13063-024-07944-x)
- Nocivelli, B., Shepherd, V., Hood, K., Wallace, C. and Wood, F. 2023. Identifying barriers and facilitators to the inclusion of older adults living in UK care homes in research: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics 23(1), article number: 446. (10.1186/s12877-023-04126-3)
- Nocivelli, B., Shepherd, V., Hood, K., Wallace, C. and Wood, F. 2023. Identifying barriers and facilitators to the inclusion of older adults living in UK care homes in research: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics
Thesis
- Nocivelli, B. 2025. Engaging care home residents in research: identification of barriers and facilitators to inclusion and the development of a communication support intervention (The ENGAGE study). PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
Current projects:
Suicide prevention and self-harm research
Previous projects:
Engaging Care Home Residents in Research (The ENGAGE Study)
ENGAGE2 Study
INCLUDE Impaired Capacity to Consent Framework
Mechanisms of Fatigue
Biography
Education:
BSc Psychology - School of Psychology, Cardiff University (2015-2018)
MSc Children's Psychological Disorders - School of Psychology, Cardiff University (2018-2019)
PhD, School of Medicine, Cardiff University (2021-2025)
Honours and awards
Health and Care Research Wales - Next Steps Award (Jan - Oct 2025)
Health and Care Research Wales - Social Care PhD Studentship Award (Jan 2022 - Dec 2025)
Academic positions
Research Associate - Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University (Jan-Oct 2025)