Projects per year
Personal profile
Overview
I am a Clinical Psychologist and Qualitative Researcher with an established track record of peer-reviewed publication focused on the lived experience of those with chronic health difficulties and intellectual disabilities; in the context of ‘spoilt identity’, marginalisation and discrimination.
Research interests
I am pursuing three research strands through grant applications, my own study and trainee projects
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Understanding those with marginalised health conditions and improving quality of care
- Doctoral supervision: How do older Black African women living in the UK experience and make sense of living with HIV?
- Life after infertility: A grounded theory of moving on from unsuccessful infertility treatment.
- A Grounded Theory study of parents’ adjustment after the birth of their child with a facial birthmark.
- In preparation: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit application: The development of a personalised pain measure for those with sickle cell disease.
- Founding member of the University of Hertfordshire Psycho-Haematology Research Unit.
- The Ethics and values of Clinical Psychologists
- Doctoral supervision: The integration of personal and professional ethical decision making constructs in trainee clinical psychologists.
- How do clinical psychologists identify and make decisions around ethical dilemmas: a grounded theory study.
- From Hell to Utopia: How clinical psychologists who don't believe in freewill, experience delivering therapy.
- People with learning disabilities: living within a complex system.
- Doctoral supervision: How people with Intellectual Disabilities experience transitions under the Transforming Care Programme: a grounded theory study.
Teaching specialisms
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Design, deliver and tutor the taught course of research on the DClinPsy programme- approx. 20 lectures per academic year.
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Design, organise/ deliver the Intellectual Disabilities Module on the DClinPsy course.
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Problem Based Learning small group tutor.
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Academic Tutor to four DClinPsy Trainees.
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Internal Examiner for DClinPsy theses, 2 per year.
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Mark research, clinical and academic assignments on DClinPsy course.
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Invited to teach at Canterbury Christ Church University DClinPsy course on ‘Ethics and Philosophy’ and Leicester University DClinPsy course on ‘Grounded Theory’.
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Invited to address new nurses conference at The Whittington Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on ‘Working with those with Sickle Cell Disease’ and ‘Pain in those with Sickle Cell Disease’.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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‘It’s not in my job description’: An exploration of trainee clinical psychologists’ attitudes towards research and perceptions of DClinPsy research culture
Dodzro, R., Heath, J., Ellis-Caird, H. & Kingston, R., Jul 2023, In: Clinical Psychology Forum. 366, p. 20-31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“It was really good, she sort of took some words what happened, like what I would say”: Adapting dyadic interview techniques to capture the stories of marginalised voices in research
Head, A., Ellis-Caird, H., Rhodes, L. & Mengoni, S., 1 Mar 2021, In: Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin. 31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How do clinical psychologists make ethical decisions? A systematic review of empirical research
Grace, B., Wainwright, T., Solomons, W., Camden, J. & Ellis-Caird, H., 1 Dec 2020, In: Clinical Ethics. 15, 4, p. 213-224 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How to keep your ethics when all about you are losing theirs
Ellis-Caird, H., Nov 2020, In: Clinical Psychology Forum. 2020, 335, p. 9-12 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Moral judgments and ethical constructs in clinical psychology doctoral students
Jenkin, A. C., Ellis-Caird, H. & Winter, D. A., 3 Nov 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ethics and Behavior. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)