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
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Development of an arteriovenous fistula and graft cannulation patient reported experience measure for adults with chronic kidney disease on haemodialysis
Hawkins, J. (PI), Wellsted, D. (CoI), Farrington, K. (CoI) & Ellis-Caird, H. (CoI)
1/10/20 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
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Making positive moves: What support do people with Learning Disabilities need to remain living in the community after moving under the Transforming Care Programme. A qualitative longitudinal study.
Ellis-Caird, H. (CoI), Mengoni, S. (PI), Wellsted, D. (CoI) & Dixon, G. (Researcher)
1/09/20 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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Development and validation of a measure to assess patient experience of needling of arteriovenous fistulas or grafts for haemodialysis access: The NPREM
Moore, C., Busby, A., Flanagan, R.-L., Ellis-Caird, H., Awan, F., Paul, T., Fielding, C., McCafferty, K., Van Der Veer, S. & Farrington, K., 29 Jan 2025, In: Clinical Kidney Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“The whole thing is beyond stress”: Family perspectives on the experience of hospitalisation through to discharge for individuals with severe learning disabilities and complex needs
Stock, M., Mulholland, M., Cooper, V., Head, A., Prowse, S., Wellsted, D., Mengoni, S., Rhodes, L. & Ellis-Caird, H., 29 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities. p. 1-11 11 p., 12595.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mapping stakeholders to maximise the impact of research on health inequalities for people with learning disabilities: the development of a framework for the Making Positive Moves study
Beeken, F., Katsampa, D., Duxbury, M., Ellis-Caird, H., Head, A., Prowse, S., Wellsted, D., Zormati, P., Mengoni, S. & Rhodes, L., 4 Mar 2024, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities. p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 20-31 12 p.Research 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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