Jo is a social scientist with a background in applied health research, primarily leading or managing qualitative and mixed methods intervention development and evaluation studies working with a range of stakeholders.
She has methodological expertise in qualitative research, mixed methods research, intervention development, co-design and implementation methods, process evaluations, systematic reviews, and patient and public involvement. A theme in all her research is patient decision-making and self-management.
Jo has taught research methods to postgraduate and undergraduate students for more than 12 years and provided supervision to postgraduate students.
She has established and managed patient and public involvement groups and co-designed and run research training for members of the public who get involved in research. As well as developed and provided co-design training for researchers.
Jo is currently training to be a Registered Mental Health Nurse and will qualify in July 2024.
Jo's areas of experience are patient decision making, mental health, multi-morbidity and medical complexity, telehealth technologies, polypharmacy and deprescribing, qualitative research methods, complex intervention development and behaviour change, and co-design.
Jo can supervise in following topics; Patient decision making, mental health nursing, polypharmacy and deprescribing, complex intervention development and co-design