Monday 19 May to Friday 23 May 2014

University of Ulster, Jordanstown campus

Research Week Programme
Institute of Nursing and Health Research
Welcome
Second Research Week
Building on the success of 2012, we have organised a second Research Week. I
extend a warm welcome to all those visiting us, in particular our Visiting Professors,
some of whom have come a long way to help our research enterprise and renew
collaborations and friendships.
In preparing the programme, we were mindful of the varied and different needs of our
researchers and the ever-changing research environment in which we work. There are
plenty of opportunities to learn and share expertise and experiences, both formally
(in the workshops and masterclasses) and informally during tea breaks, lunches and
dinners.
This year is especially important as we await the results of REF2014. It is however
timely to refect on past achievements and future endeavours. Of particular
importance is the need to continue to develop research capacity and to build
international collaborations. We aim to nurture those new to research and provide
them with an environment to grow and develop. I would particularly ask you to
support our new researchers who will present their work on Tuesday.
Finally, I would like to thank all those who have worked tirelessly to set up and
organise this event. We are also grateful to all those who have kindly agreed to deliver
talks and workshops. I would like, on behalf of INHR, to thank Brendan McCormack
for the sterling work he did at the University of Ulster and wish him the best in his new
pastures.
Master Classes
Seminars
Lectures
Conference
Visiting Speakers and Visiting Professors
Professor Ian Banks Professor Dave Baxter
Professor Ian Bradbury Professor Mike Clarke
Professor Jan Dewing Professor Soo Downe
Dr Andrew Lyon Professor David Morris
Professor Debra Moser Professor Ruth Northway
Professor Angie Titchen Professor Lolkje de Jong-van den Berg
Professor Val Wilson
To reserve a place at any of our free events please contact Julie Cummins -
j.cummins1@ulster.ac.uk or telephone 028 7012 4094
Professor Kader Parahoo
Director, Institute of Nursing and Health Research
MONDAY
19 May 2014
TUESDAY
20 May 2014
WEDNESDAY
21 May 2014
THURSDAY
22 May 2014
FRIDAY
23 May 2014
10:00 - 12:30 09:00 - 17:00 10:00 - 12:30 10:00 - 13:00 10:00 - 13:00
Meeting of INHR Research
Centres
Inside Nursing
& Health Research
Doctoral Conference
(see programme
overleaf)
Meeting of the INHR
Review Panel
Masterclass 1
Research Integrity
(Prof Lolkje de Jong van
den Berg)
Masterclass 2
Woman-centredness &
Person-centredness: is
there a difference?
(Prof Soo Downe)
Masterclass 3
Transformational Research:
Design & Practice
(Prof Angie Titchen
& Prof Jan Dewing)
Workshop
Futures Thinking
Dr Andrew Lyon,
Converger, International
Futures Forum
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Centre members
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INHR Leadership Group & VPs
LOCATION: 1F122
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LOCATION: Loughview
12:30 - 13:30 12:30 - 14:00 13:00 - 14:00 13:00 - 14:00
Lunch & meet Visiting Professors
(VPs)
Lunchtime seminar Strategies to improve protocol fdelity in clinical trials
(Prof David Morris*)
Buffet lunch & closing
remarks
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INHR staff & VPs
LOCATION: Loughview
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13:30 - 16:00 14:00 - 17:00 14:00 - 17:00
Research Week Launch
- Prof H McKenna (PVC)
Opportunities for Nursing
& Health Research
Dr S Davey, Connected Health
& Horizon 2020
The impact of nursing & health
research
Prof K Parahoo, Director INHR
Potential collaboration between
computing, engineering & health
Prof J McLaughlin
Clinical Trials Workshop
(Prof Mike Clarke)
Masterclass 4
Upping the Game - how
to maximize success
with Research Council
applications
(Prof Dave Baxter)
Masterclass 5
Opportunities for research
using data linkage services
in Northern Ireland
(Dr Maria Loane &
Dr Karen Casson)
Masterclass 6
Making the most of
statistics
(Prof Ian Bradbury)
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LOCATION: Loughview
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Drinks reception Dinner with VPs,
Leadership Group & guests
* Professor Morris will also be giving a Masterclass The Wolf Motor Function Test in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Masterclass on
Assessment of Upper Limb Function on Wednesday, 21 May at Jordanstown. Further details available from a.porter@ulster.ac.uk
Institute of Nursing and Health Research
Research Week Programme 19-23 May 2014
Inside Nursing and Health Research Conference
Tuesday, 20 May 2014 Programme
09:00 Coffee and Registration
09:30 Welcome and Introduction
Dr Sonja McIlfatrick Postgraduate Tutor, Institute of Nursing and Health
Research
09:45 Keynote Address PhD Supervision - is there a right way?
Professor Ruth Northway Visiting Professor
10:15 Discussion Challenges of PhD supervision
Professor Roy McConkey Emeritus Professor
10:45 Comfort Break
Session 1: Chair - Professor Val Wilson
11:00 Centre for Health and Rehabilitation Technologies
Rehabilitation in Palliative Care: A Novel Exploratory Study.
Cathy Payne PhD student
Wound fuid from Diabetic Foot Ulcers.
Carla McArdle PhD student
11:40 Centre for Maternal, Fetal and Infant Research
Teenage Pregnancy and Risk of Congenital Anomaly.
Maria Loane recently completed PhD student
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for the management of low
back and/or pelvic pain during pregnancy: qualitative outcomes.
Ciara OPrey-Close PhD student
Biochemical and Physiological Outcomes.
Julie McCullough PhD student
12:20 Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Adapted HealthMatters Program: Promoting healthy lifestyles in individuals
with an intellectual disability?
Lisa OLeary PhD student
Measuring physical activity and physical ftness of teenagers with intellectual
disability. An exploratory study.
Ben Fitzpatrick PhD student
13:00 Lunch
Session 2: Chair - Professor Debra Moser
14:00 Managing Chronic Illness Research Centre
Treating Obese patients: What infuences our decisions?
Toni McAloon PhD student
Investigating the decision making process in patients with non-curative
cancer who have been invited to join a clinical research trial.
Mary Murphy PhD student
Exploring decision making between patients, families and community
healthcare professionals at the end of life.
Paula Brogan PhD student
14:40 Person-centred Practice Research Centre
Development of a student centred portfolio to support learning and
development in practice learning settings within the context of person-centred
care.
Neal Cook PhD student
Exploring person centredness in Emergency Departments.
Donna McConnell PhD student
15:20 Comfort Break
15:30 Developing a Research Profle
Professor Kader Parahoo Director, Institute of Nursing and Health Research
16:00 Closing Remarks
Professor Roy McConkey
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David Baxter
Professor David Baxter is Dean of the School
of Physiotherapy, and Deputy Pro-Vice-
Chancellor for Health Sciences, at the University
of Otago, New Zealand; he is also a Visiting
Professor at the University of Ulster, where he
completed his undergraduate and doctoral
training. David previously led the University of
Otagos multidisciplinary Research Theme on
Rehabilitation and Disability (2007-2011), and
is currently co-director for the New Zealand
National Science Challenge research consortium
for Ageing Well.
Davids research expertise is in the felds of
rehabilitation; low back pain; complementary
and alternative medicine; laser medicine.
His current projects include physical activity
interventions (principally walking interventions)
in low back pain and occupational health;
photobiomodulation of delayed wound healing;
and clinical effectiveness of acupuncture
including laser devices as an alternative to
needles in treatment of pain.
Ian Banks
In a previous life Ian Banks was once a television
repairman. He might not be able to cure you but
he can do wonders for your vertical hold. He has
four children, delivering one himself. Not quite
the same as child birth but at least I got to shout
push. He represents all doctors for the British
Medical Association as a member of Council
for the UK and awarded the BMA accolade,
the Association Gold Medal. He worked on the
Developing Patient Partnerships (DPP formerly
Doctor Patient Partnership) for six years.
He is the offcial spokesman on mens health
issues for the BMA, president of the European
Mens Health Forum and former president the
England & Wales Mens Health Forum, past vice
president of the International Society of Mens
Health, past deputy editor of the Mens Health
Journal and for six years the medical editor for
The Mens Health Magazine.
The BBC book The Trouble with Men was
written by Ian in 1996 to accompany the
television series of the same name. It was
followed by Mens Health, The Good Patient
Guide, The Childrens Health Guide, Get Fit
with Brittas, Mens Health in General Practice,
Ask About Sex and the 50th NHS Anniversary
book from the NHSE/HEA The Home Medicine
Guide. He is also the author of the NHS Direct
Healthcare Guide and Web site. He is a
founding member of the Self Care Forum (UK).
His other books include the Dads Survival
guide, the Haynes Man Workshop Manual (2
nd

Edition) the Haynes Baby Workshop Manual
(second edition), the Haynes Sex Workshop
Manual. Haynes Woman Workshop Manual the
Haynes Cancer Manual (the only book in 2004
to win the Plain English Award), Haynes HGV
MAN manual on men and weight, Brain deals
with men and mental wellbeing. His latest book
is Toddler Manual. He has written or edited
over 150 small manuals on various areas of
mens health with a distribution of over 2m.
Ian was appointed visiting professor of mens
health in Europe by Leeds Metropolitan
University in 2005 and awarded the Royal
Society of Public Health Gold Medal for public
health in 2007 followed by appointment to
the Academy in 2012. The City of Vienna
and the International Society of Mens Health
honoured Ian with their award for public health in
September 2007. In 2012 the RSPH appointed
Ian as Professorial Fellow to the Society. He
is now visiting professor to the University of
Ulster. He currently chairs the European Cancer
Organisation (ECCO) patient advisory committee
and the European Forum Against Blindness.
On December 2013 he was appointed honorary
Senior Lectureship on men and cancer in
Queens University medical school.
Professor Baxter has authored or co-authored
almost 200 peer-reviewed research papers
in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, and
contributed to various textbooks including
DeLisas Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
5
th
edition. He is the Editor in Chief of Physical
Therapy Reviews, and a member of the Editorial
Boards of a number of other international peer-
reviewed journals. He has presented multiple
platform or poster presentations and educational
workshops at national and international meetings.
David has been recognised as a Fellow of the
Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, the
International Academy of Lasers in Medicine and
Surgery, and the American Society for Lasers
in Medicine and Surgery; he is also an honorary
life member of the Acupuncture Association of
Chartered Physiotherapists.
Ian Bradbury
Professor Ian Bradbury is a medical statistician
with more than 30 years experience in medical
and biological applications of statistics and
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Mike Clarke
The Director of the All-Ireland Hub for Trials
Methodology Research, Queens University
Belfast will lead a session on clinical trials on
Wednesday afternoon, drawing on the work of
the Methodology Hub and his experience across
a wide variety of trials and systematic reviews.
The All-Ireland Hub for Trial Methodology is a
joint initiative between the University of Ulster
and Queens University Belfast. The work of
the All-Ireland Hub includes specifc areas of
trial methodology research, in particular, in
relation to the development of methods to keep
clinical trials simple, pragmatic and relevant to
practitioners, the public and policy makers; and
the use of evidence synthesis to design and
interpret new trials. He has a strong interest in
increasing the capacity for reviews and trials,
and in improving their accessibility. He took
up his present post in the Methodology Hub in
March 2011 and was Chair of the Network of
Hubs across the UK from 2011 to 2014, where
he is the leading on development of a series of
SWATs (Studies Within A Trial).
Mike has already provided advice and
support for several clinical trial proposals at
the University of Ulster. He has worked on
systematic reviews across a wide range of areas
of health care and methodology, including breast
cancer, stroke, publication bias and the impact
of research participation on routine health care.
He is Podcast and Journal Club Editor for The
Cochrane Library and a founder of Evidence
Aid, seeking to make it easier to use evidence
from reviews in natural disasters and other
humanitarian emergencies.
Mike is looking forward to taking part in the
INHR research week:
Having been at a previous INHR research week,
I am pleased to be returning, to hear more about
research in the Institute, and to share ideas about
the conduct of your research and how we might
strengthen the links to the Methodology Hubs,
Jan Dewing
Is a Visiting Professor at the University of
Ulster, and will co-lead a master class on
Thursday morning with Angie Titchen. The
class is entitled: Transformational Research:
Design & Practice. In her current role, Jan works
between East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
and Canterbury Christchurch University where
she is co-director for the England Centre of
Practice Development and leads the dementia
care innovation work. Her areas of interest are in
person-centred practice, effective workplaces,
teams and leaders, skilled facilitation, evaluation
and workplace learning. She also has expertise
in re-enablement and gerontological practice
including dementia care. Jan is academic editor
for the International Practice Development
Journal and editorial board member for the
International Journal of Older People Nursing.
mathematical modelling. He has worked
across all phases of clinical development in
pharmaceutical companies and CROs, as
well as in academic medicine, nutrition and
physiotherapy groups.
Ian has particular experience and expertise in
oncology trials, but has also worked in a range
of other subject areas such as musculoskeletal,
infectious diseases and prenatal screening. In
addition to his experience as a researcher and
in development work, he also has substantial
experience in teaching, and is currently part-time
Professor of Statistics at the University of Ulster.
He received both his undergraduate degree and
PhD in statistics from the University of Sheffeld.
including how we might work together on research
projects such as the SWATs.
Soo Downe
Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster,
Soo is a Professor of Midwifery Studies and has
used a wide range of methods, in her research,
including trials, surveys, systematic reviews
(metasynthesis and meta-analysis), ethnography,
phenomenology, and participatory action
research based on appreciative enquiry. Her
research encompasses four distinct programmes
of work: (1) Intrapartum phenomenon
and techniques, with specifc attention to
physiological processes and consequent
outcomes (2) Midwifery expertise and practice
(3) Place and mode of birth, and associated inter
professional issues (4) Service user engagement.
She is a member of a number of international
and national projects and organisations including
the current Lancet Series on Midwifery executive
group, and the EU IS0907 COST Action, which
she Chairs.
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Lolkje de Jong-van den Berg
Lolkje de Jong-van den Berg (1947) is Visiting
Professor at the University of Ulster. She works
together with Prof Helen Dolk and many others
on the FP7 project EUROmediCAT: Safety of
Medication in Pregnancy in relation to risk
of Congenital Anomalies. She gave lectures
for pharmacy students about pharmaco-
epidemiology and pharmacy practice research
at the Ulster Pharmacy school in Coleraine.
From 1997 she has been a Professor in
Pharmacoepidemiology at the faculty of Pharmacy
of the University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
and retired in 2012. She has supervised over
25 PhD students and many bachelor and
master students on projects among others
pharmaceutical care, drug utilisation studies,
and risk-assessment studies of medicines.
Her current research is focused on safety
of medicine use in pregnancy, focused on
congenital anomalies. She works in close
collaboration with EUROCAT (European
Congenital Anomalies and Twins Registry).
She is (co)author of many scientifc articles
and books about pharmacoepidemiology, and
safety of medicines. She has also worked for
many years on the Dutch Drug Bulletin, a critical
bulletin for pharmacists and medical doctors
about medicines.
Andrew Lyon
After fve years working in shops and factories,
Andrew studied Sociology and Economics at
Edinburgh University. After completing his PhD,
he led a community oriented health programme
at Polaroid UK Ltd, before moving to Glasgow to
lead the Healthy Cities Programme. He has also
worked for the WHO in Bangladesh and Europe.
With Forward Scotland, he lead on a Scottish
approach to Sustainable Development from
1996- 2001. Now with the International Futures
Forum, he leads on programmes designed to
restore effectiveness in times of rapid change.
Also a volunteer by nature, he currently serves
on the boards of several innovative charities.
He loves to cycle, is a poor but enthusiastic
astronomer. He also says he can play the fute
and the uilleann pipes, his children say he cant.
Morris is a Past-President of the Aquatic
Physical Therapy Section and Alabama Chapter
of the American Physical Therapy Association.
He was a 2009 recipient of the Lucy Blair
Service Award from the American Physical
therapy Association.
Research is one of the most challenging yet
rewarding endeavors one can imagine. Anytime
a group of researchers have an opportunity to
share their experiences, everyone benefts. I look
forward to sharing and learning with others at the
Research Week Programme.
David Morris
David M. Morris, PhD, PT is Professor and Vice
Chair in the Department of Physical Therapy
and Training Coordinator for the Constraint
Induced Therapy (CI Therapy) Research
Program at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham. He teaches coursework related to
professional practice issues, neurorehabilitation
strategies, and the physical therapists role in
health promotion and wellness in the entry-
level Doctor of Physical Therapy, PhD in
Rehabilition Sciences and Certifcate in Health
Focused Care for PTs and OTs Programs. He
has been a physical therapist with experience
in examination and providing therapeutic
interventions for adults with neuromuscular
dysfunction since 1983. He has been a member
of the UAB CI Therapy Research Group since
1994 and has participated in numerous studies
and training prgrams concerning the approach.
Ruth Northway
Ruth is Professor of Learning Disability Nursing
at the University of South Wales. Her research
interests include the health and well being of
people with learning disabilities, safeguarding
and abuse, and the use of participatory research
approaches. She is currently working with
colleagues at the University of Ulster on a
project relating to diabetes self management for
people with learning disabilities. She is Editor
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Valerie Wilson
Val is the Professor of Nursing Research &
Practice Development at Sydney Childrens
Hospitals Network and the University of
Technology Sydney and Visiting Professor in the
Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, School of
Nursing, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.
Her focus is on working with clinicians and
higher degree students to develop person-
centred approaches to care, that are both
evidenced based and take into account the
needs of patients and families. She is the co-
lead together with Professor Tanya McCance
of an International Study across 5 countries,
Promoting person-centred practice within
childrens hospital services through the use of
key performance indicators. She has researched
and published widely within the areas of Practice
Development, Evaluation and Evidence Based
Practice.
Angie Titchen
Titchens research engages with critical questions
of authenticity and the possibilites for research
as a transformative, egalitarian and essentially
critical praxis. Her engagement with forms of
creative expression as modes of research puts her
at the forefront of a vibrant and emerging feld of
research being led by people like Norman Denzin,
Yvonna Lincoln, Michael Giardina, Carolyn Ellis and
Chris Po. (Dr David Nichols, 2012 - Head of
Physiotherapy, AUT University, Auckland).
Visiting Professor at the University of Ulster,
Angie Titchen, received the British Educational
Research Association Award for the best PhD
thesis awarded by a British University in 1999.
In this research, she created a conceptual
framework for critical companionship, a
transformational facilitation approach that
she has continued testing and developing
throughout her career. With 24 years working
at the cutting edge of phenomenological
and action-oriented research and practice
development, she has brought this experience
to the design, implementation and evaluation
of facilitation development programmes for
healthcare teams wishing to deliver person-
centred, evidence-informed practice. This
work includes helping practitioners to become
practitioner-researchers studying their own
practice. Being passionate about bringing
criticality and creativity together in research
and practice development, she has developed,
with others, the philosophical, theoretical
and methodological underpinnings for a new
world view (critical creativity) in which human
fourishing for all is the ultimate outcome. This
work is in its infancy and, as yet, is largely
unvalued by traditional research communities.
It is being taken forward successfully by a
few INHR doctoral students and practice
developers and lecturers with whom the Institute
is associated, as well as more widely nationally
and internationally.
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of the Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and is
Chair of the RCN Research Society.
I am looking forward to meeting with staff and
students at the University of Ulster for what
promises to be an interesting and stimulating
week.