Complex Needs Centre Members
Our People
Professor Owen Barr
Professor of Nursing and Intellectual Disabilities-
Areas of expertise
- Access to general healthcare for people with learning disabilities
- Death and dying for people with learning disabilities
- Person centred residential care for people with learning disabilities
Dr Esther Ruth Beck
Senior Lecturer in Nursing-
Areas of expertise
- Palliative care
- Advance care planning
- Long-term care
Professor Vivien Coates
Professor of Nursing Practice Research-
Areas of expertise
- Self-management of diabetes
- Avoiding unscheduled hospital admission in diabetes
- Long-term condition lifestyle risk factors
Professor Neal Cook
Associate Dean Academic Quality & Student Experience-
Areas of expertise
- Nurse education
- Neuroscience Nursing
- Person-centredness
Dr Felicity Hasson
Senior Lecturer-
Areas of expertise
- Workforce
- Community palliative care
- Public health and palliative care
Professor Ciara Hughes
Research Director of Health Science Research-
Areas of expertise
- Interventions for pain/fatigue reduction along with associated underpinning biomarkers and cellular changes
- Radiation dose reduction along with the associated underpinning biomarkers and cellular changes
Professor George Kernohan
Professor of Health Research-
Areas of expertise
- Global health improvement
- Health Technology Assessment
- Palliative Care for All
Dr Toni McAloon
Senior Lecturer in Nursing-
Areas of expertise
- Improving the clinical management of adult overweight & obesity
- Clinical communication
Dr Claire McCauley
Senior Lecturer in Health Sciences-
Areas of expertise
- Mental health and wellbeing in vulnerable populations across the life span
- Mental health recovery
- Reminiscence and dementia care
Professor Sonja McIlfatrick
Dean of the Ulster Doctoral College-
Areas of expertise
- Public health and palliative care
- Psychosocial support for patients and family carers across different illnesses
- Addressing palliative care needs
Dr Anne Moorhead
Senior Lecturer-
Areas of expertise
- Communication technologies in Healthcare
- Communication in mental health and obesity
- E-help-seeking and behaviour change
Professor Assumpta Ryan
Professor of Ageing and Health-
Areas of expertise
- Family caregiving,
- Technology facilitated reminiscence in dementia
- Quality of life in care homes.
Professor Cherith Semple
Professor of Nursing-
Areas of expertise
- Promoting quality of life for patients with head and neck cancer
- Impact of parental cancer for families
Dr Paul Slater
Senior Lecturer in Statistics-
Areas of expertise
- Research methods and quantitative analysis
- Instrument development and psychometrics
- Person-centred practice