School Of Nursing and Midwifery

PhD Supervisors

School of Nursing and Midwifery

School of Nursing and Midwifery

My area of interest is developing and evaluating interventions to support people with chronic illness, and there are two main strands.

Chronic musculoskeletal conditions: a) musculoskeletal consequences of surgery for cancer, and their management; and b) playing-related musculoskeletal disorders in musicians.
Qualitative research methodology: specifically, interviews and focus groups, and in how research is taught to undergraduate and post-graduate students

Current projects:

Walking for Health (WORtH) funded by Cross-border Healthcare Intervention Trials in Ireland Network (CHITIN)
Inhaled Compliance Assessment (INCA)
SafeTrad (Irish traditional musicians)

Supervising PhD students in the fields of

My most recent publications are:

Blackburn NE, Mc Veigh JG, Mc Caughan EM, Kennedy RD, McIntosh SA, Wilson IM (2018) The musculoskeletal consequences of latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction in women following mastectomy for breast cancer. PLoS ONE 13(8):e0202859.
Russell D, Álvarez Gallardo IC, Wilson IM, Hughes CM, Davison GW, Sañudo B, McVeigh JG. 2018 ‘Exercise to me is a scary word’: Perceptions of fatigue, sleep dysfunction and exercise in people with fibromyalgia syndrome: a focus group study Accepted: Rheumatology International 28:3 507-515
Porter M, Wilson IM, Doherty L, Magee JDM, 2018 The extent of playing-related musculoskeletal problems (PRMDs) in the Irish traditional music community. A survey Medical Problems of Performing Artists 33:(1):47-55 (Mar)
Flood T, Wilson I, Cathcart J 2018 Service User Involvement in Radiotherapy and Oncology education; the Patient Perspective Radiography 24(3):185-191

PhD Title	Managing expectations and reducing morbidity after surgery for breast cancer.
Name	Mariya Sotirova
Country	United Kingdom
Year of Study	2017 -

PhD Title	What can be done to help prevent and reduce injuries in school-aged rugby players?
Name	David Anderson
Country	United Kingdom
Year of Study	2017 -

PhD Title	Enhancement of the student experience during practice placement using technology-assisted social constructivism
Name	Andrea Jones
Country	2016 -
Year of Study	United Kingdom

PhD Title	Re-referral patterns in musculoskeletal physiotherapy out-patients
Name	Dr Daniel Topley
Year of Study	2015-2019
Country	United Kingdom

PhD Title	The musculoskeletal consequences of breast reconstruction using the Latissimus Dorsi muscle.
Name	Dr Nicole Blackburn
Year of Study	2013 - 2017
Country	United Kingdom

PhD Title	Designing the wicked problem of PRMDs out of Irish Traditional Music
Name	Dr Mark Porter
Year of Study	2012 - 2017
Country	United Kingdom