Health Sciences Postgraduate Research Conference Event

The day will consist of keynote speakers, and oral and poster presentations from our students on a wide range of subjects.

We are pleased to announce Jo Adams and Tara Sims as our keynote speakers.

If you would like to book a place at the conference, please visit our booking page .

The programme for the day is below. If you have any questions, please contact Steph Baker .

08:30 - 09:00 - Registration

09:00 - 09:15 - Welcome - Jonathan Drennan

09:15 - 09:45 - Keynote - Professor Dame Jessica Corner

09:45 - 10:30 - Keynote - Dr Jo Adams: Patient and Public Involvement in Clinical Research

10:30 - 10:50 - Sandra Walker: How do patients who have self-harmed, experience contact with mental health services in a general hospital?

10:50 – 11:10 – Boonthan Kingsaiyhod: Stakeholder perspectives towards schizophrenia care at the sub-district level in rural Thailand

11:10 – 11:30 - BREAK

11:30 – 11:50 – Annabel Rule: An ethnographic case study on discharge decision making for older people in short stay units

11:50 – 12:10 – Abedallah Kasem: Exploring the views of parents of children under two years of age following telephone advice from nurses working in a GP out-of-hours service in Ireland.

12:10 – 12:30 – Seth Waife: Pathways to breast cancer diagnosis in Ghanaian women with self-discovered symptoms

12:30 – 12:50 – Husam Almansour: The effect of nationality on job satisfaction and ‘intention to leave’ among nurses in Saudi Arabian Hospitals

12:50 – 13:30 – LUNCH

13:30 – 13:50 – Hanif Farhan Mohd Rasdi: The reliability of Ito Test and 3D kinematics of normal gait

13:50 – 14:10 – Peter McQueen: Epidemiology: foot osteoarthritis and foot pain

14:10 – 14:30 – Shabana Malik: A study of distribution and role of mast cells in painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis

14:30 – 14:40 – Michelle Baker-Moffat: Investigating biofilm formation in lumen of sterile nasogastric tubes

14:40 – 15:00 – BREAK

15:00 – 15:20 – Rebecca Nash: Narcissism or Necessity: The web, aesthetic surgery and representation of ‘deficient’ female bodies

15:20 – 15:40 – Sarah Bailey: Thoughts, feeling and coping: how do women who have suffered recurrent miscarriage experience the waiting period of a new pregnancy?

15:40 – 16:25 – Keynote 3 – Dr Tara Syms

16:25 – 16:45 – Award Ceremony and Close