Dr Alison Llewellyn

Find more staff

Role:

Associate Professor - Clinical Research

Department staff:

HAS - Nursing and Midwifery

Collaborations:

Research staff:

Qualifications:BSc MSc PhD CPsychol
Position:Associate Professor - Clinical Research
Department:HAS - Nursing and Midwifery
Telephone:+441173287495
Email:Alison.Llewellyn@uwe.ac.uk

About me

I am a Chartered Psychologist and a member of UWE's Centre for Health and Clinical Research, where I lead its Supportive, Palliative and End of Life Care (SPACE) research theme.

I am also a member of the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology, the UWE Death and Dying Collective, the South West End of Life Care Network, the International Association for the Study of Pain, and the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome International Research Consortium.

My research interests are focused on supportive, palliative and end of life care; quality of life in chronic illness; and rehabilitation for people with chronic pain, including post-stroke shoulder pain.

Amongst my research projects, I have recently completed a NHIR-funded project to develop recommendations for the therapy-led management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome across the care pathway in England. Other recent work in end of life and palliative care has looked at the conversations that people have about death and dying and has explored the concept of Death Literacy. I regularly work in collaboration with local hospices, and I hold an honorary contract with Doroth House Hospice, Winsley. Such partnerships enable research activity in areas of shared interest, and reflect my focus on improving the experiences of people with life-limiting conditions and of those in their circle of care.

My research has been supported by a variety of external funders, including the National Institute for Health and Care Research, Versus Arthritis, the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association and local NHS Trusts.

I currently supervise several Masters level, PhD, and Professional Doctorate students, whose research topics include physical activity in later life, workforce development in end of life care, and the experiences of caregiving for a person at end of life.

Area of expertise

Health services research; health psychology; supportive, palliative and end of life care; quality of life in long-term conditions including chronic pain.

Publications

Publications loading...