Research
Research Interests
My past and ongoing research interests are centred upon lay and medical conceptualisations of the ageing body, especially frailty, sex and gender and its intersection with age; age theory; feminist theory (especially drawing on second wave feminist theory that retains the importance of sex analytically); and conceptual approaches to time and temporality.
Research groups
Research grants
Development of practical toolkit to enable practitioners to assess people from ethnic minorities with mental health and alcohol problems to be appropriately supported.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
June 2024 - October 2024
The menopause transition and the role of health care providers for minority ethnic women
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2023 - March 2026
Understanding the varied experiences of frailty in older age with respect to ethnicity: a mixed methods approach
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2022 - March 2026
The future of geriatric medicine
BRITISH ACADEMY (UK)
April 2012 - March 2013
Collaboration with US colleagues in sociological research on ageing
LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)
March 2014 - January 2015
'New Thinking on Living with Dying': Research Network
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2012 - March 2014