Postdoctoral Research Associate in Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield Rafaella joined the Department of Urban Studies and Planning in August 2023 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the project 'Empty Homes: The Impact on Blue-Green Towns'. The project is investigating the scale and impact of empty and second homes ('low-use properties') in rural and coastal areas of the UK. Prior to this, Rafaella completed her PhD in Geography at the University of Sheffield. Her ESRC-funded research explored the role of transnational institutional investors in the production of housing in Lisbon. She has also contributed to research on Gulf investment in UK Cities as part of the Urban Institute's Centripetal Cities project. Rafaella holds an MSc in Urban Development Planning from the Development Planning Unit, UCL, where she worked for two years as a teaching and research assistant.
Research Fellow with Immunization Advisory Centre (IMAC), University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau I am a Public Health, mixed methods Researcher with a diverse career in multiple disciplines across community and population preventive health including infectious diseases and respiratory health.
Postdoctoral research fellow, Queensland University of Technology Rachel is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and member of the End of Life Research Program within the Australian Centre for Health Law Research. She is a certified practising speech pathologist with clinical experience in palliative care, oncology, intensive care, geriatrics and paediatrics. Rachel's early research focused on speech pathology and allied health topics, and in 2016 she was awarded a PhD on epidemiology and paediatric speech pathology. She has extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods. Since joining QUT in 2015, Rachel has expanded her research scope to include work on end-of-life decision-making, including law, policy and practice. Drawing on her clinical experience, Rachel has contributed to the development of training for speech pathologists and allied health professionals on end-of-life law. Rachel has contributed to the development of training for speech pathologists and allied health professionals on end-of-life law and voluntary assisted dying. She also provided expert peer review on the Queensland Health training "Palliative and End-of-Life Care: the role of Speech Pathology".
Professor of Neuropharmacology, University of Liverpool Since the start of my DPhil until the time of writing this my focus has been the study of ion channels in health and disease: The pharmacology, modelling the function, physiology and the biophysics of ion channels. Machine learning. AI
Associate Professor in Health Promotion, University of Otago My research interests include supportive care in cancer, health promotion, aged health care, assisted dying, spirituality, and hospice or palliative care.
