About the Project
Bridging the Divide: Living with Multimorbidities
To celebrate the University's research successes, the University of Hull is offering a full-time UK/EU/International PhD Scholarship for candidates applying for each of the following projects as part of a new research cluster.
Studentships will start on 16th September 2019
Interested applicants should contact Professor Liz Walker (Project Lead) ([Email Address Removed]) for additional details.
Summary of Cluster
The aim of this interdisciplinary cluster is to develop an understanding of Multimorbidity (MMB) through determining the ‘lived experience’ of MMB, which is essential to advance patient care, improve the education of health and social care professionals and ensure the effective use of increasingly limited resources. Research, all too often, shies away from the ‘messy reality’ of living with multiple medical conditions. It is not uncommon, for example, to exclude people living with MMB from clinical trials, or to prioritise one condition over another to the detriment of understanding the collective interaction of comorbidities. This research cluster prioritises the collection of voices of people living with MMB and their families and carers.
The research team will adopt an ecological perspective that focuses on the whole person and their various support networks, recognising the importance of family carers as well as health practitioners. The cluster will draw on the collaborative and collective practice, diverse expertise and research experience of the team in gathering and understanding people’s stories and narratives around illness, long-term conditions (LTCs) and, crucially, their intersection.
You will join an interdisciplinary research team based in Faculty of Health Sciences (https://sparchull.wordpress.com/) where we have a vibrant student network (supported by the Institute of Clinical and Applied Research) which is committed to supporting your personal and professional development.
Summary of PhD Project
Living with MMB and Dementia
Dementia rarely travels alone; 80% of people living with dementia (PLwD) have another long-term condition. Just as the presence of other health conditions will affect the progression and management of dementia, the presence of dementia is likely to complicate the progression and management of other conditions. On an individual level, this can relate to the complexity of medication regimes, and accessing person centred care that responds to a person’s needs in respect of dementia, in addition to their needs relating to other health conditions, taking into account, in particular, the ways that these may interact.
The aim of this research is to explore the ways in which having dementia impacts on clinical care for other conditions, the process of care and the experience of navigating different services. Research will take a dyadic approach in recognition that relationships underlie wellbeing in dementia and both members of the dyad are likely to support each other. The research will address the following questions:
• How do people with dementia and their family carers experience living with and managing multiple health conditions? Do they experience, or perceive, a ‘hierarchy’ among their conditions?
• What are the factors that they perceive enable them to live well with multimorbidity?
• How do they work to ensure the management of complex medication regimes and navigate multiple health care pathways and services?
• How do health services work to support people living with dementia and other conditions and what supports PLwD and their families to live well?
Project Team: Dr Emma Wolverson, Dr Andrea Hilton, Caroline White, Professor Esme Moniz-Cook
Applicants for all projects should have a 1st class undergraduate degree and Masters level qualification in health, social work or a social science discipline, together with relevant research experience. A 2:1 may be considered, if combined with relevant experience.
Applicants will be required to submit a research proposal (approx. 1500-2000 words) with their application. Within each scholarship there is scope to develop the project in accordance with an individual applicant’s disciplinary interests and experience.
To apply please click on the link below.
https://www.hull.ac.uk/choose-hull/study-at-hull/admissions/postgraduate/how-to-apply.aspx
Full-time UK/EU and International PhD Scholarships will include tuition fees and maintenance (£14,777 in 2018/19) for three years, depending on satisfactory progress.
PhD students at the University of Hull follow modules for research and transferable skills development and gain a Masters level Certificate, or Diploma, in Research Training, in addition to their research degree.
Interviews will be held between 7th and 27th February 2019
Successful applicants will be informed of the award as soon as possible and by 15th March 2019 at the latest.
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