Dr Jemima Dooley (she/her)

I am a lecturer in research on the Doctorate of Clinical Psychology and the MSc in Psychological Therapies (systemic), and a Research Fellow for the Nurture-U Student Mental Health Project.

I am a mixed-methods researcher, with expertise and a special interest in the co-design and co-production of research with the public. My research explores the experiences of mental health and wellbeing services at different ages in the life course, spanning from people with dementia, to maternity services, to young adults. Much of my research has been in healthcare settings, but I am building an interest at population-level wellbeing interventions, an example being the Compassionate Campus project in universities. Alongside this, my passion for co-production and public involvement for research has led to numerous projects exploring the impact of this on research and how to do it properly to ensure benefits for all stakeholders.

In other previous and ongoing work I have mostly examined communication between clinicians and patients in different mental health settings, using mixed methods and co-production. 

Other ongoing projects:

• Co-Chief investigator for the NIHR RfPB funded 'Forget Me Nots guidance' research - co-producing guidance for dementia diagnosis.
• Co-applicant on the NIHR RfPB funded project UNDERSTAND - co-producing guidance for fetal medicine clinicians communicating unexpected news in pregnancy. 
• Co-applicant on NIHR RfPB funded project MCI-COS - developing a core outcome set for research into Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Collaborator on the CoRD study, exploring communication of risk at dementia diagnosis.

Recently completed projects:

• NIHR School for Primary Care Research fellowship exploring urgent care in dementia
• Co-lead on DEEP grant exploring post-diagnosis care in dementia, co-produced with the Forget Me Nots (researchers living with dementia)
• Co-applicant COUNTED, an NIHR RfPB funded study exploring communication of risk in memory clinics
• Qualitative Lead and Women's Reference Group public engagement facilitator on C-MEP (Covid Maternity Equality Project) with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists exploring the impact of Covid-19 on inequalities in maternal outcomes.