About Us
Prof. Fabio Sani
School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee
Email: f.sani@dundee.ac.uk
After receiving a PhD from Exeter University, and spending one year doing research at the University of Surrey, Fabio joined the University of Dundee in 1996. Over the last two decades he has also held visiting positions at the Australian National University, the University of Bari, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Queensland. His research interests are group psychology, social identity, and the psycho-social determinants of health. He is the author of many articles published in scientific international journals, as well as either the co-author or the editor of four books. He has been an associate editor of the European Journal of Social Psychology. Fabio was the principal investigator on the project.
Website: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/psychology/staff/profile/fabio-sani.php
Dr. Michael Norbury
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
After completing General Practice training in Edinburgh in 2008, Michael spent a year with NHS Education for Scotland in Glasgow as a GP Health Inequality Fellow before moving to The University of Dundee, where he worked as a GP Academic Fellow for two years. It was during this time that he gained his MSc. in Health Inequalities and Public Policy. Michael’s research interests involve the role of general practice and primary health care in addressing health inequalities. He currently works in Canada as a Family Physician in a Multiple and Complex Needs Clinic with Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. Mike was one of a team of researchers from the Royal College of General Practitioners who received an award for the best research paper of 2012 (entitled Epidemiology of multimorbidity and implications for health care, research and medical education: a cross-sectional study), published in the Lancet in May.
Dr. Vishnu Madhok
Surrey & Sussex NHS
Email: vishnumadhok@nhs.net
Having been originally exposed to academic primary care in Tayside as an undergraduate, Vishnu continued his interest in this area in the post of SCREDS Clinical Lecturer in General Practice. This post enabled him to complete his clinical training in General Practice, whilst also developing further skills and gaining experience in primary care research. Entry to GP training has given him the opportunity to combine three aspects of medicine that enthuse and challenge him the most; practising clinical medicine, integrating this with holistic aspects of patient care, and having the flexibility to be involved in life-long learning with research opportunities in primary care. Vishnu is currently a GP at Park House Medical Surgery in Surrey.
Dr. Juliet Wakefield
Division of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
Email: juliet.wakefield@ntu.ac.uk
Juliet completed her PhD. in Social Psychology at Dundee University in 2011. Her PhD. research concerned the act of help-seeking, and investigated whether group members may use help-seeking as a tool to manage and enhance their group’s image in the eyes of others. In general terms, her research interests lie within the domains of Social Identity Theory and Self Categorization Theory, and the implications of group membership for people’s everyday lives. Juliet was the post-doctoral researcher on the project. She is now a lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. Website: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/social-sciences/juliet-wakefield
Statistical Consultant: Pat Dugard
School of Psychology, University of Dundee
Email: patdugard628@gmail.com
Pat completed her Maths degree and Post-Graduate Diploma in Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge University. After graduating, she worked for the University of Edinburgh, the Medical Research Council and the University of Abertay Dundee. She then became self employed, doing freelance work for the Open University, Shetland College, the University of Abertay Dundee, the University of Dundee and the University of Leicester. She has co-authored two statistics books: Approaching Multivariate Analysis: A Practical Introduction and Single Case and Small-n Experimental Designs: A Practical Guide to Randomization Tests. Pat is an associate member of the School of Psychology at the University of Dundee, and acted as the statistical consultant for the project.
Website: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/psychology/staff/profile/pat-dugard