Dulcie Irving

Dulcie Irving is a Research Assistant at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Risk & Safety research group. She currently collaborates with Oxfordshire County Council on a family safeguarding model evaluation and investigates risk management in pressured healthcare environments.

• Education: BA (Hons) in History (University of Exeter, 2015), MSc in Experimental Psychology (University of Bristol, 2019), MSc in Applied Clinical Psychology (University of Bath, 2020).

Her research focuses on health services under pressure, analyzing adaptive strategies in intensive care units and healthcare systems. She also explores psychosocial factors in autoimmune disorders like Raynaud's phenomenon, linking illness perceptions to symptom severity and quality of life.

Recent publications investigate clinical incident systems analysis, pressure-driven healthcare adaptations, and psychological interventions in chronic disease contexts. Her work emphasizes translating research into improved safety protocols and patient outcomes.