Elizabeth Dalgarno

Elizabeth Dalgarno is a Lecturer in Healthcare Sciences at the University of Manchester, affiliated with the Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care. She chairs the SHERA Research Group, focusing on domestic abuse’s impacts on women and children, particularly within family court proceedings. Her research spans health inequities, global women’s health, and policy/practice intersections in LMICs. She leads projects on pandemic effects on healthcare services and mothers’ experiences of domestic violence in England and Brazil.

Her expertise includes qualitative methodologies, having trained at Oxford University. She teaches courses like Global Women’s Public Health and Health Systems Challenges. Dalgarno has received awards for her contributions to social science research and policy advocacy. Her work addresses systemic failures in family courts, advocating for reforms to protect survivors of domestic abuse.

Key projects include investigating post-pandemic healthcare service challenges and Brazil’s domestic violence reporting mechanisms. She collaborates internationally, contributing to UN initiatives like the CEDAW Brazil report. Her research emphasizes intersectional approaches to health and social care policy, with a focus on marginalized populations.