Katie Paddock-Hall

Dr Katie Paddock-Hall is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). She specializes in multi-stakeholder approaches to health services research, focusing on critical care settings and aging populations. Her work addresses ethical challenges in patient recruitment and consent processes, informed by collaborations with patients, families, clinicians, and ethicists.

Education:

• PhD (MRC studentship), University of Manchester, 2011-2016
• MSc (Merit) in Social and Cultural Psychology, London School of Economics, 2009-2010
• BA (Hons) in Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, 2006-2009

Her research interests include healthcare ethics, aging and identity in care homes, and qualitative methodologies. She co-developed an animated educational resource about intensive care research funded by the University of Liverpool's Knowledge Exchange scheme. Current projects emphasize patient/public involvement in clinical studies and healthcare policy development.

Professional Roles:

• External Examiner for University of London International Foundation Programme in Sociology and Social Psychology
• Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) with the British Psychological Society

Dr Paddock-Hall has secured funding from the ESRC and MRC, and her work has informed national guidelines for clinical research practices in critical care units.