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Anita Mallon is a Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast's School of Nursing and Midwifery. She holds a PhD from Ulster University (2020), where her thesis explored young adults' understanding of palliative care from a public health perspective. Her current research focuses on co-designing digital resources to support resilience among care home nurses and nursing/midwifery students. She contributes to a team developing training resources addressing intimacy and relationship needs of dementia patients.
Her work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health equity and wellbeing. Recent achievements include the 2024 Queen's Team Teaching Award for collaborative work on resilience resources.
Research Focus:
- Co-designing e-resources for care home staff resilience
- Student wellbeing during clinical placements
- Public health approaches to end-of-life care
- Mixed-methods research methodologies
Collaborations: Works with multidisciplinary teams including healthcare professionals, policymakers, and patient groups. Active in policy-informing research through datasets like the 'Resilience and Care Home Nurse Survey' (2022).
Awards: 2024 Queen's University Team Teaching Award (shared with interdisciplinary team).
Grants/Activities: Presented at international conferences, including an oral presentation on care home staff resilience interventions (2023). Leads projects funded by health sector partnerships.
