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Dr. Georgia Black serves as Reader in Applied Health Research at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, and holds an executive committee position at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis. Her work bridges academic research and national health policy to improve cancer diagnosis systems.
Her research centers on two critical domains: (1) GP-patient communication impacts on cancer pathway safety, and (2) socioeconomic exclusion from healthcare. Employing ethnographic and qualitative mixed methods grounded in social psychology and medical sociology, she develops systems approaches to early cancer diagnosis that distribute responsibility across healthcare structures rather than burdening individual patients or clinicians. Key findings reveal how communication patterns unintentionally cause diagnostic delays and service exclusion.
Current research trends show increasing focus on non-specific symptom pathways, diagnostic uncertainty management, and equity-centered system redesign. Her publications consistently address cancer diagnosis barriers through lenses of language access, socioeconomic status, and organizational culture.
- THIS Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Principal Investigator: BLADE Study (Blood Cancer Awareness), PEARL Study (Lung Cancer Diagnostics)
- Major funding: NIHR, Blood Cancer UK, Barts Charity, Cancer Research UK
Dr. Black actively supervises PhD candidates on cancer detection innovation and healthcare improvement methodologies. Her team collaborates with the University of Surrey and NHS cancer alliances through projects like INTERPRET-X, which examines interpreting services in primary care. Current work emphasizes building healthcare systems where early cancer detection emerges organically from interconnected professional networks, technologies, and organizational cultures rather than relying on individual vigilance.
