Michele Boon

Michele Boon is a Lecturer in Nursing at Glasgow Caledonian University's School of Health and Life Sciences. She maintains an active research profile with 29 research outputs spanning from 2004 to 2025, demonstrating increasing productivity in recent years with 6 publications in 2021 alone. She is currently accepting PhD students and has established herself as a methodological expert in public health research.

Dr. Boon's research interests center on public health, epidemiology, health services research, and health policy. Her work emphasizes systematic review methodology, particularly through her role as Methods Editor for Cochrane Public Health. Key research areas include palliative care for respiratory conditions, social network interventions for cardiac rehabilitation, health inequalities, and women's health. Her research contributes significantly to multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Her publication record shows consistent output with increasing impact, particularly in the last five years. Notable works include the European Respiratory Society clinical practice guideline on palliative care (2023) with 68 citations, and the Cochrane review on social network interventions for cardiac rehabilitation (2023). Her research demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections across public health, clinical medicine, and social policy.

Dr. Boon has received significant recognition through external appointments:

• Senior Member, ERS Clinical Practice Guidelines Methodology Network, European Respiratory Society (Apr 2022-Apr 2025)
• Associate Editor, Health policies, systems and management in high-income countries, BMC Public Health (Aug 2020-present)
• Methods Editor, Cochrane Public Health (Sept 2019-present)

She currently leads or contributes to two major research projects: the NRSI-ROB Cochrane Public Health Project as Principal Investigator, and the COVID-19 and the Centrality of Care project as Co-Investigator. Her work has been picked up by numerous news outlets, referenced in policy documents, and has significant social media engagement, demonstrating real-world impact beyond academia.