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Rachel Leonard is a Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast's School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work. Her work focuses on maternal mental health, family-focused interventions, and health professionals' engagement with families, particularly fathers. She teaches courses including MED1028 Foundations for Practice 1 and SWK3003 Social Work with Children and Families.
Her research emphasizes systematic reviews in healthcare, with recent projects investigating interventions for family carers of people with intellectual disabilities and case management for acquired brain injury. She has published 29 research outputs since 2017, including influential reviews and intervention studies.
- Recipient of 4 awards including the 2024 Best Presentation Award and 2019 PhD Student of the Year
- Active in international collaborations and conferences, including the What Works Global Summit
- Supervised a doctoral thesis on health visitors' family-focused practice
Leonard's work contributes to UN SDGs related to good health and well-being, and quality education. She has co-created datasets on carer interventions and led interdisciplinary projects on mental health and disability care.
