Professor Judith Sixsmith
Chair of Evidence Based ImprandHealth Rel Res
Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences
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Biography
Graduating in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Keele, Judith returned to study in Environment Psychology at The University of Surrey followed by her PhD in Environment Psychology.
Having gained a Professorship in Adult Social Care at Manchester Metropolitan University (2005-2011) and leading the Ageing Research Group, Judith moved to the University of Northampton as Professor of Public Health (2011-2017). There she became Director of the Research Ageing Centre and Director of the Institute of Health and Wellbeing. Judith also worked as a Professor of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University in the School of Public Policy.
Judith Sixsmith is currently Professor in the School of Health Sciences at the University if Dundee and a Visiting Professor of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University.
Research
- Issues of marginalisation
- Health and wellbeing including conceptualising health, service provision, delivery and experience
- Adult social care
- Quality of life, participation and older people
- Healthy ageing
- Ageing and technology
- Ageing in place and place-making
- Palliative and End of Life care
- Transdisciplinarity
- Qualitative methodology
- Mixed methods
Wider professional activities
- Member of the British Psychological Society
- Member of the Chilean Millennium Science Initiative
- Member of Tayside Palliative and End of Life Managed Care Network Steering group Research Co-lead for the Tayside Palliative and End of Life Managed Care Network
- Member of East Midlands Research on Ageing Network
- Member of the AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Network
- Member of BPS
- Member of IAPS
- Member of RSPH
- Editorial board for ‘Fat Studies’
Teaching
- Advanced Qualitative Methods
- Research in Practice
- Co-Director: Masters in Palliative and End of Life Care
- Teaching research methods to PhD students
- Supervision of Master’s and PhD student
Research projects
Project lead
Research project
Judith Sixsmith is a co-author on a new policy and guidelines publication called Place-Age, Place-Making with older adults towards age-friendly cities and communities.
Research project
Ecosystems to promote the community participation of older people: A rapid realist review
Project team
Research project
Respectful, responsive and relational: a mixed methods qualitative study on how to define, evidence and improve social care in Scotland
Stories
Press release
A team at the University of Dundee say that improving public access to university facilities such as sports halls and libraries would encourage greater engagement with research capable of improving health and wellbeing
