Projects per year
Personal profile
Areas of Expertise
Public Mental Health, Workplace Wellbeing, Sleep and Fatigue in Workforces, Emergency Responder Health and Wellbeing, Mindfulness, Psychiatric Epidemiology
Biography
I am interested in public health approaches to mental health, especially how to promote mentally healthy workplaces. I am a psychiatric epidemiologist and have been a registered psychologist earlier in my career.
My work programme is addressing an NHS national priority area on how to attract and retain a workforce through improving the way we support staff and learners in the health and social care systems. Current projects of my team include: exploring strategies to improve sleep quality and reduce fatigue in health staff; how to promote mental health and reduce suicide risk in ambulance staff; and supporting the wellbeing of learners including PhD students and psychological trainees. I am Theme Lead for NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East of England Mental Health Over the Life Course, where I also lead the Workforce Wellbeing work stream. I am a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and a member of the Society for Occupational Health, and regularly review for journals and grant bodies in my field including NIHR.
I have collaborated and supervised across the health and social sciences including medical specialties, public health, nursing, psychology, business, economics, and sociology. I am an experienced PhD supervisor, having worked with 18 PhD students to date.
For full publication list see https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3132-2745
Prior to relocating to the UK in 2017 I was a Chief Investigator on competitive grants totalling AU$9.8 million, including a highly competitive Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship plus project support from both the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Australian Research Council. I had been continuously funded by NHMRC for 17 years (2003-2019). I have served on 13 national grant review panels (selection panels) in health and medical research and chaired a state-wide scientific review ethics committee.
Administrative Posts
Co-Director of Research, School of Health Sciences
External Activities
Theme Lead, NIHR ARC East of England, Mental Health Over the Life Course
Chair, NIHR ARCs Mental Health and Wellbeing Collaboration (national network)
Fellow, Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH)
Key Research Interests
Mental health and wellbeing of health and social care workforce
Sleep and fatigue in high-risk workforces
Health of shift-workers
Public mental health
Mental health epidemiology
Workplace health promotion
Mindfulness and positive psychology interventions
Teaching Interests
Doctoral training
Professionalism, self-care, and creating healthy workplaces
Sleep and fatigue for health professionals
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales
… → 2001
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of New South Wales
… → 1993
External positions
Theme Lead, Mental Health Over the Life Course, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East of England
1 Oct 2022 → 30 Sep 2024
Honorary Professor, University of Tasmania
1 Jan 2017 → …
Media Expertise
- Mental Health
- Wellbeing at work
Network
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Aurora Alliance
Bowen, F., Avila-Merino, A., Barrow, S., Bernal, P., Chalvatzis, K., Cole, A., Fincham, G., Gillespie, H., Harvey, R., Sanderson, K. & Yeoman, K.
1/11/20 → 31/10/23
Project: Other
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PRIMARY AND COMMUNITY CARE EARLY RESEARCHER BURSARY SCHEME TIER 3
NHS Norfolk & Waveney Integrated Care Board
1/11/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Care-home Nurses' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Managing ethical conundrums at personal cost: A qualitative study
Birt, L., Lane, K., Corner, J., Sanderson, K. & Bunn, D., Jan 2023, In: Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 55, 1, p. 226-238 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Report on Current Views and Experiences of Social Prescribing in Men's Sheds
Porter, B., Belderson, P., Wood, C., Manning, C., Meadows, R., Sanderson, K. & Hanson, S., May 2022, 25 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Effects of a mindfulness app on employee stress in an Australian public sector workforce: Randomized controlled trial
Bartlett, L., Martin, A. J., Kilpatrick, M., Otahal, P., Sanderson, K. & Neil, A. L., 10 Feb 2022, In: JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 10, 2, e30272.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is mindfulness a noticeable quality? Development and validation of the observed mindfulness measure
Bartlett, L., Martin, A. J., Bruno, R., Kilpatrick, M., Sanderson, K. & Neil, A. L., Mar 2022, In: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 44, p. 165–185 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Protocol: A qualitative linguistic framework for analysing empathic and empowering communications in classical person-centered therapeutic interactions
Dawe, J., Elder, C-H. & Sanderson, K., 25 Jul 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Press / Media
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Event will look at mental wellbeing of health and social care staff
6/09/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media