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Dr Joanna Mclaughlin
MBCHB, BSc, MSc
Expertise
I am a public health doctor working in healthcare public health and as a clinical lecturer. I am motivated to reduce health inequalities and improve ways in which healthcare provision addresses the wider determinants of health.
Current positions
Academic Clinical Lecturer in Public Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Biography
I teach on the University of Bristol MSc in Public Health and I co-chair the Faculty of Public Health's Academic Public Health Special Interest Group.
Research interests
Health Optimisation or Prehabilitation before elective surgery.
My doctoral research focused on the impact of NHS commissioning policies related to body mass index and smoking status thresholds ahead of elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
I am interested in the potential for chatbots to be used in new approaches to engage patients on surgical waiting lists with health improvement opportunities such as weight management support.
I am a public health doctor motivated to reduce health inequalities and improve the ways in which healthcare settings can address the wider determinants of health.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Health Optimisation (Getting Fit for Surgery) Evaluation
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/11/2018 to 30/09/2020
Publications
Recent publications
24/01/2023Access to hip and knee arthroplasty in England
BMC Health Services Research
What effect have commissioners’ policies for body mass index had on hip replacement surgery?
BMC Medicine
The Problem of Suicide in the Higher Education Institution Sector
Preventing and Responding to Student Suicide
Evaluating a pre-surgical health optimisation programme: a feasibility study
Perioperative medicine
What effect have NHS commissioners’ policies for body mass index had on access to knee replacement surgery in England?
PLoS ONE