We welcome enquiries to study with us. We provide a supportive and collaborative research environment, where we strive to improve quality of life and reduce inequalities in palliative care.
We offer a number of opportunities:
Scholarship and Special Interest Programmes
Phase I
We offer a wide range of palliative care Scholarship and Special Interest Programmes for Phase I Medicine students. Modules include: symptom management, decision-making, nutrition, exercise, implementation science, and global health. Contact the SSIP Centre Leads Dr Joseph Clark (joseph.clark@hyms.ac.uk) or Dr Mark Pearson (mark.pearson@hyms.ac.uk) for further information.
Phase II
We have a number of Medicine students at the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre working on Phase II Scholarship and Special Interest Programmes (SSIPs). Our recent students are:
- Francesca Birch
- Hannah Fairlamb
- Health professionals’ perceptions of palliative care for end-stage cardiac and respiratory conditions, 2020/21. BMC Palliative Care (PDF)
- Megan Freemantle
- Annabel Latus
- Understanding GP perspectives on patient centred outcome measures in palliative care, 2020/21
INSPIRE
We have had a number of students at the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre working on INSPIRE projects. Our recent INSPIRE students are:
- Fatima Babar
- Nutrition and immune function among people with a cancer diagnosis: A systematic review
- Gamze Keser
- The cost of providing informal care in the last year of life: a Health Survey for England study
- Fadel Lhaf
- Attitudes, facilitators, and barriers to delivering nutrition and activity counselling/advice to patients with a cancer diagnosis.
- Giovanna Licastro
- Inter-rater reliability of the integrated palliative care outcome scale (IPOS) (April 2021 – Aug 2021)
- Eduardo Muscogliati
- Estimating worldwide needs for morphine for people who die from advanced cancer and proportions of need theoretically met by requirements over time (2008-2017)
- Rodrigo Muscogliati
- Estimating worldwide needs for morphine for people who die from advanced cancer and proportions of need theoretically met by requirements over time (2008-2017)
- Aliya Prihartadi
- INSPIRE: Non-medical devices for chronic breathlessness: Use, barriers and facilitators for patients, carers and clinicians - a scoping review
- Afreen Salim
- Nutrition and immune function among people with a cancer diagnosis: A systematic review
Former INSPIRE students:
- Abid Khan
- Lara Othman
- Vaishnavi Sharma
Research mentorship
We welcome expressions of interest from undergraduate students seeking to gain some research experience by working on existing projects within Wolfson. Our current students are:
- Isabel Miller
- Fan Facial Airflow Recovery from Exercise Patient (FANFARE P) Trial
- Joshua Brown
- Fan Facial Airflow Recovery from Exercise Patient (FANFARE P) Trial
- Christopher Braithwaite
- Improving Appropriate Access and Availability of Opioids for Cancer-related Pain Control in India: bridging the gap between policy and practice
- Joseph Mankel
- Improving Appropriate Access and Availability of Opioids for Cancer-related Pain Control in India: bridging the gap between policy and practice
- Gamze Keser
- Carers HSE (Health and Social Care Services)
Intercalated MSc
Dissertations or other research may be undertaken with us, if you have a relevant research interest. Please note we do not have specific funding available, as this is usually sought on a case-by-case basis. Please visit the intercalation web page for details about intercalating at Hull York Medical School. Our past intercalated MSc students are:
Elective opportunities
Electives may be undertaken with us, if you have a relevant research interest. Our past elective students are:
- Natalie Barclay-Klingle
- Sarah O’Beirne
- Completion of the data collection for FANFARE H the healthy participant study
- Andrew Brew
- Completion of the data collection for FANFARE H the healthy participant study
How to enquire or apply
Please email either Professor Miriam Johnson or Professor Fliss Murtagh to enquire.