Dr Abi Woodward, PhD

Profile

I am based in the Unit for Psychological Medicine in the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health.

I am a qualitative researcher with a PhD in Sociology. I am interested in how socioeconomic deprivation and health inequalities intersect and have experience of research with underserved populations and ethnic minority groups.

I have conducted research as a Principal Investigator funded by the NIHR School of Primary Care Research (SPCR) on the ‘Improving support for Pakistani family carers through social Prescribing’ project. I was awarded a NIHR SPCR Post-doctoral Fellowship which began in April 2024. The Fellowship project focuses on the co-production of a set of guidelines to support culturally relevant social prescribing opportunities for South Asian carers. I was the qualitative lead on a NIHR SPCR funded study focused on the self-management of multiple long-term conditions in those experiencing socioeconomic deprivation.

I have extensive experience of community engagement and have been awarded several grants to conduct small community engagement projects where I was the lead. I have supervised undergraduate and post-graduate students, and mentored and supervised an student placement through the In2Research programme.

Research

Research Interests:

I have a particular interest in research with South Asian and other minority ethnic groups. My research is interdisciplinary, focusing on how socioeconomic deprivation, ethnicity and health inequalities intersect. 

Publications

Engaging people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation in qualitative research: reflections. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14780887.2024.2384926?casa_token=1qx9pGE7RdAAAAAA:lgG8_flFtdQ9f8PEzOvKKzeidv_tfj7uQvnniU9GPs4Mc7f01rNhjz1iozKvRZTx1mmNexF0ubt_

 A qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators to self‐managing multiple long‐term conditions amongst people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/hex.14046