Pam is an Assistant Professor in Community Wellbeing with particular interests in child and adolescent development; inequalities; and wellbeing. Her research focuses broadly on factors that influence health and wellbeing in educational and community settings, with recent projects focusing on school attendance; school exclusion; community perspectives on local health and wellbeing; and substance misuse support for military veterans.

Pam has expertise in a range of quantitative and qualitative research approaches including surveys, observational methods, focus groups and interviews. She also has an interest in public involvement and engagement. She is currently Public Involvement and Engagement lead for Fuse: The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health and is co-chair for the Fuse Public Involvement and Engagement Group.       

Across the Department of Social Work, Education & Community Wellbeing, Pam supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research students in Health & Social Care; Childhood & Early Years Studies; Social Work; and Public Health. She also leads Dissertation Project (level 6), Inequalities and Social Justice (level 4) and Learning at University (level 4) modules, and teaches quantitative research methods in Health and Social Care, Guidance and Counselling, and Social Work. Additionally, Pam is a member of the University’s Ethics College of Reviewers.

Pam is a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of Advance HE.

Prior to her PhD, Pam spent time working within primary and secondary education taking on Learning Support and Social Inclusion roles. She also spent time as a children’s mentor in the voluntary sector.

Inequalities

Child and Adolescent Development

Health and Wellbeing

Food Insecurity

Poverty

School Attendance, Absence and Exclusion