I am interested in community-based participatory research with BME and other socially excluded populations.
I am also a CORE20PLUS ambassador and my project is about community-led and community embedded pain care. I am deeply interested in the intersection of pain care and wider cultural, historical and societal narratives and structures. I have recently organised a first pain workshop placed in the local community and voluntary organisation for BME women, where we explored the meaning of pain outside of biomedicine, as well as barriers to access to NHS-based pain services. Collaborating with this organisation has taught so much about the importance of relationship building, trust, and humility.
I have experience in conducting qualitative research; from ethnography, anthropology, grounded theory, and phenomenology.
I work full time as a clinical specialist osteopath in pain management in one community pain management team.