SYMPACT is a research study being conducted by Rosalynn Austin and is a part of her PhD studies at the University of Southampton.
Rosalynn is a Canadian trained nurse who as worked in England as a nurse since 2009. As a Clinical Academic Research Fellow she work in the Queen Alexandra Hospital as a Specialist Research Nurse as well as completing her PhD in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton. SYMPACT, is a part of the work she doing as a part of her PhD. Her research interests are around exploring way to help people optimze their health experience.
@RosalynnAustinOthers involved in SYMPACT:
Professor Carl May
Carl May is Professor of Medical Sociology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is a visiting Professor of Healthcare Innovation within Health Sciences at the University of Southampton. He leads the Complexity, Patient Experience, and Organizational Behaviour research programme in NIHR CLAHRC Wessex. His research is framed by two questions: (1) How do professionals and patients interact and how are those interactions shaped by clinical knowledge, technique in pratice? (2) How are new knowledge, techniques and technologies made workable and implemented in healthcare organizations?
Professor Lisette Schoonhoven
Lisette Schoonhoven is Professor of Nursing Science at the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands. She is a visiting Professor of Nursing at the School of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton. Her research focuses on Quality and Safety of fundamental nursing care.
Dr Paul R Kalra
Paul Kalra is a Consultant Cardiologist at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. He has championed local heart failure services; developing an integrated team across primary and secondary care. He co-leads the tertiary centre complex device service. He has developed and leads a cardiovascular research programme in Portsmouth. He is Chair of the British Society for Heart Failure and co-founded the Cardiorenal Forum. He is Chief Investigator for the British Heart Foundation funded ‘IRONMAN’ study. This is a UK interventional study of intravenous iron in chronic heart failure.