CHANSE Call Partner Search Tool

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Country: Ireland (IE)

Research area

• Call theme: Crisis - Perspectives from the Humanities
• Keywords:

  evidence synthesis health communication metaresearch science communication

• Brief description of your expertise / expertise you are looking for:

  I am an epidemiologist with expertise in meta-research and observational mixed-methods designs. I have been engaged in many successful multi-site national (US) and international (EU) collaborations and enjoy working with multidisciplinary cross-cultural teams. I am currently a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) University of Medicine and Health Science. My work focuses on clinical guideline development, science communication, and evidence synthesis methods. I have previously done some work examining the coverage of research reports by the Irish media and of a large RCT in the academic literature and on social media. I have also been engaged with the WHO Infodemic Management group, launching the English-speaking thread of their storyteller series.

• Brief description of your project / the project you would like to join:

  I have an interest in the dissemination and communication of health research and its impact on personal health behaviors and perceptions of public policies. I would be interested in projects that harness the use of big data social media datasets or projects that employ in depth qualitative analyses of original media sources or interviews/focus groups with members of the public.

Melissa Sharp

• Organisation: RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Position: Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
• E-mail: melissasharp@rcsi.ie
• Web: melissaksharp.wordpress.com/