Dr Sharon Greenwood
- Lecturer in Public Health (Public Health)
- Associate (School of Social & Political Sciences)
email:
Sharon.Greenwood@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Room 363, Clarice Pears Building, University of Glasgow, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB
Biography
I have worked for the university in a range of roles for almost ten years. In March 2022, I took over as programme lead for the Masters in Public Health programme. Prior to this, I was a lecturer for the MVLS Graduate School, and held a variety of fixed-term teaching and research roles between September 2013 and August 2019.
I'm a sociologist by training, and my research and teaching interests center around inequalities, identity, health, and lived experience. I am a UofG graduate, having completed all my tertiary education at this institution:
- 2022: PGDip in Academic Practice
- 2018: PhD in Sociology - Title: 'I try hard not to blame my dad': A sociological interpretation of the 'problem' with parental substance use
- 2013: MRes in Equality and Human Rights (with distinction)
- 2012: MA(hons) in Public Policy and Sociology (with first class honours).
As a strong believer in continuous learning, I am currently embarking on another masters qualification - an MEd in Academic Practice.
Research interests
My research interests centre around intersecting inequalities, bodies, and health. I have a keen interest in:
- Substance use - illegal drugs, pharmaceutical drugs, and alcohol;
- Intersectionality and health (specifically gender-based issues);
- Power, inequality, and health inequalities - particularly the role political ideology takes in the construction of policy;
- Ethical decision making and ethical dilemmas in research;
- Chronic health conditions;
- The role families, friends, and supportive relationships take in promoting health;
- Alternative forms of gathering and analysing qualitative data.
I also have a number of pedagogical research interests:
- Emotions in teaching;
- Feminist approaches to teaching and learning;
- Trauma, and how this can inform learning;
- Widening participation in PGT spaces;
- Trigger warnings / content notes;
- Knowledge production within learning and teaching spaces.
Supervision
I currently supervise two PhD students. I am open to supervising students working in and around areas of public health, sociology, and social policy.
- Huang, Yuantao
Qualitative research in Health Technology Assessment: Advancing methods and applications
I have supervised several PGT and UG students on a variety of topics to completion - gender and health (including several on menstrual health), sex work, drug and alcohol use, mental health, health policy, health inequalities.
Teaching
I am the programme lead for the Masters in Public Health programme. Alongside running this programme, I also do a variety of other bits of teaching:
- Course lead: MED5612 Ethical Issues in Public Health (optional, 20CR, semester 2)
- Co-course lead: MED5522 Social Determinants of Health (optional, 20CR, semester 2)
- Co-course lead: MED 5632 Substance Use in the Contemporary World (microcredential, 10CR, varies)
On top of this, I provide guest lectures for a variety of courses across different colleges.