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

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4143-4430

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:

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.

 

Publications

List by: Type | Date

Jump to: 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2016
Number of items: 11.

2023

Ferrie, J. and Greenwood, S. (2023) ‘To be honest, it’s complicated’: training postgraduate students to work with emotions in qualitative research. Teaching in Higher Education, (doi: 10.1080/13562517.2023.2212609) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Greenwood, S. , Kingsmore, D., Richarz, S., Thomson, P., Bouamrane, M., Meiklem, R., Dunlop, M. and Stevenson, K. (2022) ‘It’s about what I’m able to do’: using the capabilities approach to understand the relationship between quality of life and vascular access in patients with end-stage kidney failure. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2, 100187. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100187)

2021

Richarz, S., Greenwood, S. , Kingsmore, D. B., Thomson, P. C., Dunlop, M., Bouamrane, M.-M., Meiklem, R. and Stevenson, K. (2021) Validation of a vascular access specific quality of life measure (VASQoL). Journal of Vascular Access, (doi: 10.1177/11297298211046746) (PMID:34608832) (Early Online Publication)

Greenwood, S. (2021) Navon, D.Mobilizing Mutations: Human genetics in the age of patient advocacy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2019. 384 pp. $40 (cloth) $10 ‐ $40 (eBook). ISBN: 9780226638096 (cloth), 9780226638126 (eBook). Sociology of Health and Illness, 43(2), pp. 550-551. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13142)[Book Review]

2019

Greenwood, S. (2019) Book Review: Competing Responsibilities: The Ethics and Politics of Contemporary Life. Sociological Research Online, 24(4), pp. 731-732. (doi: 10.1177/1360780418819009)[Book Review]

Pickering, L. and Greenwood, S. (2019) New for who?: Novelty and continuity in drug-related practices of people who use new psychoactive substances. Contemporary Drug Problems, 46(4), pp. 323-344. (doi: 10.1177/0091450919885664)

Greenwood, S. (2019) “You don’t really know what a good life is until you’ve not got one”: Reflecting on disciplinary boundaries within multidisciplinary research tool. British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2019, Glasgow, UK, 24-26 Apr 2019. (Unpublished)

Greenwood, S. (2019) Speed bumps, stop signs and diversions: Emotions in research. British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2019, Glasgow, UK, 24-26 Apr 2019. (Unpublished)

Greenwood, S. (2019) What’s the problem? Making sense of public issues and private troubles. Sociology Seminar Series, Glasgow, UK, 10th April 2019. (Unpublished)

Bouamrane, M.-M., Meiklem, R., Dunlop, M., Kingsmore, D., Thomson, P., Stevenson, K. and Greenwood, S. (2019) Haemodialysis Electronic Patient Portal: A Design Requirements Analysis and Feasibility Study with Domain Experts. In: 2019 IEEE 32nd International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), Cordoba, Spain, 05-07 Jun 2019, pp. 212-216. ISBN 9781728122861 (doi: 10.1109/CBMS.2019.00051)

2016

McLeod, K., Pickering, L. , Gannon, M., Greenwood, S. , Liddell, D., Smith, A., Johnstone, L. and Burton, G. (2016) Understanding the patterns of use, motives, and harms of New Psychoactive Substances in Scotland. Technical Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

This list was generated on Fri Dec 8 00:25:13 2023 GMT.
Number of items: 11.

Articles

Ferrie, J. and Greenwood, S. (2023) ‘To be honest, it’s complicated’: training postgraduate students to work with emotions in qualitative research. Teaching in Higher Education, (doi: 10.1080/13562517.2023.2212609) (Early Online Publication)

Greenwood, S. , Kingsmore, D., Richarz, S., Thomson, P., Bouamrane, M., Meiklem, R., Dunlop, M. and Stevenson, K. (2022) ‘It’s about what I’m able to do’: using the capabilities approach to understand the relationship between quality of life and vascular access in patients with end-stage kidney failure. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2, 100187. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100187)

Richarz, S., Greenwood, S. , Kingsmore, D. B., Thomson, P. C., Dunlop, M., Bouamrane, M.-M., Meiklem, R. and Stevenson, K. (2021) Validation of a vascular access specific quality of life measure (VASQoL). Journal of Vascular Access, (doi: 10.1177/11297298211046746) (PMID:34608832) (Early Online Publication)

Pickering, L. and Greenwood, S. (2019) New for who?: Novelty and continuity in drug-related practices of people who use new psychoactive substances. Contemporary Drug Problems, 46(4), pp. 323-344. (doi: 10.1177/0091450919885664)

Book Reviews

Greenwood, S. (2021) Navon, D.Mobilizing Mutations: Human genetics in the age of patient advocacy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2019. 384 pp. $40 (cloth) $10 ‐ $40 (eBook). ISBN: 9780226638096 (cloth), 9780226638126 (eBook). Sociology of Health and Illness, 43(2), pp. 550-551. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.13142)[Book Review]

Greenwood, S. (2019) Book Review: Competing Responsibilities: The Ethics and Politics of Contemporary Life. Sociological Research Online, 24(4), pp. 731-732. (doi: 10.1177/1360780418819009)[Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

McLeod, K., Pickering, L. , Gannon, M., Greenwood, S. , Liddell, D., Smith, A., Johnstone, L. and Burton, G. (2016) Understanding the patterns of use, motives, and harms of New Psychoactive Substances in Scotland. Technical Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Conference or Workshop Item

Greenwood, S. (2019) “You don’t really know what a good life is until you’ve not got one”: Reflecting on disciplinary boundaries within multidisciplinary research tool. British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2019, Glasgow, UK, 24-26 Apr 2019. (Unpublished)

Greenwood, S. (2019) Speed bumps, stop signs and diversions: Emotions in research. British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2019, Glasgow, UK, 24-26 Apr 2019. (Unpublished)

Greenwood, S. (2019) What’s the problem? Making sense of public issues and private troubles. Sociology Seminar Series, Glasgow, UK, 10th April 2019. (Unpublished)

Conference Proceedings

Bouamrane, M.-M., Meiklem, R., Dunlop, M., Kingsmore, D., Thomson, P., Stevenson, K. and Greenwood, S. (2019) Haemodialysis Electronic Patient Portal: A Design Requirements Analysis and Feasibility Study with Domain Experts. In: 2019 IEEE 32nd International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), Cordoba, Spain, 05-07 Jun 2019, pp. 212-216. ISBN 9781728122861 (doi: 10.1109/CBMS.2019.00051)

This list was generated on Fri Dec 8 00:25:13 2023 GMT.

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.