Dr Joy Furnival
Joy is a GenerationQ Fellow and Improvement Science PhD, and Quality Improvement Adviser with NHS Improvement.
Our PhDs offer an opportunity for researchers to specialise in applied improvement science early on in their career. It will enable them to work with partners and collaborators in the health service, and ultimately contribute to the knowledge base of the science of improvement.
PhD studies in improvement science complement our other investments in this field including the post-doctoral Improvement Science Fellowships and the Improvement Science Development Group, which all contribute to building a scientific evidence base to facilitate improvements across health care.
We have awarded funding to thirteen research organisations to support two PhD students each in the study of improvement science for up to five years.
The nine research organisations who received funding in 2013 are:
The four research organisations who received funding in 2015 are:
Each research organisation was selected because of their strong existing body of research related to improvement science, and because they are well positioned to contribute to building a scientific evidence base to facilitate improvements across health care.
In January 2018 the Health Foundation established THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute), an improvement research institute that will develop evidence on a massive scale across the NHS about what works to improve patient care.
THIS Institute aims to create a world-leading asset for the NHS and for science by strengthening the evidence base for improving health care.
Joy is a GenerationQ Fellow and Improvement Science PhD, and Quality Improvement Adviser with NHS Improvement.
Emma was an Improvement Science PhD student and is a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Warwick.
Seán was an Improvement Science PhD student and is now Medicines Management Resources Lead in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Andrea is Senior Behavioural Epidemiologist in Public Health at CSUR Research and Consultancy.
Sebastian is a Chartered Health Psychologist and Lecturer at Northumbria University.
Nawaraj is an NIHR ARC Fellow (Health Economics) at Newcastle University.
We look for talented and passionate individuals as everyone at the Health Foundation has an important role to play.
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