Dr Amy M Russell
Monday 4th July 2022, 17.30-18.15 @ The Harrington Lecture Theatre,UCLan
This is an annual lecture in memory of Professor Helen Lester
The 8th Helen Lester Memorial Lecture
Breaking the cycle of inequalities: Doing things differently in research and in primary care for people with a learning disability.
As we strive for evidence based clinical practice, we have to trust the methods that generate our evidence. But what if those methods exclude the populations we hope to serve? How can be break a cycle of inequalities unless we tackle the underrepresentation of marginalised populations in research? In our clinical practice how can we address one of the main barriers to equality in healthcare for people with a learning disability – stigma? This talk I will reflect on the cycle of inequalities people with a learning disability experience in research and in clinical practice and I will suggest how we innovate to do things differently to break the cycle.
Biography
Dr Amy M. Russell is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, currently on secondment to the WHO Disability Team, collaborating on the Global Report on Disability and Health 2022. Her research focuses on addressing health inequalities in research and clinical practice for traditionally “under-served” or “hard to reach” populations. She coordinated the largest UK trial with people with learning disabilities and diabetes and, as a result, works with Diabetes UK to expand their offer for professionals managing diabetes in people with a learning disability. She is now working with NIHR and HRA to improve inclusion in applied health research for under-served populations with a particular focus on the inclusion of people with a learning disability, with a particular focus on qualitative methods. She has a long-standing collaborative relationship with the inclusive organisation CHANGE in Leeds and strives to integrate co-working and co-production models into applied health research.
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Link to Wellcome Trust research on Capacity, Consent and Autonomy