Personal Statement
Julie is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing and has recently returned from a two year secondment as Centre Manager for Liverpool Head and Neck Centre. Julie teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students and currently has responsibility for a Research Methods module (MNURS703) and a Nursing Leadership module (NURS334).

Julie continues to work alongside her LHNC colleagues; in particular she has in interest in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement and works closely with the long established HaNC PPIE forum. She has recently been awarded a grant from CRN NWC to support projects which aim to improve services for patients with Head and Neck Cancer, raise awareness of the disease and promote research capacity and capability amongst people with and at risk of HNC.

Research Overview
My current research projects are largely linked to work with Liverpool Head and Neck Centre. I am involved in a number of evaluations which have the aim of improving services for patients with diseases of the Head and Neck.

I have a personal interest in the anthropological concept of liminality, I have published on how this concept can be used to understand (and try to prevent) unneccessary attrition from nursing programmes. I am currently exploring liminality from the perspective of how it can be used to explain elements of the grieving process.