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Biography
Sydney (Syd) Anstee is a Senior Research Fellow within Health Sciences at the University of Southampton.
She brings a mix of experience to research, project management and implementation, with a varied background working in the NHS, academia, public health, local government, third sector and social care.
Previously, Sydney has focused on sexual and reproductive health and workforce wellbeing, but has also worked in other areas such as orthopaedics, new care models/ intervention development and service evaluation.
Having worked for many years with the National Institute for Health Research commissioning research in primary care, community health and disease prevention, Sydney is skilled in quality appraising existing evidence and identifying research priorities. She is particularly enthusiastic for us all to maximise open research practices, reduce waste /increase the value of research for societal benefit.
Additionally, Sydney has worked abroad for the Medical Research Council collecting birth data in Bolivia and worked with an Aid Agency running mobile clinics in response to the Asian Tsunami in Sri Lanka.
Research interests
- Intervention Development and Implementation Science
- Workforce Wellbeing improvements
- Methods or tools for: identifying research priorities; measuring Impact; aiding transition of science into practice
- Interdisciplinary working – particularly across health professionals, academia, social care/ government and third sector
- Sexual and reproductive health, especially the Menopause Transition, prevention of disease, and promotion of self-care
- Reduction of stigma particularly in relation to mental health and other marginalised health issues such
Research projects
- ParAid - Paramedic delivery of end-of-life care
- Magnet4Europe - implementing US Magnet model in UK and Europe
- The Impact of Covid-19 on Nurses (ICON)
- The Southampton Womens' Survey - menopause and children
- HIS UK - Condom Study
- HIV Matrix: identifying priorities in prevention research
- Bolivia birth outcomes at altitude