Dr Kellyn Lee BSc (Hons), MRes, PhD
Research Fellow in Ageing and Dementia
I am a Chartered Psychologist and Research Fellow - Ageing and Dementia and Co-Director of the Doctoral Training Centre for Dementia Care at the University of Southampton. My research interests are in dementia care, mental health, social care, and enterprise. I am currently working on an implementation and evaluation project with two care home organisations, rolling out a new approach to dementia care which recently featured in the national press.
Material Citizenship is a training programme that instils confidence into carers and their managers, leading to empowerment and the delivery of true personalised care
I sit on the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences Enterprise Committee and the Wessex Dementia Strategy Group.
I am a project officer for the London School of Economics on the NIHR Enabling Research in Care Homes (ENRICH) programme.
I am a co-facilitator for the CHAIN sub-group on care homes and residential care.
I am a trustee at The Brendoncare Foundation, a not for profit organisation dedicated to improving the quality of life for older people through our care homes, close care facilities and social clubs across the South of England.
I am a keen runner and recently organised a team who walked/ran 1009 miles in 30 days, raising £2267 for Brendoncare to support their efforts in reducing isolation and loneliness for older people through COVID-19.
Education
- Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Southampton 2015 – 2019
- MRes (Science), University of Portsmouth 2013 - 2015
- Diploma Psychotherapeutic Counselling, Chrysalis 2014 - 2015
- BSc Psychology (Hons), University of Portsmouth 2008 - 2011
Teaching Experience
- Fundamentals in Complex Care, MSc Complex care in Older Persons, University of Southampton
- Discourse analysis, Psychology BSc (Hons), University of Portsmouth
- Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Psychology BSc (Hons) University of Portsmouth
- Change implementation programme, Hampshire Constabulary
Research Experience
- Material Citizenship for Care Homes – Implementation and Evaluation (2021 – present)
- Co-applicant and Project Lead. Funded by the NIHR ARC Wessex
- Material Citizenship Framework Project (2020 – 2021)
- Co-applicant and Project Lead. Funded by ESRC Impact Acceleration Account, Alzheimer’s Society and in-kind contributions from The Brendoncare Foundation
- Multimorbidity and Older Cancer Survivors: Qualitative development of a self-management intervention (2018 – present)
- Research Fellow. Funded by the National Institute Health Research
- Creating Learning Environments for Compassionate Care (2018 – 2020)
- Research Fellow. Funded by the National Institute Health Research
- GPS technologies - Walking Assessments: Adapting the practice of telehealth care workers (2018 – 2019)
- Project Lead. Funded by Alzheimer’s Society
- Could be a risk couldn’t it: Decision-making, access to and use of functional objects for people with a dementia living in a care home (2015 – 2019)
- Principal Investigator. Funded by The Alzheimer’s Society.
- Using GPS Technologies for safe walking (2017)
- Senior Research Assistant. Funded by the Alzheimer’s Society.
- An Independent Review of a Dementia Care Pathway (2016 - 2017)
- Research Associate. Funded by Health & Social Care Integrated Commissioning Unit.
- Project Generate – Community Art Workshops for People with Dementia (2014-2015)
- Senior Research Associate. Funded by Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group.
- Hampshire Creative Arts Project for People with Dementia (2013-2014)
- Research Associate. Funded by The Alzheimer’s Society.
- The Prevalence of Food Allergy in Europe and the World (2012-2013)
- Research Assistant. Funded by the European Food Safety Agency.
- The PEOPPLE Project (2011-2012)
- Research Assistant. Funded by Portsmouth CCG
Professional Development
- PG Cap (Condensed) (2019) University of Southampton
- Career Development and Leadership (2018) University of Southampton
- Dementia Care Mapping (2016) University of Bradford
- Introduction to Teaching Skills (2016) University of Southampton
- NVivo qualitative management software (2015) University of Southampton
- SPSS quantitative software (2010) University of Portsmouth
Conferences
- Speaker, British Society for Gerontology, Special Interest Group – Symposium, 2020
- Speaker, Alzheimer’s Europe, Barcelona, 2018
- Speaker, Humanising Caring, Health and Wellbeing Conference, 2018
- Speaker, Nordic Gerontological Congress, Oslo, 2018
- Poster presentation, Alzheimer’s Europe, Berlin 2017
- Speaker, British Society for Gerontology, Gerontological International Conference, Swansea, 2017
- Speaker, Dementia Awareness Conference, Winchester, 2016
- Poster Presentation, Alzheimer’s Society, Bristol, 2016