Professor Geraldine Leydon BA, MA, PhD, Dip. PH

Professor of Medical Sociology & Healthcare Interaction, NIHR Fellow

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Geraldine Leydon is Professor of Medical Sociology & Healthcare Interaction within Medicine at the University of Southampton.

Professor Leydon trained in sociology as applied to health at Lancaster University (BA), Goldsmiths College (MA), and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (PhD, Dip.PH). Considerable experience in leading qualitative programmes of work in a range of health service settings, with a particular focus on issues around lay-expert communication in health.

Qualifications

BA, Politics and Sociology, Lancaster University
MA, Sociology and Research Methods Goldsmiths College, University of London
PhD, Conversation Analytic Study of Outpatient Oncology Consultations, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London (supervised by Dr Judith Green, LSHTM and Professor Emeritus David Silverman, Goldsmiths’ College; Examined by Professor Paul Drew, York University, and Professor Christian Heath, Kings College London)
Dip Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London

Appointments held

Professor of Medical Sociology & Healthcare Interaction, Primary Care and Population Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton.

Associate Professor in Health Research and NIHR Fellowship Award Holder, Primary Care and Population Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton – associated member of Cancer and End of Life Care Group, Health Sciences, University of Southampton

Reader in Health Research and NIHR Fellowship Award Holder, Primary Care and Population Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton – associated member of Cancer and End of Life Care Group, Health Sciences, University of Southampton

Principal Research Fellow, Primary Medical Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton

Senior Research Fellow, Primary Medical Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton

Lecturer and MRC HSR Training Fellow, Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Research Fellow, Cancer and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Research Assistant, Academic Department of General Practice, and Population Science and Public Health, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School.