About
Gemma Simons is a Clinical Research Fellow at the Centre for Workforce Wellbeing, University of Southampton and a Speciality Registrar in Rehabilitation Medicine, in Wessex. As an academic clinician Gemma has worked as a Chief Investigator for multicentre clinical research, a Clinical Fellow for NICE Guideline development, and a Cochrane author. Gemma is a member of the BMA wellbeing stakeholder support group and has authored a toolkit and guidance with the RCP Flexibility and Wellbeing group, and BSRM vocational rehabilitation specialist interest group. Gemma spoke about her PhD on doctor wellbeing at the International Conference for Physician Health 2021 and at the Royal College of Physicians, winning the Turner Warwick Lecturer prize for the Wessex Region 2021.
Research
Research interests
- Health and social care staff and learner wellbeing
- Core Outcome Set (COS) development
Current research
Gemma is researching the development of a Core Outcome Set (COS) for doctor wellbeing and medical student wellbeing, with a view to expanding the work to other health and social care staff and learners.
Research projects
Active projects
Publications
External roles and responsibilities
Biography
Prizes
- Fellow of the European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (2021)
- Turner Warwick Lecturer Prize (2021)