Centre for Sudden Death

Our people

Learn about our team and their expertise.

Our directors

External members

In addition to the University of Southampton academics listed on this page, our membership includes:

Professor Anne-Sophie Darlington

Personal Chair

Research interests

  • Measurement of quality of life
  • Development of quality of life instruments
  • Investigating the relationship between coping strategies and well-being

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Dr David Wright

Senior Research Fellow
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Dr Jane Lavery

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Mexican Day of the Dead, Covid-19 and diaspora.
  • Latin(a) multimedia women writers and artists (i.e writers and artists whose works straddle m…
  • Latin(a) American Women writers and artists

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Dr Joan Tumblety

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • French cultural history
  • History of natural health
  • Gender, masculinity and the body
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Dr Joe Grimwade

Senior Teaching Fellow in Classics

Research interests

  • Education, modern and ancient.
  • Roman Republic.
  • Memory in the ancient world.

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Dr Katherine Hunt PhD MSc PGCert BN RN FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Measurement of quality and experiences of palliative and end of life care.
  • Identifying and exploring sources of inequality and inequity in access to quality end of life…
  • End of life care for people with intellectual disability and anticipating end of life

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Dr Richard Wagland

Lecturer
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Miss Sarah Hodkinson

Principal Teaching Fellow
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Dr Seilin Uhm

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Evidence synthesis in health and social sciences.  Consensus development and priority setting…
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Dr Vicky Payne PhD, PGCAP, PGDip ACP, RNC

Principal Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Her research interests are primarily centred around improving the quality and safety of neona…
  • She has presented her PhD work at several national and international conferences, including o…
  • She was proud to receive the "Best Paper by a Clinical Academic" award in 2019 at the Southam…
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