Meet the Team

The Centre for Healthcare and Communities (CHC) has a strong research leadership team who are actively involved in research, teaching and practice. Many of the researchers have held leadership positions in the healthcare sector so their research is highly applied and relevant to the sector.

Professor Rosie Kneafsey

Director of the Research Centre for Healthcare and Communities

Rosie Kneafsey is the Director for the Centre for Healthcare and Communities and also Strategic lead for knowledge and engagement for the Centre for Care Excellence for Nursing, Midwifery and Health. Prior to this she was the Head of School, for Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Coventry University. Her career began as a registered nurse and she has worked as a researcher and teacher during her time at both Salford University and Birmingham University, joining Coventry University in 2011. In 2012 Rosie completed her PhD which examined the nursing contribution to hospitalised older adults’ mobility rehabilitation. She is currently engaged in research relating to health services provision.

Professor Rosie Kneafsey is supported by the following members of staff who make up the Centres’ Team:

The Team

Name	Email
Professor Ala Szczepura	ab5794@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Natasha Taylor	ac4961@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Peter Zeh	ac5432@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Kesenija Maravic	ad4042@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Christine Grant	aa9526@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Amanda Adegboye	ad6287@coventry.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor Jane Coad	aa9737@coventry.ac.uk
Professor Lisa Bayliss Pratt	ad3620@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Nikita Rowley	ac2894@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Gemma Pearce	ab5719@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Sally Pezaro	ac4733@coventry.ac.uk
Professor Guy Daly	hsx885@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Louise Sewell	ab1214@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Tracey Rehling	ac8183@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Edward Ong	ab8300@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Joshua Bluteau	bluteauj@uni.coventry.ac.uk
Dr Laurence Baldwin	ac1273@coventry.ac.uk

Members of the Centre for Care Excellence also work within this centre:

Name	Email
Professor Jenny Gamble	ad7603@coventry.ac.uk
Dr David McWilliams	ac3572@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Emma Murphy	ad7557@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Liz Lees Deutsch	aa6611@coventry.ac.uk