Dr Virginia Sherborne

Division of Nursing and Midwifery, Health Sciences School

Research Associate

h.v.sherborne@sheffield.ac.uk

Barber House Annexe

Full contact details

Dr Virginia Sherborne
Division of Nursing and Midwifery, Health Sciences School
Barber House Annexe
3 Clarkehouse Road
Sheffield
S10 2HQ

Profile

Alongside a career as a secondary school teacher, I trained as a counsellor specialising in trauma and bereavement. Then in 2018, I was awarded a PhD scholarship at the University of Sheffield funded by the charity Mesothelioma UK.

I completed my PhD in the Division of Nursing & Midwifery in 2022 under the supervision of Prof. Angela Tod, Dr Bethany Taylor and Prof. Jane Seymour. My thesis was an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the psychological effects of mesothelioma in the UK military context from the carer’s perspective.

In March 2022 I joined the Mesothelioma UK Research Centre at the University of Sheffield as an Associate Researcher. I am currently involved in the MINNOW study, investigating the Mental health Implications of a mesothelioma diagnosis and developing resources to Optimise Wellbeing.

I am also working on the Pathways in Peritoneal Mesothelioma project.

Research interests

I am experienced in qualitative research, with expertise in using interpretative phenomenological analysis methodology.

My particular interest is in the psychological aspects of the asbestos-related disease mesothelioma. I am also interested generally in psychological trauma and its treatment, and in the health/support needs of military veterans and their families.

Publications

Journal articles

Sherborne V, Ejegi-Memeh S, Tod A, Gul M & Dunkley J (2023) Online information about mental health and well-being for UK patients and carers living with mesothelioma: an internet search study. Lung Cancer, 178, S24-S25.
Sherborne V, Ejegi-Memeh S, Tod A, Hargreaves S & Gardiner C (2023) Understanding the mental health and well-being impacts and interventions related to living with mesothelioma: a systematic review. Lung Cancer, 178, S24-S24.
Taylor B, Tod A, Gardiner C, Ejegi-Memeh S, Harrison M, Sherborne V, Couchman E, Senek M, Bachas Brook H, Ross J & Zhang X (2023) Mesothelioma patient and carer experience research: A research prioritisation exercise. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 102281-102281.
Sherborne V, Tod A & Taylor B (2022) The psychological effects of Mesothelioma in the UK military context from the carer’s perspective: a qualitative study. Illness, Crisis and Loss. View this article in WRRO
Ejegi-Memeh S, Sherborne V, Harrison M, Taylor B, Senek M, Tod A & Gardiner C (2022) Patients’ and informal carers’ experience of living with mesothelioma: A systematic rapid review and synthesis of the literature. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 58. View this article in WRRO
Sherborne V, Tod A & Taylor B (2022) The psychological effects of mesothelioma in the UK military context from the carer’s perspective: recommendations for practice. Lung Cancer, 165, S26-S27.
Gardiner C, Tod A, Ejegi-Memeh S & Sherborne V (2022) Patient and public involvement (PPI) in mesothelioma research: experiences of the Mesothelioma UK Research Centre. Lung Cancer, 165, S26-S26.
Ejegi-Memeh S, Darlison L, Moylan A, Tod A, Sherborne V, Warnock C & Taylor B (2020) Living with mesothelioma : a qualitative study of the experiences of male military veterans in the UK. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. View this article in WRRO
Sherborne V, Seymour J, Taylor B & Tod A (2020) What are the psychological effects of mesothelioma on patients and their carers? A scoping review. Psycho-Oncology, 29(10), 1464-1473. View this article in WRRO

Conference proceedings papers

Ejegi-Memeh S, Sherborne V, Harrison M, Taylor B, Senek M, Tod A & Gardiner C (2021) Patient and informal carers experience of living with mesothelioma: a systematic rapid review and synthesis of the literature. Lung Cancer, Vol. 156(Supplement 1) (pp S31-S31). Virtual, 22 April 2021 - 23 April 2021. View this article in WRRO