Dr Maxine Kuczawski (she/her)
BSc, MA, MSc, PhD
School of Medicine and Population Health
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Research Fellow
ARC YH Theme Manager
+44 114 222 2981
Full contact details
School of Medicine and Population Health
3015
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I am a Research Fellow in Health Services Research with over 20 years of experience. I am based at the Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research (CURE) at the University of Sheffield, where I recently completed my PhD as part of the 1+3 White Rose Doctoral Training Pathway (Health and Wellbeing) in the Department of Sociological Studies.
My doctoral research, supervised by Professor Alan Walker and Dr Daniel Holman, explored the mental health of young people during COVID-19, through an intersectional perpsective.
With a background in epidemiology, I joined the University of Sheffield in 2011 and have since managed and contributed to a wide range of research projects and health service evaluations. These include work on patient-reported outcome measures for hip and knee surgery, anticoagulation management in emergency departments, large-scale patient data linkage (the CUREd database), and virtual wards (hospital at home).
- Qualifications
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- MA Social Research Methods, Sheffield Methods Institute, Sheffield 2021.
- MSc Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London 2007.
- BSc Environmental Chemistry, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield 2001
- Research interests
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I have expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods, with a particular interest in mixed-methods research, young people’s health, and the social determinants of health.
PhD thesis
Kuczawski, M. L. (2026). Mental health among young people during COVID-19: an intersectional perspective (Doctoral thesis, University of Sheffield). White Rose eTheses Online.
Projects
Title Funding body Dates Principal investigator Mixed methods study to understand the scale, impact and care trajectory for patients who have a long lie after a fall NIHR 2024–26 F Sampson Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber (ARC YH): Urgent Care NIHR 2018–26 S Mason Health North: Connected Health Cities Connected Yorkshire 2016–18 S Mason The ideal urgent and emergency care system: public and healthcare staff perspectives Connected Yorkshire 2016–18 M Kuczawski and S Ablard Urgent and Emergency Care: the role of the consultant Y&H Academic Health Science Network 2014–16 S Mason AHEAD2: Evaluating adverse outcome amongst patients following head injury who are taking the newer oral anticoagulant medications (NOACs): a pilot study Royal College of Emergency Medicine 2015–16 S Mason AHEAD: Evaluating adverse outcome amongst patients following head injury who are taking anticoagulants NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme 2011–14 S Mason
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Risk of significant traumatic brain injury in adults with minor head injury taking direct oral anticoagulants: a cohort study and updated meta-analysis. Emergency Medicine Journal, 37, 666-673.
- AHEAD Study: an observational study of the management of anticoagulated patients who suffer head injury. BMJ Open, 7(1). View this article in WRRO
- Should all anticoagulated patients with head injury receive a CT scan? Decision-analysis modelling of an observational cohort. BMJ Open, 6. View this article in WRRO
- Why is it so difficult to recruit patients to research in emergency care? Lessons from the AHEAD study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 33(1), 52-56.
Conference proceedings
- Literature review of management and outcomes of patients on new oral anticoagulants who suffer blunt head injury. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine Scientific Conference 2016
- Incidence of adverse outcomes in patients with head injuries on new oral anticoagulants. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine Scientific Conference 2016
- ADHERENCE TO THE NICE HEAD INJURY GUIDELINES 2007 AND 2014 IN ANTICOAGULATED PATIENTS. Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 31(9) (pp 775.2-775)
- THE AHEAD STUDY: MANAGING ANTICOAGULATED PATIENTS WHO SUFFER HEAD INJURY. Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 31(9) (pp 775.1-775)
All publications
Journal articles
- What influences women’s decisions to participate in trials for prevention of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the puerperium: a qualitative study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 25(1).
- A qualitative study exploring the experiences of advanced clinical practitioner training in emergency care in the South West of England, United Kingdom. Emergency Medicine Journal, 42(3), 193-199. View this article in WRRO
- Exploring advanced clinical practitioner perspectives on training, role identity and competence: a qualitative study. BMC Nursing, 23(1). View this article in WRRO
- Creating a real-world linked research platform for analyzing the urgent and emergency care system. Medical Decision Making, 42(8), 999-1009. View this article in WRRO
- Risk of significant traumatic brain injury in adults with minor head injury taking direct oral anticoagulants: a cohort study and updated meta-analysis. Emergency Medicine Journal, 37, 666-673.
- Should children know their HIV status? Prevalence, caregiver's perspectives and barriers to disclosure at the National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 23(10), 1419-1425.
- Barriers and impact of disclosure of HIV status to children at the National Hospital, Abuja Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics, 47(4), 305-311.
- LO84: The incidence of fall-related intracranial bleeding in older adults taking anticoagulants, antiplatelets and neither medication: a meta-analysis. CJEM, 22(S1), S38-S38.
- What does the ideal urgent and emergency care system look like? A qualitative study of service user perspectives. Emergency Medicine Journal, 37(4), 200-205.
- Understanding the management of patients with head injury taking warfarin: who should we scan and when? Lessons from the AHEAD study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 36(1), 47-51. View this article in WRRO
- AHEAD Study: an observational study of the management of anticoagulated patients who suffer head injury. BMJ Open, 7(1). View this article in WRRO
- Should all anticoagulated patients with head injury receive a CT scan? Decision-analysis modelling of an observational cohort. BMJ Open, 6. View this article in WRRO
- Why is it so difficult to recruit patients to research in emergency care? Lessons from the AHEAD study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 33(1), 52-56.
- The impact of senior doctor assessment at triage on emergency department performance measures: systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies.. Emergency Medicine Journal. View this article in WRRO
- Outcomes of elective surgery undertaken in independent sector treatment centres and NHS providers in England: audit of patient outcomes in surgery.. BMJ, 343, d6404.
- Outcomes of elective surgery undertaken in independent sector treatment centres and NHS providers in England: audit of patient outcomes in surgery. BMJ: British Medical Journal(343).
- Significant reduction of endemic MRSA acquisition and infection in cardiothoracic patients by means of an enhanced targeted infection control programme. Journal of Hospital Infection, 60(2), 104-110.
- Understanding The Scale, Impact, And Care Trajectory For Patients Who Experience A Long Lie After A Fall: Mixed Methods Study Protocol. NIHR Open Research, 6, 19-19.
Conference proceedings
- CUREd: Creating a research database to improve urgent and emergency care system research. EUSEM Abstracts. Prague, 12 October 2019 - 16 October 2019.
- The ideal urgent and emergency care system: a qualitative study of public perspectives. Abstract Book. Manchester, UK, 2 July 2019 - 3 July 2019.
- Literature review of management and outcomes of patients on new oral anticoagulants who suffer blunt head injury. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine Scientific Conference 2016
- Incidence of adverse outcomes in patients with head injuries on new oral anticoagulants. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine Scientific Conference 2016
- Senior Doctor Triage in the Emergency Department. Health Services Research UK Scientific Conference 2016
- Senior doctor triage in the emergency Department. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine SCientific Conference 2015
- ADHERENCE TO THE NICE HEAD INJURY GUIDELINES 2007 AND 2014 IN ANTICOAGULATED PATIENTS. Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 31(9) (pp 775.2-775)
- THE AHEAD STUDY: MANAGING ANTICOAGULATED PATIENTS WHO SUFFER HEAD INJURY. Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 31(9) (pp 775.1-775)
- The incidence and characteristics of invasive pneumococcal disease among the HIV diagnosed population in England and Wales. AIDS 2008 - XVII International AIDS Conference. Mexico City, 3 August 2008 - 8 August 2008.
Preprints
- What influences women’s decisions to participate in trials for prevention of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the puerperium: a qualitative study, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- Risk of significant traumatic brain injury in adults with minor head injury taking direct oral anticoagulants: a cohort study and updated meta-analysis. Emergency Medicine Journal, 37, 666-673.
- Research group
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I am the Information Governance Lead for Health Services Research in SCHARR and a member of the SCHARR Ethics Committee.
PhD supervisors
- Grants
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ESRC 1+3 White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership
- Teaching interests
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I am the co-director for the Evidence Based Emergency Medicine and Research module, part of the MSc Emergency Medicine and the Postgraduate Progress and Quality Officer. I act as a supervisor and personal tutor for postgraduate students, including examining dissertation projects.
- Teaching activities
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I supervise undergraduate students (Phase 2B SSC student placement and Intercalated BMedSci), MSc dissertation projects and provide personal tutor support to MSc students.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Prior to undertaking my PhD, I held the roles of Information Governance Lead for the Health Services Research Section and PGR Quality and Progression Officer. I was also a member of the ScHARR Ethics Committee and Athena SWAN panel.