Elena Sheldon
BSc
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Research Associate and Study Manager
Assistant Psychologist (Focus Mental Health)


+44 114 222 4307
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Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Room 2.04a, 2nd Floor
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I joined the Clinical Trials Research Unit in July 2019 as a Research Assistant, having previously completed a BSc degree in Psychology at the University of Durham.
I am now a Research Associate and manage a three-year research project aiming to re-design Inflammatory Bowel Disease services in Sheffield (AWARE-IBD). In 2022 I was awarded a Scholarship Grant by the British Medical Association (BMA) to fund the MIND Study looking at medical student mental health. In particular, I'm interested in the barriers to help-seeking and accessing mental health support for medical students, as well as challenges to service provision and cross-partnership working. My research is collaborative and involves improving NHS services for IBD and student mental health by working in partnership with service users and professionals. I particularly enjoy co-production activities to improve access to and the quality of mental health support and services.
With an Associate Fellowship in Higher Education Teaching (AFHEA), I regularly teach on the Introduction to Research Methods module (HAR6030) and supervise postgraduate student dissertation projects. Prior to this I assisted on two multi-centre CTIMP studies (MAGIC and ASTIClite).
- Qualifications
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1st class BSc Degree Psychology, Durham University
Associate Fellowship in Higher Education (AFHEA)
- Research interests
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Elena’s interests include using applied research methods to investigate student mental health and improving access to mental health services for students. She has particular interests in service improvement and evaluation, embedding meaningful co-production into practice, and engaging with 'lesser heard voices' and people with lived experiences from the community to inform mental health service provision and higher education.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Development of an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Patient‐Reported Experience Measure (PREM): A patient‐led consensus work and ‘think aloud’ study for a quality improvement programme. Health Expectations.
- Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19: the PRIEST observational cohort study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(8), 587-593.
- Prevalence and risk factors for mental health problems in university undergraduate students : a systematic review with meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 287, 282-292.
- Derivation and validation of a clinical severity score for acutely ill adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study. PLoS ONE, 16(1). View this article in WRRO
- Post-exertion oxygen saturation as a prognostic factor for adverse outcome in patients attending the emergency department with suspected COVID-19: a substudy of the PRIEST observational cohort study. Emergency Medicine Journal. View this article in WRRO
- Characterisation of 22445 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection : observational cohort study. PLoS ONE, 15(11), ---. View this article in WRRO
- Characterisation of 22446 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection: Observational cohort study.
- Accuracy of PE rule-out strategies in pregnancy : secondary analysis of the DiPEP study prospective cohort. Emergency Medicine Journal, 37(7), 423-438.
- Service user involvement in mental health service commissioning, development and delivery: A systematic review of service level outcomes. Health Expectations.
Conference proceedings papers
- P670 “What Matters To You?” – How do patient views compare with a patient experience framework and UK national standards of care?. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, Vol. 17(Supplement_1) (pp i801-i802)
Preprints
- Derivation and validation of a clinical severity score for acutely ill adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Perceptions of sleep in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the acceptability of sleep interventions in routine care: A qualitative study.
- Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for children with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study.
- Development of an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Patient‐Reported Experience Measure (PREM): A patient‐led consensus work and ‘think aloud’ study for a quality improvement programme. Health Expectations.
- Grants
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1. British Medical Association – Scholarship Grant recipient (£52,727) - Sept 2022 Award recipient of the Margaret Temple BMA Scholarship Grant to conduct the MIND Study on medical student mental health
2. Student Mental Health Research Network (SMaRteN) – Co-Applicant (£49,998) - Oct 2020. Measuring psychological wellbeing and mental health in university student cohorts
- Teaching activities
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Research supervision: I supervise research dissertations in the School of Health and Related Research across the master’s programmes as well as systematic reviews for master’s students and medical students on research attachments and placements. These projects involve quantitative and qualitative research methods to characterise student mental health risk factors and the theories, models and frameworks underpinning suicide-related outcomes for this population.
Teaching: I teach the Introduction to Research Methods (HAR6030) module on the master’s in Public Health. This module includes topics such as research design, quantitative and qualitative research methods, reliability and validity and patient and public involvement.
- Professional activities and memberships
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AWARE-IBD Project Page: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/research/centres/ctru/aware-ibd
MIND Study Project Page: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/research/centres/ctru/mind
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