Dr Jennifer Burr
BA(Hons); MA; MSc; PhD; SFHEA
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior University Teacher in Medical Sociology
Chair University Research Ethics Committee (UREC)
+44 114 222 0792
Full contact details
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Room 2037, 2nd Floor
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I joined the University as a postdoctoral researcher in 1998 working on a project exploring eating disorder services in South Yorkshire. I’m currently a Senior University Teacher in Medical Sociology in the Public Health section of Population Health and coordinate the sociology teaching across the Faculty of Health. I have particular expertise in qualitative research methods and have conducted research in a range of health and social care contexts including ethnicity and racism, sexuality and reproduction.
- Research interests
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- Qualitative research methods
- Sociological theory including the work of Niklas Luhmann
- The social construction of the body in anatomical science
Successful Enhancing Research Culture funding
Research Ethics and Equality Diversity and Inclusion
The research was also discussed in an episode of the SCHARR Communicable Research podcast:
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the Research Ethics Process
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- The more-than-human micropolitics of the dissection assemblage: what can a ‘dead’ body do?. Body & Society.
- The social production of the dead human body in the practice of teaching anatomy through cadaveric dissection. Sociological Research Online.
- Evidence or stereotype? Health inequalities and representations of sex workers in health publications in England. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 24(6), 665-683.
- A qualitative study of how students learn from human cadavers. European Journal of Anatomy, 23(6), 447-452.
- Influence of past trauma and health interactions on homeless women’s views of perinatal care : a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 69(688), e760-e767.
- Informed consent in research ethics: an analysis from the perspective of Luhmann’s social systems theory. Social Theory and Health, 16(3), 241-255.
All publications
Edited books
- Consumers’ perspectives on health care: Critical Approaches to Research Methods.. London: Palgrave Macmillan limited.
Journal articles
- The more-than-human micropolitics of the dissection assemblage: what can a ‘dead’ body do?. Body & Society.
- The social production of the dead human body in the practice of teaching anatomy through cadaveric dissection. Sociological Research Online.
- Evidence or stereotype? Health inequalities and representations of sex workers in health publications in England. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 24(6), 665-683.
- A qualitative study of how students learn from human cadavers. European Journal of Anatomy, 23(6), 447-452.
- Influence of past trauma and health interactions on homeless women’s views of perinatal care : a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 69(688), e760-e767.
- Informed consent in research ethics: an analysis from the perspective of Luhmann’s social systems theory. Social Theory and Health, 16(3), 241-255.
- A Framework for Developing the Structure of Public Health Economic Models. Value in Health, 19(5), 588-601.
- A systematic literature review of the key challenges for developing the structure of public health economic models. International Journal of Public Health, 61(3), 289-298.
- Anonymous or known donors? A brief discussion of the psychosocial issues raised by removing anonymity from sperm donors.. Hum Fertil (Camb), 16(1), 44-47.
- Guidance for modellers for developing public health economic models. The Lancet, 380, S68-S68.
- An Aesthetic for Deliberating Online: Thinking Through “Universal Pragmatics” and “Dialogism” with Reference to Wikipedia. The Information Society(28), 151-160.
- The Wrong Paradigm? Social Research and the Predicates of Ethical Scrutiny. Research Ethics Review, 128-133.
- To name or not to name? An overview of the social and ethical issues raised by removing anonymity from sperm donors.. Asian J Androl, 12(6), 801-806.
- Factors associated with late presentation of cancer: A limited literature review. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, 9(2), 117-123.
- Healthcare Professionals´ Perspectives of Eating Disorders and Service Provision: A Qualitative Study. European Eating Disorders Review, 18(5), 390-398.
- Fear, fascination and the sperm donor as 'abjection' in interviews with heterosexual recipients of donor insemination.. Sociology of Health and Illness(5), 705-718.
- Exploring reflective subjectivity through the construction of the `ethical other´ in interview transcripts. Sociology(2), 323-339.
- Thinking ethically about genetic inheritance: liberal rights, communitarianism and the right to privacy for parents of donor insemination children. Journal of Medical Ethics, 281-284.
- Eating disorders patients' views on their disorders and on an outpatient's service: A qualitative study. Journal of Health Psychology(7), 956-960.
- Becoming an advanced practitioner in neonatal nursing: a psycho-social study of the relationship between educational preparation and role development. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 14(6), 727-738.
- Searching Electronically for Information on Transcultural Nursing and Health Subjects. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 15(3), 242-247.
- Contextualising experiences of depression in women from South Asian communities: a discursive approach. Sociology of Health and Illness, 26(4), 433-452.
- What is ‘normal’ about women's (hetero)sexual desire and orgasm?: a report of an in-depth interview study. Social Science & Medicine, 57(9), 1735-1745.
- GP Letter Writing in Colorectal Cancer: A Qualitative Study. Current Medical Research and Opinion, 18(6), 342-346.
- Cultural stereotypes of women from South Asian communities: mental health care professionals’ explanations for patterns of suicide and depression. Social Science & Medicine, 55(5), 835-845.
- Cultural Stereotypes of women from South Asian communities: mental health care professionals’ explanations for patterns of suicide and depression. Social Science and Medicine, 55(5), 141-151.
- Editorial: Are Eating Disorders Feminine Addictions?. Addiction Research, 8(3), 203-210.
- Some reflections on cultural and social considerations in mental health nursing. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 5(6), 431-437.
Chapters
- Polycontexturality in medical research ethics, Systems Theory and the Sociology of Health and Illness: Observing Healthcare (pp. 195-214).
Conference proceedings papers
- The Cycle of Influence: Oral Health and Well-being - Heba Salama. BSODR
- View this article in WRRO 95: The cycle of influence: oral health and well-being. British Society of Oral and Dental Research (BSODR 2024) : Book of Abstracts (pp 100-100). Newcastle, UK, 2 September 2024 - 2 September 2024.
- PITCH: How do homeless women conceptualise access to and experience of antenatal and postnatal care in Sheffield?. Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Scientific Meeting 2018 (pp P2.18). London, UK, 10 March 2018 - 10 March 2018.
- Teaching interests
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I teach on a range of subjects in medical sociology and ethics, specifically research ethics.
- Teaching activities
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I am the module coordinator for HAR6016 Sociology of Health and Illness delivered as part of the Master in Public Health (MPH) and Master in Dental Public Health (MDPH). I also deliver the sociology teaching on the MBChB. I provide teaching on research ethics to students at all levels in the Department.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Chair University Ethics Committee (UREC)
- Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy
- PhD Supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD students using qualitative research to explore aspects of public health, inequalities in health and sociological theory.
PhD students:
- Heba Salama (Joint ScHARR and School of Clinical Dentistry)