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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- 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.