Susan Hampshaw

BA (Hons), MSc, PhD

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Honorary Research Fellow

Director of NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration Doncaster

s.hampshaw@sheffield.ac.uk

Profile

I am the Director of the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Determinants Research Collaboration in Doncaster; Honorary Research Fellow in SCHARR and Visiting Researcher at the Advanced Well Being Centre (Sheffield Hallam University).

I lead work to grow capacity to develop and use knowledge within the City of Doncaster Council and am a practitioner-academic spanning the boundary between academic and practice public health.

Research interests

My research interests are focused on knowledge synthesis, use and mobilisation within local government; research capacity building (including public involvement and engagement in research); and generation of evidence or interventions addressing the wider determinants of health.

Practitioner lead in ScHARR's Knowledge into Action Research Theme

Publications

Journal articles

Holding E, Gettings R, Foster A, Dowrick L, Hampshaw S, Haywood A, Homer C, Booth A & Goyder E (2024) Developing the embedded researcher role: Learning from the first year of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC), Doncaster, UK. Public Health in Practice, 7, 100516-100516.
Newbury-Birch D, Harbin K, Adamson A, Asthana S, Batey C, Buffardi AL, Curley J, Dezateux C, Divers A, Fitzsimmons E , Forbes LJL et al (2024) Establishing Research Ecosystems in Local Government: Ten lessons from the front line of the first year of the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs). NIHR Open Research, 4, 11.
Hampshaw S, Morling J & Black M (2023) Investing in research infrastructure to address health inequalities: learning by doing. Public Health in Practice, 100460-100460.
Machaczek KK, Quirk H, Firth J, Carney R, Copeland RJ, Pollard N, Peckham E, Hampshaw S, De-la Haye S, Burton H & Goyder E (2022) A whole systems approach to integrating physical activity to aid mental health recovery – Translating theory into practice. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 23.
Hampshaw S, Cooke J, Robertson S, Wood E, King R & Tod A (2022) Understanding the value of a PhD for post-doctoral registered UK nurses : a survey. Journal of Nursing Management, 30(4), 1011-1017. View this article in WRRO
Childs C, Elliott J, Khatab K, Hampshaw S, Fowler-Davis S, Willmott JR & Ali A (2020) Thermal sensation in older people with and without dementia living in residential care: new assessment approaches to thermal comfort using infrared thermography. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(18). View this article in WRRO
Grove A, Sanders T, Salway S, Goyder E & Hampshaw S (2019) A qualitative exploration of evidence-based decision-making in public health practice and policy: the perceived usefulness of a diabetes economic model for decision-makers. Evidence & Policy, 15(4), 461-487. View this article in WRRO
Hampshaw S, Cooke J & Mott L (2018) What is a research derived actionable tool, and what factors should be considered in their development? A Delphi study. BMC Health Services Research, 18. View this article in WRRO
Sanders T, Grove A, Salway S, Hampshaw S & Goyder E (2017) Incorporation of a health economic modelling tool into public health commissioning: evidence use in a politicised context. Social Science & Medicine, 186, 122-129. View this article in WRRO
Cooke J, Langley J, Wolstenholme D & Hampshaw S (2017) "Seeing" the Difference: The Importance of Visibility and Action as a Mark of "Authenticity" in Co-production Comment on "Collaboration and Co-production of Knowledge in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges".. International Journal of Health Policy and Management , 6(6), 345-348. View this article in WRRO
Thornton-Jones H, Hampshaw S & England P (2005) Healthcare Needs Assessment in prison. British Journal of Healthcare Management, 11(4), 105-109.
Thornton-Jones H & Hampshaw SM (2003) Modernising beyond the NHS: Prison healthcare can benefit too. Quality in Primary Care, 11(4), 271-276.
Thornton-Jones H, Hampshaw S & Soltani H (2002) Evidence, policy making and the art of the possible: A methodology applied to screening. Journal of Clinical Excellence, 4(1), 9-16.
Thornton‐Jones H, Hampshaw S, Soltan H & Madhok R (2002) Reviewing local screening policies – a worthwhile exercise?. British Journal of Clinical Governance, 7(3), 165-176.
Thornton-Jones H (2002) Informaticist services for policymakers will differ from those studied. BMJ, 324(7351), 1456-1456.
Soltani H, Hampshaw S & Thornton-Jones H (2002) Antenatal screening: turning research into practice. British Journal of Midwifery, 10(4), 243-246.
Banyard R, Jones HT, Hampshaw S & Dunn A (2002) Primary care. Social skills.. The Health service journal, 112(5820), 24-25.
Hughes T, Hampshaw S, Renvoize E & Storer D (1998) General hospital services for those who carry out deliberate self-harm. Psychiatric Bulletin, 22(2), 88-91.
Renvoize EB, Hampshaw SM, Pinder JM & Ayres P (1997) What are hospitals doing about clinical guidelines?. Quality and Safety in Health Care, 6(4), 187-191.
HARDERN RD & HAMPSHAW S (1997) What do accident and emergency medical staff think of practice guidelines?. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 4(2), 68-71.
Renvoize E, Ayres P, Fear J, Wardman G, Hampshaw S, Mitchell J & Robinson M (1996) Clinical guidelines. Guidelines and brownie points.. The Health service journal, 106(5516), 31.
Abel G, Hampshaw S, Stringer MD, Beck JM & Puntis JWL (1995) P.35Home gastrostomy feeding in children and the role of a nutrition nurse. Clinical Nutrition, 14, 41-41.
Hampshaw S, Abel G, Rushworth AJ & Puntis JWL (1994) Complications of central venous access: a suitable subject for audit. Clinical Nutrition, 13, 52-52.
Watson J, Robertson S, Ryan T, Wood E, Cooke J, Hampshaw S & Roddam H () Understanding the value of a doctorate for allied health professionals in practice in the UK: a survey. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1).
Harris SJ, Papathanassoglou EDE, Gee M, Hampshaw SM, Lindgren L & Haywood A () Interpersonal touch interventions for patients in intensive care: A design‐oriented realist review. Nursing Open. View this article in WRRO
Furness PJ, Arden MA, Duxbury AMS, Hampshaw SM, Wardle C & Soltani H () Talking about weight in pregnancy: An exploration of practitioners' and women's perceptions. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 5(2).

Chapters

Cooke J, Mawson S & Hampshaw S (2022) Working with Knowledge Users (pp. 74-90). Wiley

Conference proceedings papers

Holding E, Gettings R, Foster A, Dowrick L, Hampshaw S, Haywood A, Homer C, Booth A & Goyder E (2024) P45 Exploring the benefits and challenges of embedded research within a local authority context: reflections from the first year of the national institute for health and care research (NIHR), health determinants research collaboration (HDRC), Doncaster, UK. SSM Annual Scientific Meeting (pp A67.2-A68)
ABEL G, HAMPSHAW S, STRINGER MD, BECK JM & PUNTIS JW (1995) MIC-KEY GASTROSTOMY DEVICE PERFORMANCE. PEDIATRIC RESEARCH, Vol. 38(3) (pp 423-423)

Theses / Dissertations

Hampshaw S (2020) What happens to NICE public health guidelines after publication in terms of how they are viewed and used by local government officers? – A realist inquiry. PhD thesis, University of Sheffield..

Preprints

Childs C, Elliott J, Khatab K, Hampshaw S, Fowler-Davis S, Willmott JR & Ali A () Thermal Sensation in Older People, with and without Dementia, Living in Residential Care: New Assessment Approaches Using Infrared Thermography.

Grants

Ongoing

NIHR150691 Pathways to research excellence: developing a Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) for sustainable and applied research in Doncaster National Institute for Health and Care Research (London)2022-10 to 2027-09| PI

NIHR131358 Adult social care partnership: Using co-production methods to build and evaluate a regional capacity building network to facilitate greater understanding use and production of research in adult social care. National Institute for Health Research (Southampton)2021-06 to 2024-06|Co-Investigator

NIHR127659 PHR Public Health Review Team NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (Southampton)2019-04-01 to 2022-03-31|Co-investigator

NIHR154015 Evidence Synthesis Programme EnSygN - Evidence S(heffield)ynthesis group for NIHR: Production of Evidence Syntheses for the Evidence Synthesis Programme02/04/202- 01/04/2028 |Co-investigator

Completed

NIHR131936 Local Authority Research Systems: developing Doncaster Council’s road map to building greater organisational research capacity NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (Southampton)2020-08-01 to 2020-11-30|PI

R507/0716 Assessment of thermal comfort in old and frail older people living in care homes: a feasibility study Dunhill Medical Trust (London)2017-04-10 to 2018-10-09|Co-investigator

Born and Bred (BaBi) e cohorts: creating a network of local intelligence tools from linked local data Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (London)Award|PI

Teaching activities

I lecture on the Knowledge Mobilisation module as part of the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme.

Public Health MPH PG Certificate PG Diploma

Postgraduate taught

September 2025 start
1 year 2 years Full-time Part-time
Accredited

Develop essential research, evaluation, and analytical skills for leading public health initiatives in the UK and globally. Our APHEA-accredited program helps to prepare you for professional roles in public health and offers a strong foundation for pursuing PhD-level studies.

Professional activities and memberships

NIHR Academy PLAF, SPARC committees (member)

NIHR Public Health Research Prioritisation Committee (member).