Contact Details

Dr Dawn Edge Faculty of Medical & Human Sciences

University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL

Email:dawn.edge@manchester.ac.uk

Tel:  +44 (0) 161 275 2570

Web:http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/dawn.edge

Academic & Professional Qualifications

2003: PhD (Medical Sociology), University of Manchester. Perinatal Depression in Black Caribbean women

2000: Masters in Research (MRes) in Social Sciences (Distinction), University of Salford: Screening for depression 

1994: Certificate of Education, University of Manchester

Present Appointments

2012 – Present Lecturer, University of Manchester. Focus: Strengthen links between research and teaching

2008 – PresentNon-Executive Director, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. Focus: Using expert knowledge and experience to strategically influence delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, patient-centred health and social care.

Research Interests

§  Perinatal mental health and child health

§  Inequalities in health and mental health

§  Intersectionality: Mental health, deprivation, ethnicity & gender

§  Offender health

§  Resilience and recovery in mental health

§  Developing new treatments in mental health

Methodological & Other Expertise

• Qualitative methods & analysis
• Survey methods
• Health Services Research
• Service evaluation
• Service delivery
• Cultural competence

Recent Relevant Publications

1.       Wittokowski A, Gardner PL, Bunton P, Edge D (In Press): Culturally determined risk factors for postnatal depression in sub-Saharan Africa: A mixed method systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders.

2.       Hassan L, Edge D, Senior J, Shaw J (In Press): Perspectives on the purpose of psychotropic prescribing in prisons: care or control? General Hospital Psychiatry.

3.       Edge D (2013) 'Why are thou cast down, o my soul?' Exploring intersections of ethnicity, gender, depression, spirituality and implications for Black British Caribbean women’s mental health. Critical Public Health (Special Edition on Black and Minority Ethnic Women’s Health).  23 (1) 39 – 48.

1. Akhavan S & Edge D (2012) Foreign-born women’s experiences of community-based doulas in Sweden – A qualitative study". Health Care for Women International.33 (9): 833-848.
2. Kovandžić M, Chew-Graham C, Reeve J, Edwards S, Peters S, Edge D, Aseem S, Gask L & Dowrick C. (2011) Access to primary mental health care for hard-to-reach groups: from ‘silent suffering’ to ‘making it work’. Social Science and Medicine. 72 (5):763-772

Recent Relevant International Conferences [Peer-reviewed Presentations]

·         Aquino MRJ, Edge D & Smith D (2013) Midwives’ experiences of providing care for women from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds: An exploratory study. Qualitative Health Research (QHR) Conference Halifax, Canada.

·         Edge D (2013) Resisting psychiatric labels: Black Caribbean women ‘dealing with’ psychological distress in the UK. 38^th Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) Conference, Grenada.

·         Edge D (2012) Prevention, treatment and research on the field of Perinatal Mental Disorders: the British experience. International Congress on "Prevention, treatment and research in the field of perinatal mental disorders". Milan, June 14 – 15, 2012. [Invited Speaker]

Recent Policy and/or other governmental reports

Abel K, Edge D, McNair L, Wilson H, Meacock R, Walker T, Senior J, Shaw J, Sutton M (2012) A clinical, economic and operational evaluation of the pilot Women’s Enhanced Medium Secure Services (WEMSS). London, Department of Health.

Edge D (2012) Responding to Concerns about Doctors: NHS NW SHA Report. National Revalidation Project, DH 

Edge D (2011) National Perinatal Mental Health Project Report Perinatal Mental Health of Black and Minority Ethnic Women: A Review of Current Provision in England, Scotland, and Wales. National Mental Health Development Unit, DH  

Recent Research Grants & Fellowships

2013 – 2016Culturally-adapted Family Intervention (CaFI) for African Caribbeans with schizophrenia and their families: A feasibility study of implementation and acceptability (NIHR HS & DR) £351,973 (PI)

2013 – 2016 The effectiveness of the Older prisoner Health and Social Care Assessment and Plan (OHSCAP): A Randomised Controlled Trial. (NIHR HS&DR) £525,952 (Co-I)

2012 – 2015 Critical Time Intervention for Severely Mentally Ill Released Prisoners: A Randomised Control Trial (CrISP) (NIHR SDO PhD Fellowship) £638,198 (Co-I)

2012 – 2012African Caribbean families’ aging, dementia and dementia care: An inter-disciplinary pilot study £5,825 (PI)

2011 – 2012 Improving care pathways and developing more culturally-appropriate interventions and service responsive (MMHSCT) (Co-I)