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Jacob Heath
MA, BSc (Hons)
NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Biography
I am currently an NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellow within the Medical Sociology & Health Experiences Research Group (MS & HERG), prior to which I was a Research Assistant (Ann McPherson Fellow) within MS & HERG (2022-2023).
After completing my BSc in Anthropology (First Class Honours) from Oxford Brookes University, I worked as an Honorary Research Assistant for Oxford University Hospitals supporting research into the symptoms and course of illness caused by Covid-19 in healthcare workers. I then went on to complete an MA in Social/Medical Anthropology (Distinction) at SOAS, University of London where I researched 'What is it like to live with Long Covid?' for my thesis.
In my current role, I am exploring the ways in which ethnographic research methods can be used in health research, as well as user-generated content about ADHD on TikTok and diagnoses of ADHD in adulthood. I am also contributing to the joint Oxford-Warwick study 'Access to General Practice: innovation, impact and sustainable change (GP-SUS)'.
Websites
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Evaluating the role of virtual transient ischaemic attack outpatient clinics
Contributed to the 'Main Evaluation Report' and 'Literature Review and Methods'.
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Examining qualitative cross-country comparative analysis in health: reflective insights and methodological considerations
Presentation (forthcoming paper) at the British Sociological Association's Medical Sociology Conference 2023, titled 'Reflections on the method of qualitative cross-country comparative health research', 'Pedagogy and Methods' stream, Day 3.
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Imagine(ing) migration: the aesthetics of borders and resistance
Audio-visual essay entitled 'If not the time, what can the Empire Clock tell us today?', presented at and published for the Royal Anthropological Institute's RAI Film Festival. For all contributions, see here: https://raifilm.org.uk/imagineing-migration-exhibition/