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Personal profile
Biography
Helen completed her PhD in molecular parasitology at the University of Edinburgh in the Institute of Immunology and Infection Research.
She worked as a STEMNET Ambassador during her PhD and after graduating continued working in Science Communication and Engagement in Scottish schools, colleges and universities.
Helen is a National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) Academy Associate and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Her Public Engagement with Research was recognized as a leading example of engaged teaching and learning by the NCCPE (2018). She was selected as a keynote speaker at SciShops Europe Conference and was a co-author of the SciShops Europe Guide (2019).
Research Interests
Helen is a ESRC PhD Studentship Reviewer for Interdisciplinary Research and currently leads the Interdisciplinary Community-University Research Programme – EPSRC Our Health, at the University of Edinburgh.
EPSRC Our Health aims to tackle health inequalities through community-based participatory action research and education for sustainable development.
Research students
Helen supervisers a PhD research student, Liam Gilchrist - How can Community Based Participatory Research be used as a framework for healthcare research with improved health outcomes in comparative public health contexts?
Teaching
Helen is the course organiser for and teaches on the interdisciplinary community-based research undergraduate course Sensing in the Community at the University of Edinburgh.
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Research output
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A second update on mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19
The COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, 6 Sept 2023, In: Nature. 621, 7977, p. E7-E26Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Our Health: Exploring interdisciplinarity and community-based participatory research in a higher education science shop
Gilchrist, L., Willis, A. & Szoor-McElhinney, H., 31 Aug 2022, In: Research For All. 6, 1, p. 1-13 13 p., 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Demonstrating the Use of Optical Fibres in Biomedical Sensing: A Collaborative Approach for Engagement and Education
Ehrlich, K., Parker, H. E., McNicholl, D. K., Reid, P., Reynolds, M., Bussiere, V., Crawford, G., Deighan, A., Garrett, A., Kufcsák, A., Norberg, D. R., Spennati, G., Steele, G., Szoor-McElhinney, H. & Jimenez, M., 10 Jan 2020, In: Sensors. 20, 2, 402.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Circuits:connecting engineers with teachers to create novel teaching tools
2/05/17 → 30/04/19
Project: Research
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Circuits! - Demonstrating the use of optical fibres in biomedical sciences
McNicholl, D. (Creator), Reid, P. (Creator), Reynolds, M. (Creator), Bussiere, V. (Creator), Deighan, A. (Creator), Kufcsak, A. (Creator), Norberg, D. (Creator), Spennati, G. (Creator), Szoor-McElhinney, H. (Creator), Jimenez, M. (Creator), Crawford, G. (Creator), Garrett, A. (Creator), Ehrlich, K. (Creator) & Parker, H. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 17 Jul 2019
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2587
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