Dr Joanna Blackwell
Also known as: Jo
NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board, REAP Consultancy Services, Active Lincolnshire
Research areas: Medicine · Physiology · Physical Activity and Health · Cardiac Health and Mental Health · Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
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About
I have held practice, project management, leadership, and research roles across the NHS, local government, the voluntary and community sector, and higher education. All of which have followed a public health theme, with health promotion and health improvement a key thread.
In 2018 I paused my career to undertake a PhD studentship leading to my thesis entitled Socio-cultural influences on exercise and health along the cardiac patient journey. Towards the end of my PhD I resumed my career in a research role and focusing on healthy ageing and underserved communities during this time. I was also privileged to received a prestigious Mildred Blaxter Postdoctoral Fellowship, and during that time published a number of articles and presented at national and international conferences, winning the best oral abstract award at the 2023 British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation conference.
I continue my involvement in research by providing consultancy support on health, wellbeing, and community research and engagement largely to the public and voluntary sectors, and also working within the Integrated Care System to support research development.
Employment
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NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board Research Grant Development Officer2025 - Present
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REAP Consultancy Services2024 - Present
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Active Lincolnshire Head of Development (Communities & Wellbeing)2023 - 2024
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University of Lincoln Research Associate2021 - 2023
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Alzheimer's Society Project Officer2017 - 2018
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University of Lincoln Visiting fellow / lecturer2008 - 2016
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City of Lincoln Council Healthy Lifestyles Team Leader2003 - 2016
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City of Lincoln Council Assistant Health and Fitness Development Officer2002 - 2003
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Education
Education history is unavailable.
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (16)
- Sensory pleasures and displeasures of the outdoors: somatic learning and the senses Save
- Physical activity experiences of community-dwelling older adults with physical disabilities: a scoping review of qualitative research Save
- “Standing out like a sore thumb”: exploring socio-cultural influences on adherence to cardiac rehabilitation Save
- How Person-Centred Is Cardiac Rehabilitation in England? Using Bourdieu to Explore Socio-Cultural Influences and Personalisation Save
- Exploring the Lived Experiences of Physical Activity in Community-Dwelling Adults Living With Dementia and Their Carers Save
- “You realise you tick a lot of boxes”: Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Rehabilitating Body Through a Bourdieusian Lens Save
- The Ageing and Physical Activity Network final report Save
- Episode 2: Cardiac Rehab Save
- Exploring mind-body detachment following a cardiac event – through a Bourdieusian lens Save
- Primary care staff at the ‘Deep end’: Experiences from Lincolnshire’s East Coast Save
- Covid-19 and unstructured physical activity in those with long-term conditions Save
- Qualitative research in sports studies: challenges, possibilities and the current state of play Save
- Socio-cultural influences on exercise and health along the cardiac patient journey Save
- Sport in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: towards an agenda for research in the sociology of sport Save
- Copenhagen Consensus statement 2019: physical activity and ageing. Save
- Using an ethnographic approach to explore the influences on uptake and adherence in cardiac rehabilitation Save