Trauma-Informed Care and Health Equality
The Trauma-Informed Care and Health Equality cluster advances the evidence base on care, support and interventions for survivors of different forms of abuse, working alongside those with expertise based on experience, practice and policymaking.
Our cluster strives to create high-quality research, visibility and impact in the field of mental health and recovery from interpersonal trauma, and achieve this through efficient, creative, compassionate research practices.
Core research areas
Our projects align to three pillars relevant to tackling sexual violence and abuse, domestic abuse and childhood sexual abuse:
- Justice
- Health across the lifespan
- Equality
With previous awards from the National Institute for Health and Social Care, Economic and Social Research Council and European Commission, the Home Office and West Midlands Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, our applied and transdisciplinary research involves collaborating with academic and non-academic partners in law and policing, medicine and nursing, arts and culture and in the statutory and voluntary sectors. We are keen to enable an environment that nurtures excellent research and postgraduate researcher.
The cluster hosts a vibrant group of PhD students working in areas as diverse as mindfulness after child sexual abuse; interventions for family and friends of survivors; new perspectives on risk and tackling sexual offences; and mental health (dual-harm experiences) among offenders and responses to violence against health workers. We are passionate about engaging with our stakeholders, in particular, survivors of abuse, to shape the direction of our research and add value across all our work.
Project list
Cluster team
Maxine’s research focuses broadly on population health, with extensive experience delivering public health projects with Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council since 2021. Her work spans homeless health, creative health, e-cigarettes during pregnancy, healthy lifestyle programmes, ecotherapy for adolescents and support for domestic violence survivors. She works collaboratively with academic and external partners to inform policy and improve service provision.
Her current interests include supporting positive behaviour change among midlife women during the menopause, particularly through digital health technologies and in relation to type 2 diabetes risk. She is actively seeking funding in this area.
Maxine is also Pillar Co-Lead for the Coventry Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC, 2022–2027), supporting training and development to build sustainable research infrastructure within the local authority.
