Dr Sharon Greenwood
- Lecturer in Public Health (Public Health)
- Associate (School of Social & Political Sciences)
email:
Sharon.Greenwood@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Room 363, Clarice Pears Building, University of Glasgow, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB
Biography
I have worked for the university in a range of roles for over ten years. In March 2022, I took over as programme lead for the Masters in Public Health programme. Prior to this, I was a lecturer for the MVLS Graduate School, and held a variety of fixed-term teaching and research roles between September 2013 and August 2019.
I am also the Deputy Director of Education for the School of Health and Wellbeing.
My background is in Sociology and Social Policy. My teaching interests center around inequalities, identity, health, political determinants of health, and lived experience. I am a University of Glasgow graduate, having completed all my tertiary education at this institution:
- 2022: PGDip in Academic Practice
- 2018: PhD in Sociology - Title: 'I try hard not to blame my dad': A sociological interpretation of the 'problem' with parental substance use
- 2013: MRes in Equality and Human Rights (with distinction)
- 2012: MA(hons) in Public Policy and Sociology (with first class honours).
I am currently finishing my MEd in Academic Practice (estimated completion: June 2024).
Research interests
My research interests centre around intersecting inequalities, bodies, and health. I have a keen interest in:
- Substance use - illegal drugs, pharmaceutical drugs, and alcohol;
- Intersectionality and health (specifically gender-based issues);
- Power, inequality, and health inequalities - particularly the role political ideology takes in the construction of policy;
- Ethical decision making and ethical dilemmas in research;
- Chronic health conditions;
- The role families, friends, and supportive relationships take in promoting health;
- Alternative forms of gathering and analysing qualitative data.
I also have a number of pedagogical research interests:
- Emotions in teaching;
- Feminist approaches to teaching and learning;
- Trauma, and how this can inform learning;
- Widening participation in PGT spaces;
- Trigger warnings / content notes;
- Knowledge production within learning and teaching spaces.
Supervision
I currently supervise three PhD students across the School of Health and Wellbeing. I am currently unable to support any more PGR students.
- Huang, Yuantao
Qualitative research in Health Technology Assessment: Advancing methods and applications
I have supervised several PGT and UG students on a variety of topics to completion - gender and health (including several on menstrual health), sex work, drug and alcohol use, mental health, health policy, health inequalities.
Postgraduate Taught
- 2019 – present - Masters in Public Health (On Campus and Online) - 22 projects supervised
- 2020 – 2022 - MSc in Health Services Management: 5 projects supervised
- 2020 – 2022 - MSc in Global Mental Health (On Campus) – 2 projects supervised
- 2018 – 2019 - MSc in Public Policy – 2 projects supervised
Undergraduate
- 2023 – present - BSc Med Sci (hons) in Medical Humanities – 1 project supervised
- 2020 – 2021 - BSc Med Sci (hons) in Public Health – 1 project supervised
- 2018 – 2019 - MA Soc Sci (hons) in Social and Public Policy – 2 projects supervised
Teaching
I am the programme lead for the Masters in Public Health programme. Alongside running this programme, I also do a variety of other bits of teaching:
Course Design, Development, and Delivery: Leadership Roles
2022 – present: MED5334P / MED5479P - Masters in Public Health Research Project (SCQF Level 11; 60CR) – Core MPH Course. Dissertation coordinator for On Campus and Online MPH Research Project. Delivery of multiple training sessions throughout the research project for on campus students. Organiser of yearly on campus MPH Student Conference – an initiative co-produced with students.
2021 – present: MED5632 - Substance Use in a Contemporary World (SCQF Level 11; 10CR) – Microcredential and part of UofG Upskilling Project and funded by Scottish Funding Council. Joint course lead. Led on design and development of asynchronous content. Collaborative delivery with co-leads.
2019 – present: MED5522 - Social Determinants of Health (SCQF Level 11; 20CR) – Optional course for MPH. Joint course lead. Led on design and development course content. Collaborative delivery with co-lead.