Professor Rowan Myron
Dr Myron is an experienced researcher, writer, presenter and manager in the field of social science, with particular expertise in psychology, improvement science and knowledge mobilisation in healthcare. She has wide-ranging experience in leading and managing research and education programmes and research staff, and extensive specialist knowledge in change theories, improvement methodologies and implementation in healthcare.
Rowan graduated from Dundee University in 1995 with an MA (Hons) fist class in Psychology, she then studied for her PhD at Goldsmiths College under Professor Peter Smith. Rowan took up a lecturing post in the Psychology department at the University of Hull in 1998.
In 2005 Rowan moved out of academia to the Mental Health Foundation where she became Associate Head of Research and specialised in a range of mental health research topics.
In 2009 Rowan took up the post of Collaborative Learning and Delivery lead as part of the core team of the ground breaking CLAHRC programmes (Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care) an innovative and fast paced NIHR programme designed to bridge the second translational gap of knowledge and practice between academia and clinical practice. CLAHRCs aim is to deliver sustained change to services within the NHS based on research evidence.
Rowan's currently holds a joint role between the University of West London, as Associate Professor for Healthcare Management and the role of Education Lead in CLAHRC. Rowan leads the professional doctorate programme for the university and heads the Masters in Improvement Science course. These programmes aim to build capacity in improvement methodologies, working with multi-disciplinary frontline clinical staff to improve services and implement evidence-based change. She works with staff, researchers and patients to build team dynamics using a variety of innovative techniques to mobilise knowledge into practice. She has a particular interest in the use of new technologies to engage frontline staff in learning opportunities.
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Qualifications
MA Psychology (1st) (University of Dundee), PhD Child Psychology (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
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Memberships
British Psychological Society (BPS)Royal Society of Medicine
I am an experienced researcher, writer, presenter and manager with expertise in psychology, improvement science and knowledge mobilisation in healthcare. I use innovative techniques to build team dynamics with staff, researchers and patients. I also lead the University's doctoral research programmes, and have a strong interest in using new technologies to engage frontline staff in learning opportunities.
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Research and publications
Journal articles
Doyle, C., Woodcock, T., Howe, C., Myron, R., Phekoo, K, McNicholas, C., Saffer, J. & Bell, D. Making change last: applying the NHSIII Sustainability Model to healthcare improvement. Implementation Science, October 2013.
Honeybourne, E., Buky-Webster, C., Price, G., Green, C., Green, S., Myron, R. & Green, J. (2012) Making it easier for older adults to access services for common mental health problems: a community-based quality improvement project. Community Mental Health Journal, August 2012.
Other publications
Myron-Wilson, R.R. (1999) Doctoral thesis: The family and bullying : transgenerational patterns of attachment and parenting.
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Conferences
Conference papers and/or presentations
Myron, R. (2013) How to get practice into science? FUSE Conference, Noordwijkerhout.
Myron, R., Lennox, L. & Bray, H. (2012) Educational facilitation of translating knowledge into practice, Health Services Research Network Conference, Manchester, UK.
Myron, R. & Bell, D. (2011) Engaging multi-disciplinary teams to build capacity in evidence based implementation, IFQSHC Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Myron, R. (2011) Using new technologies and social media to advance knowledge exchange in healthcare, London Health 11 - London Transitions into the new world, London, UK.
Powell, L. & Myron, R. (2010) From scepticism to enthusiasm: Front line staff learn lessons from patient and public involvement (PPI), South Yorkshire CLAHRC Conference, Sheffield, UK.
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Research degree supervision
Principal Supervisor
The development of a CBT conceptual framework and toolkit for the treatment of suicidal patients in a Crisis and Home Treatment Team: An exploratory study
(Zaid Hosany)Competency in bereavement care: Stillbirth and neonatal death – what do students need to know?
(Julie Jones)Exploring first-year operating department practitioners’ experience of learning in practice: A critical realist ethnographic study with a structure and agency analysis
(Edwina Morris)Exploring the experience and impact of forum theatre techniques for developing mental health nursing skills: A mixed methods research project
(Reuben Pearce)Second Supervisor
A phenomenological investigation into theatre nurses perceptions of their working environment in National Health Service operating theatres
(Waqas Choudhry)Maximising the role of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP): The impact of the ANP on maintaining delivery of care to patients at home through the prevention of hospital admissions and Accident and Emergency attendances
(Filomena Celozzi)An exploration of the student nurse’s learning experience in out-of-hospital placements: What helps students to acquire nursing knowledge and improve practice in out-of-hospital placements?
(Hannah Lyman)How does the experience of ‘research in action’ impact on student nurses’ engagement with research and willingness to use evidence to underpin clinical practise?
(Catherine Lynch)Working with community mental health practitioners to develop team working, job satisfaction and personal resilience: An Action Research project (AR)
(Nicola Moone)
