Staff Profile

I’m a researcher with a background in medical sociology. My broad interests are care work and sites of care, inequalities and how individuals and groups navigate them, and how can we work towards social justice, particularly as it relates to health and wellbeing. I have a great deal of expertise using qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews, focus groups, and ethnography.

Given my interests and my methodological skillset I have worked on a range of research projects including understanding public perceptions of health data sharing in the NHS, the impact of smoking cessation policies for those in mental health hospitals, and understanding the impact of COVID-19 on safe discharges from hospitals in care homes.

I have a BA in Sociology (University of York), an MA in Sociology and Social Research (Newcastle University) and a PhD in Medical Sociology (Teesside). I was a Research Fellow at Northumbria University before joining Newcastle University.

• Scott J, Brittain K, Byrnes K, Dawson P, Mulrine S, Spencer M, Waring J, Young-Murphy L. Residents transitioning between hospital and care homes: protocol for codesigning a systems-level response to safety issues (SafeST study). BMJ Open 2022, 12, e050665.
• Mulrine S, Blell MT, Murtagh MJ. Beyond trust: Amplifying unheard voices on concerns about harm resulting from health data-sharing. Medicine Access @ Point of Care 2021, 5, 1-11.
• Murtagh MJ, Machirori M, Gaff CL, Blell MT, de Vries J, Doerr M, Dove ES, Duncanson A, Hastings Ward J, Hendricks-Sturrup R, Ho CWL, Johns A, Joly Y, Kato K, Katsui K, Kumuthini J, Maleady-Crowe F, Middleton A, Milne R, Minion JT, Matshaba M, Mulrine S, Patch C, Ryan R, Viney W. Engaged genomic science produces better and fairer outcomes: an engagement framework for engaging and involving participants, patients and publics in genomics research and healthcare implementation. Wellcome Open Research 2021, 6, 311.
• Vears DF, Minion JT, Roberts SJ, Cummings J, Machirori M, Blell M, Budin-Ljosne I, Cowley L, Dyke SOM, Gaff C, Green R, Hall A, Johns AL, Knoppers BM, Mulrine S, Patch C, Winkler E, Murtagh MJ. Return of individual research results from genomic research: A systematic review of stakeholder perspectives. PLoS ONE 2021, 16(11), e0258646.
• Jones SE, Mulrine S, Clements H, Hamilton S. Supporting mental health service users to stop smoking: findings from a process evaluation of the implementation of smokefree policies into two mental health trusts. BMC Public Health 2020, 20(1), 1619.