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Dr Claire Blacklock
Postdoctoral Researcher (Global Health)
Research
I am interested in better understanding relationships that exist between healthcare workers, and how these influence workplace culture and the provision of services.
My DPhil thesis focused on the relational ties and structures between staff working in neonatal care in Kenya. I developed programme theory using realist evaluation.
I am currently working within the AFRHiCARE Partnership to explore staff skill mix and roles in first-referral hospitals in Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.
Education
DPhil in Clinical Medicine, Oxford, 2025
DFPH, 2018
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2016
Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Liverpool, 2012
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Research, Oxford, 2012
MRCGP, 2011
MRCP, 2009
MBChB, Manchester, 2004
Previous Experience
Research Assistant, University of Oxford, 2023-2024
Lecturer International Public Health, Leeds, 2015-2016
Quality Assurance, Save the Children, Sierra Leone, 2014 - 2015
NIHR GP Career Progression Fellowship, Oxford, 2013 - 2014
Hospital doctor, Makeni Government Hospital (VSO), Sierra Leone, 2012 - 2013
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, Oxford, 2009-2011
General Practitioner 2011 - 2014
General Practice Specialist Trainee 2007 - 2011
Recent publications
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Protocol for the Pathways Study: a realist evaluation of staff social ties and communication in the delivery of neonatal care in Kenya
Wanyama C. et al, (2023), BMJ Open, 13, e066150 - e066150
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Social networks and skilled health worker migration in Nigeria: An ego network analysis.
Yakubu K. et al, (2023), The International journal of health planning and management, 38, 457 - 472
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How do foundation year and internship experience shape doctors’ career intentions and decisions? A meta-ethnography
Zhao Y. et al, (2023), Medical Teacher, 45, 97 - 110
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The social networks of hospital staff: A realist synthesis
Blacklock C. et al, (2022), Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 27, 242 - 252
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Protocol for the Pathways Study: a realist evaluation of staff social ties and communication in the delivery of neonatal care in Kenya
Wanyama C. et al, (2022)
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