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University Of Huddersfield
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Last updated 24th March 2023
Dr Bibha Simkhada is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the Department of Nursing and Midwifery in the School of Human and Health Sciences. She previously worked as Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the Bournemouth University. Her research interest includes Technology in Healthcare, Ageing research mainly in Dementia, Health and Wellbeing of BAME population and women’s health. She is also interested in capacity building for health workers particularly for Nurses in low and middle income countries (LMICs). She has methodological expertise on narrative review, systematic review and qualitative research.
She has background in Adult Nursing and Public Health with extensive experiences of working in NHS and international context. She has completed PhD in Public Health from the University of Aberdeen. She previously worked in user-centric innovation (health) in the Centre for Collaborative Innovation in Dementia in Liverpool John Moores University. Her previous works includes:
Recently completed research projects
1. Factors affecting access to mental health services in the Nepali and Iranian communities living in UK (PI), ACORN funding, Bournemouth University.
2. Exploring Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training programmes in Nepal. Pump Priming funding, Bournemouth University.
3. Assessing the Need for and Type of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Nurses Trained and Working in Nepal (PI), funded from Research Capacity Building Fund LJMU/BU.
4. UK-Nepali Community Equality in Health and Social Care Project (PI), funded from Big Lottery fund.
5. Promoting Technology for Self-Care (ProTechS) for people who are sleeping rough (Co-I), funded from Burdett Trust.
6. The key issues in Dementia in South Asia (PI), funded from Bournemouth University.
7. Review of nursing practice regulation in Ghana (Co-I), funded by the Tropical Health & Education Trust (THET) in collaboration between the University of Huddersfield and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).
Ongoing research projects
1. Improving health and wellbeing of homeless people through improved access to health and social care services in West Yorkshire (PI), funded from NIHR, Bradford District and Craven Clinical commissioning Group.
2. Prevalence study of dementia in Nepal: A cross sectional survey (PI), funded from University of Huddersfield.
3. International nurses and their integration into the United Kingdom health and social care workforce (Co-I), funded from NHS England.
4. Developing nurses/midwives leadership through quality improvement project (PI), funded from Burdett Trust and THET partnerships for Global Health, UK.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pasang Tamang (Speaker), Bibha Simkhada (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Padam Simkhada (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Edwin R. Van Teijlingen (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Devendra Singh (Speaker), Rajeeb Sah (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Bibha Simkhada (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Zoe Darwin (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Bibha Simkhada (Chair) & Anju Vaidya (Chair)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
Sara Parker (Organiser), Padam Simkhada (Organiser), Rajeeb Sah (Organiser), Narayan Poudel (Organiser), Vijay Gc (Organiser), Rajani Simkhada (Organiser), Bibha Simkhada (Organiser) & Tribi Budhathoki (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Vijay Gc (Panelist), Rajeeb Sah (Panelist), Bibha Simkhada (Panelist), Devendra Singh (Panelist) & Gehanath Baral (Panelist)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
23/03/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
8/08/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Bibha Simkhada & Edwin R. Van Teijlingen
8/03/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
1/02/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment