This research examines the economic and social value of community-based healthcare services to support sustainable funding decisions. Using the Crann Centre in Cork as a case study, it applies established evaluation methods to assess value for money while incorporating the experiences of people with neuro-physical disabilities and their families.

This research investigates how New Zealand's childhood vision screening programme can better detect and treat vision problems. By trialling more frequent and accurate screening alongside fully funded school-based eye examinations, the project aims to improve eye-care access, reduce inequalities, inform national policy, and ensure every child has the opportunity to see clearly.

This study explores how people with endometriosis make treatment decisions while preserving future fertility. Through interviews with 38 patients across British Columbia, it reveals that personal values, healthcare access, provider relationships, structural barriers, and societal factors all shape decision-making, highlighting opportunities to improve patient-centred reproductive care.

This research investigates whether redirecting children with non-urgent conditions from crowded emergency departments to community healthcare appointments can reduce waiting times. Through program evaluation, stakeholder interviews, and simulation modelling, it demonstrates that carefully designed redirection programs could safely improve patient flow, reduce delays, and enhance care for children and families.

This research advances health equity for neurological patients by improving health literacy, engaging communities through participatory research, and implementing evidence-based healthcare practices. By designing communication around patients' lived experiences, it aims to improve treatment adherence, reduce health disparities, strengthen caregiver support, and create more accessible, person-centered healthcare systems.

This research quantitatively demonstrates disparities in healthcare quality experienced by transgender patients. Using objective clinical quality measures rather than personal testimony alone, it shows transgender patients receive recommended treatments less often. Encouragingly, providers with greater experience treating transgender patients deliver more equitable care, highlighting the importance of education and clinical exposure.

This research examines how continuity of care at Federally Qualified Health Centers affects low-income adults as they age into Medicare eligibility. Using national Medicare and Medicaid data, it investigates whether maintaining long-term primary care relationships improves health outcomes, informing policies that strengthen community healthcare services and support healthy ageing.

This research examines how changing reproductive laws affect access to IVF following the Alabama embryo personhood ruling. Using interviews, observation, and policy analysis, it reveals how legal uncertainty threatens fertility treatment, reproductive autonomy, and healthcare access, while informing policies that better protect reproductive rights and family-building opportunities.

This thesis examines who turns to AI for mental health support, rather than whether AI can be a therapist. Drawing on TherapyGPT forum analysis and ongoing experiments, the research identifies fear of judgment, trust in AI and past therapist failures as possible drivers of AI therapy use.

This research develops nanobubble-enhanced ultrasound imaging as an accessible alternative to MRI for cancer diagnosis. Tiny gas-filled nanoparticles amplify ultrasound signals and improve image quality, particularly in prostate cancer. The technology could reduce diagnostic delays, lower costs, and provide high-quality medical imaging to more patients worldwide.