Dr Sarah Fry
Senior Lecturer: Adult Nursing
- frys4@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 206 87801
- Room 2.14, Ty Dewi Sant, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing. My research expertise involve understanding socially derived health knowledge, and particularly the construction of knowledge in communities at high risk of health inequalities. I also has expertise in patient and public involvement in research and advise researcers on how to involve people at the early stages of resarch design, data collection and dissemination. I works closely with the University flagship engagement project, Community Gateway, to find ways of better engaging high-risk groups and develop community-led projects to study cultural diversity in understanding health risks This work includes engagement with communities local to Cardiff University to set-up and run a 1-mile running event in August each year, the Butetown Mile, and I have been working with the community on delivering this event since 2013.
As part of the University Celebrating Excellence Awards 2022, I was awarded excellence in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for work with black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. My background in nursing has developed my academic thinking about where knowledge of health and illness is derived, and adaptations healthcare practitioners and academics may need to make to be accessible to black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
As part of this work, I was recently awarded (March 2022), a Future Leaders in Cancer Research (FLiCR) Seedcorn fund, hosted by the College of Biomedical and Life Sciences at Cardiff University, to develop a Community Research Group with African and African Caribbean men. The group worked together to find methods for studying minority ethnic men’s interpretation of prostate cancer health literature. This was the subject of my PhD, which was derived from my experience of working in prostate cancer clinics, where black men are underrepresented despite their high risk for this cancer. My interests are in how prostate cancer literature is interpreted at a community level, and the Community Research Group worked with me to find viable methods to study this.
My teaching is at both postgraduate and undergraduate level. My teaching interests are in research and critical analysis of literature, as well as developing critical thinking in advanced clinical practitioners. I works closely with senior clinicians in the NHS to support a generation of practitioners who are working in complex care systems and require a high level of critical thinking skills. I also teach on cancer care modules on specific risks of cancer in ethnic minority communities.
Biography
Employment history
Lecturer, School of Healthcare Science (2015 – ongoing)
Part-time PhD candidate and Prostate Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (2012 – 2015)
Prostate cancer research nurse (2009 – 2015)
Accident and Emergency nurse (junior and senior levels) (1995 – 2009)
Qualifications
PhD (2018): Cardiff University: Perceptions of Prostate Cancer Risk in White Working Class, African Caribbean, and Somali Men Living in South-East Wales: A constructivist grounded theory.
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (2018): Cardiff University
BSc psychology (2007): Cardiff University
BSc Critical Care Nursing (1998): Buckinghamshire Chilterns University
Project 2000 Nursing (1995): Imperial Collage, St. Mary’s Hospital, London
Professional Membership:
Nursing and Midwifery Council: Adult Nurse and Teacher
Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy
Awards:
Celebrating Excellence (Cardiff University 2022): Award for Equiality, Diversity and Inclusion
Professional memberships
Nursing and Midwifery Council - Registered Adult Nurse January 1995
Publications
2022
- Fry, S. L., Kelly, D. M. and Bennett, C. 2022. Inclusive research: Repositioning the “hard to reach”. Journal of Advanced Nursing (10.1111/jan.15555)
- Fry, S., Hopkinson, J. and Kelly, D. 2022. “We’re talking about black men here, there’s a difference” Cultural differences in socialised knowledge of prostate cancer risk: a qualitative research study. European Journal of Oncology Nursing 56, article number: 102080. (10.1016/j.ejon.2021.102080)
2020
- Fry, S. 2020. Strengthening community action. In: Bennett, C. L. and Lillyman, S. eds. Promoting Health and Wellbeing: For nursing and healthcare students. Banbury: Lantern Publishing Ltd, pp. 139-152.
- Fry, S., Kelly, D. and Hopkinson, J. 2020. Using card games to study cultural differences in men’s social talk about prostate cancer. Journal of Advanced Nursing 76(7), pp. 1840-1849. (10.1111/jan.14373)
2018
- Fry, S. 2018. Perceptions of prostate cancer risk in white working class, African-Caribbean and Somali men living in south east Wales: a constructionist grounded theory. Presented at: RCN International Research Conference, Birmingham, UK, 16-18 Apr 2018.
- Kelly, D., Sakellariou, D., Fry, S. and Vougioukalou, S. 2018. Heteronormativity and prostate cancer: a discursive paper. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 27(1-2), pp. 461-467. (10.1111/jocn.13844)
2017
- Fry, S. 2017. Perceptions of prostate cancer risk in white working class, African Caribbean and Somali men living in South East Wales: a constructivist grounded theory. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Teaching
Delivery of year 2 undergraduate module; Critical Evaluation of Evidence.
Teaching and co-module lead for postgraduate module; Advanced Practice.
Specialised teaching for postgraduate cancer care module; black, Asian and minority ethnic issues in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Supervision of postgraduate advanced practice portfolio submission, including three theoretical submissions and assessment by OSCE.
Undergraduate and postgraduate personal tutor support.
My research interests include:
Community generated understandings of health risk
Understanding community interpretations of mass health communication
Patient and Public involvement in research
Health behaviours and behaviour change - developing novel approaches to studying everyday conversations about health
I have published my novel approach to collecting everyday talk about prostate cancer, using interactive focused participation in cultural groups. I am developing this approach to extend to other health concerns in high-risk communities, to find ways to communicate effectively.
Funded research:
2022: Future Leaders in Cancer Research (College of Life Sciences, Cardiff University): An investigation into the relevance of prostate cancer health literature for BAME communities.
2012 - 2017: RCBC Wales/Prostate Cancer UK): Differences in perceptions of prostate cancer risk between black British men and White British men living in South Wales: A constructivist grounded theory.
In May 2022 I talked about my research interests and the importance of connecting with communities to share research knowlegde, in a podcast with Health and Care Research Wales: https://healthandcareresearchwales.org/withoutresearch/resources/podcasts
Supervision
Karen Wingfield (2021) 2nd Supervisor: The experiences of patients, families, and professionals when cancer is diagnosed in emergency hospital settings.
Marianne Jenkins (2016) 2nd Supervisor: Surfacing tensions of the advanced practitioner: A situational analysis of how ANP’s manage and reconcile role ambiguity.
Tidziwe Malinki (2018) 2nd Supervisor: The impact of supporting termially ill patients during the final 12-weeks of life in a community care setting.
Past projects
Rayan Khayat (2017 - 2022) Co-Supervisor (33%): An educational intervention the develop leaders’ perceptions of transformational theory and its impact on job satisfaction among hospital laboratory staff.
Moayad Subahi (2016-2021) Co-Supervisor (33%): An Evaluation of Physical Fitness and Physical Activity to Support Therapeutic Exercise Prescription for Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed-Methods Study
