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Julie is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) at the University of Kent and an experienced nurse, academic and researcher.
Julie’s main area of expertise is in integrated health and social care for older people, including the contribution of the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.
Most recently, Julie led the ARC KSS funded CAVEAT project which was the development and testing of a community and voluntary organisation evaluation toolkit. She also worked with the Royal Voluntary Service on a ‘thought leadership’ piece on volunteers in social care and has led evaluations on virtual wards for frailty and Discharge to Assess initiatives.
Julie has worked on a number of national and European projects including the DHSE-funded national evaluation of the Health and Care Act 2020, the national evaluation of the New Care Models, or Vanguard integrated care programme in England, and SUSTAIN - sustainable, tailored integrated care for older people in Europe, funded by Horizon Europe. She was also the expert consultant for the European Social Network working group on integrated care for older people in Europe. She sits on a number of international Scientific Advisory groups on integrated care for older people.
Julie is skilled in implementation science research and evaluation and knowledge mobilisation approaches.