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The MS Domestic Violence and Abuse Research Initiative has been developing a toolkit for MS healthcare professionals. The information and guidance within this toolkit will enable MS healthcare professionals (HCPs) to safely identify and respond to signs and disclosures of domestic violence and abuse (DVA). The toolkit also provides resources to help HCPs in signposting and...
Our postdoctoral fellow, Kharis Hutchison, will be presenting at the annual ESRC policing conference alongside Dr Andrea Hollomotz and Dr Leah Burch in a session focused on police interactions with disabled complainants on the 9th of September. This conference presents Kharis with an excellent opportunity to communicate the findings of her PhD on women with...
The Routledge Handbook of Disability, Crime, and Justice, edited by Stephen J. Macdonald and Donna Peacock, was published on 22nd May 2025. This features a book chapter by Kharis Hutchison, which presents a narrative review on People with Multiple Sclerosis’s Experiences of Domestic Violence and Abuse. This book chapter now has open access, so if...
The British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing has accepted an article on embedding domestic violence and abuse routine enquiry within Multiple Sclerosis care for publication, written by Kharis Hutchison, Lucy Morgan, Dr Shruthi Venkatachalam, and Professor Helen Ford. The article reflects upon the process of conducting a feasibility study regarding implementing routine enquiry about domestic violence...
We are pleased to share significant developments from our research team! Kharis Hutchison, our current postdoctoral fellow and one of the research collaborative's PhD students, has passed her PhD viva. Her PhD titled 'Domestic Violence and Abuse towards Women with Multiple Sclerosis: Exploring DVA experiences, impact on well-being, and help-seeking' was examined by Professor Joanne...
Our abstract has been accepted for the ECTRIMS 2025 conference in Barcelona as an ePoster. The poster titled, UK MS Domestic Violence and Abuse Research Initiative: experiences of victim-survivors with MS and healthcare professionals, will focus on the findings from the two pieces of research conducted by the research group's PhD researchers. ECTRIMS 2025 is the...
Sue recently attended the MS-Society Early Career Researcher (ECR) retreat at the University of Cambridge. The retreat, which is aligned with the Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair (CCMR) Annual Symposium, places a focus on skills development and networking, giving late PhD students and ECRs the opportunity to meet others working in MS research and explore career trajectories. Sue was...
The Routledge Handbook of Disability, Crime, and Justice, edited by Stephen J. Macdonald and Donna Peacock, was published on 22nd May 2025. This features a book chapter by Kharis Hutchison, which presents a narrative review on People with Multiple Sclerosis’s Experiences of Domestic Violence and Abuse. Please e-mail Kharis directly at k.hutchison@leeds.ac.uk if you would...
We are pleased to share with you that Kharis Hutchison has now been appointed to the role of post-doctoral research fellow on this project. She has started with us on 1st May 2025. In this new role her primary focus will be on generating impact for the wider project and engaging in knowledge exchange activities....
Kharis Hutchison, Sue Britt and Professor Helen Ford had been invited to run a seminar at the MS Trust conference this week, which was well received and attended by 50 conference delegates. The seminar presented the findings from Kharis’ research into the DVA experiences of women with MS and Sue’s research exploring the experiences and...