Helen Noble

Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation

Phone+44 (0)28 9097 2472
Emailhelen.noble@qub.ac.uk

Room 06.313 - Medical Biology Centre
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Dr Noble is open to PhD applications in the fields of: - Improving systems of care for patients with end-stage kidney disease - Mindfulness - Interventions to improve quality of life including mindfulness and arts based interventions.

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Personal profile

Research Interests

Chronic kidney disease, palliative care, qualitative research methods, mixed methods, end of life care.

Research Statement

As a Senior Lecturer I have made a substantial contribution to improving the care offered to patients with end-stage kidney disease approaching the end of life as evidenced by my publications in leading international journals and my leadership of several research studies including a successful multi-institutional study funded by NIHR. I have a consistent record of publishing peer reviewed publications in the top quartile of impact factored journals in my field. I was successfully returned at REF 2014 and on target to be returned in 2020, as assessed by the School of Nursing and Midwifery REF 2020 review Group. I have a sustained record of leading, and managing to successful completion, a coherent programme of research including successful research bids. Over the past four years, I have exceeded my School’s targets for research funding, bringing into QUB over £900,000 in research income.

As evidence of my significant contribution to QUB’s international profile in research, I am Scientific Programme Committee member of the European Dialysis and Transplant Nursing Association annual conference (previous Chair) and Chair of the Renal Research Group. In addition I was previous Associate Editor of Evidence Based Nursing (2010-19), Associate Editor BMC Nephrology (2017-19) and was previous Editor and English Co-Editor of the Journal of Renal Care. I regularly receive funded invitations to speak at international Conferences, most recently in Sydney Australia at the Renal Society of Australasia as International Keynote Speaker. I have received several awards for my work including ‘Eminent Scientist of the year 2009’, an International Award in the field of Nephrology, by the World Scientists Forum; the City University Staff Research Prize, 2009 and the Student Representative Award, City University London, 2010. In 2016 I received the Renal Association Walls Bursary, made by the professional body for nephrologists and renal scientists in the UK, “acknowledging Dr Noble’s significant contribution to the field of academic Nephrology”. I am a Fellow of the Chronic Illness and Palliative Care Research Programme at the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation at QUB.

I have published widely in research and clinical journals including seminal papers identifying the need for a supportive and palliative care approach for people with end-stage kidney disease. My ‘Concept Analysis’ published in 2007 determined Renal Supportive Care as a dynamic and emerging concept with relevance for the renal community, and I recommended its integration into everyday nephrology practice. One of my papers was the top downloaded article in EBN 2015, with over 26,000 downloads. 'Issues of validity & reliability' http://ebn.bmj.com/content/18/2/34.full and is part of the Research Made Simple series.

Other

Graduate Supervision outside QUB

Carmela Arteaga Jorda – (Category B Supervisor): The concept of Self management and the Expert Patient Programme– 2010-2018 – City University London.

Teaching

Postregistration modules:

Module Leader

DNP 9009 - Doctorate in Nursing Practice - Independant Module.
HSN3076 - Nephrology Introductory Module
HSN3074 - Renal Nursing
HSN3075 - Renal Replacement Therapies (RRT)

External Examiner

City University, London (2019-)
University of Hertfordshire & Lincoln University College (Malaysia) (2015-19)
BSc (Hons) International Nursing programme (Malaysia)
BSc Contemporary Nursing
MSc Contemporary Nursing

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Projects

2 Finished
7 Active

R3200NUR: Development of The Starman play

Noble, H.

08/01/2020 → …

Project: Research

R1146NUR: Developing guidance to deliver an arts-based intervention in a haemodialysis unit

Noble, H.

02/01/2020 → …

Project: Research

R2544NUR: Development of a psychosocial intervention to support informal caregivers of people with end-stage kidney disease receiving haemodialysis

Noble, H. & Reid, J.

27/08/2019 → …

Project: Research

R2554NUR: KCUK Renal Arts Coordinator

Noble, H.

07/01/2019 → …

Project: Research

R4819NUR: A pilot study to examine perceived benefits of reflexology in patients undergoing hospital based Haemodialysis

Noble, H.

08/02/2018 → …

Project: Research

Research Output

Public awareness and attitudes toward palliative care in Northern Ireland

McIlfatrick, S., Hasson, F., McLaughlin, D., Johnston, G., Roulston, A., Rutherford, L., Noble, H., Kelly, S., Craig, A. & Kernohan, W. G., 17 Sep 2013, In : BMC palliative care. 12, 1, 7 p., BMC Palliative Care. IF 1.78 Q1.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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30 Citations (Scopus)

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Exploring public awareness and perceptions of palliative care: a qualitative study

McIlfatrick, S., Noble, H., McCorry, N. K., Roulston, A., Hasson, F., McLaughlin, D., Johnston, G., Rutherford, L., Payne, C., Kernohan, G., Kelly, S. & Craig, A., Mar 2014, In : Palliative Medicine. 28, 3, p. 273-280 8 p.

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