Margaret Dunham
Edinburgh Napier University
Margaret Dunham
Margaret trained as an adult nurse (RGN) and worked in the NHS for 16 years, latterly as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Pain Management. She completed her PhD in 2015.
Margaret is interested in the ageing global population, utilising primarily qualitative methods to engage with older people themselves.
Margaret specialises in older people’s experiences of health care, and innovative ways to support those needs, focusing on pain and other co-morbidities of ageing. She is currently working on a number of projects related to pain, ageing and nursing home care.
She works with groups locally and nationally to improve and enhance experiences of pain services. Margaret has collaborated with academics and health care professional across the UK, Europe and the US; presented her work at national and international nursing and multidisciplinary conferences.
She is active nationally and internationally as Associate Editor of the British Pain Society’s Pain News, Chair of the British Pain Society Older People Special Interest Group, Member of the EFIC Academy and elected member of IASP’s Older Persons Special Interest Group.
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | United Kingdom; United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Northern Ireland); United Kingdom (Scotland); United Kingdom (Wales); |
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| Topics | Artificial Intelligence; Dementia care and support; Pain assessment and management; Pain management in care homes; Quality of care; Social Prescribing; Unpaid / informal care; |
| Methods | Assessment tool development; Document analysis; Focus groups; Literature reviews and synthesis; Longitudinal qualitative studies; Mixed methods; Narrative evaluation methods; Participatory research methods; Qualitative studies; Quasi-experimental methods; Research diaries; Systematic Review; Thematic analysis; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Community-based approaches to dementia care; Innovation in Long-Term Care; Pain in Care Homes; Strengthening Responses to Dementia; Technology and Long-Term Care; |
| Website | https://www.napier.ac.uk/people/margaret-dunham |
| ORC.ID | 0000-0002-7244-1476 |
| GOOGLE SCHOLAR | https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=JBV3NU0AAAAJ |
| X (Twitter) | https://x.com/MargaretMDunham |
| https://uk.linkedin.com/in/margaret-dunham | |
| Research interests | pain assessment & management older people dementia telehealth frailty
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| Key publications | Campbell KE, Dunham MM, He ES, Kagan SH, Kinnane NA, Krishnasamy M, Lynch MP, Staats K, Torstveit AH. Using our nursing superpower: Improving cancer care for older people and their care partners by addressing what matters most. Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing. 2025 Dec 1;12. Campbell K, Afseth J, Dunham M, King M, Dicksit D. Global Cancer Nurse’s Experiences and Perceptions of Potential Occupational Exposure to Cytotoxic Drugs: Mixed Method Systematic Review With Framework Synthesis. Journal of clinical nursing. 2024 Dec;33(12):4585-601. Dunham M, Bacon L, Cottom S, McCrone P, Mehrpouya H, Spyridonis F, Thompson T, Schofield P. Chronic pain through COVID. Frontiers in Pain Research. 2022 Oct 19;3:937652. Schofield P, Dunham M, Martin D, Bellamy G, Francis SA, Sookhoo D, Bonacaro A, Hamid E, Chandler R, Abdulla A, Cumberbatch M. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of pain in older people–a summary report. British Journal of Pain. 2022 Feb;16(1):6-13. Dunham M, Bonacaro A, Schofield P, Bacon L, Spyridonis F, Mehrpouya H. Smartphone applications designed to improve older people’s chronic pain management: an integrated systematic review. Geriatrics. 2021 Apr 8;6(2):40. |