Professor Geraldine Macdonald
B.A., M.Sc.(Oxon.)
Current positions
Professor of Social Work
School for Policy Studies
Contact
Press and media
Many of our academics speak to the media as experts in their field of research. If you are a journalist, please contact the University’s Media and PR Team:
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
NIHR Evidence Synthesis Group
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Bristol Evidence Synthesis Group (ESG) is one of nine, UK-based, research groups commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Evidence Synthesis Programme to identify, appraise, and combine…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2023 to 31/03/2028
ConnectED: Connecting Evidence to Decision Making
Principal Investigator
Description
ConnectED is a project that aims to help decision-makers in Adult Social Care make better decisions by growing their ability to use research.Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
05/01/2022 to 31/12/2024
Connecting Evidence with Decision Making in Adult Social Care
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
Connected aims to help decision-makers in Adult
Social Care (ASC) make better decisions by growing their ability to use
research evidence. We are a partnership of Local Authority ASC departments,…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/09/2021 to 28/02/2025
NCRM Methodical Research Project
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/01/2016 to 30/06/2018
Thesis supervisions
An examination of how child neglect guidance is communicated and implemented from Government to Local Safeguarding Children Boards to frontline statutory services
Supervisors
The comparative effectiveness of psychological interventions for treating the psychological consequences of sexual abuse in children and adolescents. A network meta-analysis with implications for practice in Colombia
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
25/03/2024“Shooting in the dark”
Evidence and Policy
Comparative effectiveness of psychological interventions for treating the psychological consequences of sexual abuse in children and adolescents
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Cost-effectiveness of specialist eating disorders services for children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa
Journal of Eating Disorders
Experimental Designs
Sage Research Methods
Related people
Professor Ailsa Cameron
Professor of Health and Social Care
School for Policy Studies
Dr William Turner
Associate Professor
School for Policy Studies
Dr Christie Cabral
Senior Lecturer
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Karen Gray
Senior Research Associate
School for Policy Studies
Dr Linda Sumpter
Senior Research Associate
School for Policy Studies