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Staff Profile

Dr Sue Bellass

Senior Research Associate in Qualitative Research

  • Email: sue.bellass@ncl.ac.uk
  • Personal Website:
  • Address: AGE Research Group,
    NIHR Â鶹´«Ã½ Biomedical Research Centre,
    3rd floor Biomedical Research Building,
    Campus for Ageing and Vitality,
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne,
    NE4 5PL
Background

Sue is a qualitative health researcher with a background in social sciences working within the AGE Research Group in the Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences. Sue has research interests in multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) and hospital care and contributes to the work of two themes within the NIHR Â鶹´«Ã½ Biomedical Research Centre: Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity and Informatics and Precision Care for an Ageing Population.


Sue leads a Qualitative Methods Community of Practice in MLTC Research supporting early and mid-career qualitative researchers and supervises a doctoral student funded by Â鶹´«Ã½ and the Vivensa Foundation.

Research

Sue has been conducting qualitative research within the since 2022, a UKRI-NIHR funded study which aims to transform understandings for people with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) in hospital. Sue has been responsible for conducting qualitative research with people with MLTC who have had a recent hospital stay, and for exploring public perceptions of MLTC through a written account study with the .

Teaching

Sue is a Graduate School Associate Fellow and supervises a Â鶹´«Ã½/ Vivensa Foundation PhD student.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Thompson F, Bellass S, Scharf T, Witham MD, Cooper R. . Health Expectations 2025, 28(3), e70297.
    • Witham MD, Bartle V, Bellass S, Bunn JG, Cartner D, Cordell HJ, Doal R, Evison F, Gallier S, Harris S, Hillman SJ, Holding R, Leroux P, Marshall T, Matthews FE, Missier P, Nair A, Osman M, Pearson ER, Plummer C, Pretorius S, Richardson SJ, Robinson SM, Sapey E, Scharf T, Shah R, Shahmandi M, Singer M, Suklan J, Wason JMS, Cooper R, Sayer AA. . Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity 2025, 15.
    • Bellass S, Canvin K, Farragher T, McLintock K, Wright N, Hearty P, Seanor N, Cunningham M, Foy R, Sheard L. . Health and Social Care Delivery Research 2024, 12(46).
    • Bellass S, Canvin K, Sheard L. . Health 2024, 28(5), 736-753.
    • Carswell C, Brown JVE, Shiers D, Ajjan R, Balogun-Katung A, Bellass S, Holt RIG, Jacobs R, Kellar I, Lewisohn C, Lister J, Siddiqi N, Sidorova I, Coventry P. . Health Expectations 2024, 27(3), e14119.
    • Bellass S, Scharf T, Errington L, Bowden Davies K, Robinson S, Runacres A, Ventre J, Witham MD, Sayer AA, Cooper R. . BMC Medicine 2024, 11(2), 923-936.
    • Sheard L, Bellass S, McLintock K, Foy R, Canvin K. . British Journal of General Practice 2023, 73(735), e720-e727.
    • Hearty P, Canvin K, Bellass S, Hampton S, Wright N, Sheard L. . Health and Justice 2023, 11, 42.
    • McLintock K, Foy R, Canvin K, Bellass S, Hearty P, Wright N, Cunningham M, Seanor N, Sheard L, Farragher T. . eClinicalMedicine 2023, 63, 102171.
    • Blackaby J, Byrne J, Bellass S, Canvin K, Foy R. . Health and Justice 2023, 11, 1.
    • Carswell C, Brown JVE, Lister J, Ajjan RA, Alderson SL, Balogun-Katung A, Bellass S, Double K, Gilbody S, Hewitt CE, Holt RIG, Jacobs R, Kellar I, Peckham E, Shiers D, Taylor J, Siddiqi N, Coventry P. . BMC Psychiatry 2022, 22(1), 479.
    • Bellass S, Canvin K, McLintock K, Wright N, Farragher T, Foy R, Sheard L. . Health and Justice 2022, 10, 13.
    • Wang H-I, Han L, Jacobs R, Doran T, Holt RIG, Prady SL, Gilbody S, Shiers D, Alderson S, Hewitt C, Taylor J, Kitchen CEW, Bellass S, Siddiqi N. . British Journal of Psychiatry 2022, 221(1), 402-409.
    • Bellass S, Lister J, Kitchen CEW, Kramer L, Alderson SL, Doran T, Gilbody S, Han L, Hewitt C, Holt RIG, Jacobs R, Prady SL, Shiers D, Siddiqi N, Taylor J. . Diabetic Medicine 2021, 38(7), e14562.
    • Han L, Doran T, Holt RIG, Hewitt C, Jacobs R, Prady SL, Alderson SL, Shiers D, Wang H-I, Bellass S, Gilbody S, Kitchen CEW, Lister J, Taylor J, Siddiqi N. . British Journal of General Practice 2021, 71(709), e565-e573.
    • Balogun-Katung A, Carswell C, Brown JVE, Coventry P, Ajjan R, Alderson S, Bellass S, Boehnke JR, Holt R, Jacobs R, Kellar I, Kitchen C, Lister J, Peckham E, Shiers D, Siddiqi N, Wright J, Young B, Taylor J. . PLoS ONE 2021, 16(10), e0258937.
    • Bellass S, Taylor J, Han L, Prady SL, Shiers D, Jacobs R, Gregory Holt RI, Radford J, Gilbody S, Hewitt C, Doran T, Alderson SL, Siddiqi N. . JMIR Research Protocols 2019, 8(9), e13407.
    • Bellass S, Balmer A, May V, Keady J, Buse C, Capstick A, Burke L, Bartlett R, Hodgson J. . Dementia 2019, 18(7-8), 2799-2820.
    • Stievano A, Bellass S, Rocco G, Olsen D, Sabatino L, Johnson M. . Nursing Ethics 2018, 25(5), 665-683.
    • McEvoy, P, Bellass, S. Using drawings as a reflective tool to enhance communication in dementia care. Nursing Standard 2017, 31(19), 46-62.
    • McEvoy, P, Bellass, S, Williamson, T. Communication skills: Empowered Conversations. Journal of Dementia Care 2016, 24(4), 16-18.

  • Editorial

    • Bellass S, Canvin K, McLintock K, Wright N. . British Journal of General Practice 2021, 71(703), 56-57.

  • Reports

    • Lister J, Han L, Bellass S, Taylor J, Anderson SL, Doran T, Gilbody S, Hewitt C, Holt RIG, Jacobs R, Kitchen CEW, Prady SL, Radford J, Ride JR, Shiers D, Wang H, Siddiqi N. . London: National Institute for Health Research, 2021. Health and Social Care Delivery Research.
    • Bellass, S. The challenges of multiple perspectival QLR analysis. National Centre for Research Methods, 2019. Analysing large volumes of complex qualitative data: reflections from a group of international experts.

  • Review

    • Coventry PA, Young B, Balogun-Katang A, Taylor J, Brown JVE, Kitchen C, Kellar I, Peckham E, Bellass S, Wright J, Alderson S, Lister J, Holt RIG, Doherty P, Carswell C, Hewitt C, Jacobs R, Osborn D, Boehnke J, Siddiqi N. . Frontiers in Psychiatry 2021, 12, 723962.