Bodies @ Work

Guest: Professor Bethan Evans My guest today is Bethan Evans, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Liverpool. Bethan and her colleagues are doing really interesting research on the experiences of academics who are navigating working in academia whilst living with chronic health conditions. In her paper titled "Being left behind beyond recovery: ‘crip time’ and chronic illness in n...

Chronic pain is pain as one of the most prominent causes of disability worldwide. In England alone, around 15.5 million people (34% of the population) experience chronic pain and about 12% struggling to take part in daily activities, including work. When we think about the impact of chronic pain on our ability to work, as researchers we’ve tended to measure the direct effects on productivity in th...

HOST : Peter Ghin Guest: Catherine Hale (Researcher, Kings College London) On this weeks pod I speak with the ever-erudite Catherine Hale about the research she is leading at Kings College London which explores the barriers to designing flexible jobs for people with disability - specifically people with fluctuating energy limiting conditions (FELCS). This conversation packs a punch. We dig beneath...

As we're still in our summer break here in the Southern Hemisphere, I thought I'd share a fantastic podcast I recorded some time back on our sister podcast, Work. Work. Work. I hope you enjoy! ______ Are you exhausted? Well join the club! But imagine if that exhaustion wasn’t only a by-product of living in our modern times, but a physiological response to a multi-systemic illness that seve...

My guest today is Dr David Maidment, senior lecturer in psychology at Loughborough University, UK. David's research focuses on developing interventions that aim to improve physical health and psychological wellbeing in adults with long-term conditions and disabilities. I speak with David about his NIHR funded research project which explores how people with long-term health conditions can be su...

Sheila Kissane is the founder and CEO of the Cambridge-based healthcare start-up venture Boutros Bear which works with individuals and employers to provide rehabilitation programmes for people with cancer, chronic pain, menopausal symptoms and mental health conditions. We cover a lot of terrain in this conversation, from what it takes to create a healthcare start-up while living with in the midst...

Sheila Kissane is the founder and CEO of the Cambridge-based healthcare start-up venture Boutros Bear which works with individuals and employers to provide rehabilitation programmes for people with cancer, chronic pain, menopausal symptoms and mental health conditions. This is the full interview of my recent conversation with the dynamic Sheila Kissane. Check out our podcast feed for a shorter, ed...

Host: Dr Peter Ghin Producer: Cultural Value Today I chat with the delightful Yeliz Prior. Yeliz is a Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation at the School of Health and Society at Salford University in the UK Yeliz’s research explores the effective management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions in the workplace and the use of digital health technologies to enable wider access to health infor...

Host: Dr Peter Ghin Producer: Cultural Value My first guest on the podcast is Kim Hoque. He’s a professor of Human Resources Management and Vice Dean (People and Culture) at King’s Business School in London. Kim is also one of the UK’s leading scholars on disability and employment. In 2013 he co-founded the Disability@Work research group and in 2021, along with leading charities and trade unions,...

Host: Dr Peter Ghin We're excited to launch our little podcast which explores life at the intersection of chronic illness/disability and work! The first season of Bodies @ Work showcases interviews with researchers and other stellar guests, who are doing super interesting work to understand the impact of disabling health conditions in the workplace, and what we can do to achieve better outcome...