Julie Mcgarry DHSci, MMedSci, PGDip, BA, PGCHE, SFHEA

Dr. Julie McGarry Academic qualifications: DHSci (Nottingham), MMedSci (Nottingham), Post-Graduate Diploma (Medical Ethics), BA (Hon) (Law & Psychology), PGCHE, SFHEA. Professional qualifications: Registered nurse (RN) in adult and mental health fields of practice. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registered nurse teacher.

Julie is an established academic researcher with expertise and professional background in the field of safeguarding (adults and children), gender-based violence and intimate partner violence/domestic violence and abuse with a focus towards survivors' experiences and the development of effective multi-agency (health/social care/criminal justice) responses. Julie has led on a number of externally funded research initiatives, working with international, national and local agencies in the UK in the development of safeguarding and domestic violence services for children and families and survivors of abuse. Julie also has a well-established background in participant-led research exploring effective approaches to domestic violence identification and management through co-production of arts-based narrative projects with survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM) and domestic violence and abuse. Julie has been commissioned to lead a number of domestic violence project evaluations both locally and nationally and has also acted in an advisory capacity for local and national agencies in domestic violence service/education development. Julie's work synthesizes research, education, and practice and predominantly utilizes a qualitative approach to inquiry including personal narrative and ethnography - recent and current work includes older women and personal accounts of DVA survivorship and narrative accounts of FGM survivors. Julie has initiated multi-agency collaborative scholarly partnerships on both international and national levels through leading the successful inception of the Integrated Domestic Violence and Abuse Research Group and Seminar Series within the Social Futures Centre of Excellence, Institute of Mental Health. Julie has held a number of internal and external leadership roles and is currently a mentor for the HEE/NIHR /ICA Mentorship and Outreach programme (ICAM). Julie has led on the development of a number of teaching innovations and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). She contributes to both undergraduate and postgraduate taught and research education programmes. Julie is an experienced Ph.D. supervisor and examiner in the UK and internationally in her area of subject expertise. Julie has published widely and disseminated her work through national and international conferences and invited keynote speaker presentations.