Dr Iain Lang
Senior Lecturer in Public Health & Strategic Lead for Knowledge Mobilisation & Implementation Science
Expertise
Public health, implementation science, knowledge mobilization, dementia care
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Public Health in the Department of Health and Community Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, and an Honorary Consultant in Public Health, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), UK Department for Health and Social Care. I used to work as a Consultant in Public Health for Devon County Council but in 2016 I took up my current role.
I study knowledge mobilisation and implementation science and look at how people use (or do not use) different types of knowledge in different settings. This includes healthcare organisations, care homes and nursing homes for older people, and voluntary-sector organisations. Much of my work involves older people and especially those who are frail, those whose lives are affected by dementia, and those who provide services or care for older people. I use both qualitative and quantitative methods and am interested in theories and philosophies of knowledge and knowledge use.
Projects
- Implementation Evaluation of Mindfulness for Adolescents and Carers (MAC). Work package within ATTEND: Adolescent and carers using mindfulness Therapy To END depression.
- INTEGRATED – Integrated Parenting and Financial Wellbeing Support
- The Development of Research Knowledge and Culture in Care Homes
- The Enhanced Health in Care Homes Framework Study
- The Peninsula Mental Health Research Initiative (PenMHRI)
- PhD Project – The implementation of integrated psychological medicine services in Devon: An ethnography of change
- The University of Exeter and Care Homes Knowledge (ExCHANGE) Collaboration
- Social Prescribing – Cornwall and Plymouth Researcher in Residence
- D-PACT: Dementia – PersonAlised Care Team
- Social Prescribing – Effective Mechanisms for Social Prescribing
- The Care Home Implementation and Knowledge Mobilisation Project (CHIK-P)
