Dr Carly Jim
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
My profile
Biography
Academic and professional qualifications
2017 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice with Merit. The Manchester Metropolitan University.
2017 Fellow of the Higher Education Authority.
2012 Exemplary Researcher Award. Research Institute for Health and Social Change MMU
2012 Human Genetics and Health Issues. The Open University
2009 Teaching English and a Foreign Language Certification and additional TITC English for Young learners Certification. ITTT TEFL International
2008 Problem based learning in higher education (PBL) certification. Queen Mary’s University of London.
2007 Setting up and Running Smoking Cessation Clinics Certification. SCTRP.
2007 Ph.D. in Health Psychology. University of Surrey
2007 Postgraduate Certificate in Health Psychology Practice. University of Surrey
2006 Introduction of Media Training certification. The British Psychological Society.
2003 MSc merit level in Health Psychology. University of Surrey
2002 BSc (Hons) in Psychology (2.i). University of Warwick
Expert reviewer
I have reviewed for Child: Care Health and Development; The Journal of Clinical Nursing and the Journal of Community Genetics
Consultancy and advisory roles
When I was a trustee of the Childhood Tumour Trust I regularly consulted around issues relating to Neurofibromatosis 1.
Community, charity and NGO links
I was previously a trustee of the Childhood Tumour Trust www.childhoodtumourtrust.org.uk
Prizes and awards
2021 Students’ Union teaching award winner - Outstanding Commitment to Mental Health and Wellbeing support
2012 Exemplary Researcher Award. Research Institute for Health and Social Change MMU
Membership of professional associations
Carly is a chartered Health Psychologist member of the British Psychological Society, Member of the Health Professions Counsel and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority.
Impact
I have been heavily involved in the development of both the ‘body map’ and the ‘Neurofibromatosis insert’ for the Child Health Record (Red Book) these are available as supplementary pages and have bene included in a number of health regions across the UK.
Projects
The initiatives that I have been most proud of include:
The Health Sketch on Neurofibromatosis which has been viewed over 100K times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM7r-U1sKnI&vl=en
The CPD unit for medical and allied medical professionals to learn how to identify the signs of Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)
https://www.healthprofessionalacademy.co.uk/mum-and-baby/resource/neuro…
The 2013 Neurofibromatosis event held at Manchester Metropolitan University
https://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/whereyoulive/10213341.sale-m…
Teaching
Postgraduate teaching
Carly teaches on the Research Principles and Methods unit on the MSc pathways as well as supervising MSc Dissertations
Supervision
Carly has one completd PhD supervision.
Research outputs
Harkin, B., Paltoglou, A.E., Tariq, K., Watkin, M., Ashfaq, S., Yates, A., Jacobs (Jim), C. (2022) ‘Student Experiences of Assessment and Feedback in the National Student Survey: An Analysis of Student Written Responses with Pedagogical Implications.’ International Journal of Management and Applied Research, 9(2) pp. 115-139.
Jim, C. (2021) Helping students out. Bi Community News. https://bicommunitynews.co.uk/2021/04/28/helping-students-out/
My work specialises in people’s experiences of chronic conditions and in developing tools to improve people’s health related quality of life. My PhD is on representations of irritable bowel syndrome and as a Health Psychologist, I have worked both clinically and as a researcher in the field of smoking cessation. I am particularly passionate about communicating scientific concepts to lay audientce and have developed the NF File which is an information sharing resource for people with Neurofibromatosis type 1 and was funded under the Research Accelerator Grant Scheme.
My commitment to patient engagement and participation led to the development of both innovative research and knowledge exchange activities and has ensured collaborations with various charitable organisations, people with neurofibromatosis and genetic specialists. I was a founding member and trustee and member of the medical advisory board of the charity the Childhood Tumour Trust (CTT) for a number of years. CTT and McrMet have had a number of successful colloborations over the years for more information please view their website www.childhoodtumourtrust.org.uk
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Journal articles
Harkin, B., Paltoglou, A.E., Tariq, K., Watkin, M., Ashfaq, S., Yates, A., Jacobs, C. (2022) 'Student experiences of assessment and feedback in the National Student Survey: an analysis of student written responses with pedagogical implications.' International Journal of Management and Applied Research, 9(2) pp. 115-139.
Blackburn, R., Jim, C., Paltoglou, A.E. (2021) 'A ‘random group of misfits’ or being ‘part of something bigger’? Exploring experiences of attending a non-religious congregation..' International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 17(1)
Heaney, A., Wilburn, J., Langmead, S., Blakeley, J., Huson, S., Jim, C., McKenna, S.P. (2019) 'A qualitative study of the impact of plexiform neurofibromas on need fulfilment in adults with neurofibromatosis type 1.' SAGE Open Medicine, 7
Stivaros, S., Garg, S., Tziraki, M., Cai, Y., Thomas, O., Melloe, J., Morris, A., Jim, C.S., Szumanska-Ryt, K., Parkes, L., Haroon, H., Montaldi, D., Webb, N., Keane, J., Castellanos, F., Silva, A., Huson, S., Williams, S., Evans, D.G., Emsley, R., Green, J. (2018) 'Randomised controlled trial of simvastatin treatment for autism in young children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (SANTA).' Molecular Autism, 12
Kolesnik, A.M., Harrison Jones, E.J., Garg, S., Green, J., Charman, T., Johnson, M.H.J., Eden-Basis Team (Carly, J), (2017) 'Early development of infants with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case series.' Molecular Autism, 8
Press and media
Media appearances or involvement
Most recently I was interviewed as part of a BBc programme on the history of genetics
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/hpsc/news-and-media/news/story/?id=11081
I have also been quoted in the press on a numbe of occasions.