Academic Biography
Academic and professional qualifications
Academic : I completed a first degree in Nursing at the University of Manchester, and MPH (Master of Public Health) at the University of Salford. I am currently undertaking Doctoral studies in the filed of Public Health.
Professional : I am a Registered General Nurse, Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Health Visiting, Nurse prescriber (V100), and previously a registered midwife.
Previous employment
Staff Nurse - Medicine/Haematology - Nobles (IOM) Hospital
Registered Midwife - Tameside & Glossop Hospital
Senior Staff Nurse - Haematology - The Manchester Royal Infirmary
Sister/Senior sister - Haematology -The Royal Free Hospital, London.
Research Nurse - Bio Products Laboratory, Elstree, Herts.
Health Visitor - Stockport PCT
Public Health Nurse - Greater Manchester Public health Network
Other academic service (administration and management)
Co-lead - Master of Global Public Health programme (MGPH)
Department academic lead - international student support
Teaching & Research Supervision
Why study ?
Undergraduate courses
Danita has been a senior lecturer on the BSc (Hons) pre-registration adult nursing programme since April 2009.
Research Expertise, Publications & Grants
Research expertise
My areas of interest are:
- Public Health and Global Health
- Child health inequalities
- Sexual health
- Haematology- Haemostatic disorders/ Haemoglobinopathy
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS, & BOOK CHAPTERS
• Wilmott, D. (2018) ‘Sexual Health and older people’. In ‘Tetley, J., Cox, N., Jack, K., Witham, G. -Eds. (2018) ‘Nursing Older People at a Glance’ (2018) London: Wiley. ISBN: 978-1-119-04388-1.
• Webb, L., Clough, J., O’Reilly D., Wilmott, D., Witham, G. (2017) The utility and impact of information communication technology (ICT) for pre-registration nurse education: A narrative synthesis systematic review. Nurse Education Today 2017 (48) 160-71 PMID: 27816862 . DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.10.007
• Smith C.A, Wilmott D, Baker D (2009) Greater Manchester: reducing infant mortality and promoting child health. Community Practitioner, 2009, 82 (2): 18-21 PMID: 19266803
• Smith C.A & Wilmott D (2008) Inequalities in child health up to five years: a Greater Manchester Audit. Community Practitioner (2008) 81 (12): 26-9
PMID: 19105525
• Gascoigne M, Dash C, Harman K & Wilmott D. (2004) A retrospective survey on the safety of Replenine, a high-purity factor IX concentrate. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 2004; 13: (4) 187-195
PMID: 15072119. DOI:10.1002/pds.911
• Gascoigne M, Dash C, Harman K & Wilmott D. (2004) A retrospective survey on the safety of Replenate, a high-purity factorVIII concentrate. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 2004; 13 (4) 243-252.
PMID: 15255091 DOI: 10.1002/pds.956
Publications
Engagement & Knowledge Exchange
Practitioner roles
My clinical background is in Haematology nursing, midwifery and health visiting and I maintain a contract as a health visitor at a Greater Manchester Trust.