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Staff Profile

Dr Christina Dobson

Senior Research Associate

Background

Christina is an applied qualitative health researcher, with a strong commitment to patient and public involvement and engagement.

Her key research focuses are:

  • cancer diagnostic pathways and barriers to early diagnosis
  • cancer inequalities and intersectionality
  • rural inequalities, and examination of residents' experiences of health, wellbeing, and services

Christina would welcome enquiries from postgraduate research students with an interest in qualitative methods, cancer pathways, patient experience, and rural experiences of health and wellbeing.

Research


Christina is particularly interested in collaborative approaches to co-design, and patient and public involvement and engagement in research

Her work uses different medium to engage the public, such as through her partnership with The Maltings in Berwick to deliver the 2024 artists residency programme , and co-development of animations to disseminate research findings, such as those from the RURALLY study ().


Some examples of recent grants include:


  • PI: COLO-YOUNG: Examining diagnostic pathways for COLOrectal cancer in YOUNGer patients. Bowel Cancer UK, 2026-2028


  • Co-PI: Epidemiology of early onset colorectal cancer in England: incidence, survival and inequalities. Health Data Research UK, 2025-2026


  • Co-PI: COLO-BENEFIT: Barriers, Enables, and INEqualities in symptomatic Faecal Immnochemical Testing (FIT) completion. Bowel Cancer UK, 2025-2027


  • Co-PI: What does the introduction of Lung Health Checks (LHCs) in England mean for lung cancer inequalities? A mixed methods investigation. Cancer Research UK, 2025-2027


  • PI: COLO-FC: Barriers to Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) Completion amongst patients with symptoms of possible colorectal cancer. Bowel Cancer UK, 2023-2025


  • Co-PI: ERCP Endoscopy Quality Improvement Project. British Society of Gastroenterology, 2022-2024


  • Co-I: ‘Come and Work here!’ Exploring the role of local community-led initiatives to improve recruitment and retention of healthcare staff in remote and rural areas. NIHR Health Services & Delivery Research Programme, 2021-2023


  • Co-I: Exploring the role of health literacy in the diagnosis of head and neck cancer. NIHR Research for Patient Benefit, 2021-2023


  • PI: The Two ‘Big C’s’: Colorectal cancer diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. The British Academy Special Grants Scheme: COVID-19, 2020-2022


  • PI: RURALLY: Recognition, Understanding and Responses to colorectal symptoms Among people Living in rural Localities of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Cancer Research, 2019-2022

 

Publications

  • Articles

    • Haworth E, Addison C, Hamilton W, Rees C, Dunn I, Wheatstone P, Sharp L, Dobson C. . British Journal of General Practice 2026, 76(763), e108-e115.
    • O'Morain, N, Haworth, E, Dobson, C, Ahmed, W, Kluettgens, C, Oates, B, Oppong, K, Penman, I, Rees, C, Sharp, L, Everett, SM. Factors associated with adherence to standard guidelines related to ERCP for bile duct stones. Frontline Gastroenterology 2026. In Press.
    • Haworth E, Sharp L, Deane J, Ellwood C, Rubin G, Murchie P, Macdonald S, Angell L, Dobson C. . The Journal of Rural Health 2026, 42(2), e70142.
    • Louca P, Manning S, Hackney E, Sharp L, Hull M, Koo S, Young G, Taylor G, Dunneram Y, Mitra S, Hampton S, Dobson C, Neilson L, Addison C, El-Omar E, Stewart C, Rees C. Gut Microbiome Signatures in Colorectal Neoplasia: A Cross-Sectional Study Across Neoplasia Stages and Subtypes. Gut 2026.
    • Derbyshire E, Brown S, Hungin P, Dobson C, Rutter M. . European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2025, 37(5), 565-572.
    • Dobson C, Biran A, Hamilton W, Rees C, von Wagner C, Sharp L. . British Journal of General Practice 2025, 75(755), e390-e396.
    • Biran A, Dobson C, Rees CJ, Hamilton W, Humes D, Neilson LJ, Turvill J, Von Wagner C, Whelpton J, Sharp L. . BMJ Open 2025, 15(5), 093215.
    • Dobson C, Everett SM, Haworth E, Ahmed W, Oppong KW, Penman I, Oated B, Kluettgens B, Rees C, Sharp L. . Frontline Gastroenterology 2025, Epub ahead of print.
    • Biran A, Dobson C, Rees CJ, Brooks-Pearson R, Cunliffe A, Durrant LA, Ludlow H, Hancock J, Pedley I, Neilson LJ, Wilson A, Sharp L. . European Journal of Oncology Nursing 2025, 76, 102895.
    • Biran A, Dobson C, Rees C, Brooks-Pearson R, Cunliffe A, Durrant L, Hancock J, Ludlow H, Neilson L, Wilson A, Sharp L. . Journal of Cancer Survivorship 2025, 19, 1019-1027.
    • Ahmed W, Haworth E, Sharp L, Dobson C, Kluettgens B, Oates B, Oppong KW, Penman I, Rees C, Everett SM. . Gut 2025, 75(3), 437-441.
    • Dobson C, Haworth E, Sharp L, Emmerson I, Sidhu R, Thurston V, Neilson LJ. . Frontline Gastroenterology 2025, epub ahead of print.
    • Skea ZK, Locock L, Tse B, Maclaren AS, Angell L, Cleland J, Dawson T, Denison A, Dobson C, Hollick R, Murchie P, Skatun D, Watson V. ‘Get away from it all’ or ‘Too good to be true?’: a qualitative exploration of job advertisements for remote and rural posts. Rural and Remote Health 2025, 25.
    • Maclaren A, Locock L, Skea Z, Angell A, Cleland J, Dawson T, Denison A, Dobson C, Hollick R, Murchie P, Skatun D, Watson V. . Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2025, 30(3), 180-188.
    • Locock L, Maclaren AS, Skea Z, Angell L, Cleland J, Dawson T, Denison A, Dobson C, Hollick R, Murchie P, Skatun D, Watson V. . Health and Social Care Delivery Research 2025, 13(34).
    • Fretwell A, Dobson C, Orange ST, Corfe B. . Supportive Care in Cancer 2024, 32, 609.
    • Everett SM, Ahmed W, Dobson C, Haworth E, Jarvis M, Kluettgens B, Oates BC, Oppong KW, Rees C, Scarisbrick L, Sharp L, Wadhwani S, Penman ID. . Frontline Gastroenterology 2024, 15(6), 445-471.
    • Dobson CM, Deane J, Osborne B, Araujo-Soares V, Rees CJ, Angell L, Sharp L. . Health Expectations 2024, 27(3), e14110.
    • Dobson C, Deane J, Macdonald S, Murchie P, Ellwood C, Angell L, Rubin G. . Cancers 2023, 15(1), 274.
    • Hampton J, Koo S, Dobson C, Stewart C, Neilson L, Montague K, Mitra S, Whelpton J, Addison C, Kelly P, Rushton S, Hull M, Sharp L, Rees C. . Colorectal Disease 2022, 24(10), 1216-1226.
    • Dobson C, Brown S, Russell A, Rubin G. . Health, Risk and Society 2022, 24(5-6), 225-240.
    • Dobson C, Brown S, Russell A, Rubin G. . International Journal of Social Research Methodology 2022, 25(4), 483-493.
    • Kerrison R, Travis E, Dobson C, Whitaker K, Rees C, Duffy S, von Wagner C. . Patient Education and Counselling 2022, 105(6), 1652-1662.
    • Dobson C, Rubin G, Murchie P, Macdonald S, Sharp L. . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17(4), 1455.
    • Dobson, C. When should a 'good patient' consult for symptoms of colorectal cancer?. The Digest 2019, 7(12), 26-29.
    • Dobson C, Russell A, Brown S, Rubin G. . European Journal of Cancer Care 2018, 27(2), e12815.
    • Dobson CM. How do 'Good Patients' respond to symptoms of colorectal cancer?. EuroDigest 2017, 1(4), 32-33.
    • Walter FM, Emery JD, Mendonca S, Hall N, Morris HC, Mills K, Dobson C, Bankhead C, Johnson M, Abel GA, Rutter MD, Hamilton W, Rubin GP. . British Journal of Cancer 2016, 115(5), 533-541.
    • Walter FM, Rubin G, Bankhead C, Morris HC, Hall N, Mills K, Dobson C, Rintoul RC, Hamilton W, Emery J. . British Journal of Cancer 2015, 112, S6-S13.
    • Hall NJ, Rubin GP, Dobson C, Weller D, Wardle J, Ritchie M, Rees CJ. . Health Expectations 2015, 18(5), 1645-1657.
    • Dobson CM, Russell AJ, Rubin GP. . BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14, 1-6.

  • Review

    • Fretwell A, Louca P, Cohoon G, Sakellaropoulou A, Henriques Caetano MDP, Koullapis A, Orange ST, Malcomson FC, Dobson C, Corfe BM. . Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 2024, 65(16), 3173-3185.