My Curriculum vitae


RESEARCH POSITION
2009 – Independent Researcher
Areas of specialization
Qualitative research; Patient experience; Patient-centred care; Patient narrative & Story telling; Epistemology
Areas of competence
Qualitative research; Patient experience; Patient narrative & Story telling; Epistemology

EDUCATION
PhD; Imperial College, University of London. (accept as is). 1994, Psychology (Board of Studies) Thesis Title: The development of a patient self-completion questionnaire for the identification of psychological problems in patients with Insulin dependent diabetes. Funding: Diabetes UK (Formerly British Diabetes Association) 3 year Scientific Research Grant. Examiners:  Prof Marie Johnston; (Aberdeen, External) & Prof John Weinman; (KCL, Internal). 
BA (Hons); Open University. 1983, Psychology. Main subjects: Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Methods of educational enquiry, Historical sources and the social scientist, Biological basis of behaviour, Personality and learning.

MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Phenomenology: Its application in describing patient lived experiences
  • Causation: Understanding causation through patient narrative
  • Epistemology: The intersection of philosophy and patient narrative
  • To promote: Transdisciplinary research and constructive dialogue

MEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATION OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
  • Charted Psychologist - British Psychological Society (CPhsycol).
  • Associate Fellow - British Psychological Society (AFBPSsS).
  • Certified (CMRS) - Market Research Society. Awarded in recognition of academic achievement.
  • Member - Life-Writing Research Network, Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW)
  • Affiliate/Scholar - Centre for the Study of Storytelling, Experientially and Memory (SELMA)
  • Member – CAUSEHEALTH: Global Network, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
  • Member - International Psycho Social Aspects of Diabetes (PSAD).
  • ​Member - Society of Applied Philosophy
  • Member - National PROMs Network
  • Member - Editorial Team Applied Psychology Research

AWARDS
Best for Healthcare Research – UK. Global Excellence Awards of 2017

PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed journal publications (Selected)

Meadows K. Cognitive Interviewing Methodologies. (2021). Guest Editor. Clinical Nursing Research. 2021; 30 (4):375-379.
Meadows K. (2021). Interpreting Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Narrative and the Fusion of Horizons; Philosophy of Medicine, 2(2). 1-14
Meadows K.A. (2021). A philosophical perspective on the development and application of patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs). Qual Life Res. (6):1703-1709
Meadows K. (2021). Patient-reported Outcome Measures – A Call for More Narrative Evidence. Journal of Patient Experience.  doi:10.1177/23743735211049666
Meadows K. (2022).Do Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Tell Us the Full Story? Guest Editor. Clinical Nursing Research. 31(2):159-162
Meadows K & Reaney M. (2023). Bringing the patient’s perspectives forward in drug development and health-care evaluation, Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, DOI: 10.1080/14737167.2023.2166492
Meadows K.A & Reaney M. (2023). Story completion (SC) - an epistemological approach to the interpretation of patient-reported outcomes? Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 7:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14737167.2023.2268833.
Meadows K. Phenomenology: A Method for the Interpretation of Patient-Reported Outcomes. Clinical Nursing Research. 2024;33(4):262-270. doi:10.1177/10547738241240032
Meadows KA. The Role of Philosophical Tools in Nursing Research. Clin Nurs Res. 2024 Sep;33(7):581-588. doi: 10.1177/10547738241267159. Epub 2024 Jul 27. PMID: 39066626.
Meadows, K.A., Reaney, M. Understanding the unique patient—causal singularism and patient reported outcomes. Qual Life Res (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-025-03905-2
Meadows KA, Ferrante N, Geršić T. Cognitive Interviews: Recommendations for Best Practices in Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) Measure Development and Validation. Patient. 2025 Nov;18(6):609-621. doi: 10.1007/s40271-025-00752-8. Epub 2025 Jul 24. PMID: 40705225.

OTHER WRITINGS
2023 - CAUSEHEALTH (Norwegian University of Life Sciences) Blog: Bringing the patient’s perspectives forward in drug development and healthcare evaluation.      
2023 - CAUSEHEALTH (Norwegian University of Life Sciences) Blog: Understanding Patient-Reported Outcomes:  Why we need to talk about philosophy.

PRESENTATIONS (2024)
National PROMs Network: 28 November: Webinar: Understanding the Unique Patient – Causal singularism and Patient Reported Outcomes  

RECENT PRESENTATIONS – INVITED
Colloquia
2020 -  GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Mannheim “Informants’ Interaction with the Diabetes Distress Scale: A Discourse Analysis”(Online)

Webinar
2022 - Open University & Diabetes UK. Language Matters: Supporting Emotional Health in People with Diabetes

Conference
2022 - 5th Annual Meeting on the Future of Nursing and Nursing Education. Dubie. Keynote speaker: “Do Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Tell Us the Full Story?”(Online)
 
BOOK CHAPTERS
Keith A Meadows. (2010). An overview of the Research Process; in Biomedical Research - From Ideation to Publication. Editors G Jagadesh, S Murthy, Y.K.Gupta, A Prakash. Wolters Kluwer (India) PvT. Ltd; New Delhi
Judith Chwalow, Keith Meadows et al. (2008). Empirical Internal Validation and analysis of a quality of Life Instrument in French Diabetic Patients during an Educational Intervention; in Mathematical Methods in Survival Analysis, Reliability and Quality of Life. Editors Catherine Huber, Nikolaos Limnios, Mournir Mesbah and Mikhail Nikulin. ISTE Ltd London, John Wiley & Sons US
Meadows K.A, Bentzen N and Touw-Otten F. (1997). Cross-Cultural Issues: An outline of the important principles in establishing cross-cultural validity in health outcome assessment, In Cross-Cultural Health Outcome Assessment; A users guide, Editors Hutchinson A, Bentzen N and Konig-Zahn C. European Research Group on Health Outcomes.
Touw-Otten, F and Meadows K A. (1996). Cross-Cultural Issues in Outcome Measurement; In Health Outcomes for Primary and Outpatient Care, Editors Hutchinson and McColl. Harwood Academic.
Meadows K.A. (1996). Cross-Cultural Issues in the Development and Use of Health Outcome Measures, In Health Outcomes and Evaluation: Context, Concepts and Successful Applications, Editors: Long A and Bitzer E. European Clearing House on Health Outcomes, University of Leeds.
Meadows K.A. (1991). Assessing Quality of Life; in The Technology of Diabetes Care: Converging Perspectives of Medical and Social Scientists, Editors Bradley C, Christie M, Home P. Harwood Academic publishers.

EXTERNAL REFEREE (1986 - )
  • Clinical Nursing Research
  • Diabetic Medicine
  • Journal of Patient Experience
  • Quality of Life Research
  • British Journal of Health Psychology
  • Quality in Health Care
  • Medical Care
  • Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders
  • Member Editorial Team Applied Psychology Research​
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