International Health Humanities Network Membership

Liz completed her doctorate entitled ' An investigation of experiences of reading for mental health and well-being and their relation to models of bibliotherapy' at the Univeristy of Sheffield in September 2011. The thesis focused on the service user experience of using reading literature for mental health in UK public libraries, and concluded that there are a number of unrealised benefits to reading literature that merit further exploration. The abstract is available here: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2006/

She is interested in the contribution that the arts and humanities to well-being and aims to continue her work on bibliotherapy, further exploring four user-centred models of bibliotherapy that emerged from her PhD research.

Liz started her academic career in the humanities, and currently works in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health at the University of Sheffield.