Dr Shirley Crankson
Research Fellow
Summary
Shirley is a Research Fellow in the Division of Global Public Health, Department of Health Sciences, Brunel University London. Her research interests include health policy evaluation, infectious and non-communicable diseases, childhood disabilities, stakeholder research and health promotion. She contributed to evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the WHO flagship program, FCTC2030. She also contributed to developing the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) for the Hillingdon Council in 2021. Shirley’s recent study on the determinants of long COVID and prolonged COVID-19-related hospitalisations in Ghana contributed to COVID-19 mitigating policy discourses in Ghana. She has reviewed several manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, including the BMC Health Services Research.
In addition to her research, Shirley also provides academic teaching and learning support to students in the MSc Public Health and Health Promotion program at Brunel University. She was also the co-chair and Doctoral Researcher (DR) Rep on Brunel’s PGR Student Experience Committee (SEC) and the DR Rep for the Health Department’s Research Ethics Committee.
Shirley is a physiotherapist by background. Her crucial role in delivering physiotherapy services to patients with COVID-19 at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana was recognised and awarded a presidential honour by the President of Ghana in 2023. Before joining Brunel, She was the Head of the Physiotherapy Department at the Ga East Municipal Hospital in Ghana, contributing to establishing a full-fledged physiotherapy department in the municipality. She was also among the team that established physiotherapy departments in the Tarkwa Municipal Hospital and La General Hospital in Ghana.
Shirley is a meticulous organiser. She was the lead organiser for the College of Health, Medicine and Life Science’s 8th PGR conference at Brunel University London. She also supported organising the World Bank’s capacity-building workshop for civil servants in Ghana. Shirley is a Chevening Scholar and a member of the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) and the Ghana Physiotherapy Association (GPA).
Qualifications
PhD Public Health and Health Promotion
MSc Public Health and Health Promotion
BSc Physiotherapy
Responsibility
Research; Teaching; Supervision
Newest selected publications
Lima dos Santos, L., Codogno, JS., Camilo Turi-Lynch, B., Araujo, MYC., Fernandes, RA., de Oliveira Gomes, GA., et al. (2023) 'Interrelationship between arterial hypertension, health service costs, therapeutic treatment and physical activity'. BMC Primary Care, 24 (1). pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 2731-4553 Open Access Link
Siddiqi, K., Elsey, H., Khokhar, MA., Marshall, A-M., Pokhrel, S., Arora, M., et al. (2023) 'Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 2030 - A Program to Accelerate the Implementation of World Health Organization Framework Convention for Tobacco Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation'. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 25 (6). pp. 1074 - 1081. ISSN: 1462-2203 Open Access Link
Crankson, S., Pokhrel, S. and Anokye, NK. (2022) 'Determinants of COVID-19-Related Length of Hospital Stays and Long COVID in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Analysis'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (1). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 1661-7827 Open Access Link
Oduro-Mensah, E., Asubonteng, D. and Crankson, S. (Accepted) 'Epidemiological Study of COVID-19 Infections: Case of Ga East Municipal Hospital Treatment Centre - Kwabenya-Ghana'. .
Crankson, S., Pokhrel, S. and Anokye, NK. (2021) 'Determinants of COVID-19 outcomes: A systematic review'. medRxiv.Open Access Link