Dr Robbie Duschinsky is Head of the Applied Social Science Group within the Primary Care Unit, and Director of Studies in Sociology at Sidney Sussex College.
Robbie is co-PI of the “Living Assessments” Collaborator Award, funded by Wellcome, exploring the integration of health and social care in assessments of children. He is also the co-PI of the COACHES study of mental health provision for children with social work involvement.
Research Interests
Robbie’s research interests primarily concern child and family mental health, the integration of health and social care, and the use of qualitative methods within primary care research. He also has interests in the sociology of gender and in sociological theory (especially affect theory and Foucault).
Teaching
Robbie is the convener for the MVST 1A paper Social & Ethical Context of Health and Illness for first-year medical studies. The paper aims to engage students’ curiosity regarding the role of social factors within the course of disease and treatment, and to introduce ethical and legal questions that arise for the medical profession.
Research Supervision
Robbie has supervised to completion 16 doctoral projects and 17 MA/MPhil dissertations. He would welcome enquiries from prospective Doctoral and MPhil students for projects relating to his research interests.
Publications, Links, and Resources
Full list of publications is available here.