HPRU Member Profile

Professor Simon Dyson BSc; MPhil; PhD

Reader in Applied Social Sciences
School of Allied Health Sciences

Publications

Email: sdyson@dmu.ac.uk

Area of Research Interest:

Social Aspects of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
Simon Dyson is a sociologist interested in all social aspects of the inherited blood disorders sickle cell anaemia and beta-thalassaemia. As such his research interests cut across many areas of sociology, including the sociologies of health & medicine; genetics; ‘race’ and ethnicity; disability; and the professions. He is also interested in the respective contributions of social theory and participatory research methodologies to the issues of sickle cell and thalassaemia. He has worked for over 20 years with voluntary support groups for both sickle cell and thalassaemia.

Other Relevant Activities:

• Director of the Unit for the Social Study of Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell
• Scientific Advisor, Sickle Cell Society, London
• Member of the University Hospitals of Leicester Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Advisory Committee