Jan Pascal

Biography

I am a social work academic with teaching and research expertise in public and community health, with a particular focus on cancer care. I have recently migrated to the UK, after many years of teaching and research at La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia. Over the years I have lectured within undergraduate and postgraduate social work, social care, medical and allied health programmes, including CPD to care professionals, in both the UK and Australia. I am also an experienced Honours, Master’s and PhD first supervisor. My teaching, research and supervision are interprofessional and include the disciplines of: social work; public health; nursing; humanities; pharmacology; speech pathology and paramedicine. Prior to working in academia I was employed in the health and social care sector and I am a qualified social work practitioner. My areas of social work practice included: generalist and drug and alcohol counselling; child sexual abuse; sexual assault; family support and child protection; casework; groupwork; community development and health promotion. Additionally, I have been responsible for the development and delivery of adult education and training programmes in a range of community and non-government settings. 

Research Interest

My areas of research expertise focus largely on psycho social cancer care; illness narratives and trajectories; lived experience of challenging life events; and understanding identity after/during illness, crisis and loss.