Anna Lavis

Biography

An anthropologist by background, Anna Lavis is a Lecturer in Medical Sociology and Qualitative Methods in the Medical Sociology, Ethics and History Group (MESH), Institute of Applied Health Research. Her work focuses on day-to-day intimacies and complexities of life with mental illness and distress. Specifically, she conducts applied qualitative research into lived experiences of psychosis and eating disorders, with particular emphases on women's experiences, social media, materialities, and concepts of care. She has presented and published across the social and medical sciences and is involved in a number of interdisciplinary research collaborations both across the university and externally. Anna teaches on various programmes, covering topics in qualitative methods and medical sociology, as well as undertaking doctoral supervision. She is also the MESH representative on the Postgraduate Research Committee. Anna accepts invitations for teaching externally in the UK and abroad.

Research Interest

Lived experiences of mental ill-health and distress, Eating and eating disorders, Psychosis and voice hearing experiences, Concepts and practices of care, Materialities of illness and caregiving.