Joseph is a Lecturer in Global Palliative Care, Fellow in Advanced Higher Education and global palliative care lead for the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre. He is the postdoctoral lead for delivery of the Scholarship and Special Interest Programme (SSIP) and module tutor for Global Palliative Care.
Joseph joined the Hull York Medical School in 2016 having completed his PhD titled 'A Global Social Policy Analysis of International Palliative Care Development.' He was appointed as a Lecturer in 2023, having developed a new global palliative care research workstream at the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre. Joseph has a specific interest in international drug policy and reducing global inequities in palliative care delivery. He welcomes enquiries from professionals and students interested in collaborating on global palliative care projects.
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BREATHE-INDIA: BREATHlEssness in INDIA - Development of a breathlessness beliefs and behaviour education intervention for use in the community setting.
Scholarship and Special Interest Programme - Exploring the association between chronic breathlessness and workforce participation, using Australia as an exemplar.
Estimating worldwide needs for morphine for pain in advanced cancer and proportions theoretically met by country estimates of requirements and consumption.
Improving Appropriate Access and Availability of Opioids for Cancer-related Pain Control in India: bridging the gap between policy and practice - a qualitative study.
A cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the NAT-C in reducing unmet needs of patients in primary care.
A cluster Randomised Controlled Trial exploring the feasibility of testing the routine use of the Needs Assessment Cancer (NAT-C) in primary care.
Clark J, Fabowale B, Currow D and Johnson M. Are opioids 'medicines' or 'drugs'? A discourse analysis of the annual reports of the International Narcotics Control Board.
Clark J, Ghoshal A and Johnson M. Feasibility testing of self-management techniques appropriate for chronic breathlessness management in India.
Clark J, Murtagh F and Johnson M. Global Challenges Research Fund, Responsive mode funding: £4000 An exploratory project with partners in Nepal, considering the feasibility and appropriateness of a programme of chronic breathlessness research in Nepal.
Joseph is a Fellow in Advanced Higher Education and postdoctoral lead for the Scholarship and Special Interest Program (SSIP).
Joseph developed and is currently delivering a short module ‘Global Health and Palliative Care’ to second year medical students within Hull York Medical School. He also contributes to marking across several modules within the department. Joseph is module lead for forthcoming Global Palliative Care MSc module in 2024.
All of Dr Clark’s publications can be viewed on Orchid.
Johnson M, Clark J, Salins Net al. BREATHE-INDIA: BREATHlEssness in INDIA - Development of a breathlessness beliefs and behaviour education intervention for use in the community setting. Medical Research Council: Public Health Intervention Development scheme. £140,833.31. Start: October 2022 for 18 months
Clark J, Daniel S, Salins N, Currow D, Pearson M and Johnson M. Global Challenges Research Fund. Pump-priming funding. £25, 460. 2021. Improving Appropriate Access and Availability of Opioids for Cancer-related Pain Control in India: bridging the gap between policy and practice - a qualitative study.
Johnson M, Clark J, Daniel S, Salins N, Pearson M, Soyiri I, Hamzah E, Munday D. Bid in preparation for a project entitled: “Opioids for cancer pain: bridging the gap between policy and practice” with collaborators in India, Nepal and Malaysia.
Clark J, Ghoshal A and Johnson M. Feasibility testing of self-management techniques appropriate for chronic breathlessness management in India.
Clark J, Murtagh F and Johnson M. Global Challenges Research Fund, Responsive mode funding: £4000 An exploratory project with partners in Nepal, considering the feasibility and appropriateness of a programme of chronic breathlessness research in Nepal.
Joseph welcomes enquiries from prospective students interested in global palliative care.
Current supervision
- Maddy Bond, PhD candidate – “Roles and experiences of informal carers of adults with HIV/AIDs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Thesis Advisory Panel member
- Isabel Kate Binnie, PhD candidate – "Safety First: body-mind approaches for breathlessness-related distress in advanced disease – a realist review"
Awarded PhD students
- Dr Helene Elliott-Button, 2023. "Identification and Management of Chronic Breathlessness in Primary Care."