Dr Bethany Taylor

FHEA

School of Allied Health, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery

Research Fellow

Dr Beth Taylor
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btaylor3@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2625
Room 206A, 362 Mushroom Lane

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Dr Bethany Taylor
School of Allied Health, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery
Room 206A
362 Mushroom Lane
Sheffield
S10 2TS
Profile

I completed my PhD in the School of Nursing and Midwifery (2013-2017) under the supervision of Dr. Tony Ryan and Dr. Jill Thompson. This explored the experiences of adults with learning disabilities and their families at a time of transition from co-residing with family to living independently in the community.

Since 2016, I have worked as a Research Associate in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. I am currently involved in researching issues related to nursing workforce, education and evaluation, as part of the strategic research alliance between the Royal College of Nursing and the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Alongside this, I work on several research projects centred on patient experience and have a particular interest in living with mesothelioma.

Research interests

My interests lie in conducting research with patients, family carers and health care professionals to learn from their experiences in order to improve service provision and care delivery. I am interested in a relationship centred approach to care provision.  Methodologically, my experience lies in qualitative research, in stand alone and mixed method studies. I endeavour to employ creative and participatory approaches to research.

Current research projects

• A consensus development project exploring safe and effective nursing care in the UK.
• MIMES: Military Mesothelioma Experience Study.
• Being Warm, Being Happy: understanding fuel poverty for people living with a learning disability.
• Mapping the financial support for patients and/ or caregivers of those with a life limiting illness across six countries.
• Zoledronic acid in the management of mesothelioma: qualitative nested study.

Publications

Books

  • Tod A, Taylor B, Gardiner C & Darlison L () . Routledge.

Journal articles

  • Bolton S, Lusted C, Taylor B & Tod A (2025) . Lung Cancer, 200, 108185-108185.
  • Taylor B, Allmark P & Tod A (2024) . People, Place and Policy Online, 18(3), 164-173.
  • Sherborne V, Ejegi-Memeh S, Tod AM, Taylor B, Hargreaves S & Gardiner C (2024) . BMJ Open, 14(6).
  • Wood E, King R, Robertson S, Tod A, Senek M, Taylor B & Ryan T (2024) . Nursing Open, 11(7).
  • Ejegi-Memeh S, Sherborne V, Mayland C, Tod A & Taylor BH (2024) . European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 70.
  • Sherborne V, Wood E, Mayland CR, Gardiner C, Lusted C, Bibby A, Tod A, Taylor B & Ejegi-Memeh S (2024) . European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 70.
  • Taylor B, Thompson J & Ryan T (2024) . Qualitative Health Research, 34(11), 1053-1068.
  • Robertson S, King R, Taylor B, Laker S, Wood E, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan A (2024) . International Nursing Review, 71(1), 130-139.
  • Sherborne V, Tod A & Taylor B (2024) . Cancer Nursing Practice, 23(1).
  • Sherborne V, Tod A & Taylor B (2024) . Illness, Crisis & Loss, 32(2), 171-191.
  • King R, Laker S, Alden S, Ryan A, Wood E, Tod A, Senek M, Robertson S & Taylor B (2023) . Primary Health Care Research and Development, 24, 1-7.
  • Hargreaves S, Clayton K, Creech L, Darlison L, Ejegi-Memeh S, Fenemore J, Gardiner C, Taylor B & Tod A (2023) . Lung Cancer, 178, S25-S25.
  • Taylor B, Tod A, Gardiner C, Ejegi-Memeh S, Harrison M, Sherborne V, Couchman E, Senek M, Bachas Brook H, Ross J & Zhang X (2023) . European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 63.
  • Robertson S, King R, Taylor B, Laker S, Wood E, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan T (2023) . Primary Health Care Research & Development, 24.
  • Gardiner C, Harrison M, Hargreaves S & Taylor B (2023) . Progress in Palliative Care, 31(2), 73-79.
  • Chapman M, Gilbertson J, Bradley J, Damm C, Farnsworth V, Ferguson A, Owen A, Stafford B, Taylor B, Tod A & Wolstenholme D (2022) . People, Place and Policy Online, 16(2), 193-215.
  • Hargreaves S, Clayton K, Creech L, Darlison L, Ejegi-Memeh S, Fenemore J, Gardiner C, Taylor B & Tod A (2022) . European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 61.
  • Gardiner C, Taylor B, Goodwin H, Robinson J & Gott M (2022) . Palliative Medicine, 36(6), 986-993.
  • King R, Taylor B, Laker S, Wood E, Senek M, Tod A, Ryan A, Snowden S & Robertson S (2022) . Nursing Open, 9(5), 2486-2494.
  • Gardiner C, Harrison M, Hargreaves S & Taylor B (2022) . Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78(9), 2973-2982.
  • Robertson S, King R, Taylor B, Laker S, Wood E, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan A (2022) . Primary Health Care, 32(6).
  • Ejegi-Memeh S, Sherborne V, Harrison M, Taylor B, Senek M, Tod A & Gardiner C (2022) . European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 58.
  • Robertson S, King R, Taylor B, Laker S, Wood E, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan T (2022) . British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 16(3), 126-133.
  • Senek M, Robertson S, Taylor B, Wood E, King R & Ryan T (2022) . International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 4.
  • Sherborne V, Tod A & Taylor B (2022) . Lung Cancer, 165, S26-S27.
  • Ejegi-Memeh S, Taylor B, Gardiner C & Tod A (2022) . Lung Cancer, 165(Suppl 1), S25-S25.
  • Taylor B, Robertson S & Ryan T (2022) . Nursing Open, 9(2), 860-861.
  • Taylor B, South J, Robertson S, Ryan T, Wood E, King RL, Senek M, Tod A & Seymour J (2022) . Nursing Open, 9(2), 900-907.
  • King R, Ryan T, Senek M, Wood E, Taylor B, Tod A, Talpur A & Robertson S (2022) . Nursing Open, 9(3), 1822-1831.
  • Senek M, Robertson S, Ryan T, Tod A, King R, Wood E & Taylor B (2022) . Primary Health Care, 32(2).
  • Ejegi-Memeh S, Robertson S, Taylor B, Darlison L & Tod A (2021) . European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 52.
  • Harrison M, Gardiner C, Taylor B, Ejegi-Memeh S & Darlison L (2021) . Palliative Medicine, 35(6), 1039-1051.
  • Taylor B, Tod A, Gardiner C, Creech L, Forde F & Darlison L (2021) . Cancer Nursing Practice, 20(2).
  • Wood E, King R, Senek M, Robertson S, Taylor B, Tod A & Ryan A (2021) . BMJ Open, 11.
  • King R, Taylor B, Talpur A, Jackson C, Manley K, Ashby N, Tod A, Ryan T, Wood E, Senek M & Robertson S (2021) . Nurse Education Today, 98.
  • Ejegi-Memeh S, Darlison L, Moylan A, Tod A, Sherborne V, Warnock C & Taylor B (2021) . European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 50.
  • Thompson J, Fairbrother H, Spencer G, Curtis P, Fouche C, Hoare K, Hogan D, O’Riordan J, Salami B, Smith M , Taylor B et al (2020) . Global Health Promotion, 27(4), 141-144.
  • Senek M, Robertson S, Ryan T, King R, Wood E, Taylor B & Tod A (2020) . BMC Nursing, 19.
  • Sherborne V, Seymour J, Taylor B & Tod A (2020) . Psycho-Oncology, 29(10), 1464-1473.
  • Warnock C, Lord K, Taylor B & Tod A (2019) . Trials, 20.
  • Gardiner C, Taylor B, Robinson J & Gott M (2019) . Palliative Medicine, 33(9), 1189-1211.
  • Taylor BH, Warnock C & Tod A (2019) . BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 6(1).
  • King R, Laker S, Taylor B, Ryan T, Wood E, Tod A, Senek M, Snowden S & Robertson S () Development of the nursing associate professional identity: a longitudinal qualitative study. Nursing Open.
  • () . International Journal of Nursing and Health Care Research, 5(8).
  • Wood E, King R, Taylor B, Robertson S, Senek M, Tod A & Ryan T () . Nursing Standard.

Book chapters

  • Taylor B & Tod A (2025) , Understanding Mesothelioma (pp. 33-44). Routledge
  • Taylor B, Taylor L, Tod A & Bolton S (2025) , Understanding Mesothelioma (pp. 79-90). Routledge

Conference proceedings

  • Taylor B, Hargreaves S, Thomas S, Tod A & Gardiner C (2025) . Lung Cancer, Vol. 200 (pp 108188-108188)
  • Taylor B, Drury J, Hargreaves S, Gardiner C & Tod A (2025) . Lung Cancer, Vol. 200 (pp 108187-108187)
  • Hargreaves S, Gardiner C, Harrison M, Kirby J, Taylor B, Taylor L & Wakefield D (2024) . Lung Cancer, Vol. 190 (pp 107630-107630)
  • Taylor B, Gardiner C, Hargreaves S & Tod A (2024) . Lung Cancer, Vol. 190 (pp 107629-107629)
  • Hargreaves S, Gardiner C, Harrison M, Taylor B, Kirby J, Wakefield D & Taylor L (2023) Research-based tools to encourage and facilitate engagement with palliative care for patients and families living with mesothelioma. LUNG CANCER, Vol. 178 (pp S23-S24)
  • Gardiner C, Harrison M & Taylor B (2022) Understanding the role of Mesothelioma UK clinical nurse specialists in meeting the palliative care needs of patients and families: a mixed methods study. LUNG CANCER, Vol. 165 (pp S26-S26)
  • Ejegi-Memeh S, Sherborne V, Harrison M, Taylor B, Senek M, Tod A & Gardiner C (2021) . Lung Cancer, Vol. 156(Supplement 1) (pp S31-S31). Virtual, 22 April 2021 - 22 April 2021.
  • Taylor B, Tod A, Gardiner C, Forde F, Creech L & Darlison L (2021) . Lung Cancer, Vol. 156 (Suppl_1) (pp S15-S16). Virtual conference, 22 April 2021 - 22 April 2021.
  • Tod A, Darlison L, Ejegi-Memeh S & Taylor B (2019) . Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Vol. 14(10) (pp S765-S765). Barcelona, Spain, 7 September 2019 - 7 September 2019.
  • Bradley J, Chapman M, Damm C, Farnsworth V, Ferguson A, Gilbertson J, Owen A, Stafford B, Taylor B, Tod AM & Wolstenholme D (2019) . Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Vol. 63(7) (pp 838-839). Glasgow, UK, 6 August 2019 - 6 August 2019.
  • Taylor B, Tod A, Ball H, Darlison L, Stanley H & Warnock C (2018) . Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Vol. 13(10) (pp S935-S935). Toronto, Canada, 23 September 2018 - 23 September 2018.
  • Tod AM, Lord K, Warnock C, Allmark P & Taylor B (2018) . Lung Cancer, Vol. 115 (pp S82-S83). Dublin , 24 January 2018 - 24 January 2018.
  • Tod AM, Warnock C, Stanley H, Taylor B, Ball H & Darlison L (2017) . Lung Cancer, Vol. 103(Supplement 1) (pp S74-S74). Dublin
Grants

1/12/17 - 31/05/20. Understanding the impact of mesothelioma for military personnel and veterans. Funded by Mesothelioma UK. (Co-applicant).
1/04/17 - 31/03/20. MesoTRAP feasibility study. NIHR RfPB (Co-applicant).
1/11/17 - 31/4/19. Being Warm: Being Happy. Understanding fuel poverty for people with learning difficulties. Funded by EAGA Charitable Trust. (Co-applicant and lead for the qualitative arm of the study).
1/9/16 - 31/1/18. Receiving a Diagnosis Of Mesothelioma (RADIO MESO): improving the patient experience. Funded by Mesothelioma UK. (Co-applicant).

Teaching interests

My teaching interests are research methods, relationship centred approaches to support and care provision and sociological approaches to understanding health and illness.

I have been awarded Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Doctoral student supervision: I currently supervise Virginia Sherbourne.
I am interested in supervising students in my research areas and would welcome students contacting me.