Dr Flavia Swan
| Biography | Dr F Swan is a research fellow who has clinical and academic expertise in physiotherapy with particular regard to interventions for chronic breathlessness and palliative rehabilitation. One of her key areas of research interest is the role of the handheld fan for the management of chronic breathlessness. She is also interested in cancer rehabilitation and currently is working on a Yorkshire Cancer Research funded project to develop and test a tailored wellbeing intervention (Physical Activity and nutrition) to deliver to older people with lung cancer before, during and after cancer treatments (CanBenefit II). |
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| Research Interests | - Non-pharmacological interventions for the management of chronic breathlessness, in particular research on the handheld fan - Cancer rehabilitation in particular research on physical activity and well-being interventions for older people with lung cancer before, during and after cancer treatments. |
| Teaching and Learning | MBBS undergraduate Health and Society, Professionalism and ethics, Phase II Critically Appraised Topics (CAT marking). |
| Scopus Author ID | 56884325700 |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Undergraduate students: Eloise Meulen, Bachelor of Exercise Physiology (Honours Research), University of South Australia. Project: Explaining breathlessness for people living with chronic breathlessness: Field testing a process to understand helpfulness and understandability of explanations. Thesis examiner Josh Brown and Isobel Miller, INSPIRE programme, Hull York Medical School. Project: Implementation of the handheld fan in clinical practice; qualitative interviews of clinicians’ experience and perceptions of use, barriers and facilitators. Project supervisor Gamze Keser, INSPIRE programme, HYMS. Project: The implementation of the handheld fan in clinical practice; a survey of clinicians’ experience and barriers and facilitators to use. Project supervisor Andrew Brew and Sarah O’ Beine, INSPIRE programme, Hull York Medical School. Project: Fan Facial Airflow Recovery from Exercise in healthy participants (FanFARE-H). Project co-supervisor Aliya Prihartadi and Giovanna Licastro, INSPIRE programme, Hull York Medical School. Project: A scoping review of non-medical devices for chronic breathlessness: use, barriers and facilitators for patients, carers and clinicians Project co-supervisor Postgraduate students: Thomas Burrell, MSc Sports, Health and Exercise Science, University of Hull. Project: Fan Facial Airflow Recovery from Exercise in people with chronic breathlessness (FanFare-P) Project co-supervisor |