Val Chandler

Val Chandler

Postgraduate Research Student

Val Chandler has extensive experience in the NHS as a clinical nurse in medical specialties and as a manager and project manager in London and Kent and Medway. Val was employed as a Research Fellow in Health and Social Care at the University of Greenwich from 2010 until 2014 when she became a Post Graduate Research Student and Vice Chancellors' Scholar.

Nursing

Awards
  • 2015 Poster presentation "Women and Alcohol" at British Sociological Association annual Medical Sociology Conference at the University of York
  • 2016 Prize awarded for "Artistic Design" of poster presentation "Women and Alcohol" at University of Greenwich Faculty of Education and Health Postgraduate Student Research Conference.
  • 2016 Oral presentation "Women and drinking at home" at University of Greenwich and Royal Borough of Greenwich Public Health Event entitled Invisible Drinking at home: The new challenge for local and national policy makers.
  • 2018 Monetary Prize awarded for oral presentation "3 Minute Thesis" at Faculty of Education and Health 'blue sky' Research Day: Researching together, making a difference.

Research / Scholarly interests

Val's research is a study of the experiences of women over 30 years of age drinking alcohol at home.

Recent publications

Article

Canfield, Martha , Foster, John H., Chandler, Valerie (2020), Home drinking in women over 30 years of age: Findings from an internet survey in England. Taylor and Francis. In: , , , . Taylor and Francis, Journal of Substance Use, 26 (4) . pp. 376-382 ISSN: 1465-9891 (Print), 1475-9942 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2020.1838638).

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