About
Dr Erin McCloskey is a qualitative health researcher specialising in public and patient involvement (PPIE) and participatory health research, with a particular interest in maternal, reproductive and women’s health. Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Erin moved to the UK to pursue an MSc in Global Mental Health at King’s College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She went on to earn her PhD in Health and Wellbeing at Canterbury Christ Church University, where her research explored how parents bereaved by stillbirth navigate grief through baby loss peer support groups. Using grounded theory, creative methods and autoethnography, Erin also drew on her own lived experience of loss to inform and enrich her work.
Erin’s current research centres on amplifying lived experience to shape digital health tools and research strategies that are inclusive and responsive to people’s real needs. She is particularly interested in developing further work in women’s health, including maternal and reproductive health, and welcomes opportunities to collaborate with researchers, practitioners and communities working across these areas.
With over a decade of experience across academia, civic organisations and public health, Erin has led PPIE strategies, designed and facilitated innovative qualitative research, and co-produced initiatives that bridge data science with lived experience—ensuring that the voices of those most affected are at the heart of health research and practice.