Saba Shafiq joined the University of Bradford in August 2022 as a Research Fellow on the project: Increasing uptake of cancer screening in South Asian Muslim women in Bradford through working with men in families.
Prior to joining the University, Saba had been working as a Research Assistant at the University of Leeds on the project: Developing a service user centred co-designed patient safety intervention for acute mental health wards: A mixed methods process evaluation and before that, had developed a teaching career as an educator in the field of Health Studies and Psychology.
Saba holds a BSc (hons) Psychology, MSc Health Psychology and PGDE Education and Training. She has completed a PhD in Dementia Studies from the University of Bradford on cultural influences on dementia representations, recommending an intervention for health care professionals and people of minority ethnic communities to support living well with dementia.
Her research interests lie in psychological understanding of diverse health inequalities in seldom-heard groups.
Health Psychology
Behaviour Change
Minority Ethnic Health
Health Inequalities and Social Determinants of Health
Working with Seldom-Heard Groups
Diversity and Health Conditions
Public and Patient Involvement in Research (co-design with communities)
Health Psychology
Ethnicity and Health
Illness Perceptions
Health Inequalities
Engaging Communities in Health Promotion
Qualitative Research Methodologies
Shafiq, S. (2020) Journal of Dementia Care.
Shafiq, S. (2019) British Journal of Psychiatry.
Saba Shafiq;Sahdia Parveen;Jan R. Oyebode; (2020) Health and Social Care in the Community.
Parveen, Sahdia; Farina, N.; Shafiq, Saba; Hughes, L.J.; Griffiths, Alys W. (2018)
Griffiths A.;Parveen S.;Shafiq S.;Oyebode J. (2018) International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 33, 1139-1145.