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- Senior Research Fellow
- IOE - Social Research Institute
- UCL Institute of Education
Meena is a Senior Research Fellow at the UCL Social Research Institute and is based in the EPPI Centre (Evidence for Policy and Practice Information), Social Science Research Unit. She has worked here since 2014. Her research expertise centres around qualitative evidence synthesis, stakeholder engagement and participatory methods, specifically on policy-relevant systematic reviews funded by the Department of Health and Social Care England. Over the years she has developed a portfolio of research that focuses on social and health inequalities amongst vulnerable and marginalised communities. Her experience of ‘real-world research’ has been invaluable to stakeholder engagement as well as the continuous community outreach she does with vulnerable and minoritised ethnic populations. Meena is an active member of the UCL Menopause Network and Menopause Project Group both of which are currently shaping UCL policy on this.
UCL pastorial roles
Personal tutor
Mental Health First Aider
IOE Ethics Committee
Departmental UG Degrees Tutor (2020-23)
UG EC Faculty Panel (2021-23)
Minoritised ethnic /migrant communities, gender, families and identity.
Systematic reviews: qualitative evidence synthesis and thematic analysis.
Module Lead on MSc Introduction to Qualitative Methods and a guest lecturer on: Advanced Qualitative Methods; BSc modules International Development, Ageing and Society; Politics from Power to Participation (2019) and Migration and Society (2018-19). She also a Subsidiary PhD Supervisor (specialising in South Asian diaspora, migration and identity) and a masters dissertation supervisor.
Senior Research Fellow | , United Kingdom |