Dr Andrea Bruun
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education
- Department of Public Health and Children's, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Nursing
- School of Nursing, Allied and Public Health
- Kingston Hill
Research Fellow
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I am working as a research fellow on The DAPPLE Project: Developing effective service models for Adult Palliative and end-of-life care for People with a Learning disability (NIHR159160).
My main research interests are in the fields of palliative care, learning disability, and communication within health and social care.
Prior to my research fellow role, I worked as a research associate on The Victoria and Stuart Project, which was about co-designing a toolkit and resources for end-of-life care planning with people with learning disabilities within social care settings (NIHR202963). I completed a PhD at the UCL Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department on prognostic decision-making within hospice multidisciplinary teams.
Qualifications
- PhD in Prognostication in Palliative Care, UCL, London, United Kingdom, 2023
- MA in Linguistics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 2019
- BA in Linguistics with supplementary subject in Lectiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 2017
Domains
I have co-supervised several MSc student dissertations within the palliative care research field.
Qualifications
- Associate Fellowship (AFHEA), Advance HE, 2022
I am particularly interested in social interaction, and I am specialised in the methods of conversation analysis. I have done conversation analysis studies both on everyday and institutional interactional data such as hospice multidisciplinary team meetings, Norwegian advanced lung cancer consultations, funeral planning conversations with people with learning disabilities, Danish homecare visits, and university student counselling sessions.
Specialisms
- Palliative Care
- Conversation Analysis
- Learning Disability (Intellectual Disability)
Scholarly affiliations
- UCL (University College London), London, UK
- Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Publications
Exploring how known‐answer questions are used in conversations about funerals between people with learning disabilities and support staff
Bruun, Andrea and Anderson‐Kittow, Rebecca, 2026, British Journal of Learning Disabilities, E-pub ahead of print
In a room or on Zoom?: Trying out an online research course for people with intellectual disabilities
Bruun, Andrea, Head, Dominic, Stewart, Ian, Stevenson, Isobel, Smith, Jordan, Kaur, Kiran, Winder, Lewis, Hakim, Mo, Southernwood, Renait, Priest, Andrew, Wainwright, Gerard, Jordan, Leon, Keagan-Bull, Richard, Giles, Jo and Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene, 2026, Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, E-pub ahead of print
Communicative dilemmas for practitioners in service encounters with people with intellectual disabilities: insights from a systematic review of conversation analytic research
Chinn, Deborah, Bruun, Andrea, Worrall, Deborah, Buell, Susan and La, Jessica, 2026, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities (39), 3, Published
Using non‐standard research methods to explore the perspectives of people with intellectual disabilities on sensitive topics: a discussion of the research paradigm, data collection methods and data analysis
Tuffrey‐Wijne, Irene, Bruun, Andrea and Anderson‐Kittow, Rebecca, 2026, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities (39), 3, Published
Getting it out there: reflections on the process and impact of public engagement activities in a study on end‐of‐life care planning with people with intellectual disabilities
Bruun, Andrea, Cresswell, Amanda, Jeffrey, David, Jordan, Leon, Keagan‐Bull, Richard, Giles, Jo, Swindells, Sarah, Wilding, Meg, Payne, Nicola, Allen, Gemma, Hughes, Rhidian, Tilley, Elizabeth, Gibson, Sarah L., Anderson‐Kittow, Rebecca and Tuffrey‐Wijne, Irene, 2026, Health Expectations (29), 2, Published
Breaking the rules: a conversation analytic study of hospice multidisciplinary team meetings
Winterbottom, Phineas, Bruun, Andrea and Bloch, Steven, 2026, Discourse Studies (28), 1 pp 117-137, Published
How doctors present treatment options in advanced lung cancer consultations: a conversation analytic study
Bruun, Andrea, Gulbrandsen, Pål, Fløtten, Øystein and Schaufel, Margrethe Aase, 2026, BMJ Open Respiratory Research (13), Published
Don't assume, ask! A focus group study on end-of-life care planning with people with intellectual disabilities from minoritised ethnic groups
Bruun, Andrea, Jordan, Leon, Giles, Jo, Hughes, Rhidian, Anderson-Kittow, Rebecca and Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene, 2025, BMC Palliative Care (24), Published
Systemic medications and dementia risk: a systematic umbrella review
Belessiotis-Richards, Clara, Hayes, Joseph, Yap, Ying Feng, Talwar, Shivangi, Eskinazi, Michelle, Li, Wenqianglong, Ward, Harry, Letrondo, Pilar A, Morelli-Batters, Madeleine, Bruun, Andrea, Lin, Rongyu, Wright, Talen and Mukadam, Naaheed, 2025, Molecular Psychiatry (30), 11 pp 5578-5599, Published
Evaluating a toolkit for end-of-life care planning with people with intellectual disabilities: an exploration of implementation outcomes within intellectual disability social care services
Bruun, Andrea, Cresswell, Amanda, Jeffrey, David, Jordan, Leon, Keagan-Bull, Richard, Giles, Jo, Gardiner, Faye, Wilding, Meg, Payne, Nicola, Swindells, Sarah, Gibson, Sarah L., Anderson-Kittow, Rebecca and Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene, 2025, Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, E-pub ahead of print
Palliative care communication between patients with intellectual disabilities and hospice staff: a conversation analysis pilot study protocol
Bruun, Andrea and Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene, 2025, BMJ Open (15), 6, Published
Co-designing a toolkit of approaches and resources for end-of-life care planning with people with intellectual disabilities within adult social care settings: a multi-phase study
Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene, Bruun, Andrea, Tilley, Elizabeth, Giles, Jo, Gibson, Sarah, Cresswell, Amanda, Keagan-Bull, Richard, Jordan, Leon, Allen, Gemma, Swindells, Sarah, Payne, Nicola, Hughes, Rhidian and Anderson-Kittow, Rebecca, 2025, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities (JARID) (38), 1, Published
Hva fanden ('what the devil'): a conversation analytic investigation of swearing and stance in questions and quotation
Sandager Sørensen , Søren, Emborg, Christina and Bruun, Andrea, 2025, Gesprächsforschung (26) pp 1-24, Published
Interventions supporting professionals' retention and transition from health and social care into higher education: a systematic review
Bruun, Andrea, Thurgate, Claire and Joshua, Beverly, 2025, Journal of Further and Higher Education (49), 10 pp 1493-1510, Published
Initiating prognostic talk during hospice multidisciplinary team meetings: a conversation analytic study
Bruun, Andrea, White, Nicola, Oostendorp, Linda, Stone, Patrick and Bloch, Steven, 2024, Journal of Palliative Care, E-pub ahead of print
The all together group: co-designing a toolkit of approaches and resources for end-of-life care planning with people with intellectual disabilities in social care settings
Bruun, Andrea, Cresswell, Amanda, Jeffrey, David, Jordan, Leon, Keagan-Bull, Richard, Giles, Jo, Swindells, Sarah, Wilding, Meg, Payne, Nicola, Gibson, Sarah L., Anderson-Kittow, Rebecca and Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene, 2024, Health Expectations (27), 4, Published
Prognostication as an interactionally delicate matter: a conversation analytic study of hospice multidisciplinary team meetings
Bruun, Andrea, White, Nicola, Oostendorp, Linda, Stone, Patrick and Bloch, Steven, 2024, Health Communication, E-pub ahead of print
A systematic review on the impact of financial insecurity on the physical and psychological well-being for people living with terminal illness
Walker-Pow, Ross, Bruun, Andrea, Kupeli, Nuriye, Bosco, Alessandro and White, Nicola, 2024, Palliative Medicine (38), 7 pp 692-710, Published
What are we planning, exactly? The perspectives of people with intellectual disabilities, their carers and professionals on end-of-life care planning: A focus group study
Bruun, Andrea, Cresswell, Amanda, Jordan, Leon, Keagan-Bull, Richard, Giles, Jo, Gibson, Sarah L., Anderson-Kittow, Rebecca and Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene, 2024, Palliative Medicine (38), 6 pp 669-678, Published
Time estimates in prognostic discussions: a conversation analytic study of hospice multidisciplinary team meetings
Bruun, Andrea, White, Nicola, Oostendorp, Linda, Stone, Patrick and Bloch, Steven, 2024, Palliative Medicine (38), 5 pp 593-601, Published
What outcomes do studies use to measure the impact of prognostication on people with advanced cancer?: Findings from a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies
Spooner, Caitlin, Vivat, Bella, White, Nicola, Bruun, Andrea, Rohde, Gudrun, Kwek, Pei Xing and Stone, Patrick, 2023, Palliative Medicine (37), 9 pp 1345-1364, Published
Cancer centre supportive oncology service: health economic evaluation
Stewart, Eleanor, Tavabie, Simon, McGovern, Caroline, Round, Alex, Shaw, Laura, Bass, Stephen, Herriott, Rob, Savage, Emily, Young, Katie, Bruun, Andrea, Droney, Joanne, Monnery, Daniel, Wells, Geoffrey, White, Nicola and Minton, Ollie, 2023, BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care (13), 2 pp 228-233, Published
An online randomised controlled trial of prognosticating imminent death in advanced cancer patients: clinicians give greater weight to advice from a prognostic algorithm than from another clinician with a different profession
Bruun, Andrea, White, Nicola, Oostendorp, Linda, Vickerstaff, Victoria, Harris, Adam J.L., Tomlinson, Christopher, Bloch, Steven and Stone, Patrick, 2023, Cancer Medicine (12), 6 pp 7519-7528, Published
Co-design development of a decision guide on eating and drinking for people with severe dementia during acute hospital admissions
Anantapong, Kanthee, Bruun, Andrea, Walford, Anne, Smith, Christina H., Manthorpe, Jill, Sampson, Elizabeth L. and Davies, Nathan, 2023, Health Expectations, E-pub ahead of print
How best to capture the impact of complementary therapies in palliative care: a systematic review to identify and assess the appropriateness and validity of multi-domain tools
Mitchinson, Lucy, Chu, Christina, Bruun, Andrea, Sisk, Ali Rose, Armstrong, Megan, Vindrola-Padros, Cecilia, Kupeli, Nuriye, Candy, Bridget and Stone, Patrick, 2022, Palliative Medicine (36), 9 pp 1320-1335, Published
Prognostic decision-making about imminent death within multidisciplinary teams: a scoping review
Bruun, Andrea, Oostendorp, Linda, Bloch, Steven, White, Nicola, Mitchinson, Lucy, Sisk, Ali Rose and Stone, Patrick, 2022, BMJ Open (12), 4, Published