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I am a Sociologist by academic background and a qualitative researcher working within the broader area of health and care, with a specific focus on two key areas: 1) Health and care experiences of marginalised ageing and racialised populations, including marginalised populations living with dementia; and 2) Role of organisational cultures in the quality and safety of care provided to diverse patient populations. Within these broad foci, I am particularly interested in the inequities within health and care systems and organisations as these may be understood from the standpoint of those marginalised or disadvantaged within these systems. This includes an interest in the voices and experiences of both patients (or those who are in need of care) and those who provide care.

My current work includes my role as a post-doctoral researcher within the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration (GM PSRC), where I contribute to research that advances understanding of patient safety and organisational cultures in healthcare. My current research projects include: 1) Managing Patient Safety Risks at a System Level (MAPS-S): understanding an Integrated Care Board’s approach to system risk management (NIHR GM PSRC funded) 2) NEDs for Safety: examining the Non-Executive Director (NED) Maternity & Neonatal Safety Champion role (NIHR GM PSRC funded) 3) Generative AI in data analysis: assessing implications for ethical conduct, trust, recruitment and research inclusion (NIHR RSS funded).

Prior to my involvement in the work of the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration, my role at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ involved working in an NIHR-funded feasibility study examining the introduction of multi-component cardiovascular health screening within the NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programmes in the UK. I have also previously held research positions at the University of Sheffield, University of Nottingham, University of Manchester and Brunel University London working in projects that looked at both the heath and care experiences of diverse ageing and racialised minority populations (including persons with dementia and older care home residents) and the experiences of health and social care workers providing care for these populations. Google scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KrbMvsAAAAAJ&hl=en

Journal articles

• Watson, E.L.; Patel, B.; Katsogridakis, E.; Pepper, C.J.; Messeder, S.J.; Saratzis, A.; Zubair, M.; Nicholls, J.K.; Chung, E. and Bown M.J. (2022) ‘Selecting portable ankle/toe brachial pressure index systems for a peripheral arterial disease population screening programme: a systematic review, clinical evaluation exercise, and consensus process’ in European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. Vol. 64, No. 6: 693 – 702.
• Zubair, M.; Bown, M. and Armstrong, N. (2022) ‘Introducing multi-component cardiovascular health screening into existing Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening programmes in the UK: a qualitative study of programme staff views’ in BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 22: 569; doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07975-7.
• Fletcher, J; Zubair, M. and Roche, M. (2022) ‘The neuropsychiatric biopolitics of dementia and its ethnicity problem’ in The Sociological Review. Vol. 70, No. 5: 1005 – 1024.
• Woolrych, R.; Duvurru, J.; Portella, A.; Sixsmith, J.; Menezes, D.; Fisher, J.; Lawthom, R.; Reddy, S.; Datta, A.; Chakravarty, I.; Khan, A.; Murray, M.; Makita, M.; Zubair, M. and Pereira, G. (2020) ‘Ageing in Urban Neighbourhoods: Exploring Place Insideness Amongst Older Adults in India, Brazil and the United Kingdom’ in Psychology and Developing Societies. Vol. 32, No. 2: 201 – 223.
• Lasrado, R.; Baker, S.; Zubair, M.; Kasier, P.; Lasrado, V.; Rizzo, M.; Govia, I. and Edge, D. (2020) ‘Exploring dementia care systems across the African-Caribbean diaspora: a scoping review and consultation exercise’ in The Gerontologist. Vol. 61, No. 5: e209 – e227.
• Chadborn, N.H.; Goodman, C.; Zubair, M.; Sousa, L.; Gladman, J.R.F.; Dening, T. and Gordon, A.L. (2019) ‘Role of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Healthcare of Older People in UK Care Homes: realist review’ in BMJ Open. Vol. 9, No. 4: e026921.
• Gordon, A.L.; Goodman, C,; Davies, S.L.; Dening, T,; Gage, H.; Meyer, J.; Schneider, J.; Bell, B.; Jordan, J.; Martin, F.C.; Iliffe, S.; Bowman, C.; Gladman, J.R.F.; Victor, C.; Mayrhofer, A.; Handley, M. and Zubair, M. (2018) ‘Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes’ in Age and Ageing. Vol. 47, No. 4: 595 – 603.
• Zubair, M.; Chadborn, N.H.; Gladman, J.R.F.; Dening, T.; Gordon, A.L. and Goodman, C. (2017) ‘Using comprehensive geriatric assessment for quality improvements in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: protocol for realist review within Proactive Healthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study’ in BMJ Open. Vol. 7, No. 10: e017270.
• Zubair, S. and Zubair, M. (2017) ‘Situating Islamic Feminism(s): Lived Religion, Negotiation of Identity and Assertion of Third Space by Muslim Women in Pakistan’ in Women’s Studies International Forum. Vol. 63: 17 – 26.
• Goodman, C.; Dening, T.; Gordon, A.L.; Davies, S.L.; Meyer, J.; Martin, F.C.; Gladman, J.R.; Bowman, C.; Victor, C.; Handley, M.; Gage, H.; Iliffe, S. and Zubair, M. (2016) ‘Effective Health Care for Older People Living and Dying in Care Homes: A Realist Review’ in BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 16: 269; doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1493-4.
• Giebel, C.M.;Jolley, D.; Zubair, M.; Bhui, K.S.; Challis, D.; Purandare, N. and Worden, A. (2016) ‘Adaptation of the Barts Explanatory Model Inventory to Dementia Understanding in South Asian Ethnic Minorities’ in Aging & Mental Health. Vol. 20, No. 6: 594 – 602.
• Zubair, M. and Norris, M. (2015) ‘Perspectives on Ageing, Later Life and Ethnicity: Ageing Research in Ethnic Minority Contexts’ in Ageing & Society. Vol. 35, No. 5: 897 – 916.
• Zubair, M. and Victor, C. (2015) ‘Exploring Gender, Age, Time and Space in Research with Older Pakistani Muslims in the UK: Formalised Research ‘Ethics’ and Performances of the Public/Private Divide in ‘The Field’’ in Ageing & Society. Vol. 35, No. 5: 961 – 85.
• Giebel, C.M.; Zubair, M.; Jolley, D.; Bhui, K.S.; Purandare, N.; Worden, A. and Challis, D. (2015) ‘South Asian Older Adults with Memory Impairment: Improving Assessment and Access to Dementia Care’ in International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Vol. 30, No. 4: 345 – 56.
• Goodman, C.; Davies, S.L.; Gordon, A.L.; Meyer, J.; Dening, T.; Gladman, J.R.F.; Iliffe, S.; Zubair, M.; Bowman, C.; Victor, C. and Martin, F.C. (2015) ‘Relationships, Expertise, Incentives, and Governance: Supporting Care Home Residents' Access to Health Care. An interview study from England’ in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. Vol. 16, No. 5: 427 – 32.
• Gordon, A.L.;Goodman, C.; Dening, T.; Davies, S.L.; Gladman, J.R.F.; Bell, B.; Zubair, M.; Handley, M.J.; Meyer, J.; Bowman, C.; Gage, H.; Iliffe, S.; Martin, F.C.; Schneider, J.; Victor, C. (2014) ‘The Optimal Study: Describing the Key Components of Optimal Health Care Delivery to UK Care Home Residents – A Research Protocol’ in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. Vol. 15, No.9: 681 – 6.
• Zubair, M.; Martin, W. and Victor, C. (2012) ‘Embodying Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Power in “The Field”: Reflections on Dress and the Presentation of the Self in Research with Older Pakistani Muslims’ in Sociological Research Online. Vol. 17, No. 3: .
• Victor, C.; Martin, W.; and Zubair, M. (2012) ‘Families and Caring amongst Older People in South Asian Communities in the UK: A pilot study’. European Journal of Social Work. Vol. 15, No. 1: 81 – 96.
• Zubair, M.; Martin, W. and Victor, C. (2010) ‘Researching Ethnicity: Critical Reflections on Conducting Qualitative Research with People Growing Older in Pakistani Muslim Communities in the UK’. Generations Review. Vol. 20, No. 1: .
• Zubair, M. (2003) ‘You’ve Gotta Do Somethings and He’s Gotta Do Somethings: Identities of British Pakistani Women’ in Alam-E-Niswan: Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies. Vol. 10, No. 1: 55 – 68.
• Zubair, M. (2003) ‘Literacy, Knowledge and Power: Marital Experiences of British Pakistani Women’ in Journal Of Research, B.Z. University Multan. Vol. 20: 21 – 40.
• Zubair, M. (2001) ‘Topic Initiation, Development And Shift In Conversations’ in Journal Of Research, B.Z. University Multan. Vol. 1: 19 – 46.

   

  Book chapters

• Roche, M.; Fletcher, J. and Zubair, M. (Forthcoming) ‘Race, ethnicity and culture: problematic application in dementia and old age’ in Andrea Capstick and James Fletcher (ed.) A Critical History of Dementia Studies. London and New York: Routledge.
• Zubair, M. (2023) ‘Reframing 'ethnicity' in dementia research: Reflections on current whiteness of research and the need for an anti-racist approach’ in Linn Sandberg and Richard Ward (ed.) Critical Dementia Studies: An Introduction. London and New York: Routledge.
• Victor, C.; Zubair, M. and Martin, W. (2018) ‘Families and Caring in South Asian Communities’ in Alan Walker (ed.) The New Dynamics of Ageing. Vol. 2, Bristol: Policy Press.
• Victor, C. and Zubair, M. (2015) ‘Expectations of Care and Support in Old Age by Bangladeshi and Pakistani Older People’ in Ute Karl and Sandra Torres (ed.) Ageing in Contexts of Migration. London and New York: Routledge.
• Victor, C.; Martin, W.; and Zubair, M. (2015) ‘Families and Caring amongst Older People in South Asian Communities in the UK: A pilot study’ in Susan Lawrence and Sandra Torres (ed.) Older People and Migration: Challenges for social work. London and New York: Routledge.
• Zubair, M.; Martin, W. and Victor, C. (2012) 'Doing Pakistani Ethnicity, the Female Way: Issues of Identity, Trust and Recruitment when Researching Older Pakistani Muslims in the UK' in Miranda Leontowitsch (ed.) Researching Later Life and Ageing – Expanding Qualitative Research Horizons. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.

Reports

Jul 2020   ‘Reducing loneliness among migrant and ethnic minority people: a participatory evidence synthesis’. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Public Health Research. Vol. 8, No. 10.

Oct 2017          ‘Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings’. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Health Services and Delivery Research. Vol. 5, No. 29.

Research interests:

Ageing

Dementia

'Race' & Ethnicity

Health Inequalities

Topics of interest:

'Race' & Ethnicity

Health Inequalities

Ageing

Dementia

'Race' & Ethnicity

Health Inequalities

BSc in Sociology and English Studies

MSc in Sociology with Research Training

PhD in Sociology