Dr Morven Shearer

Senior Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3805

Email

mcs6@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

I'm the Director of the Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies at St Andrews, and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine where I work in the area of medical ethics and healthcare policy.  I was a lab-based pharmacologist initially, working in the area of nerve regeneration following spinal cord injury, and became increasingly interested in bioethics, law, policy and practice.  I like to explore questions of trust and fairness in healthcare (nationally and globally), and the challenges of contemporary scientific advances and research ethics.  Recently I've collaborated with the Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis at St Andrews to consider the ethical, social and legal implications of early diagnosis.

I also have interests in pedagogy and SoTL (scholarship of teaching and learning), particularly around the teaching of medical ethics and interdisciplinarity. 

I'm a member of the ASME (Association for the Study of Medical Education) Research Methodology Group, and the Institute of Medical Ethics Scottish Group. 

Selected publications

• Open access

  A high-performance thin-layer chromatography densitometric method for the separation of isomeric ceftriaxone in powder for injection formulation

  Mwamwitwa, K. W., Nyamweru, B., Iwodyah, M. A., Sambu, G., Nyondo, G. G., Yondu, E., Fimbo, A. M., Manyanga, V., Sabiiti, W., Shewiyo, D. H., Shearer, M. C., Smith, A. D. & Kaale, E. A., 1 Nov 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 9 p., 26308.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Adverse drug reactions resulting from the use of chiral medicines amoxicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, and ceftriaxone: a mixed prospective-retrospective cohort study

  Mwamwitwa, K. W., Bukundi, E. M., Maganda, B. A., Munishi, C., Fimbo, A. M., Buma, D., Muro, E. P., Sabiiti, W., Shewiyo, D. H., Shearer, M. C., Smith, A. D. & Kaale, E. A., 15 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. 61, 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Effectiveness of a structured stimulated spontaneous safety monitoring of medicines reporting program in strengthening pharmacovigilance system in Tanzania

  Mwamwitwa, K., Fimbo, A., Bukundi , E., Nkayamba, A., Buma , D., Muro, E., Maganda, B., Shewiyo, D., Shearer, M., Smith, A. D. & Kaale , E., 27 Sept 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 11 p., 16131.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  A retrospective cross-sectional study to determine chirality status of registered medicines in Tanzania

  Mwamwitwa, K. W., Kaibere, R. M., Fimbo, A. M., Sabitii, W., Ntinginya, N. E., Mmbaga, B. T., Shewiyo, D. H., Shearer, M. C., Smith, A. D. & Kaale, E. A., 20 Oct 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 11 p., 17834.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Patient perceptions of their decision to undergo palliative chemotherapy in the Edinburgh Cancer Centre

  Bowden, J., Gwyther, B., Price, A., Swan, A., Nussey, F., Hacking, B., Shearer, M. C. & Lloyd, A., 1 Sept 2019, In: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 49, 3, p. 199-203 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Transition from paediatric to adult health services in Scotland for young people with cerebral palsy

  Wright, A. E., Robb, J. & Shearer, M. C., Jun 2016, In: Journal of Child Health Care. 20, 2, p. 205-213 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Progress in stamping out FGM

  Smith, F. H. & Shearer, M. C., 30 Oct 2014, Student BMJ.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Expert interview on medical and health perspectives relating to the rights of the child in international surrogacy matters.

  Shearer, M. C., 2013, ISS/IRC Monthly Review , 174, p. 15-17 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• ‘Novice Teachers’ Views of an Introductory Workshop about Teaching in the Biosciences

  Gartland, K. M., Perkins, J., Shearer, M. C., Tierney, A. M. & Wilson, J. J., 2013, In: Bioscience Education. 21, p. 1-12

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Changing sources of health information: "Trust me I'm a doctor", vs "Trust me, I'm the internet"

  Shearer, M. C., 7 Jun 2012.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

 

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