Contact Dr Vic McGowan
Dr Vic McGowan is a Medical Anthropologist whose research examines the political economy of health inequalities, most recently focused on coastal communities.
Her current work is exploring how processes of displacement and extractive industries produce and maintain inequalities in disadvantaged communities.
She is an interdisciplinary social scientist working across applied public health, anthropology, social policy, and health geography. Methodologically she is a highly experienced qualitative researcher with expertise in advanced qualitative skills in longitudinal methods, co-produced data collection and analysis, participatory research, and ethnography. She is also experienced in using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) techniques to examine how multiple complex factors can influence health outcomes.
Dr Vic McGowan developed the Equal England Public Network which brings together almost 300 members of the public who actively shape and support inequalities focused research. She also convenes the Equal England Policy and Practice network, connecting around 1000 professionals from local government, the NHS, the VCSE sector and national policy bodies for knowledge exchange and research co-development.