Staff profile

I am a medical sociologist with particular interests in health and medicine in everyday life, the politics of the body (particularly women’s bodies), and the work of healthcare practitioners and scientists.  

These interests come together in my on-going research on weight, weight discrimination and the politics of ‘fatness’. Through Eqweighty Training, I offer bespoke, evidence-based workshops on how professionals (in healthcare, public health and beyond) can embed weight-inclusive practices into their everyday work, benefiting patients/clients, and service delivery organisations.

My research is highly interdisciplinary and outward-facing. I have collaborated closely with biologists, chemists, economists, pharmacists and psychologists, as well as third and private sector organisations. For me, collaborations which stretch across traditional disciplinary and sector divides are the most interesting, exciting and offer the greatest scope for new ideas. So, I am always happy to start conversations about potential future collaborations.

I am always looking to do interesting research with interesting people so I warmly welcome enquiries from potential PhD students, research fellows or collaborators.

• Health
• Family health
• Medicines use
• Health technologies
• Lay health understandings/behaviours
• Healthcare work and professional practice

• Celebrating Success in Teaching and Learning Award:
• Discretionary Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research:

Authored book

• Discovering Sociology
  
  McCormack, M., Anderson, E., Jamie, K., & David, M. (2021). Discovering Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Discovering Sociology
  
  McCormack, M., Anderson, E., Jamie, K., & David, M. (2018). Discovering Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapter in book

• Navigating the UK NHS Ethics and Governance Approval Process: The Case of Junior Researchers
  
  Jamie, K. (2013). Navigating the UK NHS Ethics and Governance Approval Process: The Case of Junior Researchers. In T. Lê & Q. Lê (Eds.), Conducting research in a changing and challenging world. (pp. 279-290). Nova Science Publishers.
• New Technologies in British Pharmacy Practice
  
  Jamie, K. (2013). New Technologies in British Pharmacy Practice. In K. Wasen (Ed.), Emerging Health Technologies. Springer Verlag.
• Gig Economy
  
  Jamie, K., & Musilek, K. (n.d.). Gig Economy. In The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology [Contracted by publisher]. Blackwell.

Journal Article

• Fatphobia as a form of gender-based violence: Fat women, public space and body belonging work
  
  Mohr, E., Jamie, K., & Hockin-Boyers, H. (2025). Fatphobia as a form of gender-based violence: Fat women, public space and body belonging work. Fat Studies, 14(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/21604851.2025.2469357
• Intuitive tracking: Blending competing approaches to exercise and eating
  
  Hockin‐Boyers, H., Jamie, K., & Pope, S. (2024). Intuitive tracking: Blending competing approaches to exercise and eating. Sociology of Health & Illness, 46(8), 1828-1848. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13821
• ‘Money probably has something to do with my life’: Discourse and materiality in the working lives of start-up entrepreneurs
  
  Musilek, K., Jamie, K., & Learmonth, M. (2024). ‘Money probably has something to do with my life’: Discourse and materiality in the working lives of start-up entrepreneurs. Work, Employment and Society, 38(5), 1285-1306. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170231185033
• “Whatever I said didn’t register with her”: medical fatphobia and interactional and relational disconnect in healthcare encounters
  
  Kost, C., Jamie, K., & Mohr, E. (2024). “Whatever I said didn’t register with her”: medical fatphobia and interactional and relational disconnect in healthcare encounters. Frontiers in Sociology, 9, Article 1303919. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1303919
• ‘It was the easiest way to kind of announce it’: Exploring death announcements on social media through a dramaturgical lens
  
  Murrell, A., Jamie, K., & Penfold-Mounce, R. (2023). ‘It was the easiest way to kind of announce it’: Exploring death announcements on social media through a dramaturgical lens. Mortality, 28(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2021.1946496
• Reading Clay: The Temporal and Transformative Potential of Clay in Contemporary Scientific Practice
  
  Bryant, L., Jamie, K., & Sharples, G. (2023). Reading Clay: The Temporal and Transformative Potential of Clay in Contemporary Scientific Practice. Journal of Material Culture, 28(1), 87-105. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591835221074159
• "It has literally been a lifesaver": The role of 'knowing kinship' in supporting fat women to navigate medical fatphobia
  
  Kost, C., & Jamie, K. (2023). "It has literally been a lifesaver": The role of ’knowing kinship’ in supporting fat women to navigate medical fatphobia. Fat Studies, 12(2), 311-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/21604851.2022.2041295
• Using theory and reflexivity to preserve methodological rigour of data collection in qualitative research
  
  Jamie, K., & Rathbone, A. (2022). Using theory and reflexivity to preserve methodological rigour of data collection in qualitative research. Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences, 3(1), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/26320843211061302
• ‘They’ve been with me the whole journey’: temporality, emotional labour and hairdressing work
  
  Harness, O., Jamie, K., & McMurray, R. (2021). ‘They’ve been with me the whole journey’: temporality, emotional labour and hairdressing work. Work, Employment and Society, 35(6), 1073-1090. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017020955081
• Digital Pruning: Agency and Social Media Use as a Personal Political Project Among Female Weightlifters in Recovery from Eating Disorders
  
  Hockin-Boyers, H., Pope, S., & Jamie, K. (2021). Digital Pruning: Agency and Social Media Use as a Personal Political Project Among Female Weightlifters in Recovery from Eating Disorders. New Media and Society, 23(8), 2345-2366. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820926503
• A qualitative study exploring the lived experience of medication use in different disease states: linking experiences of disease symptoms to medication adherence
  
  Rathbone, A. P., Jamie, K., Todd, A., & Husband, A. (2021). A qualitative study exploring the lived experience of medication use in different disease states: linking experiences of disease symptoms to medication adherence. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 46(2), 352-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpt.13288
• Healthcare Practitioner Relationships, Cultural Health Capital and Breastfeeding Support for Adolescent Mothers
  
  Jamie, K., O’Neill, R., Bows, H., & Hackshaw-McGeagh, L. (2020). Healthcare Practitioner Relationships, Cultural Health Capital and Breastfeeding Support for Adolescent Mothers. Health Education Journal, 79(8), 901-913. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896920915945
• Moving Beyond the Image: Theorising 'Extreme' Female Bodies
  
  Hockin-Boyers, H., Jamie, K., & Pope, S. (2020). Moving Beyond the Image: Theorising ’Extreme’ Female Bodies. Women’s Studies International Forum, 83, Article 102416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2020.102416
• "I just don't think it's that natural": Adolescent mothers' constructions of breastfeeding as deviant
  
  Jamie, K., Hackshaw-McGeagh, L., Bows, H., & O’Neill, R. (2020). "I just don’t think it’s that natural": Adolescent mothers’ constructions of breastfeeding as deviant. Sociology of Health & Illness, 42(7), 1689-1708. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13157
• Cold winds and warm attachments: Interrogating the personal attachment to neoliberal work and economy
  
  Musilek, K., Jamie, K., & McKie, L. (2020). Cold winds and warm attachments: Interrogating the personal attachment to neoliberal work and economy. Work, Employment and Society, 34(3), 514-525. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017019856798
• Exploring an extended role for pharmacy assistants on inpatient wards in UK hospitals: using mixed methods to develop the role of medicines assistants
  
  Rathbone, A., Jamie, K., Blackburn, J., Gray, W., Baqir, W., Henderson, E., & Campbell, D. (2020). Exploring an extended role for pharmacy assistants on inpatient wards in UK hospitals: using mixed methods to develop the role of medicines assistants. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 27(2), 78-83. https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2018-001518
• #gainingweightiscool: The use of transformation photos on Instagram among female weightlifters in recovery from eating disorders
  
  Hockin-Boyers, H., Pope, S., & Jamie, K. (2020). #gainingweightiscool: The use of transformation photos on Instagram among female weightlifters in recovery from eating disorders. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 13(1), 94-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2020.1836511
• The social and material life of medicinal clay: Exploring antimicrobial resistance, medicines' materiality and medicines optimization
  
  Jamie, K., & Sharples, G. (2020). The social and material life of medicinal clay: Exploring antimicrobial resistance, medicines’ materiality and medicines optimization. Frontiers in Sociology, 5, Article 26. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.00026
• Discussing alcohol in medicines use reviews: experiences of patients in a community pharmacy context
  
  Jamie, K., Oliver, E., Paterson, A., & Whittlesea, C. (2019). Discussing alcohol in medicines use reviews: experiences of patients in a community pharmacy context. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 27(3), 318-321. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpp.12492
• Female sex offenders who abuse children whilst working in organisational settings: offending, conviction and sentencing
  
  Darling, A., Hackett, S., & Jamie, K. (2018). Female sex offenders who abuse children whilst working in organisational settings: offending, conviction and sentencing. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 24(2), 195-213. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2018.1476601
• Health behaviours of young mothers: Implications for health promotion and cancer prevention
  
  Hackshaw-McGeagh, L., Jamie, K., Beynon, R., & O’Neill, R. (2018). Health behaviours of young mothers: Implications for health promotion and cancer prevention. Health Education Journal, 77(3), 277-292. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896917745106
• A systematic review and thematic synthesis of patients' experience of medicines adherence
  
  Rathbone, A., Todd, A., Jamie, K., Bona, M., Banks, L., & Husband, A. (2017). A systematic review and thematic synthesis of patients’ experience of medicines adherence. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 13(3), 403-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2016.06.004
• Transferring from Clinical Pharmacy Practice to Qualitative Research: Questioning Identity, Epistemology and Ethical Frameworks
  
  Rathbone, A. P., & Jamie, K. (2016). Transferring from Clinical Pharmacy Practice to Qualitative Research: Questioning Identity, Epistemology and Ethical Frameworks. Sociological Research Online, 21(2), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.3888
• Integration of pharmacogenetic principles as a core thread in the undergraduate pharmacy curriculum
  
  Jamie, K., Bows, H., & Gill, J. (2016). Integration of pharmacogenetic principles as a core thread in the undergraduate pharmacy curriculum. Pharmacy Education., 16(1), 64-66.
• The Pharmacy Gaze: Bodies in Pharmacy Practice
  
  Jamie, K. (2014). The Pharmacy Gaze: Bodies in Pharmacy Practice. Sociology of Health & Illness, 36(8), 1141-1155. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12157
• Personalized Medicine in Context: A Social Science Perspective
  
  Tutton, R., & Jamie, K. (2013). Personalized Medicine in Context: A Social Science Perspective. Drug Discovery Today: Therapeutic Strategies, 10(4), e183-e187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ddstr.2013.05.003
• Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacy Education in the UK: Mind the Generation Gap
  
  Jamie, K. (2013). Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacy Education in the UK: Mind the Generation Gap. Pharmacy Education., 13(1), 114-117.
• Might Community Pharmacists have a Role in Delivering Personalised Medicine?
  
  Jamie, K. (2011). Might Community Pharmacists have a Role in Delivering Personalised Medicine? Pharmaceutical Journal, 287, 693-694.
• “They're Made in Factories and Not by Witches on the Allotment”: A Qualitative Study of Midlife Women in the United Kingdom, Exploring Their Approaches to Complementary and Alternative Medicines.
  
  Lindenmeyer, A., Jamie, K., Griffiths, F., & LéGaré, F. (2011). “They’re Made in Factories and Not by Witches on the Allotment”: A Qualitative Study of Midlife Women in the United Kingdom, Exploring Their Approaches to Complementary and Alternative Medicines. Health Care for Women International, 32(12), 1046-1067. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2011.603864