Professor of Applied Sociology, De Montfort University
I am a Professor of Applied Sociology at De Montfort University. My research over the past 30 years has concerned the social aspects of sickle cell including such topics as sickle cell and screening; sickle cell in schools; sickle cell and employment; sickle cell trait and sudden deaths in state contact; sickle cell trait and athletics. My most recent book is:
Dyson, SM (2019) Sickle Cell and the Social Sciences: Health, Racism and Disablement Abingdon, Oxon and New York: Routledge
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