Dr Pauline Heslop is a Reader in Intellectual Disabilities Research within
the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She is a
qualified nurse, and has a background of working with children and young
people in a variety of settings in the UK and overseas. She joined the
Norah Fry Research Centre (which aims to make a positive difference to the lives of disabled children, young people and adults through social,
educational and policy-related research) in 1999.
Since working at the Norah Fry Research Centre, Pauline has completed
research into a range of health and care-related issues. She led the
Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths in People with Learning
Disabilities (CIPOLD) from 2010-2013 which identified potentially
modifiable factors associated with premature deaths in people with learning disabilities. She is now the Programme Manager for the Learning
Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme.
