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Shannon Allen

Postgraduate Associate

Department: Nursing, Midwifery & Health

Shannon is a Senior Research Assistant in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Northumbria University. 

Shannon is currently undertaking a part-time PhD in Criminology at Northumbria University exploring the impact of moral injury across different UK armed forces populations. This is a mixed methodological project utilising psychometric questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with UK service-police and non-service police veterans.

The primary project Shannon is currently engaged in is a mixed-method exploratory study investigating the long-term impact of widowhood during Covid-19 in order to develop recommendations for future practice.

Previously, Shannon worked in the Northern Hub for Veterans and Military Families Research. Although involved in a number of projects, Shannon primarily worked on the One is Too Many Project investigating suicide within the Armed Forces and Veteran population and the impact of this on bereaved family members.

Before working at Northumbria, Shannon completed a BSc (Hons) in Psychology with a Year Abroad at King’s College London and an MSc in Forensic Psychology at Newcastle University. 

Shannon Allen

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Family and occupational functioning following military trauma exposure and moral injury, Williamson, V., Murphy, D., Stevelink, S., Jones, E., Allen, S., Greenberg, N. 1 Jun 2023, In: BMJ Military Health
  • Investigating the Moral Challenges Experienced by UK Service Police Veterans, Allen, S., Oxburgh, G., Kiernan, M. 24 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Veteran Studies
  • Progress Report Phase One: An exploratory study of the experiences of LGBT+ veterans affected by 'the ban', McGill, G., Osborne, A., Giles-Haigh, R., Allen, S., Small, D., McGlone, S. Jul 2022
  • The Relationship between of Moral Injury and Radicalisation: A Systematic Review, Williamson, V., Murphy, D., Stevelink, S., Jones, E., Allen, S., Greenberg, N. 2 Nov 2022, In: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
  • Delivering treatment to morally injured UK military personnel and Veterans: The clinician experience, Williamson, V., Murphy, D., Stevelink, S., Allen, S., Jones, E., Greenberg, N. 4 Mar 2021, In: Military Psychology
  • The impact of moral injury on the wellbeing of UK military veterans, Williamson, V., Murphy, D., Stevelink, S., Allen, S., Jones, E., Greenberg, N. 5 May 2021, In: BMC psychology
  • The impact of trauma exposure and moral injury on UK military veterans: a qualitative study, Williamson, V., Murphy, D., Stevelink, S., Allen, S., Jones, E., Greenberg, N. 31 Dec 2020, In: European Journal of Psychotraumatology

  • Psychology MSc September 01 2020
  • Psychology BSc (Hons) July 01 2019


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