Dr Karime Mescouto

Physiotherapist & Honorary Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RECOVER Injury Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Australia

Karime Mescouto is a physiotherapist from Brazil and an Honorary Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the RECOVER Injury Research Centre at The University of Queensland, Australia.

In her postdoctoral role, Karime worked in the Improving Health Outcomes after Musculoskeletal Injury team and assisted with qualitative research designs to progress projects. In her doctoral research, Karime was interested in enhancing low back pain healthcare delivery by critically looking at the biopsychosocial model of health. She used a variety of qualitative methodologies and collaborated with clinicians and people with lived experience of low back pain to explore the social, cultural and interpersonal aspects of clinical and research practices.

Karime has expertise in various qualitative methodologies and methods, including ethnography, critical qualitative methodologies, interviews, focus groups and participatory/co-design approaches. She is interested in incorporating sociological thinking into health research, education and clinical practice to explore and foster more equitable care.

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