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Dr Emma Howarth is a Senior Research Associate in the innovation and evaluation of population health interventions theme. Her research focuses on developing and evaluating interventions and services to improve children’s mental health outcomes. She has a particular interest in those interventions aimed at ‘high risk’ groups, with specific expertise regarding children’s exposure to hostile, coercive and violent family environments. She is currently leading on a Delphi study to identify priority features of a comprehensive community based child and adolescent mental health service; a mixed methods case study evaluation of the implementation of CYP-IAPT in Cambridgeshire, and a mixed method…
Caroline Lee is a Research Associate at the Institute of Public Health, with over 20 years’ experience in project and programme evaluation and research across policy areas, including education, employment, childcare, health and public health. Recent projects include: reviewing the potential of time credit systems for improving public health; developing age-friendly rural communities: the contribution of local participatory planning processes; supporting local commissioners in evaluating the Healthy Fenland Fund; increasing attention to ethnicity and migration within public health; engaging communities in thinking about dementia risk; investigating approaches to peer support for older prisoners; and evaluating a creative participatory workshop approach…
Tine Van Bortel (PhD) is the CLAHRC EoE Principal Investigator of the Prison Mental Health Programme researching into care for older people with dementia in prisons and upon resettlement. She was also co-supervisor and collaborator on the CLAHRC PROMISE (Proactive Management of Integrated Services and Environments for mental health) project. Tine has a background in Interdisciplinary Humanities, Social Sciences & Health, Public Mental Health, Health & Sustainable Development, and a Professional Mental Health Coaching Qualification (FRTC). Her research interests cover public health improvement, promotion and sustainability – both locally and globally – with specific interest and expertise in mental health,…
Dr Ayla Humphrey is Child and Young People’s Lead Psychologist for Cambridge and Peterborough Foundation Trust. She is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge and a member of Cambridge Neuroscience Network. She led the development of clinical services for children and families including the first UK holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation service for children with brain injury (CCPNR, Cambridge Centre for Paediatric Neuropsychological Rehabilitation); a school-based mental health screening and early intervention program (FAB, Family Happiness and Well-being Project); and Paediatric Psychology Services, Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Ayla's research focuses on early childhood development and early interventions including the…
Anna Haggith is a Research Assistant on the 'Prison Care Pathways Project' and has worked previously on 'Dementia Champions in HMPs' and 'Buddying for improved health and social care of older prisons' projects. Prior to this Anna worked for RECOOP (Resettlement and Care for Older Ex-Offenders and Prisoners) as Capacity Building Consultant and has more than 18 year's experience working with young people, adults and offenders. Anna has also worked as a mentor/supporter for prisoners relocating into the community.
Dr Emily Clark is a GP living in Norwich and working as a salaried GP in a clinic which serves hard to reach groups (homeless & asylum seekers). She has a passion for global health. She has been involved in a volunteering charity which has taken her to work in Ghana, Kenya, Sri Lanka, India and Zambia. She studied Human Sciences at UCL and medicine at UEA. She was Beyond Europe Lead for the RCGP Junior International Committee for 3 years, leading on global health opportunities and collaborations relevant GPs. In 2015 she volunteered in Kisiizi hospital in South West…
I am currently a Public Health Nutritionist registered with the Association of Nutrition and currently working at BeeZee Bodies CIC. I primarily working in child weight management where I aim to implement nutrition information with practical behaviour change strategies for children and families. After completing my MSc in Public Health at the Univeristy of Southampton I joined the BeeZee Bodies team as I’ve always been passionate about decreasing health inequalities and supporting children to live healthier lives.
Sally Kendall has 30 years’ academic experience and a background in nursing and health visiting. She is currently Professor of Community Nursing and Public Health at the Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent. Sally became a health visitor and family planning nurse in 1982 and worked in London until taking up a research post at Kings College, London University. She gained her PhD from Kings College London in 1991, becoming first Professor of Nursing at University of Hertfordshire and subsequently also the Director of the Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC). Sally’s interests are focused…
Dr Julieta Galante is a Research Associate at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge. In addition to her background as a qualified medical doctor, she has a wide range of research skills. She has conducted randomised trials and systematic reviews in public and mental health, worked on economic evaluations, and analysed data from UK Biobank and Caerphilly population-based cohorts. Julieta has established research interests in preventative medicine and the effects of lifestyle on health. Her main focus has been studying the effects of meditation on mental health, which was the theme of her PhD at Cardiff University. She led…
Dr Jo Anderson joined CLAHRC in September 2015 as a systematic reviewer. She is currently leading a research team working on developing a community based service model to promote mental health and emotional well-being of children and young people. Dr Anderson is a Chartered Psychologist with background in neuropsychology and health psychology. She had previously worked for Coventry University at Applied Research Centre for Health and Lifestyle Interventions. Her research focused on using new technologies to deliver health interventions to people living with long term health conditions. She developed and evaluated a number of self-management interventions including programmes for people…