Personal profile

Research interests

I am a behavioural scientist with a particular interest in the development and evaluation of health interventions. My work focuses on parenting and early childhood health and care, especially in priority groups including those marginalised or experiencing the effects of poverty. I have expertise in reducing the risk factors for unexplained infant mortality, including supporting families with following safer sleep advice and guidance. 

My research combines expertise in the following areas:

  • Meaningful involvement and coproduction of health interventions with marginalised groups of caregivers.
  • Using behaviour change theory and principles to inform the development evidence-based interventions for families and the health professionals that support them.
  • Realist reviews and evaluation as a tool to understand how interventions work and develop learning that can be applied to future interventions.
  • I have experience with mixed methods, qualitative research, case-control studies, implementation studies, feasibility trial design and systematic reviews. 

In addition to this, I am currently the Chair of the Lullaby Trust Scientific Advisory Committee, and co-Chair of the Health Education Working Group of the International Society for the Study and Prevention of Perinatal and Infant Death (ISPID). 

I am currently a Research Fellow award holder of an NIHR Advanced Fellowship (2021-2026) to develop and test innovative support for families with infants at increased risk of sudden unexpected death in infancy. This project includes working closely with the National Child Mortality Database, Lullaby Trust, health visitors, family nurse partnerships, neonatal unit staff and specialist nurses. The Baby Sleep Project website has more information. 

Our work features regularly in the press (examples here and here). 

 

External positions

Scientific Advisory Group Chair, Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths

20232026

co-Chair, International Society for the Study and Prevention of Perinatal and Infant Death

20232026

Research Groups and Themes

  • Families and Parenting

Keywords

  • Sudden unexpected death in infancy
  • Behaviour change
  • Health Psychology
  • Health Inequities
  • Realist evaluation

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