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Pathways To Health Through Cultures Of Neighbourhoods

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Lead researcher

Professor Joanna Sofaer

Professor of Archaeology

Research interests

  • The role of heritage and the historic environment in wellbeing
  • The social value of archaeology 

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Other researchers

Professor Mary Barker PhD, C Psychol

Prfssr in Psychology & Behavioural Sci

Research interests

  • Mary Barker is Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Science. She has a joint appointment in both the Faculty of Medicine and the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton UK.  Mary runs a programme of work in both the UK and in low-income countries aiming to engage young people in improving their sense of agency, well-being and mental health, to benefit their health in general but their diets and physical activity habits more specifically. Her team’s approach is participatory and combines social activism focused on engaging young people in the climate change and health agenda and testing methods of one-to-one support and digital resources including smartphone games. Much of this work takes place as part of her NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research EACH-B (Engaging Adolescents in Changing Behaviour). She partners in this activity with the TALENT network of colleagues with interests in adolescent health and well-being based in institutions in low-and-middle-income countries. Her team also ran a five-country, longitudinal qualitative study with young people throughout the pandemic exploring their experience, mental health, well-being and resilience, data from which supported UK local and national government COVID messaging to young people. She is adjunct professor at the University of Agder, Norway, and has honorary appointments at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and University College London.

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Doctor Kath Woods-Townsend

Principal Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Adolescent Health
  • Scientific Literacy

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Professor Pathik Pathak

Professorial Fellow-Enterprise

Research interests

  • Antiracism
  • community development

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Mrs Neelam Kalita

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Economic evaluations
  • Non Communicable Diseases

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Professor Joanne Lord

Director of SHTAC

Research interests

  • Health economics
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis

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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Mathematics, Science and Health Education

Our research members are conducting research and developing theory to address a variety of significant questions arising in policy, practice and academic knowledge in the areas of mathematics, science and health education.

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