I am the Co-PI for HBSC England. As a NMC registered academic community nurse and health visitor, my main research interest is in primary and community health care, especially research that seeks to improve the health and wellbeing of families and children in the community. I hold a strong belief in working in partnership with […]

I am the Project Lead for HBSC England and Co-PI with Prof. Sally Kendall. I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Padua (Italy) with a specialization in Work and Industrial Psychology in 1996, followed by a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Kent in 1999. Since then, I have been a [...]

Viktoriia completed her B.Sc. degree at Dnipro State University (Ukraine) with a specialization in Social Work followed by her M.Sc. in Public Administration at Dnipro National University (Ukraine) in 2001. She has since been a lecturer, a senior lecturer, and then Assistant Professor at Dnipro National University, at Kyiv Bible Institute, and at Lviv Theological […]

I am a research fellow who comes to the team from linguistics. My background is initially in phonetics and phonology, but I spent over two decades in language education and language acquisition. Via this route I ended up engaged in general education. I am particularly interested in the evolution of educational approaches, Student-Centred-Learning theories, Classical […]

I am the Research Coordinator for the HBSC England study. My professional background includes working in frontline services for children experiencing criminal exploitation and in social research and RMEL for both the charity and public sectors. Previous research work includes understanding victim withdrawal in London and domestic homicide and suicide in police data. Previous evaluation […]

Alia is a PhD student working on the HBSC England Study. Her academic journey began at the University of Kent, where she studied Psychology and spent a year in industry with the NHS as an assistant psychologist in an autism diagnostic service. After completing her undergraduate degree, Alia pursued a Master’s in Developmental Psychology, where […]

I am a PhD researcher working on the HBSC England study.  My professional background spans 20 years working in healthcare leadership and public health.  I began my career as an NHS Manager working in Medical Education and Public Health, before undertaking Public Health Specialty Training in the East of England from 2012- 2018.  Upon qualifying […]

I am a PhD researcher working on the HBSC England study. Over the past four years, I have held research roles at the University of Kent (Centre for Health Services Studies) and Canterbury Christ Church University (Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology). My academic and professional background spans applied health and social research, early years and […]