Profile

My CV

• Education:

  City, University of London October 2014 – September 2018

  University College London and King’s College London September 2010 – September 2011

  City, University of London September 2006 – July 2009

• Qualifications:

  City, University of London October 2014 – September 2018	DPsych Health Psychology professional doctorate University Certificate of Academic Practice (Research Supervision and Learning, Teaching & Assessment)
  University College London and King’s College London September 2010 – September 2011	MSc Health Psychology (jointly delivered between UCL and KCL) Merit
  City, University of London September 2006 – July 2009	BSc Psychology 2:1

  City and Islington College, 3 A levels (Psychology, English Language and Literature and Sociology) grades AAB

  Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School, 10 GCSE’s, grades one A*, 8 A’s, one B

• Work History:

  Knowledge and Information Officer Camden and Islington Public Health October 16 to Aug 20

  I worked as a qualitative researcher collaborating with colleagues within public health and other departments, as well as partners such as the CCG. I conducted qualitative research projects, from planning through to dissemination of the findings. I supported colleagues with formulating robust evaluation plans using quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods designs to enable evidence to be gathered about programmes efficacy. I have excellent research skills and a strong track record of publication and presentations at regional and international conferences.

  Knowledge and Information Analyst Camden and Islington Public Health November 18 to April 19	This is a similar role to my current role but had additional management responsibility for two Knowledge and Information Officers. I also managed the Qualitative Research Involvement Network (QRIN), which is a partnership with colleagues inside and outside of the council (such as local voluntary and community sector organisations and the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)) to coordinate the qualitative research function across the borough. I also attended and chaired strategic departmental meetings with key stakeholders and deputised for the Senior Strategist when needed.
  Honorary Research Fellow School of Health Sciences, City University December 12 to August 16	I was commissioned to work with the team on a project looking at the influence of culture and ethnicity on self-titration of insulin in patients with diabetes. My role involved collecting qualitative data (interviews) in English and Bengali and assist with transcription, based on the Theoretical Domains Framework. I analysed the data and supported the team in publication of the study in Diabetic Medicine in August 2016.
  Health Improvement Officer Islington Public Health November 12 to October 16	I worked across early years settings to lead the development and delivery of the healthy lifestyles offer to parents and carers of young children. I worked creatively to enable settings to embed and sustain activity to improve health outcomes (as identified through analysis of local population needs) for families in most need. I also supported early years settings to attain Healthy Children’s Centres (HCC) or Healthy Early Years (HEY) accreditation by monitoring, evaluating and reporting their progress. I also worked on producing the Healthy Early Years London (HEYL) tools with the Mayor’s office.

  I have also worked as a telephone researcher (which involved cold calling people to complete surveys over the phone) and for Royal Mail (sorting the extra parcels in the run up to Christmas).

• Current Job:

  Health Psychologist City, University of London Sept 18	My doctorate in Health Psychology specialised in understanding the determinants of behaviour change interventions, fidelity of delivery and evaluating efficacy. I conducted a qualitative study exploring khat usage using the Theoretical Domains Framework (Cane et al., 2012). I interviewed users and healthcare professionals supporting them to quit. I mapped the framework onto behaviour change techniques from the Behaviour Change Taxonomy (Michie et al., 2013) to devise a behaviour change intervention. My systematic review explored fidelity in smoking cessation behaviour change interventions, assessing the extent to which the five dimensions of the Behaviour Change Consortium framework (Borelli, 2011) were used in assessing fidelity in smoking cessation behavioural interventions and assessed the methodology used to examine fidelity. I review journal articles on substance misuse / khat misuse.
  Public Health Lead Surrey County Council Aug 20 to present	In this role I design, implement, monitor and review activity relating to public health programmes and services to support delivery of Surrey County Council’s public health responsibilities in health improvement. I am responsible for developing policy and management processes in order to ensure delivery of effective services in line with budgets, business timescales and corporate policies. I lead and contribute to multi-agency and partnership networks and alliances to optimise use of resources to address health issues and health inequalities across the wider health improvement agenda.
  Assistant Publication Editor Behavioural Science in Public Health Network (BSPHN) February 19 to present	This role involves promoting and furthering the work of the BSPHN through the dissemination of key network publications. The role involves collaborating with the Editor to research and plan new articles and encourage committee members, speakers from events, and relevant contacts to write articles. I am responsible for writing and editing pieces, as well as proofreading and checking articles for accuracy. I often suggest possible sources and improvements for pieces and choose supporting material e.g. images. I also follow current events and developments and suggest original ideas, use social media to draw attention to articles (e.g. Twitter) and provide general administrative support to the Editor.
  Visiting Lecturer City, University of London (December 18 to present) Arden University (March 20 to present) and Imperial College London (Nov 20 to present)	I teach Health Psychology and research methods contributing to a number of courses (including BSc Psychology, MSc Health Psychology, BSc Nursing and BSc Health and Social Care, amongst others). I develop an understanding of the content, learning outcomes and modes of delivery for the relevant sessions and prepare course materials accordingly, including setting assignments, producing reading lists and course outlines/handouts. I teach lectures, tutorials and seminars, as well as offer students tutorial support, both face to face and online as distance learning. I also assess assignments and work as part of the course team to coordinate supervisory support on modules.