Ms Sophie Westwood

Currently, I am embedded as a researcher in Plymouth City Council as part of the Plymouth Health Determinants Research Collaboration https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare/public-health/plymouth-health-determinants-research-collaboration We aim to support the development of a research active culture for evidence based public health services that prioritise the perspectives of service users.

As a research assistant, consultant and now a researcher-in-residence, I have worked on a number of projects ultimately concerned with reducing health inequalities, which often includes reducing environmental inequalities at the same time. In addition, I have experience working for an environmental non-governmental organisation abroad and as a primary school teacher and childminder in the UK. I bring knowledge of the third sector, mixed methods research and education, with a particular interest in children and young people as a demographic cohort, to my work.

I am currently working on a project capturing the voice of people who access weight management services, and those who are unable to, or choose not to, in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. To find out more and even particpate in this study, follow this link.