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Biography

Kate is Professor in Behavioural Sciences and Health at the University of Stirling and Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests have covered a wide range of areas, including: gender, health and health behaviours; experiences of health and illness; and the design and evaluation of public health interventions, including the award-winning Football Fans in Training programme which has successfully supported overweight and obese men in sustained weight loss and behaviour change and has been taken up internationally. She is currently leading a NIHR funded 3-Phase evaluation of the introduction of smoke free prison policy in Scotland.

Forthcoming events

Infectious Disease Seminar Series: Epidemiology of the NHS COVID-19 app: design, evaluation and future considerations

Monday, 12 June 2023, 1pm to 2pm @ BDI/OxPop Building Seminar Room LG 0-1, Old Road Campus, Headington, OX3 7LF

Alcohol phenotypes and how they are related to fMRI derived brain health measurements

Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 11am to 12pm @ Big Data Institute LG 0 Seminar room

Update on folic acid and disease prevention

Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 1pm to 2pm @ Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, OX3 7LF

Infectious Disease Seminar Series: 40 years of combating meningococcal disease: are we nearly there yet?

Monday, 19 June 2023, 1pm to 2pm @ BDI Seminar Room LG 0-1, Old Road Campus, Headington, OX3 7LF

Environmental sensing and it’s association with chronic disease

Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 11am to 12pm @ Big Data Institute LG 0 Seminar room