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Research interests
I am a qualitative researcher with interests in: food poverty; urban regeneration; young people's experiences of health and wellbeing; food and alcohol environments; lived experiences of austerity and welfare reform; applied health and social care research with local partners; and community responses to health inequalities.
My particular focus is on how uncertainty and precarity around the social determinants of health impacts upon food choices and dietary health.
Overview
I completed an ESRC-funded PhD in Human Geography at Queen Mary University of London and an MA in the Social Sciences with the Open University. After which, I worked at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on the ORiEL study (Olympic Regeneration in East London), as part of SPHR@L (the School of Public Health Research) and finally on a Wellcome Trust Society and Ethics fellowship - Understanding the health and wellbeing challenges of UK food poverty and food aid: a qualitative study. In 2020 I moved to the University of Hertforshire. I am now Senior Research Fellow for the Prevention and Early Detection in Health and Social Care (PEDHSC) Theme of the NIHR funded East of England Applied Research Collaboration.
External positions
Associate member, Population Health Innovation Lab, Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
6 Jan 2020 → …
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SALIENT: SALIENT (food System triALs for Impact on Environment, Nutrition and healTh)
Thompson, C. (PI)
3/01/23 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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Engaging South Asian women in breast cancer care: A public engagement consultation; Affiliated to NIHR ARC East of England https://arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/research-implementation/research-themes/prevention-and-early-detection/engaging-south-asian-women
Trivedi, D. (PI), Thompson, C. (CoI) & Jayaraman, J. (CoI)
1/03/22 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
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Developing a co-designed intervention to increase COVID-19 vaccination confidence among young people and their parents in the Black African and Caribbean communities in Watford: a public engagement consultation; Affiliated to NIHR ARC East of England
Trivedi, D. (PI) & Thompson, C. (Researcher)
4/01/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Dietary Inequalities and Families with 'No Recourse to Public Funds' (NRPF) in the UK
Hamilton, L. (PI), Thompson, C. (CoI) & Wills, W. (CoI)
1/10/21 → 13/12/22
Project: Research
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A Commercial Determinants of Health Perspective on the Food Environments of Public Hospitals for Children and Young People in High-Income Countries: We Need to Re-Prioritize Health
Neri, E., Thompson, C., Heyes, C., Bostock, N. & Wills, W., 11 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 22, 4, p. 1-12 12 p., 601.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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A commercial determinants of health perspective on the food environments of public hospitals for children in high-income countries: we need to re-prioritize health
Neri, E., Thompson, C., Heyes, C., Bostock, N. & Wills, W., 11 Apr 2025, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 22, 4, 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“It does help but there's a limit …”: Young people's perspectives on policies to manage hot food takeaways opening near schools
Savory, B., Thompson, C., Hassan, S., Adams, J., Amies-Cull, B., Chang, M., Derbyshire, D., Keeble, M., Liu, B., Medina-Lara, A., Mytton, O. T., Rahilly, J., Rogers, N., Smith, R., White, M., Burgoine, T. & Cummins, S., 30 Mar 2025, In: Social Science & Medicine. 368, p. 1-10 10 p., 117810.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Barriers to breast cancer care and recommendations for improving services: findings from a UK qualitative study with an Asian Women’s Cancer Support Group
Trivedi, D., Thompson, C., Patel, R., Panjwani, N. & Jayaraman, J., 8 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ethnicity and Health. p. 1-10 10 p., https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2024.2429417.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The adoption and implementation of local government planning policy to manage hot food takeaways near schools in England: A qualitative process evaluation
Hassan, S., Thompson, C., Adams, J., Chang, M., Derbyshire, D., Keeble, M., Liu, B., Mytton, O. T., Rahilly, J., Savory, B., Smith, R., White, M., Burgoine, T. & Cummins, S., 31 Dec 2024, In: Social Science & Medicine. 362, 10 p., 117431.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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