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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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Sharing community learning around nutrition: co-creating a cookbook.
Tylenda, E. (PI), Thompson, C. (CoI) & Dickinson, A. (CoI)
UKRI - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
12/08/25 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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FAIR: Food Aid Inequality Rectified (FAIR-food)
Thompson, C. (PI)
UKRI - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
1/04/25 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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GLADIOLI: CONSORT: Health inequalities in the food system
Thompson, C. (PI)
UKRI - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
1/04/25 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Food, with Care: Co-producing a Manifesto for Cambridge Children’s Hospital
O'Connell, R. (PI), Thompson, C. (CoI) & Barnes, E. (Researcher)
UKRI - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
13/12/24 → 31/05/27
Project: Research
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INSIGHTS: Exploring cultural adaptation of a faith-placed intervention to promote bowel cancer screening in Hindu communities.
Trivedi, D. (PI), Tylenda, E. (CoI), Thompson, C. (CoI), Waqar, S. (CoI), Masrani, R. (CoI), Wagner, A. (CoI) & Cameron, R. A. (CoI)
1/12/25 → 31/07/26
Project: Research
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Precarity, vulnerability and food insecurity: A proposed framework for understanding the experiences of Pensioner Age Households in Coastal and rural communities
Dickinson, A., Thompson, C., Wellings, A., Lake, A., Moore, H. & Armstrong, B., 18 Jul 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Nutrition Bulletin.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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The effect of increasing availability of vegetarian meals on their sales in worksite cafeterias: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial
Becker, E., Garnett, E. E., Scarborough, P., Cummins, S., Savory, B., Huse, O., Thompson, C., Brock, J., Clark, M., Renzella, J., White, M. & Pechey, R., 15 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 23, 1, 12 p., 36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Food aid as a source of support and visibility for migrants with no recourse to public funds (NRPF)
Thompson, C., Hamilton, L. & Wills, W., 31 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Critical Social Policy. 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Food insecurity in later life: A food security framework to support preventative action.
Dickinson, A. & Thompson, C., 19 Nov 2025, In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the perspectives and experiences of food-insecure adults who are also tobacco dependent: a qualitative study in North East England
Brennan- Tovey, K., Ziauddeen, N., Hamilton, L., Gorman, C., Kaner, E., McMahon, D., Mountain, S. J., Ramsay, S. E., Thompson, C. & Aquino, M. R. J., 17 Oct 2025, In: BMJ Public Health. 3, 8 p., e002683.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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