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Katherine Brown is Professor of Behaviour Change in Health in the Department of Psychology, Sport and Geography, School of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences at the University of Hertfordshire. Katherine is Chief Investigator of the NIHR funded and UH led Public Health Interventions Responsive Studies Team (PHIRST). She also established the Public Health and Applied Behaviour Change research laboratory (PHAB lab) within the Centre for Research in Psychology and Sports (CRePS) at UH.
Katherine has a strong track record of leading research in the development and evaluation of behaviour change interventions targeted at preventive health behaviours and addressing major public health challenges. She spent over eight years working in an embedded role at Public Health Warwickshire leading public health research and evaluation. Applications of digital health are a strong feature of her work as is working with communities and end-users on co-production and co-design of interventions. Katherine has attracted grant income in excess of £12.5 million from a range of funders including the NIHR the MRC and the European Commission. She has produced more than 100 peer reviewed publications and academic reports and has delivered over 40 keynotes and invited speaker presentations.
Education/Academic qualification
Higher Education, PgCert, HEI: Coventry University
Award Date: 1 Feb 2007
Health Psychology, PhD, Development of an intervention to improve contraceptive use amongst adolescents, HEI: Sheffield Hallam University
Award Date: 3 Jul 2006
Psychology, BSc (Hons), The Manchester Metropolitan University
Award Date: 3 Jul 2000
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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National evaluation of workplace health and wellbeing initiatives that are free at the point of use (WHIFPUs)
Lloyd, N. (PI) & Brown, K. (CoI)
1/10/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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ELBOW: Evaluation of Live Life Better Derbyshire Health Checks with Online booking and text reminders for Wellbeing (ELBOW)
Lloyd, N. (PI), Bontoft, C. (Researcher), Jones, J. (CoI), Smeeton, N. (Researcher), Wagner, A. P. (CoI), Miners, L. (Researcher), Breslin, G. (CoI), Freethy, I. (Researcher), Howlett, N. (CoI), Kudrna, L. (CoI), Lamming, L. (Researcher), Newby, K. (CoI), Wellings, A. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI) & Brown, K. (CoI)
15/09/23 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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Green Health Prescription Evaluation (GRAPPEL)
Howlett, N. (PI), Freethy, I. (Researcher), Lloyd, N. (Researcher), Bontoft, C. (Researcher), Newby, K. (CoI), Fakoya, O. (Researcher), Jones, J. (CoI), Smeeton, N. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI), Wellings, A. (CoI), Bartington, S. (CoI), Breslin, G. (CoI), Wagner, A. P. (CoI), Miners, L. (Researcher) & Brown, K. (CoPI)
1/10/22 → 31/01/24
Project: Research
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Southampton Covid Participatory Action Research and Champions initiative Evaluation (CoPACT)
Howlett, N. (PI), Bontoft, C. (Researcher), Lloyd, N. (Researcher), Freethy, I. (Researcher), Newby, K. (CoI), Fakoya, O. (Researcher), Wellings, A. (CoI), Jones, J. (CoI), Smeeton, N. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI), Bartington, S. (CoI), Breslin, G. (CoI), Wagner, A. (CoI), Miners, L. (Researcher) & Brown, K. (CoPI)
1/04/22 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
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We need better evidence for social prescribing: Call for Action for better systems for collaboration and building evidence
Howlett, N., Brown, K., Freethy, I., Mercer, S. & Özakıncı, G., 5 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Perspectives In Public Health. 145, 3, 135 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Planning for successful participant recruitment and retention in trials of behavioural interventions: Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial of the Wrapped intervention
Schumacher, L., Crutzen, R., Kwah, K., Brown, K., Bailey, J. V., Bremner, S., Jackson, L. J. & Newby, K., 29 May 2025, In: PLOS Digital Health. 4, 5, p. 1-20 20 p., e0000875.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Intervention to Increase Condom Use Among Users of STI Self-Sampling Websites (Wrapped): Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial
Newby, K., Kwah, K., Schumacher, L., Crutzen, R., Jackson, L., Bremner, S., Bailey, J. & Brown, K., 8 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Medical Internet Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the Home-based Intervention Strategy to reduce new chlamydia infection among young men aged 16-25 years by promoting correct and consistent condom use: the HIS-UK randomised controlled trial
Stone, N., Graham, C., Bedford, R., Towler, L., Jackson, L., Bremner, S., McGrath, N., Brown, K., Newby, K., Clarke, A., Morrison, L., Nadarzynski, T., To, Y., Perry, N. & Bayley, J., 6 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Public Health Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Application of the Behaviour Change Wheel to optimise infant feeding in Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities in the UK: Co-development of the Learning about Infant Feeding Together (LIFT) intervention
Kwah, K., Bartle, N., Sharps, M., Choudhry, K., Blissett, J. & Brown, K., 24 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Maternal and Child Nutrition. p. 1-19 19 p., e70019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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