In recognition of the contribution that early career researchers make to public health, we have again awarded prizes for the best oral and poster presentations by early career researchers at the UK Public Health Science conference 2022. We are grateful to the NIHR School for Public Health Research for sponsoring these prizes.
The winners are listed below – congratulations!
BEST ORAL PRESENTATION
Winner: Kerrie Stevenson
Institute for Health Informatics, University College London, London
Kerrie’s research described way of engaging the less often heard in Public Health research grant writing. She presented a case study of co-production involving underserved migrant mothers in the UK. Read more about Kerrie’s research here.
Runner-up: Sundus Mahdi
School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield
Sundus conducted a randomised pilot and feasibility study to evaluate the Change4Life Food Scanner app in reducing children’s sugar intake. Read more about Sundus’s research here.
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION
Winner: Kimon Krenz
The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
Kimon’s research explored relationships between exposure to fast food outlets and childhood obesity at differing spatial resolutions using the Born in Bradford cohort study. Read more about Kimon’s research here.
Runner-up: Grace Turner
Department of Public Health, Environment and Society, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London
Grace’s research examined the implementation of adaptation to climate change in Public Health following Covid-19 in Europe using a qualitative thematic analysis. Read more about Grace’s research here.
All conference abstracts are published by The Lancet and can be accessed via this link.