
Post-doctoral launching fellow
Children, young people & families programme, Changing behaviour at population level theme, Efficient and equitable health systems theme
University of Bristol
katie.breheny@bristol.ac.uk
Research Projects
Evaluation of the Digital Health Contact (DHC): an online, school-based health promotion, screening and population health intelligence intervention for children and young people. NIHR SPHR Public Health Practice Evaluation Scheme (PHPES) https://sphr.nihr.ac.uk/research/digital-health-contact-dhc/
Development and application of reporting guidelines for efficiency, equity and systems approaches. NIHR SPHR https://sphr.nihr.ac.uk/research/efficient-and-equitable-health-systems/development-and-application-of-reporting-guidelines-for-efficiency-equity-and-systems-approaches-wp1/
Research Interests
Health economics and outcomes research
Katie's Academic Career Journey
Katie is a NIHR SPHR Post-doctoral Launching Fellow at the University of Bristol. Katie’s career journey has taken a meandering path between psychology, health economics, industry, and academia. She has been fortunate to have been supported by the NIHR, through the Research Methods Fellowship programme, Fellowship scheme, Research Design Service (RDS) and most recently the NIHR SPHR.
I think my career to-date has involved significant perseverance and hard work, but also fantastic opportunities arising at the right time, in the best environments and with the most supportive and talented colleagues.
Katie’s interest in research began whilst completing her Psychology A-level which inspired her to undertake an undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Kent. Her dissertation supervisor encouraged her to apply for a PhD and invited her to collaborate with Canterbury Christchurch University on an ESRC funded project, which contributed to her dissertation.
My supervisor’s encouragement undoubtably gave me the confidence to pursue further study and a research career
Katie had not previously considered higher degrees and felt that she needed further training to obtain a research post or PhD, so undertook an MSc in Research Methods in Psychology. She chose the University of Reading because of its MRI facilities and the flexibility of the course. It allowed her to explore new skills such as qualitative methods and neuroimaging. Ultimately, she decided that her interests did not lie in neuroimaging, but she valued the experience to explore this new technique. Read More
EXPERIENCE
- 2020
- NIHR SPHR Post-doctoral launching fellow
- University of Bristol
- 2018
- Research Associate in Health Economics
- University of Bristol
- 2016
- PhD in Applied Heath Research
- University of Birmingham
- 2015
- Research Associate in Health Economics
- University of Birmingham
- 2013
- MSc Health Economics & Health Policy
- University of Birmingham
- 2013
- NIHR Research Methods Fellow
- University of Birmingham
- 2010
- Outcomes Researcher
- Oxford Outcomes
- 2009
- MSc Research Methods in Psychology
- University of Reading
- 2006
- BSc Psychology
- University of Kent