Behaviour Change Meeting Seminar: Dr Jack Birch
| Dates: | 14 November 2024 |
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| Times: | 15:00 - 16:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Dr Jack Birch |
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The Behaviour Change Meeting Group at The University of Manchester has the purpose of bringing together academics and clinicians across several institutes who are working with behaviour change, intervention development and/or implementation theory. We usually meet online on the first Thursday of the month at 3pm, inviting external speakers and internal speakers to discuss and gain feedback on their latest research in the field. We have a range of health and clinical psychologists in the group as well as epidemiologists, nurses and physiotherapists who work with a range of different short-term and long-term conditions in different contexts (public, patient and healthcare professional groups).
If you would like to be added to the email list to hear about future meetings, please contact Rhiannon Hawkes: rhiannon.hawkes@manchester.ac.uk
Our next Behaviour Change Meeting will be held on Thursday 14th November at 3pm, where we have Dr Jack Birch from the Policy Research Unit in Behavioural and Social Sciences, Newcastle University presenting on 'Examining inequalities in behavioural interventions for obesity using data from randomised controlled trials’.
Prior to joining the Policy Research Unit in Behavioural and Social Sciences as a Research Associate in July 2024, Jack worked as a Research Fellow in in Evidence Synthesis in the Coventry Health Determinants Research Collaboration. This role involved increasing the use of academic evidence in local government policy and decision making.
Jack completed his PhD in Public Health in the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge in 2023. His PhD examined if there were inequalities in the adherence and effectiveness of behavioural weight management interventions for obesity. Jack has conducted policy research on obesity, public health, and health inequalities across a range of settings including academia, local and national government, and for non-governmental organisations. He is a member of the Society for Social Medicine and Population Health and serves as the Communications Officer on the Early Career Researcher committee.
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Speaker
Dr Jack Birch
Role: Research Associate
Organisation: Policy Research Unit in Behavioural and Social Sciences, Newcastle University
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