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Dr

Ruth Ponsford

Assistant Professor

Public Health - Environments and Society

Orcid identifier0000-0003-2612-0249
  • Assistant Professor
    Public Health - Environments and Society

BIO

I am a public health sociologist with a research focus on adolescent health, particularly sexual health, interpersonal violence, and mental health, and on the development and evaluation of school-based interventions addressing these areas. Recent projects include a pilot trial of a programme to promote student belonging, improve mental health, and reduce violence in English secondary schools, and an effectiveness trial of a whole-school relationships and sexual health intervention for secondary schools in England. I have a methodological interest in the evaluation of complex public health interventions, and in equitable and decolonial research practice. I am Co-Theme Lead for Process Evaluation at the Centre for Evaluation at LSHTM.

RESEARCH CENTRES

  • Centre for Evaluation
  • Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • United Kingdom

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES