Professor Rosie McEachan
Rosie McEachan is Director of Born in Bradford research programme, an internationally recognised ‘people-powered’ research programme which follows the lives of families living in Bradford to understand how to keep families healthy and happy. She is an experienced applied health researcher with particular interests in cohort studies, development and evaluation of complex interventions, environmental determinants of health, green space, air quality, and co-production.
She has a wide portfolio of applied research, and has attracted £20 million research funding as Chief Investigator, and over £60 million as co-investigator from UK and international funders. She has a passion for translating policy into practice and has worked with partners across the city to develop, implement and evaluate preventive health policies and interventions. Rosie holds a visiting professor position at University College London and an honorary chair position at the University of Bradford.
From epidemiology to intervention–the Born in Bradford City Collaboratory approach to reducing pollution and improving population health
Born in Bradford is a longitudinal multi-ethnic birth cohort and applied research programme that aims to improve population health and reduce inequality by tracking the lives of over 60,000 Bradfordians. It works closely with city stakeholders and communities to drive research into practice. Co-production is embedded throughout all stages of our research.
Pollution is one of the biggest contributors to ill-health and non-communicable disease globally. The ill-effects of pollution are experience more acutely by already vulnerable groups, increasing health inequalities. In this talk I will outline how we have used a City Collaboratory approach to drive the development, implementation and evaluation of air quality intervention and the Bradford Clean Air Zone within Bradford. Using findings from our UKPRP funded ActEarly and NIHR funded BiB Breathes projects I will outline how we have worked to co-produce policy with communities, and present key findings from our ongoing evaluation of the Bradford Clean Air Zone. I will reflect on the challenges and opportunities of researchers, communities and stakeholders working in partnership to implement evidence-based practice.
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