Overview

Overview

Clara is a research assistant working as a Systematic Reviewer within the Exeter PRP Evidence Review Facility. Through her role, she is involved in carrying out systematic reviews and other forms of evidence synthesis to inform health and social care policy development and evaluation.

Background

After completing her BSc in Human Sciences at the University of Exeter, Clara undertook an MA in Cultures and Environments of Health.

Clara gained initial experience in systematic reviews through an academic internship within the Global Diet and Physical Activity Research Group at the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH). She was involved in conducting the grey literature review of a systematic scoping review that mapped types and characteristics of food sources in Small Island Developing States.

Qualifications

• MA Cultures and Environments of Health (2023) University of Exeter
• BSc Human Sciences (2022) University of Exeter

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Research

Research interests

Clara’s interests revolve around:

• Understanding how natural, built and socio-cultural environments intersect to shape health inequalities, particularly around food systems, physical activity and urban health.

Methodological interests:

• The use of transdisciplinary and participatory methodologies to mobilise diverse sources of knowledge and research approaches. 
• Qualitative and mixed-methods research.
• Complex systems thinking in public health.

Research projects

• Evidence on health inequities experienced by the rare disease community with regards to receipt of a diagnosis and access to health and social care services: a scoping review 

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