Kath Wilkinson

I am a mixed methods researcher working across child and adult health and social care, with experience of working in academia and practice-focused research charities for over 15 years. 

My key interests include:

• evaluating prevention and early interventions to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and families
• engaging with members of the public to inform, develop and deliver research projects with a practice focus
• knowledge mobilisation and implementation
• co-production
• working with professionals to build research capacity and translate research into practice.

Current projects

• NIHR Doctoral Fellowship: The co-creation of principles for the design and implementation of a parenting support 
  intervention for parents experiencing disadvantage and mental health challenges: Collating insights from evidence-based programmes, parents, and communities
• Support for Parent Carers in England - investigtaing parent carer mental health and the impact of the wider system: The SPaCE Project: Support for Parent Carers in England - PenARC
• NIHR's School for Public Health Voluntary Sector Evaluation Scheme (VoySES) evaluation of employment support for young people with mental health challenges: Voluntary Sector Evaluation Scheme (VoySES) - NIHR School for Public Health Research

Previous research projects

• NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship: Community-based interventions to support parents of young children
• INTEGRATED – Integrated Parenting and Financial Wellbeing Support - PenARC
• Healthy Parent Carers
• Family Vision
• Hospital Communications
• MBCT-YP: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to prevent relapse in young people
• Paediatric Acute Care Project
• Care Home Conversations
• The University of Exeter and Care Homes Knowledge (ExCHANGE) Collaboration
• ExPERT - Exeter Policing, Evidence and Research Translation

Research Groups
Institute of Health Research

Children and Young People's Mental Health Group

Relational Health Group

Implementation Science Group

Behavioural Science Group

Qualitative Research Group

Qualifications

• (2005) BSc Psychology
• (2007) MSc Developmental Psychopathology
• (2010) PgCert Inclusive Education: Policy and Practice
• (2012) Prince2 Practitioner Project Management