Overview

Tamsin Newlove-Delgado is an Associate Professor with the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Research Collaboration (ChYMe) and an Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). She is also Lead for the NIHR Integrated Academic Training (IAT) programme at Exeter, with responsibility for overseeing recruitment, training and support for NIHR Academic Clinical Fellows and Clinical Lecturers.

 Influenced by her clinical experience in child and adolescent psychiatry prior to entering public health, Tamsin's research concentrates on public health aspects of the mental health of children and young people, with a particular interest in the transition from child to adult services, and in the application of epidemiological methods for service planning. She has recently completed an NIHR Advanced Fellowship, which studied time trends in child and adolescent mental health and mental health related service contacts (the CHANGES project). Tamsin is also an academic consultant on the NHS Digital Mental Health of Children and Young People in England survey series and co-leads the academic input to the survey consortium. 

Tamsin completed her PhD with the Child Mental Health Group in 2016, which was funded by an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship. Her PhD examined mental health related service contact in school aged children and transition from child to adult services in young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Following her PhD, she was appointed to an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer post, working with the Child Mental Health Group while she completed her Public Health training. Tamsin was a co-investigator on the Children and adolescents with ADHD in transition between children’s services and adult services (CATCh-uS) study and is particularly interested in the roles and perspectives of GPs regarding managing ADHD in young people in primary care. 

Tamsin also has a strong interest in supporting junior clinical and public health academics and in encouraging students and trainees to consider clinical academic careers. She is an accredited academic supervisor, as well as the Specialty Tutor for the University of Exeter for the South West Public Health Training Scheme, and Lead for the NIHR IAT programme at Exeter.

Research specialisms

Tamsin’s main area of specialism is in child psychiatric epidemiology and health services research. Her previous research has involved large dataset analysis using the British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Surveys, and the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, utilising methods such as survival analysis. She also has experience in mixed methods health services research and qualitative research with young people, and has worked as a reviewer and author on large systematic reviews.

Tamsin also has expertise in the use of surveillance systems. She has led the first ever surveillance study of Sydenham's chorea,  conducted through the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit and the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance Service, working with colleagues across the UK and Ireland, funded  by the Paul Polani Prize from the British Academy of Childhood Disability and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and by the Helen H Lawson Award from the BMA Foundation.

Qualifications

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), 2023
• Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH), 2018
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Public Health Medicine, 2018
• PhD Medical Studies 2016, University of Exeter
• Member of the Faculty of Public Health (MFPH) 2011
• Master of Public Health (Distinction) 2010, Cardiff University
• Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) 2008
• MBChB (Hons) 2003, Leicester University Medical School

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Research

Research interests

Tamsin’s main research interests are in public health aspects of child mental health, including:

• Mental health related contact with services
• Trends over time
• Transition from child to adult services
• ADHD in young people
• Primary care management of ADHD
• Surveillance methods

Research projects

Selected current projects:

• Mental Health of Children and Young People in England survey series, including MHCYP 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (academic co-lead and consultant)  
• NIHR Advanced Fellowship: Understanding time trends in child and adolescent mental health and the implications for service planning (the CHANGES project) 
• MAP ADHD: Managing young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in primary care: Mapping current practice and co-producing guidance to improve healthcare in an underserved population. NIHR Three Schools Mental Health Fellowship held by Dr Anna Price (Lead advisor)
• SPaCE – Support for Parent Carers in England (co-investigator)
• Modern illness or a thing of the past? Surveillance study of childhood/adolescent Sydenham’s chorea in the UK and the Republic of Ireland: Principal Investigator

Selected previous projects:

• RESHAPE: REflecting on the impactS of covid-19 on cHildren And young People in England: exploring experiences of lockdown, service access and education (Co-Investigator and lead for University of Exeter)
• Transforming relationships and relationship transitions with and for the next generation: Healthy Relationship Transitions (HeaRT) and Education (HeaRE) (Medical School Lead)

Grants/Funding

• School for Public Health Research: Supporting educational and youth organisations to deliver self-harm and suicide prevention and postvention: a mixed methods study and co-produced guidance (Co-investigator, approx £186,000, 2023-2024)
• School for Primary Care Research: Identifying digital healthcare solutions for young people with ADHD (DigitalHealth-ADHD). (Co-investigator, £52,635, 2023-2024)
• NIHR Three Schools (SPCR, SPHR, SSCR): SPaCE – Support for Parent Carers in England (Co-investigator, £288,836, 2022-2024)
• MRC/UKRI Covid-19 call 2020-2021 ‘Tracking the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of children, young people and families; follow up of a national longitudinal probability sample (RESHAPE) (Co-investigator, approx. £669,000)
• NIHR Advanced Fellowship 2020-2024 'Understanding time trends in child and adolescent mental health and the implications for service planning'. (Personal award, £677,000)
• British Medical Association Helen H Lawson Prize 2019: ‘Understanding the journey of children with Sydenham’s chorea: Surveillance study of Sydenham's chorea presenting to paediatricians and child and adolescent psychiatrists in the UK and the Republic of Ireland’ (Principal Investigator, £18,000)
• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) /British Academy of Childhood Disability Paul Polani Prize 2018: ‘Modern illness or a thing of the past? Surveillance study of childhood/adolescent Sydenham’s chorea in the UK and the Republic of Ireland’ (Principal Investigator, £15,000)
• Academy of Medical Sciences INSPIRE Summer Studentship Award 2018 (as supervisor) ‘Exploring the prevalence and pattern of acute paediatric admissions related to mental health difficulties’ (Supervisor, award value of £1000)
• NIHR HS&DR project 2015-2019 ‘Young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in transition from children’s services to adult services (Catch-uS): a mixed methods project using national surveillance, qualitative and mapping studies’ (Co-applicant, award total: £802,997.00)
• NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship 2012-2015: ‘Mental health service use and unmet need in children and young people’ (personal award, total: £294,967)

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Publications

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External Engagement and Impact

External positions

Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities

Executive Board member, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System (CAPSS) | Royal College of Psychiatrists (rcpsych.ac.uk)

External Examiner to the Public Health Degree Apprenticeship course, University of the West of England

Board member, South West Population and Public Health Academy Board

Academic consultant and consortium member: NHS Digital Mental Health of Children and Young People in England surveys

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Teaching

I have experience in designing and delivering teaching, in tutoring and in supervising others. I am also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I have been involved in teaching for various audiences including public health professionals, psychiatric and paediatric trainees, and dental and medical students. I al also Clinical Lead for Public Health for the Exeter BMBS course.

Specific teaching responsibilities have included:

• BMBS Special Study Units on Research in Action and Healthcare: provider for SSUs on “Young People’s Mental Health” and “Children and Young People’s Mental Health: Understanding Population Need and Improving Services” (since 2019). Second provider for SSU on “Health Protection” since 2020.
• BMBS Making Sense of Evidence: Session tutor (since 2017); previously member of Clinical Decision Making group designing sessions.
• BMBS lectures: design and delivery of lectures on “Child Health Inequalities” and “Child Mental Health” (since 2019)
• BMedSci Research Project (CSC3028): Supervisor  narrative review projects (since 2022
• BMedSci Professional Training Year: Second supervisor (since 2022)

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Supervision / Group

Research Fellows

Postdoctoral researchers

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