Dr Rebecca Lovell

Becca is a Senior Lecturer at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health, WHO Collaborating Centre on Natural Environments and Health in the Depratment of Public Health and Sports Sciences. 

She focuses on synthesising and translating evidence of the links between natural environments, of all kinds, and health for policy and practice and has undertaken work with and for international, national and local governmental bodies, NGOs, and community groups. Becca is currently working on how better understandings of social and health values of natural environments could inform decision making, systems around delivery of health and environmental infrastructure and interventions, and is contributing to multiple studies on the effectiveness and implementation of green social prescribing.

Becca is member of a number of boards and scientific advisory commitees including Cornwall and Isle of Scilly Local Nature Partnership (Health Champion), and has co-authored policy, strategy and review documents for bodies including WHO, Defra, Natural England, and The Cheif Medical Officer. 

Current major projects include:

RENEW

RESONATE

GROUNDSWELL

National Evaluation of the Green Social Prescribing Test and Learn Pilots stage 2

RCT of green social prescribing

Qualifications:

PhD Public Health

FHEA and PCAP

MA (hons) Sociology