Staff Profile
Dr Kerry Brennan-Tovey
Research Associate
- Email: kerry.brennan-tovey@ncl.ac.uk
- Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Baddiley-Clark Building,
Richardson Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AX
My research background is in public health, health sociology and health inequalities specifically food insecurity. My PhD, from University of Sunderland, explored the neoliberal discourses present within the food aid social world, while determining the reported effects both these discourses and food aid use has on the wellbeing of food aid users. Prior to this I was a clinical physiotherapist working in the North East of England. Currently I am working in the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East North Cumbria, as a Research Associate in the Prevention, Early Intervention and Behaviour Change team.
Qualifications
2016 - BSc Physiotherapy, Northumbria University
2018 - MSc Public Health, University of Sunderland
2022 - PhD Public Health, University of Sunderland. Titled: Are 'they' needy or greedy? An exploration into the influences of neoliberal discourses within the food aid social world, and the perceived impacts of food insecurity on the wellbeing of food aid users.
Previous Positions
2020-2022 - Physiotherapy Academic Tutor, University of Sunderland
My research interests include:
- Evaluation of healthcare interventions
- Health inequalities
- Food insecurity
- Tobacco Cessation Services
- Health Sociology
- Discourse Analysis
- Qualitative research methods
- Brennan-Tovey K, Aquino MRJ, Flanagan S, Kaner E, Wearn A, Bigirumurame T, Fong M, Todd A, Aveyard P, Jolly K, Damery S, Attwood A, Robson D, West J, Bridges S, Armitage CJ, Russell S, Strong S, Ramsay SE. Implementation of the NHS-funded tobacco dependence services in England: a qualitative study to understand the contexts of implementation. In: Public Health Science 2021. 2021, Online: The Lancet Publishing Group.