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Staff Profile

Laura Ritson

Fuse Centre Manager

  • Email: laura.ritson@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7296
  • Personal Website: http://fuse.ac.uk/
  • Address: Population and Health Sciences Institute
    William Leech Building M1.151
    Newcastle University
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE2 4HH, UK.
Background

Current Roles:


Manager of Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health which brings together the five North East Universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside in a unique collaboration to deliver world-class research to improve health and wellbeing and tackle inequalities.  Laura provides and oversees management support to pursue the overall strategy and to ensure the operational aspects of Fuse are managed and carried out effectively, including Fuse’s membership of the NIHR School for Public Health Research.  Fuse was previously funded by UKCRC but is now fully sustained by its academic partners until at least 31st March 2022. 

URL: http://www.fuse.ac.uk/  


Project Manager for the newly funded NIHR Public Health Interventions Research Studies Teams (PHIRST) which undertakes responsive research with a focus on local government across the UK. The team is commissioned by the NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme for an initial three year contract from 1st August 2020.


Project Manager for the UKPRP ENABLE-UK 6 month consortium development grant; a consortium that brings together academics, practitioners, policy makers and other stakeholders from across the UK in five centres in NE and SW England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to explore how an embedded culture of research and evidence can be used in improving population health. 


I have an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and many years experience working in a research environment at the University.   

Research
My research interests cover all aspects of knowledge exchange and public health and the embedding of research findings into practice, as a manager for Fuse.  I also have an interest in Finance, Communications, Engagement and Impact although my role does not include undertaking academic research.