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Dr Ruth Hunter

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Ruth Hunter

Dr Ruth Hunter

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Dr Hunter's research interests are in the development and evaluation of complex public health interventions for behaviour change at the community and population level.

Her research involves investigating the role of social networks, and the built and social environment for population level behaviour change. Most recently she was awarded a NIHR Career Development Fellowship to investigate the role of social network interventions for behaviour change involving collaborations with the University of Southern California, Harvard University, Yale University and the University of Cambridge.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 8944

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Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • The role of social networks and network interventions for behavior change
  • Developing and investigating the public health impact of population level built and social environment interventions

 

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PhD Title Investigating the mediators and moderators of physical activity behaviour change
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title  The use of incentives to promote physical activity behaviour change in school-based interventions
Country  England
   
PhD Title Using social networks to encourage teenagers to become more physically active
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title Using social media to help us design better mass communication interventions for public health
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title Parks and their impacts on physical activity of older adults
Country China
   
PhD Title A multi-level approach to better understand the association between physical activity and cancer risk
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD Title Social networks and mental wellbeing
Country Northern Ireland

 

 


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