Our team
Professor Ruth Jepson
Ruth is Director of SCPHRP and a Professor of Public Health in the School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh. She is co-Director of the GroundsWell Consortium (https://ukprp.org/what-we-fund/groundswell/) and a co-Investigator on PHIRST Fusion https://phirst.nihr.ac.uk/ She is particularly interested developing and evaluating complex interventions and in undertaking research in partnership with service providers and users and has recently written a book on the subject with other members of SCPHRP (Developing Public Health Interventions).
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Dr Stephen Malden
Stephen is a research fellow based within SCPHRP at the University of Edinburgh. Stephen joined SCPHRP in 2015, before completing his PhD in childhood obesity/public health at the University of Strathclyde. Stephen has a varied research background having experience in health services research, health informatics, systematic reviews/meta-analyses and the development/evaluation of public health interventions. His research interests include childhood obesity, health benefits and determinants of physical activity, health inequalities, and the impact of urban greenspace on health.
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Emma Carroll-Monteil
Emma works on the GroundsWell project in science communication and research impact, with emphasis on education and training. Emma has a BA in Psychology (University of Edinburgh), a MSc in Outdoor Environmental and Sustainability Education (University of Edinburgh), and also works part time for the University of Strathclyde in Sustainability Engagement. Her background is in sustainability and pro-environmental behaviour, and she is passionate about projects that help both people and the planet.
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Dr Craig McDougall
Dr Craig McDougall is a Research Fellow at European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) at the University of Exeter and the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP) at the University of Edinburgh. Craig led the development and validation of the wellbeing metrics in the Our Outdoors App and his research primarily focuses on how spending time in and around nature can impact human health and wellbeing.
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