Dr Catherine El Zerbi
Senior Research Fellow Sustainability (RSS)Research Overview
I am an interdisciplinary and mixed methods applied health researcher. My primary research areas are planetary health, innovations in environmentally sustainable research to optimise healthcare services, arts for health, and co-development of asset-based approaches alongside communities to reduce health inequalities.
Developing inclusive school environments: Optimising the provision of staff training to support positive mental health in autistic young people
01/06/2022 → …
Research
Children’s views about Universal Credit (5-11 years); how might these influence policy?
01/05/2022 → 31/03/2024
Research
Equitable access to paediatric critical care and surgery in the North East & North Cumbria
01/03/2022 → 31/08/2023
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Rooted in Nature: scaling up a programme of nature-based activities for a diverse group of young people in Middlesbrough
24/01/2022 → 24/05/2023
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Universal Credit through the eyes of children and young people in the North East & North Cumbria. A rapid review
01/01/2022 → 30/04/2022
Research
Young people’s views about Universal Credit; how might these influence policy?
01/01/2022 → 30/04/2023
Research
A pilot study to co-produce wellbeing measures with primary school children, teachers, and artists for a school-based dance intervention: The South Tees Arts Project
01/09/2021 → 30/09/2022
Research
Optimising school staff training to support LGBT+ young persons
01/11/2020 → …
Research
Mutual Aid, Mutual Experiences? A comparative study of Mutual Aid groups & community mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak
01/06/2020 → 31/08/2020
Research
Sound Young Minds: a proof of concept of effective methodologies to evaluate musical interventions in adolescent mental health settings
01/10/2019 → 28/02/2021
Research
Sustainability in Research Design - NIHR RSS Hub delivered by Lancaster University & Partners
Invited talk
Research Sustainability
Invited talk
Universal Credit, Children, Young People and Families Workshop with the Department for Work & Pensions.
Invited talk
Universal Credit, Children, Young People and Families. Hosted by the End Child Poverty Coalition.
Invited talk
Young people’s views on Universal Credit in North East England: how might these inform policy? A workshop
Invited talk
Rooted in Nature - Thriving Communities Green Social Prescribing Seminar.
Invited talk
Rooted in Nature. Royal Geographical Society’s Annual International Conference
Invited talk
EQUIPS. Equitable Access to Paediatric Critical Care & Surgery in the North East & North Cumbria.
Invited talk
Sound Young Minds: An Evaluation of Impact.
Invited talk
'I Study Smoking Trends: Ask Me Anything' at the Science Gallery London
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
‘Off the Hook: Addiction in South East London’ at the Science Gallery London
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
‘Sound Mind: Exploring Psychedelia through Virtual Reality and Piano’
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar