James Newham is a Lecturer in Child Public Health. His research interests include mental health, self-management and behaviour change of parents, children and healthcare professionals. He is the trial coordinator for the evaluation of the Children and Young People’s Health Partnership (CYPHP) programme and Associate editor for the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. James lectures on the ‘Health improvement’ module of MSc Public health at King’s College London. James earned his BSc Psychology and MPhil Neuroscience at Newcastle University and his PhD at the University of Manchester.