Biography
Katherine Weatherburn has spent ten years working in the global south and has been shocked by the lack of attention academia and the NGO sector focuses on injury prevention. Katherine's research examines whether mHealth can support with injury prevention, and her current research seeks to explore whether the mobile phone can be beneficial to communicate injury prevention information to rural communities in Nepal.
Research
Thesis title: 'mHealth intervention to prevent unintentional injury in the family unit in remote Nepal.'
PhD Supervision
- Principal supervisor: Dr Jamie Murdoch
- 2nd Supervisor: Dr Divya Parmar
Further details
Please see Katherine's Research Profile for further details.
Research
Health Inequalities, Societies and Systems
Central to our research is understanding and tackling the systemic and intersecting drivers of disparities in health over the life course such as racism, gender, crime, precarious livelihoods, environmental pollution, and inaccessible health care. We work collaboratively across the School of Life Course and Population Sciences to strengthen the theoretical aspects of population health research.
Features
A Start-up Founder's Story: Safetyknot
We catch-up with Katherine Weatherburn, to learn more about how she developed Safetyknot alongside her studies.
Research
Health Inequalities, Societies and Systems
Central to our research is understanding and tackling the systemic and intersecting drivers of disparities in health over the life course such as racism, gender, crime, precarious livelihoods, environmental pollution, and inaccessible health care. We work collaboratively across the School of Life Course and Population Sciences to strengthen the theoretical aspects of population health research.
Features
A Start-up Founder's Story: Safetyknot
We catch-up with Katherine Weatherburn, to learn more about how she developed Safetyknot alongside her studies.