Biography
Tianne is a Research Associate at The Policy Institute working across mental health, women’s health and health policy. She has investigated the mental health of different populations (eg., people seeking asylum, emergency responders, welfare recipients), issues affecting women’s health (eg., preterm birth, hyperemesis), improving equitable care for long-term conditions (eg., dementia, epilepsy, stroke), and using technology and AI in health.
She is skilled in qualitative and quantitative research paradigms, including interviews, surveys, evidence syntheses, deliberative methods and creative ethnographic methods. Additionally, she has expertise engaging stakeholders through impactful Policy Lab workshops.
Underlying her work is a drive to make real-world impact. She has a strong track record of successfully mobilising research into policy and practice, including influencing the Women’s Health Strategy and contributing to local poverty strategy in London. She has presented her work at prestigious events including the European Public Health Conference, the International Humanitarian Studies Conference, and London Challenge Poverty Week.
Tianne holds an MSc in Global Health and Social Justice from King’s College London, a BSc specialising in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Birmingham and has studied at the University of Utrecht. Funders have included NIHR, UKRI, ESRC, The Wellcome Trust, The Royal Foundation, Unbound, Tommy’s, and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.