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Personal profile
Biography
I am a social scientist with keen interest on diet and health. Since working at the UEA, I have worked on several projects in health-related areas. My PhD award was for qualitative research on the psychological factors on fruit and vegetable consumption in young men (18-24). I like to explore new research methods and incorporate these with established qualitative and quantitative methods. I am a Graduate member of the British Psychological Society and the Health Psychology Division and a member of the Nutrition Society.
Career
While looking after my children I changed career from catering to psychology and research. This gives me unique understanding of how to cook and what might stop people following a healthy diet. Since my undergraduate degree, I have worked for Social Services for ten years, managing a day centre for older people. Now, with my PhD, I have enjoyed a successful researching career at the UEA. I have worked on numerous projects on subjects including health literacy, obesity, rehabilitation, dehydration in older people. I am keen to gain funding to lead research following up ideas from my PhD.
Key Research Interests
Diet, nutrition and health, qualitative research, mixed methods research and systematic reviews.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Kent
Award Date: 1 Jan 2014
Master of Research, Open University
Award Date: 1 Jan 2006
External positions
Research Associate, University of Liverpool
1 Dec 2016 → 28 Feb 2018
Network
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Test Bed Evaluation
Poland, F., Howard Wilsher, S. & Killett, A.
Norfolk & Suffolk Health Innovation and Education Cluster
2/06/16 → 1/12/16
Project: Consultancy
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Overcoming rural disabled people's barriers in health and social care
Shakespeare, T. & Howard Wilsher, S.
20/02/15 → 14/07/15
Project: Research
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Evidence to underpin vitamin A requirements and upper limits in children aged 0 to 48 months: a scoping review
Hooper, L., Esio-Bassey, C., Brainard, J., Fynn, J., Jennings, A., Jones, N., Tailor, B. V., Abdelhamid, A., Coe, C., Esgunoglu, L., Fallon, C., Gyamfi, E., Hill, C., Howard Wilsher, S., Narayanan, N., Oladosu, T., Parkinson, E., Prentice, E., Qurashi, M., Read, L. & 5 others, , Feb 2022, In: Nutrients. 14, 3, 407.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Food sales and adult weight status: results of a cross-sectional study in England
Howard Wilsher, S., Harrison, F., Fearne, A. & Jones, A., 1 May 2022, In: Nutrients. 14, 9, 1745.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physician Associate contribution to collaborative health care
Howard Wilsher, S. & Lindqvist, S., 10 Mar 2021Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Societal costs of chemotherapy in the UK: an incidence-based cost-of-illness model for early breast cancer
Parsekar, K., Wilsher, S. H., Sweeting, A., Patel, A. & Fordham, R., 11 Jan 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, e039412.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“That is an Awful Lot of Fruit and Veg to Be Eating”. Focus Group Study on Motivations for the Consumption of 5 a Day in British Young Men
Howard Wilsher, S., Fearne, A. & Panagiotaki, G., 14 Aug 2019, In: Nutrients. 11, 8, 1893.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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