Kerry Bell
Assistant Professor
Profile
Biography
Kerry joined the University of York in 2006 as an undergraduate in Psychology and went on to complete a Masters in Cognitive Neuroscience alongside a Research Assistant post in Psycholinguistics. She then joined the Department of Health Sciences in 2010 having been awarded a prestigious NIHR CLAHRC Scholarship to undertake a PhD. Kerry’s doctoral research explored the relationship between maternal mental health and child developmental outcomes, addressing the impact of missed maternal depression and the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for post-natal depression.
In 2013 Kerry joined York Trials Unit as a Research Fellow in a hybrid role covering both Health Economics and Trial Management. Kerry has substantial experience in a broad range of research methodologies spanning a range of health and well-being related fields. She has a particular interest in child health, education and well-being and has been involved in numerous trials in this area. Kerry offers expertise in trial design and delivery, particularly with regards to delivering randomised controlled trials within educational settings and economic evaluations.
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- MSc Cognitive Neuroscience
- PhD Health Sciences
Departmental roles
- Athena Swan Working Group (2013-2014)
- Health Sciences Research Governance Committee (2017-Present)
- Research Impact Co-ordinator (2021-Present)
Research
Overview
Kerry’s primary research interests include maternal and child health, childhood interventions, randomised controlled trials, quantitative research methods and health economics.
Projects
Active Projects:
- CASCADE - Case finding for depression in primary care: a regression discontinuity design
- EPLAYS-2 - Evaluating ‘Enhancing Pragmatic LAnguage skills for Young children with Social communication disorder’ (E-PLAYS) -2
- GYY - An RCT assessing the effectiveness of Gentle Years Yoga for older adults with multimorbidity, for improving health-related quality of life
- INTERACT - A cluster RCT of Intensive Interaction to support the communication abilities of children and young people with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD)
- MC II - An RCT of the Maths Champions II online programme supporting nursery practitioners to develop numeracy skills for children aged 3-4 years
- TEEMUP – A professional development programme to develop early numeracy in Reception and Year 1 pupils: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Previous Projects:
- ABRA - Abracadabra an RCT of an online literacy programme for Year 1 pupils
- ACE 2 HEAR - A randomised controlled feasibility trial of the Active Communication Education programme plus hearing-aid provision versus hearing-aid provision alone
- ASSSIST-2 – Social Stories for children with autism
- BreathMOR HF-Morphine for the relief of breathlessness in stable chronic heart failure
- Building Blocks – Family Nurse Partnership Programme
- Calderdale 2
- E-PLAYS - Evaluating ‘Enhancing Pragmatic LAnguage skills for Young children with Social communication disorder’ (E-PLAYS): A feasibility study
- EMPRESS - Cancer diagnosis via Emergency Presentation Study
- EVerT2 – Effective Verruca Treatments
- Exploring the relationship between maternal mental health and child developmental outcomes
- Maths Champions – Online support for maths provision in early years’ settings
- ReflectED - An RCT of the ReflectED approach to developing metacognition skills in KS1+2 pupils to support attainment in maths and reading
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- SCOOP - Screening For Osteoporosis In Older Women For The Prevention Of Fractures
- STEPFOWARD – Patient acceptability of a novel prosthetic device
- Teensleep – Sleep education for GCSE attainment
- TRUST (Collaboration with Dundee)
- Tutor Trust Affordable Primary Tuition
Research group(s)
External activities
Memberships
- Child Oriented Mental Health Interventions Collaboration
- NHS CHAIN Network
- Yorkshire Mental Health Research Forum
