About us

The project team is working closely with research and policy leaders of key local organisations, national bodies and international programmes. Insights and findings from the project will be shared with the research leaders and policy leaders groups and the wider stakeholder community through an innovative engagement programme.

It is led by Hilary Graham, Professor of Health Science and Piran White, Professor of Environmental Science, at the University of York, and supported by a communications team. Research Fellows working on this project include Dr Jayne Hutchinson and Dr Adriana Ford-Thompson. The project administrator is Sarah Thompson.

Also contributing to the HOPE project are Dr Richard Cookson, Reader at the Centre for Health Economics (CHE), and Dr Mona Kanaan, Lecturer in Health Statistics in the Department of Health Sciences.

Three PhD studentships are also attached to HOPE:

Virtuous cycles in health and environmental behaviours (Michaela Smith) - The aim of the studentship is to apply the concept of virtuous cycles to public health and the natural environment.
Ecosystem interventions for health outcomes (Sian de Bell) - This studentship will start to develop the evidence base relating to the integration of ecosystem health and human health.
Anti-microbial resistance (Zhang Tingting) - This studentship will focus on the connections between environmental anti-microbial resistance (AMR) and public health.

The communication strategy for the HOPE project is supported by Susannah Randall, Director of RandallFox.