Dr Anna Kenyon
Senior Lecturer in Population Health & Epidemiology, Theme Lead for Evidence Informed Practice of Medicine (EIPOM)
School of Medicine and Dentistry
Anna teaches Public Health and Epidemiology to undergraduate MBBS and postgraduate Physical Associate Courses. As Theme Lead for EIPOM (Evidence in Practice of Medicine), she manages the delivery of seven subjects delivered across the theme. She is actively involved in research with a specialist interest in the intersection between environments and health and in social prescribing.
As well as teaching and managing duties, Anna is the Research Lead for our Social Prescribing Unit. They work in partnership with academia and local providers. She is currently involved in the Community solutions for health equity study, a Coproduced research study part of the Fylde Coast Research Collaboration.
Anna's research career spans the NHS, academic and commercial research. She also had a stint in public relations and journalism. She has worked with and collaborated across sectors including the BEGIN (Blue Green Infrastructure for Social Innovation) project which was an international collaboration between academics, designers, engineers and municipal professions from European countries around the North Sea region. Her work as a researcher for the NHS has included working with clinicians, commissioners and policymakers. Whilst working at Manchester's Biomedical Research Centre, she led Patient and Public Involvement feedback for clinical researchers working in MSK and dermatology. Her more recent research focus has been on Green Social Prescribing and Coastal health.
- PhD GeoScience, University of Edinburgh, 2017
- Certificate in Health Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, 2007
- BA (Hons) Political Science, Birmingham University, 2003
- Level 1 BSL, Hammersmith and Fulham College, 2009
- Student Led Teaching Award (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) Salford Student’s Union, 2023
- Highest degree result in graduating cohort (BA Hons Political Science), University of Birmingham 2003
- Green social prescribing
- OneHealth
- Coastal health inequalities
- Coproduction
- Health geography
- Spatial epidemiology
- Older adults
- Blue and green infrastructure
- Mental health
- External Examiner (MSc), University of Buckinghamshire
- Public Health Educators in Medicine (PHEMS) Special Interest Group, Faculty of Public Health (member)
- Research Lead, UCLan Social Prescribing Unit
Key publications:
- Pool, U., Kenyon, A., Froggett, L., & Dooris, M. (2023). Beside the Seaside: Reflections on Local Green and Blue Spaces from Adults Aged over 50 in a Coastal Community. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(14), 6355.
- Kenyon, A., et al. (2023), ‘Evaluation of the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Green Social Prescribing Funding Programme’.
- Kenyon, A (2021) ‘Maximising the health and wellbeing benefits of blue and green infrastructure in post-COVID cities; incorporating a healthcare agenda’, Susdrain blog, CIRIA.
- Choe, EY, Kenyon, AV, Sharp, L. (2020) ‘Designing Blue Green Infrastructure (BGI) for water management, human health, and wellbeing: summary of evidence and principles for design’.
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- Researchgate
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- Full list of publications and articles on CLoK
- The University of Central Lancashire Social Prescribing Unit
- Community Solutions for Health Equity
- Healthy ageing in Coastal Communities
- Green Social Prescribing evaluation
- BEGiN
- Institute for Citizenship, Society & Change (ICSC), UCLan, £2,000, 2022
- University of Central Lancashire, £24,000, 2021
- West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, £8,900, 2021
- Institute for Citizenship, Society & Change (ICSC), UCLan, £3,077, 2021
- Interreg North Sea Region (EU) extension grant for the BEGIN (Blue Green Infrastructure through Social Innovation), 2019
- Guys’ and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, £20,000, 2007
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