Dr Flo Harrison
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Research Associate |
Flo dot Harrison at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 1364 |
ZICER Building 0.01 |
Biography
I completed my undergraduate degree in environmental science at UEA before gaining an MSc in GIS at the University of Leicester. I then worked for a consultancy firm in London before taking up a research post back at UEA. I worked on a project investigating environmental influences on cryptosporidiosis in England and Wales.
Additional Contacts
Room No: Zicer 01.03
Tel No: +44 (0)1603 591340
Tel No: +44 (0)1603 591340
Key Research Interests
Environmental impacts on human health, specifically on adiposity. Seasonal patterns in health outcomes.
I am undertaking an ESRC/MRC funded PhD looking at the effects of the school environment on child adiposity. My PhD is linked to an NPRI funded project investigating environmental and social influences on physical activity. While the focus of the main study is physical activity in children and adults, my work is looking at child body composition. I am particularly interested in the impact the school environment, including the policy and physical environment of the school and surrounds, has on child adiposity.
Publications
I am undertaking an ESRC/MRC funded PhD looking at the effects of the school environment on child adiposity. My PhD is linked to an NPRI funded project investigating environmental and social influences on physical activity. While the focus of the main study is physical activity in children and adults, my work is looking at child body composition. I am particularly interested in the impact the school environment, including the policy and physical environment of the school and surrounds, has on child adiposity.
Publications
- Skidmore, P., Welch, A., Van Sluijs, E.M.F., Jones, A.P., Harrison, F., Harvey, I., Griffin, S.J., Cassidy, A. 2009. Impact of access to food outlets on food consumption in children aged 9-10 in the UK SPEEDY study. Public Health Nutrition (in press).
- Van Sluijs, E.M.F., Skidmore, P., Mwanza, K., Jones, A.P., Callaghan, A.M., Ekelund, U., Harrison, F., Harvey, I.H., Panter, J., Wareham, N.J., Cassidy, A., Griffin, S.J. 2008. Physical activity and dietary behaviour in a population-based sample of British 10-year old children: the SPEEDY study (Sport, Physical activity and Eating behaviour: Environmental Determinants in Young people). BMC Public Health 8, 388-419.
- Lake, I., Harrison, F., Chalmers, R., Bentham, G., Nichols, G., Hunter, P., Sari Kovats, R., Grundy, C. Case-control study of environmental and social factors influencing cryptosporidiosis. European Journal of Epidemiology 22(11), 805–811.
- Lake, I.R., Nichols, G., Bentham, G., Harrison, F.C.D., Hunter, P.R., Sari Kovats, R. Cryptosporidiosis decline after regulation, England and Wales, 1989–2005. Emerging Infectious Dieseases 13(4), 623–625.
- Hunter, P.R., Hadfield, S.J., Wilkinson, D., Lake, I.R., Harrison, F.C.D., Chalmers, R.M. Subtypes of Cryptosporidium parvum in humans and disease risk. Emerging Infectious Dieseases 13(1), 82–88.
Research Group Members
My work is being supervised by Graham Bentham, Andy Jones, Aedin Cassidy (MED) and Simon Griffin (MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge). I am also working with Jenna Panter, Natalia Jones and Iain Lake.
