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Biography

Dr Catherine Homer is an Associate Professor of Obesity and Public Health in the Sport & Physical Activity Research Centre (SPARC) at Sheffield Hallam University. She is an expert in public health and physical activity with 20+ years' experience, currently specialising in co-produced evaluation methods for diet and obesity. She has published 59 peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings on qualitative health evaluations of paediatric/adolescent obesity, experiences of bariatric surgery, and fuel poverty health risks (old and cold). Catherine has been PI/Co-I on research grants worth over £7.9m and is currently PI on a £1.5m NIHR project (2024-26), evaluating the NHS England Complications of Excess Weight Services . She is Lead of the Healthy and Active 100 theme for Sheffield Hallam’s £15m flagship ‘Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre’ (AWRC).

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Employment (6)

Sheffield Hallam University: Sheffield, GB

2023-09 to present | Associate Professor - Obesity and Public Health (Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre)
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Sheffield Hallam University: Sheffield, GB

2021-07 to 2023-09 | Senior Research Fellow (Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre)
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Sheffield Hallam University: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, GB

2015-09 to 2021-07 | Research Fellow (Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre)
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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Rotherham, Rotherham, GB

2013-04 to 2020-05 | Public Health Specialist (Public Health)
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Sheffield Hallam University: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, GB

2011-02 to 2015-09 | Research Assistant (Centre for Health and Social Care Research)
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Rotherham Primary Care Trust: Rotherham, GB

2008-06 to 2013-04 | Health Promotion Specialist (Health Promotion)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Sheffield Hallam University: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, GB

2014 to 2020 | PhD
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Sheffield Hallam University: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, GB

2008 to 2011 | Masters in Public Health
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Royal Society for Public Health: London, GB

2019-04 to present | Fellow
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Funding (11)

ENHANCE - Evaluating the NHs englANd Complications from Excess weight clinics for children and young people

2024-02-01 to 2026-09-30 | Grant
National Institute for Health and Care Research (London, GB)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.13891603
GRANT_NUMBER: NIHR158453
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Developing innovative new cross sector collaborative network to support the needs of diverse populations living with obesity and disordered eating

2022-12 to present | Award
National Institute for Health Research (Sheffield, GB)
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Pathways to research excellence: developing a Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) for sustainable and applied research in Doncaster

2022-10 to 2027-09 | Award
National Institute for Health and Care Research (Doncaster, GB)
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NIHR150691
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Supporting local authority and third sector staff to access NIHR Fellowships

2022-01 to 2023-01 | Award
NIHR Clinical Research Network North West London (Leeds, GB)
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Moving in Nature

2021-09 to 2022-04 | Contract
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (Rotherham, GB)
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A coproduced mixed method evaluation of the NHS England low calorie diet implementation pilot

2020-11 to 2023-10 | Award
National Institute for Health and Care Research (Leeds, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: NIHR132075
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Yorkshire Obesity Research Alliance (YORA)

2020-10 to 2024-03 | Award
NIHR Clinical Research Network Yorkshire and Humber (Leeds, GB)
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Local Authority Research Systems: exploring the will and readiness for research in Wakefield

2020-08-01 to 2020-11-30 | Grant
NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (Southampton, GB)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9613951
GRANT_NUMBER: NIHR131900
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Co-production of guidance to improve the experience of physical activity for people with long term conditions.

2019-12 to 2022-03 | Contract
Sport England (London, GB)
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Understanding and responding to the health impact of cold homes and fuel poverty

2015-12-01 to 2018-12-31 | Grant
Economic and Social Research Council (Swindon, GB)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.6383445
GRANT_NUMBER: ES/M001946/2
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Understanding and responding to the health impact of cold homes and fuel poverty

2015-02-02 to 2015-11-30 | Grant
Economic and Social Research Council (Swindon, GB)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3956595
GRANT_NUMBER: ES/M001946/1
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Catherine Homer via DimensionsWizard
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