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I am a Research Fellow in the Complex Systems, Urban Environment and Population Health Group at the Centre for Public Health. I hold a BSc (Hons) Human Nutrition from the University of Ulster, an IOC Dip Sports Nutrition from the International Olympic Committee and a PhD Public Health from Queen's University Belfast. I have conducted post-doctoral research at Newcastle University and at the Medical Research Council, University of Glasgow.
Research Focus
My research focuses on the interconnected themes of ageing, physical activity and the environment (built and social). In particular, determining the best approach to healthy active ageing.
I am a Research Fellow on UKPRP GroundsWell Consortium which applies systems science to maximise the contribution of Urban Green and Blue Space to the primary prevention of, and reduction of inequalities in, non communicable diseases (NCD) in urban settings.
I am a co-investigator on the SPACE: Supportive environments for physical and social activity, healthy ageing and cognitive health project. The SPACE Project aims to build on the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA) and Healthy Urban Living and Ageing in Place (HULAP) Projects to investigate the impacts, and possible mechanistic pathways, of urban environments on healthy ageing and cognitive health. I co-lead a work package that will provide richer data for cognitive health and device-measured physical activity, and more granular urban environment data using GPS.
In addition, I have worked on the following research projects at Queen's University Belfast:
1) Developing system-oriented interventions to reduce car dependency for improved population health in Belfast. This project aims to co-develop sustainable and scalable systems-oriented interventions at the intersection of policy and environmental infrastructure and individual agency to reduce car dependency for improved population health in the Belfast City Region.
2) Is 20 plenty for health? The evaluation of the 20mph speed limit interventions in Belfast and Edinburgh for public health.
3) Healthy Urban Living and Ageing in Place (HULAP) Project. Which aims to investigate the influence that the environment has on the physical activity levels, sedentary behaviour and health and well-being of older adults in the UK and Brazil (collaboration with researchers from Washington University, St Louis and Pontifical Catholic University of Parana).
Previously I have also focused on the design and development of physical activity and nutrition interventions, the evaluation of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 and the impact of built environment interventions on physical activity and health.
I have experience delivering lectures and tutorials to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. I have delivered lectures on: Global Health; Health and the Environment; Public Health and Planning; Human Nutrition; Research Methods; and Behaviour Change Techniques.
I have delivered tutorials on: Research Methods; Diagnostic Studies; Global Health and Sustainability; Cost and Resources; Models of Health and Health Beliefs; Interventional studies; Illness Cognition; Gender and Ethnicity; People and Population; and Leadership.
I am also involved in the supervision of undergraduate and Masters students, and advise on PhD student projects specifically in the areas of physical activity, the environment and ageing.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cleland, Claire (Recipient) & Clarke, Julie (Recipient), 10 Sep 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Claire Cleland (Presenter), Frank Kee (Contributor), Graham Baker (Contributor), Kieran Turner (Contributor), Ruth Jepson (Contributor), Glenna Nightingale (Contributor), Karen Milton (Contributor), Michael P. Kelly (Contributor) & Ruth Hunter (Contributor)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Claire Cleland (Presenter), Sara Ferguson (Contributor), Frank Kee (Contributor) & Ruth Hunter (Contributor)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Claire Cleland (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Claire Cleland (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Claire Cleland (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Supervisor: Cupples, M. (Supervisor), Kee, F. (Supervisor), Tully, M. (Supervisor) & Hunter, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy