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Research Focus
Professor Kee is the Director of the Centre for Public Health in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, and previously directed one of the UKCRC Centres of Excellence for Public Health Research (2008-2018).
He currently serves on a number of UKRI scientific advisory and funding panels including the MRC Career Development Awards and Fellowship panel, the Better Methods for Better Research Panel and the Longitudinal Studies Panel, having previously served on the MRC Population and Systems Medicine panel and the Public Health Intervention Development Panel.
He previously chaired the NIHR Public Health Funding Board (until 2019) and sits on the Advisory Board for the NIHR School of Public Health.
Research Interests
Professor Kee’s interests span a wide range of subjects in epidemiology, public health, health services research and complexity science and in finding better ways to evaluate the impact of our academic endeavours, both methodologically and in terms of knowledge mobilisation that can impact policy and practice.
Research Statement
Professor Kee maintains active collaborations with international cardiovascular epidemiology consortia and with a range of methodologists developing novel methods for evaluation of complex systems and complex interventions in public health.
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Research Funding:
Professor Kee’s research has been supported by a range of funders including MRC, ESRC, NIHR, Wellcome Trust and UKCRC.
Accepting Students:
Professor Kee has supervised over 30 doctoral students covering a wide range of topics in epidemiology, health services research, public health, trials, health economics and mixed methods. His students have come from a wide range of non-clinical and clinical backgrounds.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R3597CPH: A Formative Public Health Evaluation of Charlene's Project
Kee, F. (PI) & Chan, V. F. (CoI)
04/06/2024 → …
Project: Research
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R8915CPH: Expanding the Gateway Research Infrastructure on Exposome Studies for the Health and Retirement Study and the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol International Network of Studies
Hunter, R. (PI), Anderson, N. (CoI), Kee, F. (CoI), McGuinness, B. (CoI), McKinley, J. (CoI) & McLaughlin, N. (CoI)
19/10/2022 → …
Project: Research
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R1538CPH: GroundsWell: Community and Data Led Systems Transformation of Urban Green and Blue Space for Population Health
Hunter, R. (PI), Barry, J. (CoI), Bryan, D. (CoI), Clarke, M. (CoI), Ellis, G. (CoI), Garcia, L. (CoI), Jurek-Loughrey, A. (CoI), Kee, F. (CoI), Longo, A. (CoI), Mac Sithigh, D. (CoI), Maguire, A. (CoI), Murtagh, B. (CoI) & O'Neill, C. (CoI)
09/07/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R4015CPH: Social Circumstances and Epigenomics Promoting Health in Three Countries
McKnight, A. J. (PI), Cruise, S. (CoI), Kee, F. (CoI) & McGuinness, B. (CoI)
06/11/2020 → …
Project: Research
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R2733CPH: Using data science to determine the best combination of factors for the diagnosis of AMD and to detect clinical change over time
Hogg, R. (PI), Hua, Y. (CoI), Kee, F. (CoI), Lengyel, I. (CoI), McKnight, A. J. (CoI), Sousa, J. (CoI) & Wright, D. (CoI)
03/08/2020 → …
Project: Research
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Adaptation of the content of a behavioural text message delivered weight management intervention for a socio-culturally and geographically diverse population of postpartum women in the UK: the Supporting MumS (SMS) intervention
Spyreli, E., Caperon, L., Ansell, E., Ahern, S., Bridges, S., Coulman, E., Dombrowski, S. U., Kee, F., Woodside, J. V., Gallagher, D. & McKinley, M. C., 06 Aug 2025, In: Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy. 28, 4, 10 p., e70368.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A feasibility study of the costs and consequences of improving the oral health of older people in care homes: findings from the TOPIC study
O'Neill, C., Brocklehurst, P. R., Syed, S., Harvey, M., Daniyal, S., Watson, S., Goulden, N., Verey, A., Cairns, P., Heilmann, A., Hoare, Z., Kee, F., Langley, J., Lievesley, N., Sherriff, A., Smith, C. J., Wassall, R. R., Watt, R. G., McKenna, G. & Tsakos, G., 02 Jul 2025, In: BMC Oral Health. 25, 9 p., 1062.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Artificial outdoor light at night and depression in older adults in the USA, England, Northern Ireland, and Ireland
So, R., D’Souza, J., Feeney, J., Küçükali, H., Keller, K. P., Gessa, G. D., Valson, J. S., Hunter, R. F., McGuinness, B., Kee, F., Nolan, A., Loughlin, S. M., Lee, J., Adar, S. D. & Zaninotto, P., 02 Nov 2025, In: Environment International. 205, 8 p., 109886.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A theoretically-informed process evaluation in parallel to a feasibility study of a complex oral health intervention using NICE guidelines in a care home setting
Brocklehurst, P., Langley, J., Wassell, R., Daniyal, S., Syed, S. S., Harvey, M., Goulden, N., Sherriff, A., Heilmann, A., Hoare, Z., Smith, C., Watt, R., O'Neill, C., Kee, F., McKenna, G. & Tsakos, G., Apr 2025, In: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 53, 2, p. 152-159 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Befriending, loneliness, and quality of life of older adults: a pilot evaluation study
McHugh Power, J., Holton, E., Lawlor, B. A., Kee, F., Scharf, T., Moynihan, S., Kelly, M. E. & Hannigan, C., 21 Mar 2025, (Early online date) In: Clinical Gerontologist. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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QUB Staff Excellence Awards: shortlisted for Team of the Year 2019 (awarded 2020)
McKnight, A. J. (Recipient), Maxwell, P. (Recipient), Kee, F. (Recipient), Smyth, L. (Recipient), McMullan, J. (Recipient), Cañadas Garre, M. (Recipient), McAneney, H. (Recipient), Kilner, J. (Recipient), Wooster, C. (Recipient), Kerr, K. (Recipient), Crowe, A. (Recipient), Bailie, C. (Recipient), Anderson, K. (Recipient), Cappa, R. (Recipient) & Skelly, R. (Recipient), 07 Feb 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Exploring accelerated biological ageing in diabetic kidney disease: Epigenetic clocks in the Northern Ireland COhort for the Longitudinal study of Ageing (NICOLA).
Hill, C. (Presenter), Smyth, L. (Contributor), Kilner, J. (Contributor), Scott, A. (Contributor), Young, I. (Contributor), Kee, F. (Contributor), McGuinness, B. (Contributor), Maxwell, P. (Contributor), McKay, G. (Contributor) & McKnight, A. J. (Contributor)
16 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Co-Design Workshop on Training the Next Generation of Postgraduate Researchers in Discovery AI for Health
Wang, H. (Organiser), Styles, I. (Speaker), Woods, R. (Speaker), Paternostro, M. (Speaker), Mullan, P. (Speaker), Kee, F. (Speaker), Hardiman, G. (Speaker), Martin, L. (Participant), Power, U. (Participant), Gault, R. (Participant), Craig, S. (Participant), McCombe, K. (Participant), Murphy, M. (Participant), Liang, X. (Organiser) & Schroeder, F. (Participant)
02 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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A qualitative exploration of the mechanisms, pathways and public health outcomes of a city centre 20mph speed limit intervention.
Cleland, C. (Presenter), Kee, F. (Contributor), Baker, G. (Contributor), Turner, K. (Contributor), Jepson, R. (Contributor), Nightingale, G. (Contributor), Milton, K. (Contributor), Kelly, M. P. (Contributor) & Hunter, R. (Contributor)
06 Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Measuring liveability and active living – the adaptation and implementation of MAPS-Full.
Cleland, C. (Presenter), Ferguson, S. (Contributor), Kee, F. (Contributor) & Hunter, R. (Contributor)
27 Nov 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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QUB Global Health Symposium 2019
Murphy, P. (Organiser), Kee, F. (Organiser), Lohfeld, L. (Organiser), Congdon, N. (Organiser) & Jenkins, C. (Organiser)
02 May 2019 → 03 May 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Impacts
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The Global Monitoring of Cardiovascular Disease
Kee, F. (Participant), Evans, A. (Participant) & Gardner, E. (Participant)
Impact: Health Impact