Ms Robyn McCarthy

School of Health & Society

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Contact Details

PO.40 Brian Blatchford
Frederick Rd Campus
University of Salford
M6 6PU

https://hub.salford.ac.uk/fasd/

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Current positions

Teaching & Learning Fellow

Biography

Robyn originally trained as an optometrist and worked in community practice for fifteen years across the northwest of England. Observing differences in health between communities lead to an interest in health inequalities and a move into public health work. Completing an MSc in Public Health at the University of Salford, (Dissertation Helen Prosser prize for Endeavor) before going on to work on Prof Penny Cook's FASD Prevalence Study, the first of its kind in the UK.
Robyn has a research focus on alcohol harm, FASD and Prenatal adversity and has been invited to speak at workshops as an expert in the field. Robyn presented a plenary talk at the EU FASD conference in Norway in 2022 on the UK FASD Prevalence data and was shortlisted for the 2024 Celebration of Innovation award - Best Contribution to Open and Responsible Research.
Current teaching responsibilities on the Public Health Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship within the School of Health and Society.
Module Leader - Policy and Strategy in public health, Collaborative working in public health and Promoting the publics health and wellbeing.

Areas of Research

Public Health researcher interested in child development, prenatal alcohol exposure, mixed methods, impact and policy change.

Teaching Qualifications and Recognitions Publications

Teaching

Public Health Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship
Module Leader Promoting the public's health and wellbeing
Module Leader Collaborative Working in Public Health
Module Leader Policy and Strategy in Public Health

Qualifications and Recognitions

Qualifications

  • PG CAP

    2022 - 2023

  • MSc Public Health

    2017 - 2018

  • Bsc Optometry Hons

    2000 - 2003

Publications

Publications

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