Rosie McEachan

Healthy Families Theme Co-lead

Rosie McEachan is the Director of Born in Bradford and a proud (Scottish) Bradfordian. She is an experienced applied health researcher with particular interests in the development and evaluation of complex interventions, environmental determinants of health, green space, air quality, and co-production. Rosie holds an honorary chair position at the University of Bradford and co-leads the Early Life and Prevention theme of the Y&H ARC.

Rosie McEachan's latest projects

Healthy Urban Places (HUP)

BackgroundThe places where people live, work and spend their time can have a significant impact on physical health, mental wellbeing and health inequalities. However, there is still limited evidence about...

Born in Bradford

Launched in 2007, Born in Bradford (BiB) is an internationally-recognised research programme which aims to find out what keeps families healthy and happy by tracking the lives of over 40,000...

BiB Breathes

Yorkshire and Humber ARC’s Born in Bradford research found that air pollution was associated with poor growth of babies in the womb, higher blood pressure in children and poorer brain...

Rosie McEachan's latest publications

An assessment of residence scale residential PM2.5 exposure inaccuracy with a measurement-constrained theoretical model approach

Early-life pathways to inequalities in child mental health: evidence from eight birth cohorts

Building healthier and sustainable cities: A scoping review to establish the cost-effectiveness of place-based interventions

Ambient air pollution and childhood obesity from infancy to late childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 10 European birth cohorts

Children’s happiness and the school route: Linking perceptions of the built environment to wellbeing

Yearlong study of indoor VOC variability: insights into spatial, temporal, and contextual dynamics of indoor VOC exposure

Other Team members

Louise Hussey

Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead

Sunil Bhopal

Theme Co-Lead

Josie Dickerson

Director – Better Start Bradford Innovation Hub and Bradford Inequalities Research Unit