Niamh is a Research Fellow and Science Communication and Research Impact Officer in the Centre for Public Health at Queen’s University Belfast.

She holds a BSc (Hons) in Human Biology from Queen’s University and completed her PhD in the Centre for Public Health, investigating the use of social media in public health: mass communication and behaviour change. Niamh has conducted post-doctoral research in the Institute for Global Food Security and the Centre for Public Health, primarily in food and nutrition in young people, working with multi-stakeholder groups to co-develop interventions, in school and university settings. Niamh is also a Science Communication and Research Impact Officer with GroundsWell, a consortium of Universities, communities and policy makers striving to make outdoor spaces healthy for all.