Dr Emily Marchant

Research Highlights

1. Marchant, E., Todd, C., Stratton, G., & Brophy, S. (2020). The Daily Mile: Whole-school recommendations for implementation and sustainability. A mixed-methods study. PLOS ONE, 15(2), e0228149

   https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228149, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53169
2. Khanom, A., Evans, B., Lynch, R., Marchant, E., Hill, R., Morgan, K., Rapport, F., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2020). Parent recommendations to support physical activity for families with young children: Results of interviews in deprived and affluent communities in South Wales (United Kingdom). Health Expectations, 23(2), 284-295.

   https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53217
3. Marchant, E., Todd, C., James, M., Crick, T., Dwyer, R., & Brophy, S. (2020). Primary school staff reflections on school closures due to COVID-19 and recommendations for the future: a national qualitative survey. medRxiv

   https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.06.20227108, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55832
4. Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff-Pupil SARS-CoV-2 Infection Pathways in Schools: A Population Level Linked Data Approach. medRxiv

   https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.04.21251087, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56212
5. Marchant, E., Todd, C., James, M., Crick, T., Dwyer, R., & Brophy, S. (2021). Primary school staff reflections on school closures in Wales due to COVID-19 and recommendations for the future: A qualitative survey. In BERA Conference 2021British Educational Research Association.

   SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56635
6. Thompson, D., Abbasizanjani, H., Fry, R., Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Akbari, A., Hollinghurst, J., North, L., Lyons, J., Torabi, F., Davies, G., Gravenor, M., & Lyons, R. (2021). Staff–pupil SARS-CoV-2 infection pathways in schools in Wales: a population-level linked data approach. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 5(1), e001049

   https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001049, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56848
7. Marchant, E., Griffiths, L., Crick, T., Fry, R., Hollinghurst, J., James, M., Cowley, L., Abbasizanjani, H., Torabi, F., Thompson, D., Kennedy, J., Akbari, A., Gravenor, M., Lyons, R., & Brophy, S. (2021). COVID-19 mitigation measures in primary schools and association with infection and school staff wellbeing: an observational survey linked with routine data in Wales, UK. medRxiv

   https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.20.21262349, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57698

All Research

• PM-274 Practical Epidemiology

  This module explores the underlying concepts that are used to evaluate population health. How to design a study, measuring frequency and rate of diseases, how tell what the risk factors are for getting a disease, how to critically appraise research, and understanding the limitations of research including bias, reverse causality and confounding. The module will use the current work with Public Health Wales, Welsh Government and Charities and show how their programmes are evaluated using epidemiology design and analysis. The data used in workshops will come directly from our research working in primary schools, arthritis and with the Growing up in Wales study. This course provides hands on experience and training in understanding and measuring population health, and is delivered by practicing researchers in the National Centre for Population Health and Well-being.

• PM-374 Child Health

  This module aims to provide a critical overview of the epidemiology of common causes of morbidity and mortality in school-aged children and adolescents. It will cover individual conditions, links between physical and mental health, determinants of health with a focus on socio-economic inequalities, public health universal services to improve health. Further, it will cover links to educational outcomes.

• PM-375 Advanced Epidemiology

  This module builds on the teaching from PM-274 Practical Epidemiology, to enable students to understand advanced epidemiology concepts, undertake an analysis (a Hackathon) using these methods, and to be able to write a grant proposal (a PhD proposal) in Epidemiology. The module aims to cover advanced epidemiology analysis techniques including; cohort studies using linked routine data, data driven/machine learning methods, natural experiment design and synthetic controls, case controls studies including propensity score matching, policy evaluation methods and epidemiology in Public Health. The module will include the current work with Public Health Wales, Welsh Government and Charities (Play Wales/Children In Wales) and undertake an analysis (Hackathon) in response to questions from one of our partners (e.g. Public Health Wales). This course advances the hands-on experience in understanding and measuring population health and is taught by active researchers in the National Centre for Population Health and Well-being.

• Improving the health and wellbeing of children in Wales Conference: The 5th European

  2019

  Moscow, Russia

• The health and attainment of pupils in a primary education network Conference: World

  2019

  Belfast, UK