Nathan Bray

Dr Nathan Bray is a Senior Lecturer in Preventative Health and Lecturer in Healthcare Improvement at Bangor University, affiliated with the School of Health Sciences and the College of Medicine & Health. He leads the Academy for Health Equity, Prevention and Wellbeing (AHEPW) and is actively involved in research, grant leadership, and academic service.

• PhD in Health Economics, Bangor University (2015)
• MSc in Public Health and Health Promotion, Bangor University (2013)
• BSc in Psychology, University of Liverpool (2007)

Dr Bray's research centers on public health and disability, with a focus on economic evaluation of assistive technologies and mobility aids. His work aims to improve quality of life measurement for people with mobility impairments, particularly through the development of novel instruments like the MobQoL-7D and WATCh tools. He explores how economic methods can inform equitable healthcare decisions and policy.

His recent publications span topics such as cost-effectiveness of early powered mobility for children, patient-centered outcome measures in wheelchair services, and health economics of well-being across the life course. These works reflect a strong trend toward developing and validating tools that capture mobility-specific quality of life and evaluating interventions through economic modeling and systematic reviews.

• Post-doctoral fellowship by Health and Care Research Wales (2016)

Dr Bray has contributed to over £7.5 million in grant capture as lead or co-applicant, with funding from NIHR, Horizon 2020, Health and Care Research Wales, and NHS England. He supervises PhD students and has led major projects like EMPoWER and AdaptQoL. He was Associate Editor for the British Journal of Dermatology (2017–2021) and chaired the International Society of Wheelchair Professionals’ committee (2015–2018). He currently serves on the Health and Care Research Wales Social Care PhD Studentship Committee and is College Lead for Sustainability.

He leads the development of key research tools including the MobQoL-7D for measuring mobility-related quality of life and the WATCh/WATCh-Ad instruments for assessing outcomes in pediatric and adult wheelchair users. These tools are used in clinical and research settings to ensure patient-centered care and evaluation.