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Pamela Louise Graham is an Assistant Professor in Community Wellbeing at Northumbria University, focusing on child development, inequalities, and health/wellbeing in educational and community contexts. She leads modules such as Dissertation Project and Inequalities and Social Justice, and teaches quantitative methods in Health and Social Care. Graham is Public Involvement and Engagement Lead for Fuse: The Centre for Translational Research in Public Health and co-chairs the Fuse Public Involvement and Engagement Group. She holds chartered membership with the British Psychological Society and is an Advance HE Fellow.
Education: PhD Psychology (2015), BSc (Hons) Psychology (2005). Prior to academia, she worked in education and voluntary sectors in roles like Learning Support and children’s mentoring.
Research Interests: Food insecurity, school attendance/exclusion, poverty impacts, and substance misuse support for military veterans. Her work aligns with UN SDGs on reducing inequalities and promoting social mobility. Recent projects include studies on kinship carers’ experiences, community perspectives on climate action in Hartlepool, and girls’ experiences in alternative education.
Publications Trends: Recent articles (2023–2024) emphasize food insecurity among college students, inclusive sports programs, and practitioner perspectives on child feeding in global contexts. Earlier work (2015–2016) explored breakfast clubs’ social and nutritional benefits in schools.
Awards: 2016 British Psychological Society North East Branch Public Engagement Award and top Fuse Open Science Blog (2020).
Grants & Projects: Leads projects such as ‘Community Perspectives on Climate Action in Hartlepool’ (2024) and ‘Girls’ experiences in alternative education’ (2021–2022), funded by bodies like the National Institute for Health Research. Active in ethics review and interdisciplinary collaborations.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with Fuse Centre and Northumbria’s Ethics College of Reviewers. Engaged in community partnerships for initiatives like holiday food provision and family football programs.
