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Vicki Whittaker is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics at Teesside University's School of Health and Life Sciences (SHLS), within the Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Practice department. She holds a PGCE in Learning and Teaching from Teesside University (2013), a Master's in Medical Statistics and IT from the University of Leicester (1996–1997), and a Bachelor's in Probability and Statistics from the University of Sheffield (1992–1996). Prior to her academic role, she worked as a Medical Statistician at Tees Health Authority (1997–2001).
Her research focuses on public health topics, including obesity, mental health, food insecurity, and evidence-based practice. She is actively involved in interdisciplinary projects addressing smoking cessation during pregnancy, nursing student attitudes toward death and dying, and food insecurity among individuals with severe mental illness in Northern England. Collaborations emphasize mixed-methods approaches and co-production with stakeholders.
Whittaker contributes to educational interventions improving evidence application in undergraduate nursing students. She has no listed awards but has authored/co-authored over 30 research outputs, including peer-reviewed articles and commissioned reports. She participates in grants such as the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit program. No advising of students is explicitly documented, though she collaborates on multiple research teams.
