Miranda Pallan serves as Professor of Child and Adolescent Public Health within the Institute of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Birmingham. She directs The Centre for National Training and Research Excellence in Understanding Behaviour and maintains an active research profile with 75 research outputs and 27 projects to date. Her research focuses on childhood obesity in primary school-age children, with particular emphasis on obesity prevention programs, psychosocial outcomes including body image, and the relationship between sleep patterns and childhood obesity. Her work spans physical activity assessment, cost-effectiveness analysis, and cluster randomized trials in school settings. Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on practical interventions in school environments, cross-national health comparisons, and the impact of global events like the COVID-19 pandemic on children's health behaviors. Her work bridges public health, education, and policy implementation with increasing attention to digital media's role in child development. Miranda Pallan actively supervises doctoral research students in childhood obesity epidemiology and prevention. Her current research portfolio includes significant funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), with multiple active projects including Healthy Zones in Secondary Schools and several PHIRST PHRESH subprojects. She leads the HAPPY study examining school environments in Greater London and contributes to international research collaborations across the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, particularly in early childhood health environments.
