Jenny Roe
Dr Jenny Roe is a Senior Research Leader in the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York exploring relationships between the environment and health. A key theme to her research is the concept of ‘healthy places, healthy people’ - indoor and outdoor spaces which actively promote health and wellbeing rather than simply fostering adequate levels of comfort.
Current research projects include:
1. Research for the Scottish Government’s Centre of Expertise in Waters (CREW) exploring the effects of ‘blue health’ (i.e. the effects of water on health including salutogenic benefits and stress in association to flood risk and climate change).
2. Co-Investigator to a £1 million National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) award led by the University of Edinburgh bringing together the top health and environment researchers in the UK and exploring the stress benefits of green space.
3. Co-Investigator in an exploratory study with the University of Edinburgh exploring brain activity and affective responses to urban settings which - for the first time ever – has developed a mobile neural cap technology to objectively measure brain responses.
4. A ‘green health’ study fro the Scottish Government study exploring the effects of green space on health and wellbeing, which has pioneered the use of cortisol as a biomarker of stress in environmental research.
5. Research for VisionCentre3 on quality of life and wellbeing in the aging sector and vision.
Past research projects include:
1. Research for the National Health Service (NHS) exploring the effects of lighting and interior design on patient and staff wellbeing culminating in a design guide for healthcare settings.
2. PhD study on the effects of different settings on psychological restoration, pioneering new methods for measuring restoration and uniquely showing different rates of restoration amongst people with varying emotional health.
4. A longitudinal evaluation for the Forestry Commission (UK) that quantified the health benefits of urban woodlands, for the first time showing how environmental improvements to woods increased levels of physical activity in deprived urban locations.
Prior to an academic career in health, she was Principal Landscape Architect and Associate Director in a multi-disciplinary architectural practice in London specialising in social housing, educational and healthcare design.
Current research projects include:
1. Research for the Scottish Government’s Centre of Expertise in Waters (CREW) exploring the effects of ‘blue health’ (i.e. the effects of water on health including salutogenic benefits and stress in association to flood risk and climate change).
2. Co-Investigator to a £1 million National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) award led by the University of Edinburgh bringing together the top health and environment researchers in the UK and exploring the stress benefits of green space.
3. Co-Investigator in an exploratory study with the University of Edinburgh exploring brain activity and affective responses to urban settings which - for the first time ever – has developed a mobile neural cap technology to objectively measure brain responses.
4. A ‘green health’ study fro the Scottish Government study exploring the effects of green space on health and wellbeing, which has pioneered the use of cortisol as a biomarker of stress in environmental research.
5. Research for VisionCentre3 on quality of life and wellbeing in the aging sector and vision.
Past research projects include:
1. Research for the National Health Service (NHS) exploring the effects of lighting and interior design on patient and staff wellbeing culminating in a design guide for healthcare settings.
2. PhD study on the effects of different settings on psychological restoration, pioneering new methods for measuring restoration and uniquely showing different rates of restoration amongst people with varying emotional health.
4. A longitudinal evaluation for the Forestry Commission (UK) that quantified the health benefits of urban woodlands, for the first time showing how environmental improvements to woods increased levels of physical activity in deprived urban locations.
Prior to an academic career in health, she was Principal Landscape Architect and Associate Director in a multi-disciplinary architectural practice in London specialising in social housing, educational and healthcare design.
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