Dr Oana Petre

Oana is currently a research fellow at the Rowett Institute, working on a project in the 2022-27 SRP that is aiming to optimise approaches to changing food practices and eating behaviour in low-income populations via social prescribing to reduce health inequalities. She has extensive knowledge of behaviour change theories, intervention development, experience in developing assessment tools and research experience demonstrating cross-disciplinary integration. From 2012 to 2021, she worked on a series of research grants on health topics (e.g., prevention of child mental health problems and risk health-related behaviours, self-management of urinary incontinence, vaccination, organ donation and self-regulation of eating).