Sophia Arthurs-Hartnett

BA, MSc

School of Medicine and Population Health

Research Associate

Sarthurs-hartnett1@sheffield.ac.uk

Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Sophia Arthurs-Hartnett
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Profile: I am an early career researcher in the Health and Care Research Unit. Currently, I am an embedded researcher working on the Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Workforce study funded by the NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research Programme. The study aims to identify, design, and implement professional support interventions using participatory, multi-case action research with VCSE organisations.

Previously, I undertook a PhD in public health funded by the White Rose ARC Doctoral Cohort. My thesis evaluated School Streets, a traffic restriction intervention, as a method to improve air quality, active travel and children’s safety and independence. I was also a Research Assistant for the Born in Bradford Research Program at the Bradford Institute for Health Research.

Qualifications: BA Politics and Philosophy, University of Sheffield

MSc International Public Health (Humanitarian Assistance), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

PhD (pending) Public Health, University of Sheffield

Research interests: My research interests are in the third sector, public health, and the social determinants of health. I am interested in undertaking applied health and complex systems research. I am particularly interested in participatory approaches to designing, implementing and evaluating interventions.

Publications

Ortegon-Sanchez A, Dowling L, Arthurs-Hartnett S, Christie N & McEachan RRC (2025) Children's happiness and the school route: Linking perceptions of the built environment to wellbeing. Journal of Transport & Health, 42, 102034-102034.

Research group: Health and Care Research Unit, Health Services and Social Care Research