Kate joined the Institute in 2024 as a Research Fellow. Before joining Oxford, she worked as a researcher within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Public Policy at King’s College London. During her tenure there, she also served as the Deputy Director of the PhD Applied Public Policy programme, playing a crucial role in shaping its academic and research direction. 

Kate has a longstanding research interest in the intersections of health, sport, and physical activity, with a particular focus on gender, which has been a driving force throughout her career.  

Kate is currently working on the EPIC Networks project, funded by the Helen Hamlyn Trust, which focuses on healthy ageing and community connections. This multi-disciplinary, cross-sector project unites inputs from medical statistics, health economics, sociology, anthropology, and design. It is proof-of-concept and feasibility research, aiming to determine whether a new model is generalisable, scalable, and sustainable, using a diversity of socio-economic and geographic settings across Oxfordshire for pilot testing.