Dr Kara Gray-Burrows is a Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences & Complex Intervention Methodology in the School of Dentistry at the University of Leeds, UK. She is a Chartered psychologist working in both research and teaching. The key focus of her research is in improving population health, particularly the health of children and young people. Her main research interests are in behaviour change, the development and evaluation of complex interventions, implementation science, systems approaches/complexity science, and patient and public involvement and engagement in research. Kara works with a range of stakeholders, including health professionals, early-years workers, charities, government bodies, and commercial companies to develop and evaluate preventive interventions to improve the oral health of young children. Kara has a passion for involving patients and the public in research, including using creative methods to actively engage children in research with the aim of producing high-quality needs-led research that can inform policy and practice.
