ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1550-5066
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 (CPsychol) 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, with further interests in 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.
Outside of dentistry, she has also undertaken research exploring children and young people’s use of health technology in the management of long-term health conditions (TECH-Y) and using consensus methods co-developed recommendations for patient and public involvement and engagement in implementation research.
Kara has a passion for involving patients and the public in research, with a keen focus on supporting families and children who are very young and with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), 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.
