Dr Jessica Tanner

Dr Jessica Tanner

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
j.k.tanner@bham.ac.uk
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Address
2nd Floor, Murray Learning Centre
Applied Health Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT

Jessica Tanner is a Research Fellow for the PHRESH Public Health Intervention Rapid Studies Team (PHIRST). PHRESH is one of the academic centres within the NIHR School for Public Health Research (NIHR SPHR), working in partnership with local authorities to evaluate public health interventions.

ORCiD 0000-0002-1290-9700 

Qualifications

  • PhD in Applied Health, University of Aberdeen, 2024
  • MA in Educational Leadership (Teach First), University of Warwick, 2016
  • PGCE Primary Education (Teach First), Northumbria University, 2014
  • BSc (Hons) in Applied Psychology, University of Cardiff, 2009

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Tanner, J, Wilson, P, Wight, D & Thompson, L 2024, 'Face- to-face vs. online delivery of the Lullaby Project: a therapeutic community music group for mothers of infants', International Journal of Community Music, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 199-217. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcm_00104_1

Tanner, J, Wilson, P, Wight, D & Thompson, L 2024, 'The importance of group factors in the delivery of group-based parenting programmes: a process evaluation of Mellow Babies', Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 3, 1395365. https://doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2024.1395365

Tanner, J, Wilson, P, Wight, D & Thompson, L 2024, 'The Mellow Babies parenting programme: role of group processes and interpersonal change mechanisms', Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2024.1395363

Thompson, L, Tanner, J, Breckons, M, Young, N, Ternent, L, Vadiveloo, T, Wilson, P, Wight, D, Marryat, L, McGowan, I, MacLennan, G, MacBeth, A, McTaggart, J, Allison, T & Norrie, J 2024, 'The mellow babies trial: a randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Mellow Babies programme for mothers experiencing psychosocial stress', Public Health Research.

Other report

Tanner, J, Yeo, A & McManus, S 2018, Emotional health at work: Why it matters and how you can support it.

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