Dr COLETTE JONES
Research Assistant
work
+44 (0)1224 274257
pref
c.d.jones@abdn.ac.uk
pref
Room G14
23 St Machar Drive
Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences
Plant & Soil Science
Aberdeen
AB24 3UU
Scotland
UK
Research Assistant
B. Sc. (Hons) Ph.D
|
|
Personal Details
|
||||||||
Jump to:
Web Links
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/reluecoliproject
^ top
Biography
An applied researcher and manager with 20 years experience across academic disciplines of health, agriculture, nutrition and social science including: evaluations of public health interventions encompassing programme, project and whole organisations; gender, participation, employment, exclusion, youth, pregnancy, access to services; empirical and action research on sexual behaviour; and community research on mental health of asylum seekers, interdisciplinary research on rural risk of E. coli O157 in Grampian and Wales; mode of delivery after caesarean section; invasive pests in European forests.
^ top
Research Interests
Interested in action research, communication of research and knowledge exchange.
^ top
Current Research
Increasing sustainability of European Forests (ISEFOR): investigating climate change impacts on forest ecosystem vitality; increasing threats from alien invasive pests and pathogens; and changing threats from indigenous pests and pathogens, or alien species
ISEFOR is funded by European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7 2007-2013 KBBE 2009-3 under grant agreement 245268
Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme research on Reducing Escherichia coli O157 risk in rural communities 2008 to 2010 Indentifying stakeholders in reducing risk of Escherichia coli O157 in rural communities and understanding awarenessss of Escherichia coli O157
^ top
Research Grants
2009 Scottish Government Evaluation of Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006 £44,000 Co-evaluator 7 months
2009 British Science Association Science and Engineering Week £2,000
2007 YWCA England & Wales ‘Only one rung’ Evidence to support national campaign on young women and employment £70,000 Research Manager 8 months
2006 National Institute for Mental Health in England:’ Delivering Race Equality (DRE) in Mental Health care, community engagement programme; Needs assessment of women asylum seekers in Doncaster £20,000 Principal Investigator 10 months
2004 Big Lottery Fund research grants programme ‘Supporting safe expression of sexuality’ £244,813 Principal Investigator 2 years.
2002 Cancer Research UK ‘Process and impact evaluation of International Agency on Tobacco and Health (IATH)’ £15,000 Principal Evaluator 4 months
2001 Sustain ‘Evaluation of the Sustain Grab 5! School Fruit and Vegetable Project’ £80,000 Co-evaluator with Laurel Edmunds 12 months
2000 British Heart Foundation Evaluation of ‘The Active School’ Pack £15,000 Co-evaluator with Laurel Edmunds 8 months
^ top
External Responsibilities
The Friends of the Cruickshank Botanic Garden
^ top
Publications
Books and Reports
Commissioned Reports
- Hunter, CJ., Vergunst, PJB., Jones, CDR., Ioris, A., Strachan, NJC. & Farrington, JH. (2009). 'Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006: Understanding Engagement of Owners and Users'. The Scottish Government, Scotland.
^ top
‹ back
page content last modified: