Katrin is a Research Fellow in the Population and Behavioural Science Division of the School of Medicine.  Katrin is a social scientist with a background in nursing. Her research in St Andrews includes evaluation of the new models of care in primary care; people’s willingness to share health data from wearable devices with researchers, and conflicts of interest in health care. Katrin is also a part-time PhD student co-supervised by Professor Frank Sullivan, Dr Jo Inchley (University of Glasgow) and Dr Andrew James Williams (University of Edinburgh). Katrin’s doctoral research investigates health inequalities among young people. She utilises statistical analysis of the UK Censuses and Scottish Longitudinal Study and has completed a systematic review of young people’s conceptualisation of health.

Before moving to St Andrews in 2017, Katrin worked at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine at the Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health. Her work focused on a large-scale maternal morbidity study, several evaluation studies, and facility data monitoring. Katrin has completed the Master of Social Sciences degree at the University of Helsinki and the MA in Research Methodology at the University of Liverpool. She also holds BA degrees (Honours) in Social Work and Nursing.