Perinatal and Infant Mental Health HIT co-director appointed

Bristol Health Partners’ Perinatal and Infant Mental Health HIT would like to welcome Dr Katie Hall as a new co-director.

Katie is an NIHR Doctoral Fellow at the University of Bristol and a clinical academic psychiatrist working in perinatal mental health.

Her research focusses on co-producing and evaluating innovative and inclusive community interventions, such as ‘The Mother Nature Programme’, a nature-based group for mothers experiencing postnatal mental health difficulties and their infants. She works closely alongside people with lived experience, as well as voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector partners, primary care, maternity services, health visitors, local authorities and inter-disciplinary academics.

Katie says:

“Health Integration Teams champion cross-sector collaboration to co-create research priorities and help ensure that findings are translated into meaningful impact for our communities – all things in which I strongly believe.

“I’m looking forward to working with colleagues to develop the HIT, and supporting its role as a regional and national leader in integrated perinatal and infant mental healthcare.”

Katie replaces Dr Hannah Family who has relocated from the region.