Dr Catrin Jones
Dr Catrin Jones is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, within the Population Health Interventions Group.
Her research focuses on population-level interventions to improve the health and sustainability of the food system, with a particular emphasis on policy-driven approaches.
Catrin is particularly interested in evaluating interventions such as the Soft Drinks Industry Levy and examining how these policies interact within the broader food environment. By employing systems approaches, her work moves beyond linear outcome evaluations to capture the complex, interdependent factors shaping food choices and industry responses.
As a qualitative researcher, she explores the human lens through which the food system is perceived, integrating insights from behavioural science and systems thinking. Her work contributes to evidence-based policymaking that promotes public health, environmental sustainability, and cost-effective behaviour change strategies.
Select publications
- Jones, C.P., Lawlor, E.R., Forde, H., van Tulleken, D.R., Cummins, S., Adams, J., Smith, R., Rayner, M., Rutter, H., Penney, T.L. and Alliot, O., 2024. Parliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: applied thematic analysis of 2016–2020 parliamentary debates. Public health nutrition, 27(1), p.e51.
- Rogers, N.T., Cummins, S., Jones, C.P., Mytton, O.T., Roberts, C.H., Shaheen, S.O., Shah, S.A., Sheikh, A., White, M. and Adams, J., 2024. The UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy and childhood hospital admissions for asthma in England. Nature Communications, 15(1), p.4934.
- Jones, C.P., Forde, H., Penney, T.L., van Tulleken, D., Cummins, S., Adams, J., Law, C., Rutter, H., Smith, R. and White, M., 2023. Industry views of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: a thematic analysis of elite interviews with food and drink industry professionals, 2018–2020. BMJ open, 13(8), p.e072223.
- Penney, T.L., Jones, C.P., Pell, D., Cummins, S., Adams, J., Forde, H., Mytton, O., Rutter, H., Smith, R. and White, M., 2023. Reactions of industry and associated organisations to the announcement of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: longitudinal thematic analysis of UK media articles, 2016-18. BMC public health, 23(1), p.280.
- Rogers, N.T., Cummins, S., Forde, H., Jones, C.P., Mytton, O., Rutter, H., Sharp, S.J., Theis, D., White, M. and Adams, J., 2023. Associations between trajectories of obesity prevalence in English primary school children and the UK soft drinks industry levy: An interrupted time series analysis of surveillance data. PLoS Medicine, 20(1), p.e1004160.
- Jones, C.P., Armstrong-Moore, R., Penney, T.L., Cummins, S., Armitage, S., Adams, J. and White, M., 2022. Adolescents’ perspectives on soft drinks after the introduction of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: A focus group study using reflexive thematic analysis. Appetite, 179, p.106305.
- Penn-Jones, C.P., Papadopoulos, C., Randhawa, G. and Asghar, Z., 2020. Improving access to organ donor registration in general practice: a feasibility study. British Journal of General Practice, 70(696), pp.e497-e504.
- Jones, C.P., Papadopoulos, C. and Randhawa, G., 2017. Primary care interventions to encourage organ donation registration: a systematic review. Transplantation Reviews, 31(4), pp.268-275.
Further links
https://www.mandala-consortium.org/