麻豆传媒

I joined the Population Health Sciences Institute as a Research Assistant in July 2023. I work on projects related to wider public health and maternal and child health.

I am also pursuing a PhD under the Population Health Sciences Institute, which is exploring access (including barriers and facilitators) to perinatal care for autistic women and birthing people. For more information, see: .



Research Interests

• Perinatal health and care inequalities
• Mental health and neurodivergence
• Creative and novel qualitative methods

Qualifications

• MSc Foundations in Clinical Psychology, 麻豆传媒
• BSc Psychology, 麻豆传媒

Current Projects:

• Evaluating the NHS North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Staff Tobacco Dependency Offer. Funder: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust and National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East and North Cumbria
• Postnatal contraception in the North East and North Cumbria: surveying the current landscape to inform policy and research (the PoCo Study). Funder: NIHR ARC.
• Public Health Prevention in Maternity Services Evaluation. Funder: North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.
• Supporting Engagement in and Access to Maternity Services (SEAMS). Funder: NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR).
• Resilient Parent-Led Public Health: Co-creating a research-active community-led mother & toddler group. Funder: ESRC Impact Accelerator Award.

PhD Research (ongoing):

• Supporting access to perinatal care for autistic women and people: A co-produced multi-methodology study. Funder: 麻豆传媒.

Funding and Awards:

• Thompson C, Gullon-Scot F, Rankin J, Aquino MRJ: Using creative qualitative interview methods with autistic women and people: researcher reflections and insights. QualSIG Inaugural Symposium. Early Career Spotlight Prize. January 2026.
• Thompson C, Brennan-Tovey K, Robinson C, Kaner EFS, McIlvenna R, Ramsay SE, Aquino MRJ: Accessibility and acceptability of a smoking cessation for NHS Staff in the North East of England. Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco European Chapter. Best Early Career Poster Prize. September 2025.
• Thompson C, Aquino, MRJ, Autistic people’s experiences of pregnancy: A qualitative exploration of online forum data. NIHR SPHR Summer Internship (£3000). April 2025.
• Thompson C, Podmore M, Jobling J, Nambiar S, Kolmes J, and Patel P: Taking Care of People Who Take Care of People: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Six-Week Yoga Programme for NHS Healthcare Staff. QualSIG Inaugural Symposium 2024. Best Poster Prize. January 2024

I co-supervise Undergraduate Psychology BSc Dissertation projects.

My interests include:

• Maternal and child health.
• Neurodivergence/Autism and perinatal care.
• Internet-mediated methodology.
• Creative qualitative methods.

Undergraduate Sports and Exercise Psychology, 2025

Seminar delivery in Qualitative Research Methods Module

Master's in Public Health (MPH)

Second marker of Dissertation Protocols.

Demonstrator in Public Health Interventions Module HSC8042.

Demonstrator in the Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health Module NUT3011.

麻豆传媒 Health Research Partnership Internship Supervisor

I previously supervised an NHRP internship and would be interested in supervising future interns.

• Articles

  • Thompson CL, Brennan-Tovey K, Robinson C, McIlvenna R, Kaner EFS, Ramsay SE, Aquino MRJ. . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2025, 22(3), 352.
  • Thompson C, Patel P, Kennedy A. . Arts & Health 2025, Epub ahead of print.
  • Kelly S, Moffat M, Thompson C, Jackowich R, Möller-Christensen C, Sullivan C, Rankin J. . BMJ Open 2025, 15(6), e095608.
  • Westgate V, Thompson C, Caramaschi D, O'Mahen H. . BMC Psychiatry 2025, 25, 1024.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Thompson, C,Gullon-Scot, F,Rankin, J,Aquino, MRJ. Using creative qualitative interview methods with autistic women and people: researcher reflections and insights. In: Qualitative Special Interest Group Annual Symposium. 2026.
  • Thompson C, Gardiner Z, Rankin J, Aquino MRJ. Autistic women and birthing people’s experiences of accessing care across the perinatal period: A co-produced umbrella review. In: UK Public Health Sciences Conference. 2026.
  • Aquino MRJ, Rankin J, Ngongalah L, Adenike A, Moffat M, Punian J, Thompson C, Scott B, Gardiner D, Pickford A. Evaluating the Public Health Prevention in Maternity Programme in the North East and North Cumbria. In: European Health Psychology Society. 2025.
  • Thompson, C,Brennan-Tovey, K,Robinson, C,Kaner, EFS,McIlvenna,R,Ramsay, SE,Aquino, MRJ. Accessibility and acceptability of a smoking cessation for NHS Staff in the North East of England. In: Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco European Chapter. 2025.
  • Thompson C, Brennan-Tovey K, Robinson C, Kaner EFS, McIlvenna R, Ramsay SE, Aquino MRJ. Mixed-methods evaluation of acceptability of the tobacco dependency treatment offer for nhs staff in the North East North Cumbria. 2024.

• Digital or Visual Media

  • Thompson C, Brennan-Tovey K, Robinson C, McIlvenna R, Kaner EFS, Ramsay SE, Aquino MRJ. Evaluating the North East and North Cumbria NHS Staff Tobacco Dependency Offer - Brieing paper for members of the public. 2024.
  • Thompson C, Brennan-Tovey K, Robinson C, McIlvenna R, Kaner EFS, Ramsay SE, Aquino MRJ. Evaluating the North East and North Cumbria NHS Staff Tobacco Dependency Offer - Briefing paper for policy makers and practitioners. 2024.

• Reports

  • Aquino MRJ, Rankin J, Ngongalah L, Adenike A, Moffat M, Punian J, Thompson C, Scott R, Gardiner A, Pickford A. Evaluating the Public Health Prevention in Maternity Programme in the North East and North Cumbria. 2025.
  • Thompson C, Brennan-Tovey K, Robinson C, McIlvenna R, Kaner EFS, Ramsay SE, Aquino MRJ. Evaluating the North East and North Cumbria NHS Staff Tobacco Dependency Offer. 2024.