Helen Cole

Background

About Helen Cole

Senior Researcher (Banco Santander-UAB TALENT Fellow) Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. I am a social scientist with training in urban health equity and urban planning. Drawing from the fields of sociology, critical geography, and urban planning, I challenge traditional public health perspectives by questioning and evaluating the long-term social justice impacts of structural urban interventions. My work explores whether, and how, healthier cities may also be made equitable, placing urban health interventions in the context of the broader urban social and political environments. I have a doctorate in public health with a focus in social science (Community, Society and Health), a master's degree in Health Behavior and Health Education. I also have 9 years experience in public health research project management in medical school settings primarily overseeing community-based randomized control trials testing behavioral interventions. Specialties: Urban health equity, environmental justice (environmental gentrification), social justice, public health research methodology, community-based research, quantitative and qualitative data management and analysis (SAS, SPSS, NVivo and STATA), grants management, staff training and supervision, project management