Dr Judi Kidger is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Bristol. She is co-lead of the NIHR SPHR’s Public Mental Health programme, and Bristol lead for the SPHR’s PPIE strategy. Dr Kidger is currently PI of two PHPES studies, co-produced with South Gloucestershire local authority and the Mental Health Foundation, respectively. She brings expertise in qualitative methods, intervention development and the development and management of mixed methods evaluations of public health interventions.