Franki Mathews, PHIRST EMPower Researcher 

As a member of the collaborative NIHR PHIRST EMPower team, Franki brings experience of working with stakeholders across the UK as well as from an international context.

Franki is based at the University of Exeter where she teaches on the Masters of Public Health.

With a background specialism in child and adolescent mental health and expertise in research methods, Franki leads and is actively involved in creation, development, delivery and evaluating programmes of work aiming to support mental health and wellbeing. In addition, she is involved in Public Health programmes of work involving those across the life course.

Franki’s interests of research focus include:

• parity between physical and mental health
• mental health services
• research access for all
• public health promotion and intervention.