Dr Kelly Morgan
Research Associate, DECIPHer
Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
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I began working at Cardiff University in April 2015 as a Research Associate in the Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer). My role is to primarily contribute towards DECIPHer's research programmes, improving child health outcomes.
Previously I worked as a Research Assistant within the College of Medicine at Swansea University for 5 years. My role involved working on a new birth cohort study, 'Growing Up in Wales' in which I recruited families across the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University (ABMU) NHS Board and carried out data collection and analyses. In 2009, I was awarded a CHIRAL studentship to undertake a full time PhD on the Growing Up in Wales study, focusing on early life intervention components for childhood obesity. Prior to my commencing my PhD, I completed an MSc in Physical Activity and Health at Cardiff Metropolitan University. I was awarded a Sports Scholarship to complete my MSc and was involved in the running of a secondary-school based intervention, which aimed to incorporate physical activity into main stream curriculum lessons.
2020
- Morgan, K., Rahman, M. and Moore, G. 2020. Patterning in patient referral to and uptake of a National Exercise Referral Scheme (NERS) in Wales from 2008 to 2017: a data linkage study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(11), article number: 3942. (10.3390/ijerph17113942)
- Khanom, A.et al. 2020. Parent recommendations to support physical activity for families with young children: Results of interviews in deprived and affluent communities in South Wales (United Kingdom). Health Expectations 23(2), pp. 284-295. (10.1111/hex.13020)
- Morgan, K.et al. 2020. Sources of potential bias when combining routine data linkage and a national survey of secondary school-aged children: a record linkage study. BMC Medical Research Methodology
2019
- Morgan, K.et al. 2019. Use of the school setting during the summer holidays: Mixed-methods evaluation of Food and Fun Clubs in Wales. Journal of School Health 89(10), pp. 829-838. (10.1111/josh.12824)
- Raza, H.et al. 2019. Predictors of objectively measured physical activity in 12-month-old infants: A study of linked birth cohort data with electronic health records. Pediatric Obesity 14(7), article number: e12512. (10.1111/ijpo.12512)
- Hawkins, J.et al. 2019. Acceptability and feasibility of implementing accelerometry-based activity monitors and a linked web portal in an exercise referral scheme: A mixed-methods feasibility randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research 21(3), article number: e12374. (10.2196/12374)
- Morgan, K.et al. 2019. Socio-economic inequalities in adolescent summer holiday experiences, and mental wellbeing on return to school: analysis of the School Health Research Network / Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey in Wales. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(7), article number: 1107. (10.3390/ijerph16071107)
- Morgan, K.et al. 2019. Formative research to develop a school-based, community-linked physical activity role model programme for girls: CHoosing Active Role Models to INspire Girls (CHARMING). BMC Public Health 19, article number: 437. (10.1186/s12889-019-6741-1)
- Morgan, K., Moore, S. and Alhumud, M. 2019. Energy drink mechanisms of harm in young people: a narrative review. Journal of Food and Nutrition Research 7
2017
- Hawkins, J.et al. 2017. Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial of the use of Physical ACtivity monitors in an exercise referral setting: the PACERS study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 3, article number: 51. (10.1186/s40814-017-0194-z)
- McConnon, L.et al. 2017. Food and Fun School Holiday Enrichment Programme 2016: evaluation report. Project Report. Cardiff: Welsh Local Government Association.
- McConnon, L., Morgan, K. and Fletcher, A. 2017. Food and fun: How one programme is making a difference to children in Wales. [Online]. Nesta. Available at: http://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/food-and-fun-how-one-programme-making-difference-children-wales
2016
- Morgan, K.et al. 2016. Predictors of physical activity and sedentary behaviours among 11-16 year olds: Multilevel analysis of the 2013 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in Wales. BMC Public Health 16, article number: 569. (10.1186/s12889-016-3213-8)
- Morgan, K.et al. 2016. Cohort profile: growing up in Wales: the environments for healthy living study. International Journal of Epidemiology 45(2), pp. 364-373. (10.1093/ije/dyv178)
2015
- Morgan, K. 2015. Obesity in pregnancy: infant health service utilisation and costs on the NHS. BMJ Open 5(11), article number: e008357. (10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008357)
2014
- Morgan, K.et al. 2014. Physical activity and excess weight in pregnancy have independent and unique effects on delivery and perinatal outcomes. Plos One 9(4), article number: e94532. (10.1371/journal.pone.0094532)
- Morgan, K.et al. 2014. Obesity in pregnancy: a retrospective prevalence-based study on health service utilisation and costs on the NHS. BMJ Open 4, article number: e003983. (10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003983)
2013
- Morgan, K.et al. 2013. Association of diabetes in pregnancy with child weight at birth, age 12 months and 5 years--a population-based electronic cohort study. Plos One 8(11), article number: e79803. (10.1371/journal.pone.0079803)
I worked as a part-time lecturer from 2008-2010 within the School of Sport at Cardiff Metropolitan University. The modules I taught included; Applied Sports Principles and Techniques and Games Applications.
With an epidemiological background and training in quantitative analyses, I am particularly interested in identifying factors amenable to childhood obesity prevention methods. I am interested in early-life exposures, family dynamics and the use of routine data for life course research. I also have a keen interest in understanding factors which influence children's physical activity levels and strategies to increase levels.
