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Staff Profile

Dr Ryc Aquino

Lecturer in Child Health

Background

I am a Lecturer in Child Health in the Population Health Sciences Institute. Prior to this, I was Research Fellow in Prevention, Early Intervention and Behaviour Change at the . I am also currently Visiting Researcher at the .

My disciplinary background is in health psychology, with a focus on the optimisation of integrated care and whole systems approaches to health and care. This includes a specialist interest in healthcare professional communication and collaborative behaviours. My PhD, from City, University of London, . My broader interests lie in addressing health inequalities through the provision of high-quality preventative community-based care and primary care, and the evaluation of such services, particularly in underserved and marginalised populations (e.g., women, minoritised ethnicities).



Teaching

PhD supervisor - Faculty of Medical Sciences/Population Health Sciences Institute



Modules taught (Undergraduate)

NUT3011 - Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health

NUT3002 - Research Project and Thesis, BSc Food and Human Nutrition

PSY3097 - Empirical Project - Dissertation, BSc Psychology

 

Modules taught (Postgraduate)

HSC8041 - Public Health Interventions (Module Lead)

HSC8099 - Dissertation, Master of Global/Public Health

PSY8037 - Dissertation, MSc in Foundations in Clinical Psychology

Publications

  • Articles

    • Sandhu A, Aquino MRJ, Tang MY. . Ethnicity & Health 2025, 30(3), 413-431.
    • Lysons JL, Pineda RM, Aquino MRJ, Cann H, Faeron P, Kendall S, Kirman J, Goodman J. . BMJ Open 2024, 14(12), e091080.
    • Woodrow N, Gillespie D, Kitchin L, O'Brien M, Chapman S, Chng NR, Passey A, Aquino MRJ, Clarke Z, Goyder E. . BMC Public Health 2024, 24, 718.
    • Aquino MRJ, Brennan-Tovey K, Fong M, Wearn A, Bigirumurame T, Robinson T, Trevor M, Feeney J, Rutter A, Sharrock R, West J, Bridges S, Attwood AS, Jolly K, Damery S, Flanagan S, Armitage C, Russell S, Strong S, Ramsay SE, Kaner EFS. . BMJ Open 2024, 14(12), e089630.
    • Fong M, Kenny RPW, Thomson K, Jesurasa A, Lavans A, Patterson M, Sermin-Reed L, Nguyen G, Aquino MRJ, Cullen E, O'Keefe H, Moffat M, Heslehurst N. . Frontiers in Public Health 2024, 12, 1359680.
    • Adesanya AM, Barrett S, Moffat M, Aquino MRJ, Nicholson W, Turner G, Cook E, Tyndall S, Rankin J. . BMJ Open 2022, 12(12), e066963.
    • Mullis, R, Aquino, MRJ, Kreit, E, Johnson, V, Grant, J, Blatchford, E, Pilling, M, Fusco, F, Mant, J. . NIHR Journals 2022. In Press.
    • Olander EK, Aquino MRJV, Bryar RM. . Journal of Interprofessional Care 2025, 39(4), 583-591.
    • Aquino MRJV, Mullis R, Kreit E, Johnson V, Grant J, Lim L, Sutton S, Mant J. . BMJ Open 2020, 10(7), e036879.
    • Aquino MRJ, Mullis R, Moore C, Kreit E, Lim L, McKevitt C, Mackintosh B, Mant J. . International Journal of Integrated Care 2020, 20(4), 11.
    • Aquino MRJV, Olander EK, Bryar RM. . BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2018, 18, 505.
    • Aquino MRJ, Olander EK, Needle JJ, Bryar RM. . International Journal of Nursing Studies 2016, 62, 193-206.