Kate Bosanquet
Research Fellow
Profile
Biography
Kate joined York Trials Unit in February 2026 as a Research Inclusion Advisor in the NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) delivered by University of York and partners. From April 2026, she will lead the NIHR RSS EDI Cluster (York hub). As an applied health researcher, she was previously a member of the Mental Health and Addiction Research Group (MHARG). Her work focused on serious mental illness (SMI), sociodemographic and spatial inequalities, and research inclusion. Kate has a broad methodological toolkit, ranging from systematic reviews and quasi-experimental designs to qualitative research and collaborative co-production. Currently she holds a leadership role as Co-Principal Investigator of SERPENT, a dedicated co-production project
Kate was awarded an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship to complete her PhD. Her research used a mixed-methods approach, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative data, to investigate meeting the physical health needs of people with serious mental illness in primary care.
Prior to the NIHR Doctoral Award, Kate managed the CASPER and CASPER Plus randomised controlled trials, serving as Trial Coordinator and Trial Manager, respectively.
Qualifications
- PhD Health Services Research (University of York)
- MSc Environmental Epidemiology and Policy (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
- BA (Hons, First Class) Geography (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
Departmental roles
- DoHS Research Impact Group coordinator
- Former Contract Research Forum Co-Chair and current member
- Qualitative Research Network member
Research
Overview
Kate is a health services researcher. Her research interests are research inclusion, mental health, particularly serious mental illness (SMI), life course epidemiology, socio-demographic and spatial determinates of health inequalities.
Projects
- SERPENT (Skills and Essentials Required to ParticipatE iN the digiTal world). A co-production project, which aims to understand what matters to people with SMI who are from culturally diverse or ethnic minority backgrounds when learning digital skills, to ensure that training and resources are culturally relevant, supportive, and useful.
Previous projects
- ARC Yorkshire and Humber Mental and Physical Multimorbidity Theme (Mental Health Theme Manager).
- BALM programme (Behavioural Activation for Low mood and anxiety in Male NHS frontline worker)
- Being Open about adverse events in healthcare: a scoping review and qualitative exploration, funded by NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (Qualitative Co-Research Lead).
- Collaborative care for older people with sub-threshold depression and major depression (The CASPER and CASPER Plus and CASPER Plus randomised controlled trials) funded by NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (Trial Coordinator and Trial Manager).
- MODS(Multi-morbidity in Older adults with Depression) Study – A programme aiming to develop and evaluate an intervention to improve physical and psychological functioning in older adults with long-term physical health conditions and low mood or depression (Qualitative Workstream Lead).
Research group(s)
Supervision
- Kate is co-supervising a Masters in Public Health student dissertation
