Dr Rachael McClatchey

Rachael is a Public Health physician with a decade of experience working on healthy, equitable and sustainable environments. Projects have covered housing, planning, transport, natural environments, air quality and sustainability, and have spanned local, regional and national government, acute NHS trusts and academic institutions.

Her work spans policy, practice and academia to maximise the impact of research, and ensure policy and programmes are evidence informed. Rachael currently works for the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities South West, within the Department of Health and Social Care, and holds a Visiting Fellowship at the University of the West of England where she is near completion of a Doctor of Philosophy by Publication (DPhil) on healthy housing. She joined the TRUUD consortium as a Senior Research Fellow, in January 2024 for one day a week.