Sophie Turnbull

Sophie joined the Health Innovation West of England Equality and Inclusion team in October 2025 and is working on the DrDoctor implementation into Sirona and Accelerating Evidence into Practice.

Sophie previously worked in academia, where she spent the past 12 years using mixed methods and evidence-based behaviour change approaches across healthcare, public health, and industry collaborations. Sophie’s research focused on improving health outcomes and reducing inequalities by developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions that support prevention and management of chronic conditions in both primary and secondary care, as well as public health settings.

Before her research career, Sophie worked in the NHS in an Health Informatics team, supporting IAPT services through database management and reporting, and as an honorary assistant psychologist in a pain management and chronic fatigue service. Sophie also worked as a brain injury support worker for companies like Headway.