Dr Jinan Rabbee

Profile

I am a researcher with an academic background in nutrition and public health. I completed a BSc in Nutrition (2014) followed by an MSc in Food Innovation (2015), and subsequently gained industry experience within the FMCG sector. This early career phase strengthened my expertise in food science, sustainability, and the translation of evidence into real-world public health interventions.

In 2022, I completed my PhD at Leeds Beckett University, where my research explored the feasibility and acceptability of intervention components for the prevention of Type 2 diabetes in UK Arabs. This work focused on addressing health inequalities through culturally-sensitive and faith-based, community-based participatory research methods, aiming to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes among UK Arabs. This combined behavioural science with public health strategies to explore the feasibility and acceptability of interventions that are both practical and impactful.

More recently, I have become increasingly interested in maternal health in ethnic minority groups, shaped by my academic background and my own experience as a mother of two. I am particularly interested in how community and faith-based spaces might help make maternity and postnatal care easier to access, more welcoming, and fairer for families who face barriers to care. This growing area of interest is guiding my future work, with a focus on working alongside communities to explore practical, real-world approaches that support parents and families.

Research interests

I am currently working with Dr Camilla Nykjaer, on “Enhancing access to maternity care using Wellbeing Pods in community libraries”.

My research interests centre on addressing health inequalities through community-embedded and faith-based approaches, with a particular focus on populations that experience structural barriers to care.

Key areas of interest include:

• Maternal and postnatal health, with emphasis on access, experience, and equity
• Community- and faith-based models of care delivery
• Culturally tailored and co-produced public health interventions
• Prevention-focused approaches across the life course
• Feasibility, acceptability, and implementation of complex interventions

Co-investigator (Co-I)

• Enhancing access to maternity care using Wellbeing Pods in community hubs and libraries

Qualifications

• PhD Public Health (2022)
• MSc Food Innovation (2015)
• BSc Human Nutrition (2014)