Jade’s methodological expertise covers randomised controlled trials, cohort studies, systematic reviews and analysis of longitudinal and administrative data. She also has extensive qualitative experience, including interviews, focus groups, multi-stakeholder workshops, participatory research and co-design, as well as thematic analysis and meta-synthesis. She is skilled at turning findings into accessible outputs for different audiences, from reports and journal articles to infographics and conference presentations.

Much of Jade’s recent work has focused on preventing children’s involvement in the criminal justice system and understanding what works to support them. She has project managed randomised controlled trials for the Youth Endowment Fund, including the efficacy RCT of Salford Foundation’s STEER mentoring programme in Greater Manchester as well as the ongoing cluster RCT of Salford Foundation’s Steps programme. She has led a national review of referral pathways and diversion support for children in the youth justice system, for YEF and the Department for Education, and a national review of evidence-based practice in policing to prevent children from becoming involved in violence, for YEF.

Jade also brings a strong background in public health and physical activity. For an Active Partnership, she project managed participatory research in a local community as part of a national place-based programme. She co-developed the programme’s theory of change, trained local place connectors and community researchers, and worked with residents and local partners to understand the environmental barriers to being physically active. The second phase included designing and facilitating co-design workshops to develop solutions, considering sustainability, ownership and how change can happen at individual, organisational, environmental and policy levels. She has also carried out applied social research on income maximisation support for the Greater London Authority.

Before joining Cordis Bright, Jade was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bradford and King’s College London, working on public health, behaviour change and epidemiological research. Her work there included evaluating a whole-school physical activity programme – Creating Active Schools – across 200+ UK schools, and a longitudinal study looking at the social determinants of mental health among around 2,000 marginalised young people in inner-city London.

Jade holds a PhD from Leeds Beckett University on the immediate effects of acute physical activity on cognition and academic performance in primary school children. She also holds an MSc in Sport and Exercise Nutrition and a BA in Physical Education.