{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-person-person-tsx","path":"/person/Ruth-Mears-1ab4f67a-d2e6-4570-9ad8-291d691a82c1/","result":{"data":{"person":{"id":"1ab4f67a-d2e6-4570-9ad8-291d691a82c1","profilePicture":"https://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/study/undergraduate/images/subject/quotes/quote-placeholder.jpg","profileType":"ACADEMIC","title":"Dr","firstName":"Ruth","lastName":"Mears","addresses":[{"firstLine":"Canynge Hall","secondLine":"39 Whatley Road","thirdLine":"Bristol","fourthLine":null,"fifthLine":null,"postCode":"BS8 2PS","country":null}],"socialMedia":[],"expertiseTags":[],"biography":null,"postNominals":"BSc (Cardiff),  MBBCh (Cardiff)","websiteLink":null,"email":"ruth.mears@bristol.ac.uk","telephone":[],"snippet":null,"teaching":null,"researchInterest":null,"relatedPeople":[{"id":"cd811ac7-6f65-42a4-a617-c4eb15c45c63","weight":4,"firstName":"Russ","lastName":"Jago","title":"Professor","profilePicture":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/484142440/Jago_-_Headshot_for_webpage3_resized.jpg","profileUrl":"/person/Russ-Jago-cd811ac7-6f65-42a4-a617-c4eb15c45c63/","role":"Professor of Physical Activity & Public Health","orgUnit":{"id":"758dfc3f-c972-48ff-9c6c-43f456fcc94d","name":"Applied Health Research","type":"Department","url":"https://www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school/research/"}},{"id":"7ed46e4b-a270-4257-9a5c-f4e74156507f","weight":6,"firstName":"Debbie","lastName":"Sharp","title":"Professor","profilePicture":null,"profileUrl":"/person/Debbie-Sharp-7ed46e4b-a270-4257-9a5c-f4e74156507f/","role":"Professor of Primary Health Care","orgUnit":{"id":"758dfc3f-c972-48ff-9c6c-43f456fcc94d","name":"Applied Health Research","type":"Department","url":"https://www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school/research/"}},{"id":"fb1fa088-e54f-40c7-a414-1bdea5f81f86","weight":2,"firstName":"Karen","lastName":"Coulman","title":"Dr","profilePicture":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/448178262/Profile_photo_1MB.jpg","profileUrl":"/person/Karen-Coulman-fb1fa088-e54f-40c7-a414-1bdea5f81f86/","role":"Associate Professor in Obesity Research and Practice","orgUnit":{"id":"98a9fd24-41d2-4600-ad7a-54950226db63","name":"Bristol Medical School","type":"School","url":"http://www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school/"}},{"id":"d61fe4bb-8c6e-4eb1-b8a2-442da3a34a4a","weight":5,"firstName":"Julian","lastName":"Hamilton-Shield","title":"Professor","profilePicture":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/388206549/IMG_3531._Me.2023.redone.jpg","profileUrl":"/person/Julian-Hamilton-Shield-d61fe4bb-8c6e-4eb1-b8a2-442da3a34a4a/","role":"Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Endocrinology","orgUnit":{"id":"98a9fd24-41d2-4600-ad7a-54950226db63","name":"Bristol Medical School","type":"School","url":"http://www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school/"}},{"id":"513b6faf-2e0b-40bc-b22a-6c4d8dccfbd4","weight":2,"firstName":"Ruth","lastName":"Salway","title":"Dr","profilePicture":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/392139240/photo-under1mb.jpg","profileUrl":"/person/Ruth-Salway-513b6faf-2e0b-40bc-b22a-6c4d8dccfbd4/","role":"Lecturer in Public Health Improvement","orgUnit":{"id":"758dfc3f-c972-48ff-9c6c-43f456fcc94d","name":"Applied Health Research","type":"Department","url":"https://www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school/research/"}}],"positions":{"external":[],"internal":[{"role":"Clinical Research Fellow","organisation":"Applied Health Research","url":"https://www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school/research/","tag":"Department","active":true}]},"publications":{"total":"9","linkToPublications":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/ruth-mears/publications/","all":[{"id":"a7e66549-28b5-40d4-bfa1-bd772fbc6551","title":"Effect of parent attendance at an adult commercial weight management programme on their children","url":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/a7e66549-28b5-40d4-bfa1-bd772fbc6551","type":"Article","status":"Published","source":"BMJ Paediatrics Open","authors":[{"firstName":"Ruth E","lastName":"Mears","profileUrl":"/person/Ruth-Mears-1ab4f67a-d2e6-4570-9ad8-291d691a82c1/"},{"firstName":"et","lastName":"al.","profileUrl":null}],"date":"2026-06-03T00:00"},{"id":"8ae013ca-49dc-4299-87b8-7ade40e9f63f","title":"A review of the management of obesity in primary care","url":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/8ae013ca-49dc-4299-87b8-7ade40e9f63f","type":"Article","status":"E-pub ahead of print","source":"Clinical Obesity","authors":[{"firstName":"Helen","lastName":"Parretti","profileUrl":null},{"firstName":"et","lastName":"al.","profileUrl":null}],"date":"2025-08-20T00:00"},{"id":"2c61023c-5acb-4a89-8cdb-30f2eba4d841","title":"Feasibility of engaging parents attending an adult weight management programme with child weight management support: a mixed methods study","url":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/2c61023c-5acb-4a89-8cdb-30f2eba4d841","type":"Article","status":"Published","source":"BMJ Paediatrics Open","authors":[{"firstName":"Ruth","lastName":"Mears","profileUrl":"/person/Ruth-Mears-1ab4f67a-d2e6-4570-9ad8-291d691a82c1/"},{"firstName":"et","lastName":"al.","profileUrl":null}],"date":"2025-01-20T00:00"},{"id":"bb99dadc-5f56-49c6-8503-f5852072776d","title":"Estimating the burden of vaccine-preventable lower respiratory tract disease in UK primary care: protocol for a prospective surveillance study (AvonCAP GP2)","url":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/bb99dadc-5f56-49c6-8503-f5852072776d","type":null,"status":"Published","source":"BJGP Open","authors":[{"firstName":"Polly R","lastName":"Duncan","profileUrl":"/person/Polly-Duncan-725cf23d-93ff-4e50-909f-b731aa53f7d8/"},{"firstName":"et","lastName":"al.","profileUrl":null}],"date":"2025-01-02T00:00"},{"id":"a4851bd4-1b4b-4418-951b-31bf706afc91","title":"Cross-sectional survey of child weight management service provision by acute NHS trusts across England in 2020/2021","url":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/a4851bd4-1b4b-4418-951b-31bf706afc91","type":"Article","status":"Published","source":"BMJ Open","authors":[{"firstName":"Ruth E","lastName":"Mears","profileUrl":"/person/Ruth-Mears-1ab4f67a-d2e6-4570-9ad8-291d691a82c1/"},{"firstName":"et","lastName":"al.","profileUrl":null}],"date":"2022-11-10T00:00"}],"highlighted":[]},"thesis":null,"researchProjects":{"total":0,"linkToProjects":"https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/ruth-mears/projects/","projects":[]},"thesisSupervisions":{"total":0,"linkToSupervisions":null,"supervisions":[]}},"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Our People"}}},"pageContext":{"id":"1ab4f67a-d2e6-4570-9ad8-291d691a82c1","profileType":"ACADEMIC","firstName":"Ruth","lastName":"Mears","title":"Dr","profilePicture":"https://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/study/undergraduate/images/subject/quotes/quote-placeholder.jpg","postNominals":"BSc (Cardiff),  MBBCh (Cardiff)","email":"ruth.mears@bristol.ac.uk","embedded":false,"featureToggles":{"research":true,"researchProjects":true,"thesisSupervisions":true,"thesis":true,"allPositions":true,"searchFilters":true}}},"staticQueryHashes":["2510609168","3397900109"]}