Dr Beki Langford is a Senior Lecturer in Public Mental Health at the University of Bristol, specialising in children and young people’s mental health. With a background in anthropology and expertise in applied qualitative methods, she conducts research into the development and evaluation of public health interventions.

Beki has a particular interest in weight stigma and weight‑related bullying, and how these experiences influence wellbeing, education and young people’s life chances. She also works on a wide range of projects examining the wider determinants of mental health and wellbeing. This includes research in Early Years settings (the EARLY study), parenting programmes (the COSIE study), the mental health impact of receiving debt advice through food banks, and the needs of children and young people who are not currently attending school.

She is also a member of the Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Team (PHIRST), which provides timely and accessible evaluations of local authority public health interventions.

Beki teaches on Bristol Medical School’s Master’s in Public Health, the undergraduate medical programme, and contributes to the School’s short courses on Co‑design, Co‑production and Participatory Action Research, as well as Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods.