Dr Jane Deville

Jane is an experienced researcher with over 20 years experience of working in academia and local government, specialising in policy development and service provision, particularly addressing rural inequalities.

Jane joined Hull York Medical School in August 2024 as an Embedded Researcher working within the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration North Yorkshire. This is a collaboration between the University of Hull, North Yorkshire Council and the University of York which aims to build the capability and capacity of the Council and the two Universities to conduct and use research to improve health and wellbeing.

Jane previously held the role Senior Research Fellow at the University of Lincoln where she was also Impact Lead within the Business School, overseeing REF Impact Case Studies and facilitating academic collaboration with external organisations. Following a postgraduate career at the University of Cambridge she also previously worked in research within local government.