Lotta Hackett

Lotta Hackett BSc Hons, MPH, FHEA

Acting Programme Leader for Public Health

Lotta Hackett is an Acting Programme Leader for Public Health and also she is Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of Human Sciences at the University of Greenwich.

Lotta joined the University as an hourly paid lecturer in October 2019 and has been working full-time at the University since March 2022, while being on secondment from the NHS.

Lotta gained a Master of Public Health from King’s College London in 2018 and has also achieved Fellowship with HE in March 2023.

Lotta teaches various undergraduate and postgraduate modules, including behaviour change and health promotion (MSc), academic skills (BSc), biopsychosocial perspectives (BSc) and community development and engagement (BSc). Lotta also supervises MSc and MSc students in their dissertation/final project.

Lotta’s background is in health and social care, with posts held at the senior level with NHS South East London Integrated Care System, Healthwatch Bexley and Mind in Bexley.

Lotta has extensive experience working in the voluntary, charity and social enterprise sector, with particular expertise in community development and engagement, commissioning and health and social care policy.

Lotta works closely with external organisations to enhance student experience and employability.

Posts held previously

  • 2018 - 2023 Head of Engagement at NHS South East London Integrated Care System
  • 2016 - 2018 Manager at Healthwatch Bexley
  • 2014 - 2016 Community engagement facilitator at Healthwatch Bexley
  • 2014 - 2016 Social Prescribing Coordinator at Mind in Bexley

Public health

Responsibilities within the university
  • Senior Teaching Fellow in Public Health
  • The Programme Lead for the BSc Hons Public Health programme from July 2023
  • Personal tutor
  • Module leader for a range of modules including health promotion, academic skills and community development

Research / Scholarly interests
  • Lived experiences i.e. qualitative research
  • Vulnerable populations e.g. neuro-diversity, older and frail people, carers, mental health, marginalised groups e.g. ethnic minorities
  • Focus on access to services e.g. primary care, support services, health behaviours & inequalities
  • Evaluate how policy and legislation are applied in practice e.g. Equality Act 2010, SEND code of Practice
  • Strong links with the wider health and social care landscape, e.g. Integrated Care System, voluntary sector, across South east London, suitable for primary research