Salford Care and Urban Farm Hub Team

Plants and greenery on a New York rooftop

Professor Penny Cook

Prof Penny Cook is Professor of Public Health at the University of Salford. Her research spans a range of topics, but in terms of CUF her interest lie in the interaction between nature and health, predominantly using quantitative epidemiological methods. Full bio here: https://www.salford.ac.uk/health-and-society/our-staff/health-and-society-academics/hls346

Plants and greenery on a New York rooftop

Dr Michelle Howarth

Dr Michelle Howarth is Senior Lecturer in Nursing and co-founder of CUF. Her research focuses on nature-based therapy, particularly social prescribing. She is also the co-director of the Salford Social Prescribing Hub and is a national lead on Social Prescribing. Full bio here: https://www.salford.ac.uk/health-and-society/our-staff/health-and-society-academics/howarth

Plants and greenery on a New York rooftop

Dr Mike Hardman

Dr Mike Hardman is Senior Lecturer in Urban Geography and co-founder of CUF. His research focuses on a typology of urban agricultural activity, from informal approaches to upscaled urban farming. Full bio here: https://www.salford.ac.uk/environment-life-sciences/our-staff/els-academics/michael-hardman