Helen Quirk's background is in psychology (BSc University of Sheffield, 2010) and sports and exercise psychology (MSc Sheffield Hallam University, 2012). She has a Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham. The subject of her thesis was understanding how to promote physical activity in children with type 1 diabetes. She is a chartered member of the British Psychological Society and Co-Deputy Chair of the parkrun Research Board, hosted at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) at Sheffield Hallam University.
I joined the University of Sheffield as a Research Fellow in April 2020 having been awarded an NIHR School of Public Health Research Launching Fellowship.