Dr Sara Tilley

SLS Research Support Officer

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Sara works as a Research Support Officer on the Scottish Longitudinal Study. She obtained her PhD in 2013 from the University of St Andrews. Her research used large scale household survey data to examine the changing travel trends amongst older people using cohort analysis.

Sara has also worked as a Research Fellow at the OPENspace research centre at the University of Edinburgh on large multidisciplinary studies exploring the links between health and the environment. Recently, she has been involved in several consultancy projects with Transport Scotland and the Data-Driven Innovation Programme.

Her research focuses on transport and mobility in urban settings. In particular, Sara is interested in exploring the links between mobility in the urban environment and health and wellbeing.