Katherine Merrifield Deputy Director

Katherine is a Deputy Director.

Katherine is a Deputy Director in the Health and Inequalities team leading work to support local and regional government take action to tackle the wider determinants of health and reduce health inequalities.

Prior to joining The Health Foundation Katherine had a twenty year career in the Civil Service working on a range of social policy issues. She led the drug and alcohol unit at the Home Office,  worked on social housing policy, health and work and supporting the third sector. She has a background as a social researcher.