Jenna Panter

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Jenna Panter is a Career Development Fellow working on the Commuting and Health in Cambridge study, which looks at the health impacts of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway. She is particularly interested in understanding the relationship between transport, the environment, individual attitudes and physical activity.

After completing a BSc in Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in 2005, Jenna worked as a Research Associate in the School on a project which examined the importance of green spaces for physical activity. She remained there working on the SPEEDY study (Sport, Physical activity and Eating behaviour: Environmental Determinants in Young people) and completed her PhD in 2010 on the influences of active commuting.

During her time at UEA, Jenna has also collaborated with academics from the University of Oxford and the University of Bristol and has co-authored a key British Government Foresight report on the Obesogenic Environment.

Recent publications:
Panter, J.R., Jones, A.P., Van Sluijs, E.M., Griffin, S.J. Neighbourhood, route and school environments and children’s active commuting. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2010; 38(3); 268-278.
Panter, J.R., Jones, A.P., Van Sluijs, E.M., Griffin, S.J. Attitudes, social support and environmental perceptions as predictors of active commuting behaviour in school children, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2010; 64:41–48. doi:10.1136/jech.2009.086918
Panter, J.R., Jones, A.P., Van Sluijs, E. Environmental determinants of active travel in children: A review and framework for future research. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2008; 5, 34.
Panter, J.R., Jones, A.P. Associations between physical activity, perceptions of the neighbourhood environment and access to facilities. Social Science and Medicine, 2008; 67, 1917–1923.