Whitney Crenna-Jennings is Associate Director for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Inclusion. Prior to joining EPI in 2017, she was involved with several research projects focused on health inequalities and social determinants of health at University College London, Public Health England and FPA UK.
At EPI, she has led on research exploring access to child and adolescent mental health services, drivers of young people’s wellbeing and mental health, and the exclusion of vulnerable learners from the education system.
Recent publications
- No room for battle of the sexes: Why boys AND girls matter (2025)
- Children Missing from Education (2024)
- Non-specialist mental health support for young people in England (2024)
- Unexplained school transfers and managed moves: Local protocols, practice and outcomes for pupils (2024)
- Four charts which explain the state of children’s mental health in 2023 (2023)