The University of Sheffield
Public Health

Professor Elizabeth Goyder MD FFPH MRCGP

Liddy Goyder

Section of Public Health
ScHARR
University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 0783
Fax: (+44) (0)114 272 4095

email : e.goyder@sheffield.ac.uk

Office: 2037, 2nd Floor, Regent Court



Biography

I joined ScHARR in September 1998 and am currently a Professor of Public Health and Deputy Dean of ScHARR.

Since completing higher specialist training in general practice and public health, I have pursued interests in both developing the public health evidence base and getting evidence into practice through research and teaching. I have an NHS honorary contract with NHS Sheffield and contribute to public health training in both East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humber regions.

Research Interests

I have a research programme in the fields of type 2 diabetes and health inequalities, currently with a focus on evidence-based public health – both evidence synthesis and knowledge translation.

Type 2 diabetes

This is a field of increasing public health importance and of national and international priority. Changes in lifestyles, particularly increasing obesity linked to diet and reductions in physical activity, mean that diabetes will continue to represent a growing threat to public health and major source of increased demand for health services. Our research programme includes both primary research and the synthesis of evidence for the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of diabetes prevention interventions, including risk assessment, in high risk populations.

Inequalities

Inequalities in health and in access to health services are also key areas in current public health policy, with ambitious national targets to reduce inequalities. The South Yorkshire Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) which has attracted £10 million in NIHR funding and £10 million in matched funding over five years (from 2008 to 2013), provides a major opportunity to ensure that tackling inequalities is embedded in both chronic disease research projects and in the implementation of research findings. The CLAHRC Inequalities programme is working across all the other disease-specific CLAHRC themes to develop projects that directly address health equity.

Teaching Interests

My contribution to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students, both clinical and non-clinical, across a range of different courses is informed by my clinical background and training and on-going involvement in public health policy and practice. I am currently involved in the development of the public health component of undergraduate medical education in Sheffield and I contribute both to the delivery and development of NHS specialist training in both East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humber. I also teach on research methods, ethics and public health policy across a number of courses including the MB ChB and ScHARR MPH.

PhD Supervision

I am interested in supervising Research Students in topics related to inequalities and major public health issues, particularly in relation to diabetes risk assessment, prevention and management.

My current students include:

Joseph Akanuwe
Elton Chanakira
Paulo Gardios
Penny Siebert
Phoebe Pallotti
Hannah Fairbrother
Amy Booth

I am the second supervisor to:

Lucy Gell
Ann Scott
Ibrahim Gosadi
Noura Aboummah
Parvez Hossain
Liz Scott

Professional Activities

Director of the ScHARR Public Health Collaborating Centre (PHCC) from May 2008
Member of the Centre for Wellbeing in Public Policy (CWiPP) from 2006
Member of National Diabetes Public Health Intelligence Group from 2006
Peer reviewer for Lancet, BMJ and 18 other journals and funding bodies
Academic supervisor for South Yorkshire and East Midlands Public Health specialist trainees

Current Projects

NICE National Public Health Collaborating Centre 2008-2013 £3.7 million
HTA Physical Activity Booster RCT 2008-2012 £1.2 million
NIHR CLARC South Yorkshire Health Inequalities Theme 2008-2013 £630 000

Key Publications