Dr Michelle Black

BSc, MSc, MPH, PhD, MFPH, FRSPH, FHEA

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Public Health Registrar

Honorary Lecturer in Public Health

Michelle Black
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michelle.black@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0851

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Dr Michelle Black
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Room 2037, 2nd Floor
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I am in the final part of public health speciality training and currently work as an adviser on child and adolescent health in the World Health Organisation's (WHO) regional office for Europe (Athens). I recently completed a National Institute for Health Research Doctoral Research Fellowship (NIHR DRF)  on the impact of inequalities in child development on adolescent health at ScHARR. I continue to work closely with ScHARR on this topic and on health inequalities policy.

My background, prior to specialising in public health, is in pharmacy and I have extensive experience of medicines management in primary and community care in the NHS.

Research interests

I am interested in the relationship between aspects of development in mid-childhood and adolescent health. Specifically, my research tries to improve understanding of the development-health relationship from childhood to adolescence and the impact of socioeconomic circumstances on the relationship. This is to inform life course policy from childhood through to adolescence to reduce inequalities in health.

My research involves a unique mix of epidemiological methods and knowledge mobilisation to produce actionable evidence to identify policy questions and inform policy to reduce child and adolescent health inequality.

Recent projects

Publications

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  • Black M, Barnes A, Creative NF, Baxter S, Jeffrey C, Dallat M, Beynon C, Furber A, Strong M, Davies A , Goyder E et al Early Years Policy in the UK - from the child’s perspective. RIS download Bibtex download

All publications

Journal articles

Conference proceedings papers

Reports

Posters

  • Black M, Barnes A, Creative NF, Baxter S, Jeffrey C, Dallat M, Beynon C, Furber A, Strong M, Davies A , Goyder E et al Early Years Policy in the UK - from the child’s perspective. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Barnes A, Black M, Baxter S, Furber A, Strong M, Beynon C, Dallat M, Jeffery C, Davies AR, Goyder E , Kritsotakis E et al Understanding public health systems: a participatory systematic review and systems infographic. RIS download Bibtex download

Presentations

Preprints

Grants

NIHR DRF (300689): A study of the relationship between inequalities in early child development and subsequent health outcomes in early adolescence to inform policies and interventions to improve health and reduce health inequalities. 

  • Role: PI
  • £390,174; April 2020-2023

Médecins du Monde funded research collaboration with PHASE Nepal "Towards enhanced waste worker's health and safe waste management in the Kathmandu Valley"

  • Role: Co-I (PI: Andrew Lee)
  • £10,000; September 2017 - 2019

Health Foundation (UK); Comparative systems review and thematic policy analysis of public health across the four constituent countries of the UK - completed

  • Role: Co-I (PI: Amy Barnes)
  • £79,986; 2017
Teaching activities

My teaching interests lie in epidemiology, health inequalities and policy and systems as applied to practical/service-related public health.

I teach the Master of Public Health Health Needs Assessment and Dissertation modules.

Professional activities and memberships
  • Member of the Faculty of Public Health 
  • Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC No: 2048604) 
  • Senior Associate Editor of the journal Public Health in Practice, a journal of the Royal Society of Public Health 
  • Honorary registrar at the UK Health Security Agency, part of the on-call rota for the Yorkshire and Humber Health Protection team.