Dr Natalie Bennett
Sheffield Methods Institute
Postdoctoral Research Associate
+44 114 222 8345
Full contact details
Sheffield Methods Institute
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Sheffield
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- Profile
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Natalie joined the Sheffield Methods Institute (SMI) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in January 2024. Prior to her role at Sheffield, Natalie was an NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North East North Cumbria (ARC NENC) Inequalities Fellow in the Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University, working on a range of projects related to inequalities in health.
She completed her NIHR SPHR funded PhD at the University of Sheffield in which she studied the role of neighbourhood social characteristics on ethnic inequalities in mental health using advanced quantitative methods.
Natalie is a social epidemiologist with particular interests in health inequalities, intersectionality and geography. In her postdoctoral role in SMI, Natalie is supporting a UKRI funded project on methods for the quantitative study of intersectionality (‘MAIHDA’ modelling) led by Dr Andrew Bell. More information on the project can be found here.
Additionally, Natalie is working with colleagues at CHAIN (Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research, Norway) on a global systematic review of educational inequalities in cause-specific mortality.
Natalie has designed and delivered material for the Master of Public Health programme at Newcastle University and has also supervised students on undergraduate, MSc and PhD programmes.
- Research interests
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- Social Epidemiology
- Public health
- Health inequalities
- Health geography
- Publications
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Books
- Northern Exposure COVID-19 and Regional Inequalities in Health and Wealth. Policy Press.
Journal articles
- Socioeconomic inequalities in vaccine uptake: A global umbrella review. PLOS ONE, 18(12), e0294688-e0294688.
Conference proceedings papers
- The English health inequalities strategy: A time-trend study of mortality rate disparities at 65. European Journal of Public Health
- OP84 Evaluating the impact of the national vaccination programme in England on inequalities in COVID-19 mortality: an ecological study. SSM Annual Scientific Meeting
- OP36 What pathways have been theorised and tested between ethnic density and mental ill-health?: A theory-based systematic review. Oral Presentations
Preprints
- The mental health impacts of fuel poverty: a scoping review protocol, Research Square Platform LLC.
- Northern Exposure COVID-19 and Regional Inequalities in Health and Wealth. Policy Press.
- Grants
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Date
Role
Project title
Awarding body
Funding amount
01/03/2023 to 31/12/2023
Principal investigator
How does fuel poverty affect mental health?: designing and testing a theoretical framework
The Applied Research Collaboration North East North Cumbria
£9,975
01/04/2023 to 01/07/2024
Principal investigator
Exploring access to and experiences of formal and informal childcare provision in North East England during a ‘cost of living crisis’
Newcastle University
£3,992
01/06/2023 to 31/05/2024
Principal investigator
Exploring access to and experiences of formal and informal childcare provision in North East England during a ‘cost of living crisis’ - a dissemination activity
The Catherine Cookson Foundation
£2,500
22/05/2023 to 11/12/2023
Principal investigator
Health of Women in the North report
Newcastle University
£10,000
26/11/2022 to 31/03/2023
Co-investigator
Low-carbon and Healthy Places: what can current neighbourhoods tell us about future urban planning priorities?
The Wellcome Trust
£4,957
- Professional activities and memberships
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Natalie holds Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) status in recognition of her professional practice in supporting teaching and learning in Higher Education.
Natalie is a member of the Society for Social Medicine and Population Health and of the European Association of Public Health.
Natalie is a Health Equity North affiliated researcher.