Professor Heather Brown

Professor of Health Inequalities

Research Overview

My research expertise is in applied econometrics. I am particularly interested in the causes and consequences of health inequalities and evaluating policies that mitigate or excaerbate these inequalities. I am interested in understanding how both structural level factors and policy impacts on inequalities across generations and the life course. I am also interested in engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to make complex quantitative data anaylsis accesible and user friendly.

SPHR Area for Research Innovation (AfRI) Rational approaches to ICS allocative decision making for population health, in times of constraint– intent to fund
01/09/2024 → 31/03/2027
Research

Evaluating the Implementation of a Mental Health Joint Response Car with Young People and Families
01/03/2024 → 28/02/2027
Research

DSI: Monitoring and Evaluating the Impact of Dark Kitchens on the Food Environment: Understanding gaps in the data
01/02/2024 → 31/07/2024
Research

NIHR SPHR Children, young people & families programme - 'Poverty-Proofing' maternity care; a qualitative and survey study to improve access to care and pregnancy outcomes (SPHR CYP WP2.1 PVP)
01/09/2023 → 28/02/2025
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NIHR SPHR Children, young people & families programme - Exploring food insecurity in pregnancy in the UK to inform future Public Health intervention needs (SPHR CYP WP2.2 FIP)
01/09/2023 → 31/10/2025
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DSI: Exploring the life course patterns and family justice experience of young mothers involved in recurrent care proceedings in England
17/08/2023 → 16/11/2024
Research

Champs Public Health Collaborative
01/04/2023 → 30/01/2024
Research

Evaluating a ‘Minimum Income Guarantee’ and modelling major income supplementation policies: A development award
01/03/2023 → 28/02/2024
Research

Fylde Coast Research Consortium
01/11/2022 → 31/03/2024
Research

DSI: Blackpool Health Determinants Research Collaboration
01/10/2022 → 30/09/2027
Research

Exploring the evidence gaps related to the priorities of Local Authorities for mitigating the health and health inequality impacts of climate change
01/06/2022 → 30/11/2022
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Evaluation of the health impacts of Universal Credit: a mixed methods study
25/04/2022 → 31/08/2025
Research

Fylde Coast Research Consortium
01/02/2022 → 31/03/2024
Research

Priorities for policy in delivering strategic direction to address health inequalities
Invited talk

What socioeconomic factors are associated with live births for women using assisted reproductive technology: Evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Survey 2009-2022
Invited talk

Spatial disparities in access to abortion services and abortion rates: Evidence from England and Wales
Invited talk

Depopulation in rural areas - House of Commons Library (parliament.uk)
Parliament

Monitoring and Evaluating the Impact of Dark Kitchens on the Food Environment: Understanding gaps in the data -plan for the research
Invited talk

HDRC learning event
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

Monitoring and evaluating planning policy related to the food environment; what we have learned and what’s next
Invited talk

Dark kitchens – concerns over safety
Invited talk

Building research capacity in the VCFSE in Blackpool
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

A New Topia
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

Vice Chair for Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) Peer review panel
Other

Peer review and contribution editorial to report
Other

Creative Writing and Painting Workshops
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

Advisor on service evaluation of Virtual Wards
Other

Advisor for service evaluation of Long Covid Clinic
Other

Capacity Building Workshops
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

CPD course on Policy Evaluation
Business Course/Training

Academic Lead at Lancaster University for Public Health Training Scheme
Other

An overview of the difference-in-difference approach
Business Course/Training

Critically Evaluating Statistics. Examples from Health Inequalities Research
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience