Area of research
Neurology · Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Research interest
Research Research groups Member of: Population Health Sciences Institute for Life Sciences Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute Centre for Democratic Futures National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration Wessex Coastal Communities NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre Wessex Public Health Reference Group Research interests Public Health Lifecourse Epidemiology Long Covid Maternal and Child Health Obesity Current research Healthy Communities Theme Lead - NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) WessexMultidisciplinary Ecosystem to study Lifecourse Determinants and Prevention of Early-onset Burdensome Multimorbidity (MELD-B) Hearing from the unheard: impact of long-COVID in minority ethnic groups in the UK (Hi-COVE) STIMULATE-ICP (Symptoms, Trajectory, Inequalities and Management: Understanding Long-COVID to Address and Transform Existing Integrated Care Pathways)Characteristics of Long Covid and Long Covid stigmaWessex DIET: Determining the Impact of food insEcurity in young families and Testing interventionsCombining individual and area-based measures of disadvantage for risk stratification and intervention to improve health in Wessex’s young families: The Wessex FRIEND Toolbox (Family Risk IdEntificatioN and Decision)Utilising routinely-collected individual and area-level maternal and early life data to quantify childhood obesity riskGenerating preconception health national monitoring indicators Change in modifiable maternal characteristics between successive live pregnancies and childhood overweight/obesity in the second sibling Studying Lifecourse Obesity PrEdictors (SLOPE) study Google Scholar Research projects Active projects Investigating the impact of food vouchers on diet composition and the prevention of childhood obesity Researchers: Professor Nisreen A Alwan Professor Dianna Smith Sponsor: Medical Research Council Food Aid Inequality Rectified (FAIR) Researchers: Professor Dianna Smith Professor Mary Bar
Socioeconomic, educational, family, perinatal and developmental early life domains as predictors of obesity and hypertension comorbidity: findings from the 1970 British cohort study (BCS70)
COVID-19-associated neurological and psychological manifestations
Cohort profile: creation of the SAIL MELD-B e-cohort (SMC) and SAIL MELD-B children and young adult e-cohort (SMYC) to investigate the lived experience of the ‘burdensomeness’ of multimorbidity
Capturing the human impact of living with multiple long-term conditions in routine electronic health records – lost in translation?
Exploring the relationship between education and academic ability in childhood with healthcare utilization in adulthood: findings from the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s (ACONF)
P88 Modelling the effect of early-life interventions on the risk of multiple long-term conditions with role limitation in midlife: findings from the 1970 British cohort study (BCS70)
P76 Predicting childhood overweight and obesity using maternal and early life healthcare and administrative data in Wales, UK
Modelling the joint impact of early-life interventions on adult health: an illustrative example of multiple long-term conditions with role limitations in midlife using the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)
An informatics approach to profiling patient experiences using electronic health records: constructing and clustering the burden space of individuals under 65 years of age with multiple long-term conditions
The impact of living with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity) on everyday life – a qualitative evidence synthesis
Employment outcomes of people with Long Covid symptoms: community-based cohort study
Risk factors for ill health: How do we specify what is ‘modifiable’?
Mapping domains of early life determinants of future multimorbidity across three UK longitudinal cohort studies
Early Life Domains as Predictors of Obesity and Hypertension Comorbidity: Findings from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70)
Early Life Predictors of Obesity and Hypertension Comorbidity at Midlife: Findings from the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS)
P03 Domains of early-life risk and obesity-hypertension comorbidity: findings from two prospective birth cohorts
Mapping domains of early-life determinants of future multimorbidity across three UK longitudinal cohort studies
Exploring the Relationship Between Education and Academic Ability in Childhood with Healthcare Utilisation in Adulthood: Findings from the Aberdeen Children of the 1950’s (ACONF)
Cohort profile for the creation of the SAIL MELD-B e-cohort (SMC) and SAIL MELD-B children and Young adult e-cohort (SMYC)
The SAIL MELD-B e-cohort (SMC) and SAIL MELD-B Young adult e-cohort (SMYC) – a reproducible methodological pipeline for dynamic cohort curation and research
Risk Scores for Five Early Life Domains and Odds of Obesity and Hypertension Comorbidity
Risk of New-Onset Long COVID Following Reinfection With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: A Community-Based Cohort Study
Women's preconception health in England: a report card based on cross‐sectional analysis of national maternity services data from 2018/2019
A conceptual framework for characterising lifecourse determinants of multiple long-term condition multimorbidity
Multidisciplinary ecosystem to study lifecourse determinants and prevention of early-onset burdensome multimorbidity (MELD-B) – protocol for a research collaboration
A conceptual framework for early life determinants of future multimorbidity
Trajectory of long covid symptoms after covid-19 vaccination: community based cohort study
Risk of Long COVID in People Infected With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 After 2 Doses of a Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine: Community-Based, Matched Cohort Study
Long COVID: long-term health outcomes and implications for policy and research
Estimating the effects of lockdown timing on COVID-19 cases and deaths in England: A counterfactual modelling study