Professor Heather Brown
Professor of Health InequalitiesResearch 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.
Research Interests
The causes and consequences of health inequalities including the persistence of inequalities across generations and how the environment contributes to these. Policy evaluation and linkage of novel datasets.
External Roles
External Examiner for University of South Wales
Additional Information
Member of International Health Economics Association and Lead Convenor of the Teaching Health Economics Group
Member of the Health Economics Study Group
PhD Supervision Interests
I am interested in supervising students in the areas of health inequalities in particular place based, integenerational inequalities, and inequalities across the life course
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
Research
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 → 30/04/2025
Research
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
Research
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
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