Staff Profile
Professor Suzanne Moffatt
Professor of Social Gerontology
- Email: suzanne.moffatt@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5005
- Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
Faculty of Medical Sciences
缅北禁地
Baddiley Clark Building
Richardson Road
缅北禁地 upon Tyne
NE2 4AX
Introduction
I trained as a speech and language therapist, working in 缅北禁地 upon Tyne, London and Mumbai before embarking on a post-doctoral research career in 1990. Until 2000, I worked on environmental epidemiology studies investigating the health of communities living near industry. Since 2000, I have researched on the topics of aging, social & health inequalities, welfare and social prescribing. My current and long-term interests are in the health and well-being of older people, the impact of changes to the welfare state, tackling health and social inequalities, evaluating the impact of social prescribing and applying research to policy and practice.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Ist Class, Speech Pathology & Therapy, University of Manchester, 1982
PhD University of 缅北禁地 upon Tyne, 1990
MsC Sociology Health & Health Care (Distinction) University College London, 2004
Memberships
British Society of Gerontology
Research Interests
My main research interests concern the health and well-being of older people, tackling poverty and social exclusion and the impact of changes to the welfare system on health and wellbeing. I have carried out extensive research into the impact of welfare rights advice on people over state retirement age and ethnic minority elders, funded by the Department of Health and Age Concern.
I am interested in methodological issues, particularly the integration of quantitative and qualitative methods, straddling the boundaries between epidemiology and sociology, particularly the limitations of quantitative and qualitative methods alone within public health research, as well as mixed methods research. I have considerable experience in involving participants and the wider public in research and have disseminated research findings to a wide range of academic and non-academic audiences and have published on this topic. As a result, a number of studies in which I have been engaged have influenced health and social policy.
Current and Recent Funding
NIHR Public Health Research (Call 16/122 Community groups and health promotion) 2018-2020, £517,932 Impact of a community based social prescribing intervention on people with type 2 diabetes in an ethnically diverse area of high socio-economic deprivation. Exploiting a natural experiment to evaluate effects on health and health care utilisation with economic assessment and ethnographic observation. Principal Investigator
Centre for Ageing Better 2017-2018,£74,155, Evaluation of Transitions in Later Life (phase 2). Co-investigator (Principle Investigator, Dr Martin Hyde, Swansea University).
缅北禁地 Institute for Ageing and Institute for Social Renewal “Social Interactions of Ageing” 2017-2018, £16,978.78, Investigating intergenerational relations during austerity and following ‘Brexit’: a comparative study of Sunderland, 缅北禁地 and Edinburgh. Principal Investigator.
NIHR School for Public Health Research Public Health Practitioner Evaluation Scheme 2016-2017, £51,609, Ways to Wellness: feasibility study of the impact of a social prescribing intervention. Principal Investigator.
Centre for Ageing Better 2016-2017,£48,950, Inequalities in Later Life – a scoping review. Co-investigator (PI Prof Tom Scharf, 缅北禁地).
缅北禁地 Institute for Ageing 2016-2017, £9887, Can social prescribing maintain improved health among older chronically ill people? Principal Investigator.
Public Health England, 2016-2017, £60,000, Northern Health Equity Review Network Healthier Lives and Fairer Lives in the North. Co-investigator (Principal Investigator, Prof Eileen Kaner, 缅北禁地).
Cabinet Office 2015-2016. £99,813. Evaluation of the Ways to Wellness Ltd Social Impact Bond. Principal Investigator.
Chief Scientist Office Scotland, 2015-2017. £211,197 FInWell: Fair credit, health and wellbeing: eliciting the perspectives of low-income individuals. Co-investigator. (Principle Investigator, Professor Cam Donaldson, Glasgow Caledonian University)
Postgraduate Teaching
Contribute to MSc Public Health Modules
Degree Programme Director, MSc in Public Health and Health Services Research Module Leader for Health and Society Module. (2010-2014)
PHD Students
2018 Alison Jane, Impact of the roll out of Universal credit on health and wellbeing, School for Public Health Research
2017 Bethan Griffiths, Ethnography of Social Prescribing in Primary Care, funded by ESRC North-East Doctoral Training Centre ( 3 collaborative award)
2016 Tash Fothergill Misbah, Parkinson’s disease in sub Saharan Africa, funded by ESRC North-East Doctoral Training Centre (.5 3 collaborative award)
2016 Gemma Spiers, Exploring the relationship between social care and health care utilisation for older adults, funded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research
2016 Hannah Merrick, The experiences of grandparenting children with special needs, funded by ESRC North-East Doctoral Training Centre ( 3 collaborative award)
2015 Joel Halligan, The impacts of welfare reform on income, health, wellbeing and diet: a mixed-methods study of a deprived area in 缅北禁地 upon Tyne, England, funded by ESRC North-East Doctoral Training Centre (.5 3 collaborative award)
External Examiner
Southampton University MSc Gerontology, MSc Global Aging
- Wildman JM, Goulding A, Moffatt S, Scharf T, Stenning A. . Ageing and Society 2022, 42(10), 2284-2303.
- Gibson K, Pollard TM, Moffatt S. . Social Science and Medicine 2021, 280, 114037.
- Davenport B, Newman A, Moffatt S. . The Qualitative Report 2021, 26(2), 334-351.
- Fothergill-Misbah N, Moffatt S, Mwithiga H, Hampshire K, Walker R. . Global Public Health 2022, 17(8), 1773-1783.
- McGowan L, Joyes E, Adams E, Richmond C, Shabaninejad H, Beyer F, Broadbridge A, Dobson K, Landes D, Moffat S, Watt R, Sniehotta F, Paisi M, Bambra C, Craig D, Kaner E, Ramsay S. . PROSPERO 2020, CRD42020202416.
- Wildman JM, Valtorta N, Moffatt S, Hanratty B. . Health and Social Care in the Community 2019, 27(4), 1102-1110.
- Howel D, Moffatt S, Haighton C, Bryant A, Becker F, Steer M, Lawson S, Aspray T, Milne EMG, Vale L, McColl E, White M. . PLoS ONE 2019, 14(1), e0209560.
- Spiers G, Matthews FE, Moffatt S, Barker R, Jarvis H, Stow D, Kingston A, Hanratty B. . Health & Social Care in the Community 2019, 27(5), e651-e662.
- Addison M, Kaner E, Johnstone P, Hillier-Brown F, Moffatt S, Russell S, Barr B, Holland P, Salway S, Whitehead M, Bambra C. . Journal of Public Health 2019, 41(4), 652-664.
- Moffatt S, Wildman J, Pollard TM, Penn L, O'Brien N, Pearce MS, Wildman JM. . BMJ Open 2019, 9(1).
- Moffatt S, Tse Laurence M, Pennington L. . Journal of Intergenerational Relationships 2019, 17(1), 58-73.
- Spiers G, Matthews FE, Moffatt S, Barker R, Jarvis H, Stow D, Kingston A, Hanratty B. . Age and Ageing 2019, 48(1), 57-66.
- Cheetham M, Moffatt S, Addison M, Wiseman A. . BMJ Open 2019, 9(7), e029611.
- Wildman JM, Moffatt S, Penn L, O'Brien N, Steer M, Hill C. . Health and Social Care in the Community 2019, 27(4), 991-998.
- Penn L, Goffe L, Haste A, Moffatt S. . BMC Public Health 2019, 19, 105.
- Haighton C, Moffatt S, Howel D, Steer M, Becker F, Bryant A, Lawson S, McColl E, Vale L, Milne E, Aspray T, White M. . Public Health Research 2019, 7(3), 1-227.
- Wildman JM, Moffatt S, Steer M, Laing K, Penn L, O'Brien N. . BMC Public Health 2019, 19(98).
- Drinkwater C, Wildman JM, Moffatt S. . BMJ 2019, 364, 1285.
- Stocker R, Bamford C, Brittain K, Duncan R, Moffatt S, Robinson L, Hanratty B. . BMJ Open 2018, 8, e017419.
- Ahmad B, Landes D, Moffatt S. . Community Dental Health 2018, 35(3), 136-139.
- Wildman JM, Moffatt S, Pearce M. . Social Science and Medicine 2018, 207, 11-18.
- Campbell MR, Mann KD, Moffatt S, Dave M, Pearce MS. . Public Health 2018, 164, 72-81.
- Green J, Buckner S, Milton S, Powell K, Salway S, Moffatt S. . Social Science and Medicine 2017, 187, 20-28.
- Whybrow P, Moffatt S, Kay L, Thompson B, Aspray T, Duncan R. . Musculoskeletal Care 2017, 1-8.
- Halligan J, Moffatt S, Bambra C, Wrieden W. . In: Fifth BSA Sociology of Food Study Group Conference. 2017, London, UK.
- Moffatt S, Steer M, Lawson S, Penn L, O'Brien N. . BMJ Open 2017, 7(7), e015203.
- Halligan J, Moffatt S, Wrieden W, Bambra C. . In: 50th Anniversary Conference of the Social Policy Association Social Inequalities: Research, Theory, and Policy. 2017, Durham, UK.
- Moffatt S, Heaven B. . Ageing and Society 2017, 37(5), 879-898.
- Moffatt S, Lawson S, Patterson R, Holding E, Dennison A, Sowden S, Brown J. . Journal of Public Health 2016, 38(2), 197-205.
- Whybrow P, Moffatt S, Kay L, Thompson B, Aspray T, Duncan R. . 2016, Oxford University Press.
- O'Brien N, Heaven B, Teal G, Evans EH, Cleland C, Moffatt S, Sniehotta FF, White M, Mathers JC, Moynihan P. . Journal of Medical Internet Research 2016, 18(8), e210.
- Heaven B, O'Brien N, Evans EH, White M, Meyer T, Mathers JC, Moffatt S. . The Gerontologist 2016, 56(4), 615-629.
- Lara J, O'Brien N, Godfrey A, Heaven B, Evans EH, Lloyd S, Moffatt S, Moynihan PJ, Meyer TD, Rochester L, Sniehotta FF, White M, Mathers JC. . PLOS One 2016, 11(7), e0159703.
- Norman C, Moffatt S, Rankin J. . Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2016, 42(3), 179-186.
- Moffatt S. . Ageing & Society 2015, 35(7), 1557-1558.
- Rizk A, Kronfol NM, Moffatt S, Zaman S, Fares S, Sibai AM. . Implementation Science 2015, 10, 170.
- Patterson R, Moffatt S, Smith M, Scott J, McLoughlin C, Bell J, Bell N. . Ageing & Society 2015, 1-24.
- Milton S, Buckner S, Salway S, Powell K, Moffatt S, Green J. . Journal of Aging Studies 2015, 34, 113-122.
- Moffatt S, Haighton C, Steer M, Lawson S, White M. . In: GSA 68th Annual Scientific Meeting. 2015, Orlando, Florida: Oxford University Press.
- Moffatt S, Noble E. . Sociology of Health & Illness 2015, 37(8), 1191-1205.
- Moffatt S. . Ageing & Society 2014, 34(2), 358-359.
- Tanner LM, Moffatt S, Milne E, Mills SDH, White M. . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2013, 67(12), 1061-1067.
- Heaven B, Brown L, White M, Errington L, Mathers JC, Moffatt S. . Milbank Quarterly 2013, 91(2), 222-287.
- Moffatt S, Noble E, White M. . Plos One 2012, 7(8), e42979.
- Moffatt S, Higgs P, Rummery K, Rees Jones I. . Ageing and Society 2012, 32(5), 725-746.
- Haighton C, Moffatt S, Howel D, McColl E, Milne E, Deverill M, Rubin G, Aspray T, White M. . BMC Public Health 2012, 12(1), 382.
- Moffatt S, Noble E, Exley C. . BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10(1), 259.
- Moffatt S, Glasgow N. . Regional Studies 2009, 43(10), 1291-1303.
- Moffatt S, Mackintosh J. . Ethnicity & Health 2009, 14(1), 5-25.
- Moffatt S. . In: Cattan, M, ed. Mental Health and Well-being in Later Life. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2009, pp.64-83.
- Moffatt S, Scambler G. . Ageing and Society 2008, 28(6), 875-899.
- Penn LD, Moffatt SM, White M. . BMC Public Health 2008, 8(1), 235.
- Moffatt S, Higgs P. . Social Policy and Administration 2007, 41(5), 449-464.
- Adams JM, White M, Moffatt S, Howel DM, MacKintosh JE. . BMC Public Health 2006, 6(1), 81.
- Schlüter A, Phillimore PR, Moffatt S. . Environmental Politics 2004, 13(4), 715-733.
- Phillimore P, Moffatt S. . Journal of Risk Research 2004, 7(2), 171-184.
- Bush J, Pless-Mulloli T, Moffatt S, Phillimore P, Howel D. Perception of risks to quality of life and health in ex-mining communities in north-east England. In: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2004, 530 WALNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106-3621 USA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.
- Moffatt S, White M, Stacy R, Downey D, Hudson E. . Critical Public Health 2004, 14(3), 295-309.
- Moffatt S, Hoeldke B, Pless-Mulloli T. . Journal of Risk Research 2003, 6(2), 125-144.
- Howel D, Moffatt S, Bush J, Dunn CE, Prince H. . Environmental Research 2003, 91(3), 163-171.
- Bush J, Moffatt S, Dunn C. . Local Environment 2002, 7(2), 119-134.
- Bush J, Moffatt S, Dunn CE. . Local Environment 2002, 7(2), 119-133.
- Howel D, Moffatt S, Prince H, Bush J, Dunn CE. . Risk Analysis 2002, 22(1), 121-130.
- Bush J, Moffatt S, Dunn C. . Health and Place 2001, 7(1), 47-56.
- Bush J, Moffatt S, Dunn CE. . Public Understanding of Science 2001, 10(2), 213-229.
- Moffatt S, Pless Mulloli T, Bhopal R, Foy C, Phillimore PR. . Epidemiology 2000, 11(2), 199-208.
- Moffatt S, Phillimore PR, Hudson E, Downey D. . Social Science & Medicine 2000, 51, 1755-1769.
- Moffatt S, Phillimore PR, Hudson E, Downey D. . Social Science and Medicine 2000, 51(12), 1755-1769.
- Pless-Mulloli T, Dunn C, Bhopal R, Phillimore PR, Moffatt S, Edwards J. . Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2000, 57(8), 542-549.
- Moffatt S, Bhopal R. . British Medical Journal 2000, 320(7244), 1274.
- Moffat S, White M, Stacy R, Hudson E, Downey D. "If we had not got referred and got the advice, I don't know where we'd be, it doesn't bear thinking about". The impact of welfare advice provided in general practice. A qualitative study. 缅北禁地 Upon Tyne: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Department of Primary Health Care, 1999.
- Phillimore PR, Moffatt S. . In: Allan S; Adam B; Carter C, ed. Environmental Risks and the Media. London: University College London Press, 1999, pp.105-116.
- Phillimore PR, Moffatt S. . In: Vail, John; Wheelock, Jane; Hill, Michael, ed. Insecure times: living with insecurity in contemporary society. London: Routledge, 1999, pp.137-153.
- Moffatt S. Parents' perceptions of the health and environmental impact of opencast coal mining: A qualitative study. University of 缅北禁地 upon Tyne, 1999.
- Moffatt S, Bush J, Dunn CE. . 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: Dept of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of 缅北禁地, 1999.
- Phillimore PR, Moffatt S, Pless-Mulloli T. . In: The Northern Region in Transition. 1998.
- Moffatt S, Hudson E, Downey D, Phillimore PR. . Epidemiology 1998, 9(4), S151.
- S Moffatt,J Bush,H Prince,C Dunn,D Howel. Community views on ill-health, air quality and 'expert' information; the effects of proximity to heavy industry and poverty. Epidemiology 1998, 9(4), S143.
- Bhopal R, Moffatt S, Phillimore PR, Pless-Mulloli T, Foy C, Dunn C, Tate J. . Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1998, 55, 812-822.
- Bhopal R, Moffatt S, Pless-Mulloli T, Phillimore P, Foy C, Dunn C, Tate J. . Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1998, 55(12), 812-822.
- Pless-Mulloli T, Phillimore PR, Moffatt S, Bhopal R, Foy C, Dunn C, Tate J. . Environmental Health Perspectives 1998, 106(4), 189-196.
- J. Bush,S. Moffatt,C.E. Dunn. Public perceptions of risks to health from air pollution: the importance of locality. In: Paper presented at Eighth International Symposium in Medical Geography. 1998, Baltimore MD, USA.
- Moffatt S, Phillimore PR, Bhopal R, Foy RC. . Social Science Medicine 1995, 41(6), 883-891.
- Phillimore P, Moffatt S. . In: Popay J; Williams G, ed. Researching the People's Health. London: Routledge, 1994, pp.134-153.
- Bhopal RS, Phillimore PR, Moffatt S, Foy C. . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1994, 48, 237-247.