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Director
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Amanda Sacker Professor of Lifecourse Studies, UCL ICLS Director |
Professor Sacker's research focuses on social inequalities in health and life-course social epidemiology. Her particular interests are the
statistical modelling of complex longitudinal processes and the
developmental origins of poor physical and mental health in adult life. She is currently working on several cross-national projects that examine
how different policy contexts moderate effects on health throughout
life. She took over as director of ICLS from Professor Mel Bartley in January 2013. (25/03/13) |
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Staff / Visiting Fellows /Current Students
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Mel Bartley Professor Emerita of Medical Sociology, UCL |
Professor Bartley's work has included research on health inequalities in men and women, with particular emphasis on measurement of social position and circumstances, and the relationships of unemployment and social mobility to health. Her current interests include the effect of life-course processes on social and health advantage, disadvantage and resilience, and how these are influenced by economic and social policies. Professor Bartley is the former director of ICLS 2008 - 2012. (25/03/13) |
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David Blane Professor Emeritus of Imperial College London. Honorary Professor, UCL. |
Professor Blane has a
background in medicine and social science. His general research interests
include: health inequalities; life course studies; social gerontology. Current specific research interests include: causes of increase in life
expectancy at middle age; social-biological transitions; measurement of social
class after labour market exit. Professor Blane is the former ICLS Co-Director (2008 - 20012) and a member and former (2011) Director of organising committee of European summer school on longitudinal and life course research. (25/03/12)
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Noriko Cable Senior Research Fellow, UCL |
Dr. Cable's research investigates social determinants of mental health and alcohol misuse across lifecourse and compares international differences in the relationship. (26/03/13)
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Professor of Medical Sociology, CCSR, University of Manchester |
Professor Chandola's research investigates the close link between educational attainment and health by analysing the life-course effects of education on health and social participation, using the British Birth Cohort Studies. |
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Professor Lifecourse Epidemiology,UCL |
Professor Kelly leads work on health and development during childhood and adolescence. Of particular interest are:
To do this work she makes use of longitudinal datasets including the Millennium Cohort Study, the UK Household Longitudinal Study, the 1958 and 1970 Birth Cohort Studies. (25/03/13) |
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Meena Kumari Senior Research Fellow, UCL |
Research interests: Ageing; Cardiovascular genetics; Life course health and wellbeing; Social determinants of healthy ageing; Work stress. |
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Anne McMunn, Senior Lecturer, UCL |
Dr. McMunn leads on work on changing gender divisions of labour and family forms in relation to health and well-being across the life course, using data from all four of the British birth cohort studies. In addition, Dr. McMunn continues her work on the social determinants of healthy ageing in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Dr McMunn is the Graduate Tutor for the UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care. (25/03/13) |
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Scott Montgomery Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Orebro University Hospital, with an attachment to Karolinska Institute, Sweden. |
This work is divided into two broad areas:
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Gopal Netuveli Professor of Public Health, UEL |
Professor Gopal Netuveli has a background in natural and clinical
sciences with research interests in epidemiology, public health, health
services, social epidemiology and social policy. The subject areas of his
research include quality of life, ageing, resilience, health inequalities,
mental health, chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes, oral health, medical
errors, cross national comparisons and welfare state policies. His research
tends to assume a life course perspective and the use of longitudinal data. In addition to this, he has interest and expertise in quantitative research methods. |
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Loretta Platts Imperial/ESRC Research Student (2010 - ) |
Loretta is examining how life course processes influence quality of life after retirement in the GAZEL French occupational cohort. She is looking in particular at the accumulation of occupational exposures and how these interact with retirement processes and current factors to affect quality of life. Her background is in social and biological sciences. |
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Morten Wahrendorf ICLS Visiting Fellow |
Dr Wahrendorf is a Sociologist with substantial
expertise in research methodology and in comparative research on social
inequalities, work stress and health in older ages. He obtained his Ph.D. in
Sociology in 2009 at the Department of Medical Sociology of the University
Düsseldorf, Germany. In 2011 he was awarded a post-doc fellowship from the
German Research Foundation to work at the International Centre for Life Course
Studies in Society and Health. (25/03/13) |
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Research Associate, UCL |
Dr Webb is a social epidemiologist leading ICLS work investigating the effect of transitions within families on health and well-being of child and adult family members. Her research interests also include investigating the relationships with health and well-being of family and relationships, housing and the use of active and public transport across the life course. She makes use of longitudinal data from ELSA and UKHLS to address her research interests. Elizabeth was awarded her doctorate by UCL in 2009 and prior to this studied for an MSc in epidemiology at LSHTM. (26/03/13) |
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Page last modified on 24 may 13 11:13 by Patricia Crowley
The International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and
Health (ICLS) is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council
(ESRC) RES-596-28-0001 (2008 - 2012). ICLS is a multidisciplinary research centre, directed by Professor Amanda Sacker, that supports supports research at UCL, University of Manchester, University of East London and Örebro University Hospital Sweden.
