Public Health Research
Professor Mark McCarthy
Public health research is medical science at population and organisational levels.
Working with the European Public Health Association, I wish to improve information public health research systems to provide evidence for practice across Europe.
- PHIRE (Public Heath Innovation and Research in Europe), 2010 - 2012, is holding workshops in EU member states on public health performance, and assessing national uptake of projects from the European Commission's public health programme. It is funded by the European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Consumers Health Programme.
- STEPS (Strengthening Engagement in Public Health) 2009 - 2011, has developed links between civil society organisations and public health research in the 12 EU new member states, and mapped the structures for public health research in EU countries. It was funded by the European Commission's Directorate General for Research Cooperation / Science in Society programme (FP7)
- FAHRE (Food and Health in Europe) 2010 - 2011, has mapped structures and needs for food and health research across European countries. It was funded by the European Commission's Directorate General for Research Cooperation / Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy programme (FP7).
- SPHERE (Strengthening Public Health Research in Europe) 2005-2007, mapped health research perspectives at European and national levels including bibliometric analysis of six sub-areas of research - health promotion, health services, environmental health, public health genetics, infectious disease control, health management. It was funded by the European Commission's Sixth Directorate for Research Programme Policy programme (FP6)
- Patient Safety Research conference organised in Porto, Portugal through the UK Faculty of Public Health, under the Portuguese Presidency, in September 2007. It was funded by the European Commission's Directorate for Research Cooperation / Health programme
I am currently Lead for Research, European Public Health Association (2008-) and previously established and Chair of the European Committee, UK Faculty of Public Health (2002-2008),
I have represented EUPHA at the EU Health Policy Forum (organised by the Directorate for Health and Consumers for advice from non-governmental organisations) and have lead consultations on European health research policy, including 'Research and Innovation for Europe in 2014-2020' (Health Research - Europe's Future, 2011).
2012 speaking invitations:
September 2012: Urban Health Information Systems final conference, Amsterdam
July 2012: Science for International Development, Manilla
June 2012: ERA-ENVHEALTH final conference, Paris
May 2012: Healthgain.eu: Structural funds for health, Budapest
May 2012: European Conference on Chronic Diseases, Brussels
May 2012: Directorate for Health and Consumers' High Level Conference
March 2012: European Voice debate: Healthcare and the economic crisis, Brussels
February 2012: Food and health research in Europe, Brussels
- Expert Member of the Advisory Committee, MASCOT (Multilateral Association for Studying health inequalities and enhancing North-South and South-South Cooperation) (2011 - )
- Participant at the Directorate for Research's review of the FP7 Health programme, Brussels July 2011, Speaker as Strategic Review of the Public Health Programme, Menorca, September 2010
- Evaluator for the European Commission' Directorate for Research Seventh, Sixth and fifth Framework Research Programmes for calls including Public Health, International Health, Environment and Health, and Regional Policy.
- Evaluator for the Directorate for Health and Consumers for the Public Health Programme (open calls and tenders) (2003- )
Position
I was appointed to a personal Chair at University College London in 1998, and Emeritus from 2007.
As Senior Lecturer at University College London 1979-85 I created and taught the Medical School's courses on epidemiology and health policy, and sociology in medicine.
Research
I developed research in public health across fields including cancer services, palliative care, transport and health, and health impact assessment.
Urban health determinants (particularly
transport and health), including UK Department of Health research grant
to investigate statistical modelling in health impact assessment, and
work for both the public sector (eg assessment of the London Olympics
transport plan) and private sector (eg assessments of oil developments
in Russia and middle east).
Health services research, particularly cancer
services, including a UK National Institute for Health Research (SDO
programme) research grant to evaluate information systems for regional
cancer networks and earlier long-term programme of studies on the
evaluation of palliative care in the UK.
Practice
As District Community Physician in North Hammersmith, and then Director of Public Health in Camden and Islington, London (1991-1997), I was responsible for policies and practice in public health for the local population.
My book Epidemiology and Policies for Health Planning (London: Kings Fund, 1983) described the then literature evidence for public
health policies and practice.
Education
BA, MA (Natural Sciences, Economics) University of Cambridge
MB BChir University of Cambridge / University College Hospital Medical School
MSc (Social Medicine) London School of Hygiene (Chadwick Gold Medal)
PhD London School of Economics
Fellow of the UK Faculty of Public Health and Royal College of Physicians (England)
Academic publications 2012-2011
McCarthy M.Targets for health in Europe: the debate continues. European Journal of Public Health. In press.
McCarthy M. Transforming research for food and health in
Europe. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, In press.
McCarthy M, Dressel K, Chartier O, Newton R. Food and health research in Europe: structures, gaps and futures. Food Policy, in submission.
McCarthy M, Knabe A. Civil society organisations and public health research – evidence from eight European Union new member states. Central European Journal of Public Health, in submission.
McCarthy M. Public health research support through the European Structural Funds in Central and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean. Health Research Policy and Systems 10:14 pages Article number 12 Apr 2012.
McCarthy M, Knabe A. Civil society and public health research in the European Union new member states. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. In press.
Beinare D, McCarthy M. (2012) Civil society organisations, social innovation and health research in Europe. European Journal of Public Health 26 10.1093/eurpub/ckr152.
Mark McCarthy. Who supports health research in Europe? Eur J Public Health 2010, 20: 3-5; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp222.
McCarthy M, Aitsi-Selmi A, Bánáti D, Frewer L, Hirani V, Lobstein T, McKenna B, Mulla Z, Rabozzi G, Sfetcu R, et al.Research for food and health in Europe: themes, needs and proposals. Health Research Policy & Systems, 2011, 9:37 2011
McCarthy M. Health research-Europe's future. The Lancet, 2011, 377: 1744-1745
Conceição, C and McCarthy, M (2011) Public health research systems in the European union. Health Research Policy and Systems, 9 38. 10.1186/1478-4505-9-38.
McCarthy M.European health research and globalisation: is the public-private balance right? Global Health 7:5 201
McCarthy M. Health and the European Structural Funds in the new member states. Eur J Public Health 11 Mar 2011 10.1093/eurpub/ckr011.
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