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Ms Laurence Blanchard

MPH

Research Fellow

Room
TP-118

LSHTM
15-17 Tavistock Place
London
WC1H 9SH
United Kingdom

I am a systematic reviewer, Research Fellow and co-lead of the Evidence Synthesis theme at the Centre for Evaluation. My work focuses on nutrition policies, health equity and evidence syntheses methods for evaluating health promotion policies. I have completed a BSc in nutrition/dietetics at the Université Laval (Canada) and a joint master’s degree in public health at the universities of Sheffield & Copenhagen (Europubhealth programme).

Previously, I was part of the Department of Health Reviews Facility of England (collaboration between LSHTM, UCL and University of York) and a Lecturer in public health nutrition at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Before moving to the UK, I promoted healthy eating in school, healthcare and community settings as a public health nutritionnist/dietitian in Canada using both education and policy/structural interventions, and coordinated cancer services for the region of Montreal, Canada.

Affiliations

Department of Health Services Research and Policy
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Centre for Evaluation

Teaching

I am deputy module organiser and a seminar leader for the module Foundations of Health Promotion.

I am a lecturer in the module Fundamental Public Health Nutrition.

I supervise MSc summer projects. Please contact me if you are interested in nutrition policies and/or evidence syntheses.

Research

I have recently completed a series of evidence syntheses funded by NIHR on the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and policy process of policies promoting healthy food environments from a governance perspective, ie whether they are mandatory, voluntary or public-private partnerships.

I am now part of CO-CREATE, an EU-funded project aiming to reduce adolescent obesity (https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/co-create). In this project, I am leading a systematic review relating to social media, mental health and diet and contribute to other projects.

By reviewing evidence on health promotion policies and their context, my research increasingly flirts with the commercial determinants of health but without having these as a primary focus.

Research Area
Complex interventions
Health policy
Health promotion
Systematic reviews
Adolescent health
Equity
Evaluation
Food
Discipline
Nutrition
Policy analysis
Disease and Health Conditions
Non-communicable diseases
Obesity
Country
United Kingdom
Region
European Union
World

Selected Publications

Youth involvement in policy processes in public health, education, and social work: Protocol for a scoping review.
Helleve A; Flodgren GM; Blanchard L; Fismen A-S; Rutter H; Mathisen JR; Klepp K-I
2023
Obesity Reviews
Comparison of national surveillance systems for Lyme disease in humans in Europe and North America: a policy review.
Blanchard L; Jones-Diette J; Lorenc T; Sutcliffe K; Sowden A; Thomas J
2022
BMC Public Health
Oral anticoagulants: a systematic overview of reviews on efficacy and safety, genotyping, self-monitoring, and stakeholder experiences.
Khouja C; Brunton G; Richardson M; Stokes G; Blanchard L; Burchett H; Khatwa M; Walker R; Wright K; Sowden A
2022
Systematic reviews
The effective, safe and appropriate use of anticoagulation medicines:
A systematic overview of reviews
Brunton G; Richardson M; Stokes G; Blanchard L; Burchett H; Khatwa M; Khouja C; Walker R; Wright K; Sowden A
2018
The need for sustainability and alignment of future support for National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) in low and middle-income countries.
Howard N; Bell S; Walls H; Blanchard L; Brenzel L; Jit M; Mounier-Jack S
2018
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics
Incidence and surveillance of Lyme disease: Systematic review and policy mapping
Lorenc T; Jones-Diette J; Blanchard L; Sutcliffe K; Stansfield C; Harden M; Sowden A; Thomas J
2017
Incidence and surveillance of Lyme disease: Systematic review and policy mapping
A systematic evidence map of research on Lyme disease in humans
Stokes G; Blanchard L; Sutcliffe K; Dickson K; Brunton G; Burchett H; Jones-Ciette J; Hinds K; Khatwa M; Lorenc T
2017
The effectiveness of interdisciplinary teams in end-of-life palliative care: a systematic review of comparative studies.
Leclerc B-S; Blanchard L; Cantinotti M; Couturier Y; Gervais D; Lessard S; Mongeau S
2014
Journal of palliative care
Does the availability of snack foods in supermarkets vary internationally?
Thornton LE; Cameron AJ; McNaughton SA; Waterlander WE; Sodergren M; Svastisalee C; Blanchard L; Liese AD; Battersby S; Carter M-A
2013
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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