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Dr Vanessa Er

Assistant Professor

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

Tel.
020 7927 2899

I am an Assistant Professor with the NIHR School for Public Health Research at LSHTM. I have an academic background in nutrition and have expertise in mixed method research.

My research interests include ethnic minority health and health inequalities. I am also interested in the application of systems theory and complexity science in public health research.

My interest in public health originated from my work experience at Bristol Public Health, working mainly in deprived areas of Bristol. Prior to LSHTM, I completed my doctoral research on diet and prostate cancer, and carried out research on children and young people's health with NIHR SPHR at the University of Bristol and DECIPHer: Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement.

Affiliations

Department of Public Health, Environments and Society

Centres

Centre for Evaluation
Centre for Global Chronic Conditions
Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health (MARCH)
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre
Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health

Teaching

I am a module organiser for the Issues in Public Health module and a seminar leader on the Principles and Practice of Public Health module. I am also a tutor on the MSc Public Health Programme.

Research

Research Area
Child health
Complex interventions
Health inequalities
Health policy
Health promotion
Public health
Social and structural determinants of health
Systematic reviews
Adolescent health
Evaluation
Food
Gender
Global Health
Housing
Impact evaluation
Inequalities
Mixed methods
Mobile technologies
Physical activity
Schools
Discipline
Epidemiology
Nutrition
Social Sciences
Disease and Health Conditions
Cancer
Mental health
Non-communicable diseases
Obesity
Country
United Kingdom
Somalia
Region
Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)
Least developed countries: UN classification
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

'It All Kind of Links Really': Young People's Perspectives on the Relationship between Socioeconomic Circumstances and Health.
Fairbrother H; Woodrow N; Crowder M; Holding E; Griffin N; Er V; Dodd-Reynolds C; Egan M; Lock K; Scott S
2022
International journal of environmental research and public health
Evaluation of public health interventions from a complex systems perspective: A research methods review.
McGill E; Er V; Penney T; Egan M; White M; Meier P; Whitehead M; Lock K; Anderson de Cuevas R; Smith R
2021
Social Science & Medicine
Restricting the advertising of high fat, salt and sugar foods on the Transport for London estate: Process and implementation study.
Meiksin R; Er V; Thompson C; Adams J; Boyland E; Burgoine T; Cornelsen L; de Vocht F; Egan M; Lake AA
2021
Social science & medicine (1982)
Media representations of opposition to the 'junk food advertising ban' on the Transport for London (TfL) network: A thematic content analysis of UK news and trade press.
Thompson C; Clary C; Er V; Adams J; Boyland E; Burgoine T; Cornelsen L; de Vocht F; Egan M; Lake AA
2021
SSM - Population Health
Sociodemographic differences in self-reported exposure to high fat, salt and sugar food and drink advertising: a cross-sectional analysis of 2019 UK panel data.
Yau A; Adams J; Boyland EJ; Burgoine T; Cornelsen L; de Vocht F; Egan M; Er V; Lake AA; Lock K
2021
BMJ open
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