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Prof Matt Egan

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United Kingdom

Matt Egan is a Professor of Public Health. Much of Matt’s work is connected to the School of Public Health Research at LSHTM (SPHR@L). Established in April 2012, SPHR@L forms part of the wider NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR), comprising eight UK universities and research centres of excellence. Its research aims are to strengthen evidence and understanding for better decision-making on the social and environmental factors that determine public health. Areas of interest include health inequalities, alcohol, area based initiatives, local public health policy and practice, knowledge translation, public and practitioner involvement.

Previously, Matt has worked as a senior investigator scientist at MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow; and as a senior public health advisor at NHS Health Scotland. His research focuses on generating evidence to inform policy and practice. Methodological interests include evaluations of natural experiments; research synthesis and developing approaches for understanding public health systems. Topic interests include housing, urban regeneration, community empowerment, food and alcohol availability, and local government. Matt's educational background includes a PhD on the history of special needs education in Scotland.

Matt currently co-leads the NIHR SPHR Healthy Places Healthy Planet Programme. He is also joint PI of a NIHR PHR funded project: Health impact, process and economic evaluation of selective licensing schemes for private rented housing in England. NIHR154797.

Matt is LSHTM lead on two large multi-centre collaborations. (i) UKRI Population Health Improvement Network of Clusters - Health Hub: Systems Approaches to Commercial Determinants of Health and Equity, led by University of Bath; (ii) NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration led by Borough of Ealing.

Affiliations

Department of Public Health, Environments and Society
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Teaching

MSc PH Exam Board Chair

Module co-organiser - Reviewing the literature.

Tutor - Issues in Public Health

Tutor and supervisor for MSc PH summer projects.

Various external roles -e.g. guest lectures (UCL, Middlesex University); External examiner of PhDs and Masters (Universities of Sheffield, Stirling, UCL).

Research

Health inequalities

Social determinants of Health

Mixed Methods evaluations of complex interventions.

Qualitative research and process evaluations.

Applying systems thinking to complex intervention evaluation.

Co-produced research with public, policy and practice.

Health and Place.

Housing.

Selected Publications

NIHR SPHR Guidance on Systems Approaches to Local Public Health Evaluation. Part 1: Introducing systems thinking.
EGAN, M; MCGILL, E; Penney, T; Anderson de Cuevas, R; ER, V; Orton, L; LOCK, K; Popay, J; SAVONA, N; CUMMINS, S; Rutter, H; Whitehead, M; De Vocht, F; White, M; Smith, R; Andreeva, M; Meier, P; MARKS, D; PETTICREW, M;
2019
NIHR SPHR Guidance on Systems Approaches to Local Public Health Evaluation. Part 1: Introducing systems thinking.
NIHR SPHR Guidance on Systems Approaches to Local Public Health Evaluation. Part 2: What to consider when planning a systems evaluation.
EGAN, M; MCGILL, E; Penney, T; Anderson de Cuevas, R; ER, V; Orton, L; White, M; LOCK, K; CUMMINS, S; SAVONA, N; Whitehead, M; Popay, J; Meier, P; De Vocht, F; MARKS, D; Andreeva, M; Rutter, H; PETTICREW, M;
2019
National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research
Exploring the impact of public health teams on alcohol premises licensing in England and Scotland (ExILEnS): procotol for a mixed methods natural experiment evaluation.
Fitzgerald, N; EGAN, M; De Vocht, F; Angus, C; Nicholls, J; Shortt, N; Nichols, T; MAANI HESSARI, N; McQuire, C; Purves, R; Critchlow, N; Mohan, A; Mahon, L; Sumpter, C; Bauld, L;
2018
BMC medical research methodology
Reframing "participation" and "inclusion" in public health policy and practice to address health inequalities: Evidence from a major resident-led neighbourhood improvement initiative.
Lewis, S; Bambra, C; Barnes, A; Collins, M; EGAN, M; Halliday, E; Orton, L; PONSFORD, R; Powell, K; Salway, S; Townsend, A; Whitehead, M; Popay, J;
2018
Health & social care in the community
'A true partner around the table?' Perceptions of how to strengthen public health's contributions to the alcohol licensing process.
REYNOLDS, J; MCGRATH, M; Engen, J; Pashmi, G; Andrews, M; Sharpe, C; EGAN, M; Lim, J; LOCK, K;
2018
Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
Local policies to tackle a national problem: Comparative qualitative case studies of an English local authority alcohol availability intervention.
EGAN, M; Brennan, A; Buykx, P; De Vocht, F; Gavens, L; GRACE, D; Halliday, E; Hickman, M; Holt, V; Mooney, JD; LOCK, K;
2016
Health & place
Proportionate universalism in practice? A quasi-experimental study (GoWell) of a UK neighbourhood renewal programme's impact on health inequalities.
EGAN, M; Kearns, A; Katikireddi, SV; Curl, A; Lawson, K; Tannahill, C;
2016
Social science & medicine (1982)
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