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Professor Allyson Pollock

Clinical Professor of Public Health

  • Email: allyson.pollock@ncl.ac.uk
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  • Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
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Background

I joined the Institute of Health & Society as Director in January 2017, having formerly been professor of public health research and policy at Queen Mary, University of London. I set up and directed the Centre for International Public Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh from 2005 to 2011, and prior to this I was head of the Public Health Policy Unit at UCL and Director of Research & Development at UCL Hospitals NHS Trust. The Institute was closed as part of the Faculty wide restructure in Nov 2019 and I am currently co-director of Â鶹´«Ã½ Centre of Excellence in Regulatory Sciences 

I trained in medicine in Scotland and became a consultant in public health medicine in 1991. My research interests include globalisation; privatisation, marketisation and PFI / PPPs; health services; regulation and trade; pharmaceuticals and clinical trials; and childhood injuries; sport; injury; concussion; head injuries; rugby; long term care; social care.

Research

I undertake research and teaching intended to assist the realisation of the principles of social justice and public health, looking in particular at health systems research, trade, and pharmaceuticals. A strong emphasis is on developing critical analysis through education and research and through translating research findings into policy at the national and international level. The work is multidisciplinary, including epidemiology, law, statistics, economics, accounting, sociology, and anthropology.

Universal access to health care is the primary focus and in particular the means by which local and national systems redistribute resources across society by sharing the risks and costs of ill-health. My work includes the study of public private partnerships in health and long term care, pharmaceuticals, and medical research, and how public health interfaces with trade law and intellectual property agreements.

Local and global issues converge around, for instance, the social and economic aspects of clinical trials, how medicines are accessed, the estimation of the global burden of disease, and evidence underpinning access to medicines policies; the setting of health care priorities through the creation and use of clinical evidence; and the export of managed health care systems.

Other areas of research include the epidemiology of sports injury and childhood injuries and improving long term care.

Teaching

I am introducing in the Institute of Health & Society teaching on global health drawing on our huge range of disciplines and research and our collective experience of and commitment to high level teaching. Future programmes may include pharmaceutical regulation and access to medicines, and sports exercise and injury.

I have established significant and influential teaching programmes in global health (MSc, BSc, and intercalated) at the University of Edinburgh and Queen Mary University of London, including the UK’s first programmes on global health systems and global health and law.

I contribute teaching on public health and health systems to Â鶹´«Ã½'s MBBS.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Kirkwood G, Buchan J, Pollock AM. . Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2023, 30(2), 151-158.
    • Mehta A, Brhlikova Sevcikova P, McGettigan P, Pollock AM, Roderick P, Farooqui HH. . WHO Bulletin 2022, BLT.22.287908.
    • Mehta A, Brhlikova P, McGettigan P, Pollock AM, Roderick P, Hasan HF. . Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2022, 100, 610-619.
    • Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2022, 115(10), 399-407.
    • Byrne P, Harding Edgar L, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2022, 115(5), 165-168.
    • Pollock A, White AJ, Batten J, Howarth NE, Magrath R, Piggin J, Millward P, Parry KD, Lang M, Bullingham R, Pearce AJ, Morales L, Turner G, Humphries CT, Hardwicke J, Anderson E, Kirkwood G. . Frontiers in Sport Active Living 2022, 4, 784103.
    • Roderick P, Pollock AM. . International Journal of Health Services 2022, 52(4), 470-479.
    • Hayre J, Pollock AM. . Poverty and Public Policy 2022, 14(4), 423-436.
    • Shehada W, Bouquet B, Nassar J, Briody C, Alfarra N, Doctor HV, Daher M, Rockenschaub G, Kirkwood G, Pollock A, Kim H-J. . The Lancet 2021, 398, S19-S19.
    • Rees C, Brhlikova P, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2020, 113(2), 64-78.
    • Roderick P, Macfarlane A, Pollock AM. . BMJ 2020, 369, m2484.
    • Filippon J, Bremner S, Giovanella L, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2020, 11(5), 1-7.
    • White AJ, Robinson S, Anderson E, Bullingham R, Pollock AM, Scoats R. . Sociology of Sport Journal 2019, 36(4), 300–310.
    • Kirkwood G, Hughes CH, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2019, 112(3), 109-118.
    • Kirkwood G, Hughes TC, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2019, 112(3), 109-118.
    • Sutaria S, Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2019, 112(7), 292-303.
    • Pollock AM, Roderick P. . BMJ 2018, 30, k343.
    • McGettigan P, Roderick P, Kadam A, Pollock AM. . British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2018, 85(1), 59-70.
    • Millard C, Kadam A, Mahajan R, Pollock AM, Brhlikova P. . Journal of Global Health 2018, 8(1), 010402.
    • Millard C, Kadam AB, Mahajan R, Pollock AM, Brhlikova P. . Journal of Global Health 2018, 8(1), 010402.
    • Evans V, Roderick P, Pollock AM. . Journal of Global Health 2018, 3(2), e000263.
    • Kirkwood G, Hughes TC, Pollock AM. . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2017, 71(3), 289-295.
    • Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. . Journal of Public Health 2017, 39, 593-600.
    • Harrington C, Jacobsen FF, Panos J, Pollock AM, Sutaria S, Szebehely M. . Health Services Insights 2017, 10, 1178632917710533.
    • Pollock AM, Roderick P. . BMJ 2017, 359, j5349.
    • Pollock AM, White AJ, Kirkwood G. . British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017, 51, 1113-1117.
    • Sutaria S, Roderick P, Pollock AM. . BMJ 2017, 358, j4279.
    • Leng HMJ, Pollock AM, Sanders D. . South African Medical Journal 2016, 106(4), 350-353.
    • Ofori-Asenso R, Brhlikova P, Pollock AM. . BMC Public Health 2016, 16, 174.
    • Pollock AM. . Reforma y Democracia 2016, 2016(64), 5-50.
    • Kadam AB, Maigetter K, Jeffery R, Mistry NF, Weiss MG, Pollock AM. . International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2016, 5(9), 535-542.
    • Harrington C, Armstrong H, Halladay M, Havig AK, Jacobsen FF, MacDonald M, Panos J, Pearsall K, Pollock A, Ross L. . Ageing International 2016, 41(1), 17-39.
    • Filippon J, Giovanella L, Konder M, Pollock AM. . Cadernos de Saúde Pública 2016, 32(8), e00034716.
    • Pollock AM, Roderick P. . BMJ (Online) 2015, 350, h2257.
    • McGettigan P, Roderick P, Mahajan R, Kadam A, Pollock AM. . PLoS Medicine 2015, 12(5), e1001826.
    • Millard C, Brhlikova P, Pollock A. . Social Science and Medicine 2015, 132, 190-196.
    • Freitag A, Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. . BMJ 2015, 350, h1587.
    • Leng HMJ, Sanders D, Pollock AM. . GaBI Journal 2015, 4(2), 58-63.
    • Maigetter K, Pollock AM, Kadam A, Ward K, Weiss MG. . International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2015, 4(5), 295-305.
    • Pollock A, Roderick P. . The Medico-legal journal 2015, 83(4), 172-184.
    • Atukunda EC, Brhlikova P, Agaba AG, Pollock AM. . Social Science and Medicine 2015, 130, 242-249.
    • Smith D, Kirkwood G, Pott J, Kourita L, Jessop V, Pollock AM. . Injury 2015, 46(6), 1131-1136.
    • Crocker-Buque T, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2015, 108(2), 57-67.
    • Brhlikova P, Harper I, Subedi M, Bhattarai S, Rawal N, Pollock AM. . Globalization and Health 2015, 11(1), 25.
    • McCartney M, Goldacre B, Chalmers I, Reynolds C, Mendel J, Smith S, Bewley S, Gordon P, Carroll D, Dean BJ, Greenhalgh T, Heath I, McKee M, Pollock A, Gordon S. . BMJ 2014, 348, g236.
    • Birabwa C, Murison J, Evans V, Obua C, Agaba A, Waako P, Pollock A. . Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice 2014, 7(1), 18.
    • Kirkwood G, Pollock AM, Howie C, Wild S. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2014, 107(6), 237-245.
    • Roderick P, Mahajan R, McGettigan P, Pollock AM. . The Lancet 2014, 383(9913), 203-206.
    • Millard C, Pollock AM, Brhlikova P. . BMJ 2014, 349, g4823.
    • Ward K, Sanders D, Leng H, Pollock AM. . Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2014, 92(7), 482-489.
    • Roderick P, Pollock AM. . BMJ 2014, 349, g5603.
    • Pollock AM, Price D, Kondilis E, Freitag A, Harding-Edgar L. . BMJ 2013, 347, f7322.
    • Pollock AM, Brhlikova P. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2012, 105(11), 455-456.
    • Parekh N, Hodges SD, Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. . British Journal of Sports Medicine 2012, 46(8), 611-613.

  • Edited Book

    • Wagg S, Pollock AM, ed. . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, 2021.

  • Editorials

    • Hayes L, Pollock AM. . The BMJ 2021, 374, n1684.
    • Deeks JJ, Brookes AJ, Pollock AM. . The BMJ 2020, 370(8261), m3699.
    • Pollock AM, Clements L, Harding-Edgar L. . The BMJ 2020, 369(8242), m1465.
    • Pollock AM, Roderick P, Cheng KK, Pankhania B. . The BMJ 2020, 368, m1284.
    • White AJ, Batten J, Kirkwood G, Anderson E, Pollock AM. . British Journal of Sports Medicine 2019, 53(9), 525-526.
    • Piggin J, Pollock A. . British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017, 51(15), 1108-1108.
    • Casla K, Roderick P, Pollock AM. . BMJ 2017, 358, j3613.
    • Roderick P, Pollock AM. . BMJ 2017, 357, j2013.
    • Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. . British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016, 50(16), 963-964.
    • Steele S, Stuckler D, Mckee M, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2014, 107(4), 132-133.
    • Kirkwood G, Hughes TC, Pollock AM. . BMJ 2014, 349, g5337.
    • Steele S, Stuckler D, McKee M, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2014, 107(12), 466-467.
    • Pollock AM, Price D. . BMJ 2013, 346, f2190.

  • Letters

    • Carvallaro F, Lugg-Widger F, Cannings-John R, Harron K, McNally R, Pollock AM, Blakey K, Sharp L, O’Donnell A, Hayes L, Pearce M, Harbron R, Slack E. . British Medical Journal 2020, 1-13.
    • Alwan NA, Bhopal R, Burgess RA, Colburn T, Cuevas LE, Smith GD, Egger M, Eldridge S, Gallo V, Gilthorpe MS, Greenhalgh T, Griffiths C, Hunter PR, Jaffar S, Jepson R, Low N, Martineau A, McCoy D, Orcutt M, Pankhania B, Pikhart H, Pollock A, Scally G, Smith J, Sridhar D, Taylor S, Tennant PWG, Themistocleous Y, Wilson A. . Lancet (London, England) 2020, 395(10229), 1036-1037.
    • Pollock AM. . BMJ 2020, 368, m1187-m1187.
    • Pollock AM. . The BMJ 2020, 371.
    • McGettigan P, Roderick P, Kadam A, Pollock AM. . The Lancet Global Health 2017, 5(11), e1075-e1076.
    • McGettigan P, Pollock A, Herxheimer A. . BMJ 2014, 348, g1594.
    • Roderick P, Pollock AM. . BMJ 2014, 349, g6833.
    • Robinson D, Eskin F, Pollock C, Pollock A, Clarke A, Chaturvedi N, Basnett I, Boothroyd-Brooks M, Kani J, McCarthy M, Murray J. Public health heresy [2]. British Medical Journal 1992, 304(6837), 1307-1308.

  • Notes

    • Kirkwood G, Pollock AM. . The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2022, 21, 100495.
    • Byrne P, Harding-Edgar L, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2022, 115(5), 165-168.
    • Harding-Edgar L, McCartney M, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2020, 113(11), 428-432.
    • Ronald LA, McGregor MJ, Harrington C, Pollock A, Lexchin J. . PLoS Medicine 2016, 13(4), e1001995.
    • Evans V, Pollock AM. . The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology 2015, 3(2), 98-101.
    • Pollock AM. . International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2015, 4(6), 399-402.
    • Pollock AM, Roderick P. . The Lancet 2014, 383(9928), 1523-1524.
    • Leonard P, Pollock A. . BMJ 2013, 346(7890), e8493.
    • Pollock AM. . BMJ 2013, 346, e8496.
    • Pollock AM, Brhlikova P, McGettigan P. . BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2013, 120(3), 287-287.

  • Online Publications

    • Pollock AM. . London, UK: BMJ Publishing Group, 2018. Available at: .
    • Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. . London: BMJ Publishing Group, 2017. Available at: .

  • Report

    • Bambra C, Hayre J, Pollock A, Brown H. . Independent SAGE, 2020.

  • Reviews

    • Allan C, Joyce TJ, Pollock AM. . BMJ 2018, 363, k4205.
    • Freitag A, Kirkwood G, Scharer S, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. . British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015, 49(8), 511-519.
    • Kirkwood G, Parekh N, Ofori-Asenso R, Pollock AM. . British Journal of Sports Medicine 2015, 49(8), 506-510.
    • Pollock AM, McGettigan P, Roderick P, Jeffery R, Mahajan R. . Economic and Political Weekly 2014, 49(33), 15-19.
    • Pollock AM, Price D. . Evidence-Based Medicine 2014, 19(1), 4-5.
    • Chu CS, Brhlikova P, Pollock AM. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2012, 105(8), 336-347.
    • Mattheij I, Pollock AM, Brhlikova P. . Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2012, 105(6), 250-262.