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Staff Profile

Dr Courtney McNamara

Lecturer in Public Health

  • Email: courtney.mcnamara@ncl.ac.uk
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  • Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
    5th Floor, Ridley 1
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    Â鶹´«Ã½-upon-Tyne
    NE1 4LP
Background

Courtney McNamara is Lecturer of Public Health. She uses advanced quantitative and qualitative methods to address pressing public health policy problems and has written extensively on: the health impacts of international trade, the social determinants of health inequalities, and the links between COVID-19, labour markets, and health.

She currently leads a large research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council. This project asks if trade shocks cause health to suffer and investigates which policies could help prevent any potential harms.

She is also an affiliated researcher at the Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research (CHAIN) in Trondheim, Norway, and Chair of the within the American Public Health Association.

Research

For the most up-to-date list of published work, please see



Teaching

Courtney is module lead for "Social and Commericial Determinants of Health" and contributes as a guest lecturer on other modules. She regularly supervises student projects, including those pursuing Master's degrees in Public Health and Pharmacy, as well as Bachelor's degrees in Biomedical Science and Psychology. Courtney also supervises PhD students in the areas of the political economy of health. She welcomes contact from prospective research degree candidates.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Borges LC, McNamara C, Crosbie E. . Tobacco Control 2025, epub ahead of print.
    • Bambra C, McNamara C, Munford L, Wickham S. . BMJ 2025, 388(8456), r76.
    • McNamara C, Bambra C. . International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services 2025, 55(3), 238-248.
    • Douma H, McNamara C, Bakola M, Stuckler D. . European Journal of Pediatrics 2025, 184, 478.
    • Scheiring G, Serrano-Alarcon M, Moise A, McNamara C, Stuckler D. . British Journal of Political Science 2024, 54(3).
    • Mishra, V, Stuckler, D, McNamara, C. Digital Interventions to reduce hospitalization and hospital readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patient: systematic review. BMC Digital Health 2026. In Preparation.
    • Green L, Ashton K, Silva L, McNamara C, Fletcher M, Petchey L, Clemens T, Douglas M. . Global Policy 2024, 15(4), 676-688.
    • McNamara C, Kotzias V, Bambra C, Labonté R, Stuckler D. . International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services 2023, 53(3), 311-322.
    • Bingpong K, Thomson K, McNamara CL, Besnier E, Balaj M, Ahkter N, Bambra C, Todd A. . Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2022, 50(2), 287-294.
    • McNamara CL, Toch-Marquardt M, Albani V, Eikemo TA, Bambra C. . European Journal of Public Health 2021, 31(1), 181-185.
    • Beckfield J, Balaj M, McNamara CL, Huijts T, Bambra C, Eikemo TA. . European Journal of Public Health 2017, 27(Suppl. 1), 3-7.
    • Beckfield J, Bambra C, Eikemo T, Huijts T, McNamara C, Wendt C. . Social Theory & Health 2015, 13(3), 227-244.

  • Book Chapter

    • McNamara, C. . In: Toba Bryant, ed. Handbook on the Social Determinants of Health. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2025.

  • Reviews