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Staff Profile

Dr Julija Simpson

Research Associate

  • Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
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Background

Julija joined the Population Health Sciences Institute (PHSI) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in October 2022.


Julija is a health economist with particular interests in health inequalities, social policy and geography. In her postdoctoral role, Julija is working on a Wellcome Trust funded project investigating regional health inequalities in the UK and internationally.


She completed her ESRC NINE DTP funded PhD at Â鶹´«Ã½ in which she studied the effects of welfare reform on mental health using advanced quantitative and systematic review methods.


Prior to her current role and her PhD, Julija was a researcher in the Health Economics group at PHSI, working on a range of projects related to trial- and model-based economic evaluation, preference elicitation, and longitudinal data analysis.

Research

Julija's main research areas include:


·    Public health

·    Health economics

·    Health inequalities

·    Social epidemiology

·    Policy evaluation 

Teaching

Julija has designed and delivered teaching materials to Master of Public Health module students.


Previously, she taught Research Methods seminars for Psychology undergraduates and Statistical Methods seminars to undergraduates 

Publications

  • Articles

    • Simpson J, Albani V, Munford L, Bambra C. . Health and Place 2025, 94, 103478.
    • Simpson J, Wildman J, Bambra C, Brown H. . Health Economics 2024, 33(12), 2742-2756.
    • Simpson J, Albani V, Kingston A, Bambra C. . Social Science & Medicine 2024, 362, 117436.
    • Simpson J, Bambra C, Brown H. . International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services 2023, 53(4), 403-413.
    • Simpson J, Robinson T, Vale L. . BMC Health Services Research 2021, 21, 263.
    • Simpson J, Albani V, Bell Z, Bambra C, Brown H. . Social Science & Medicine 2021, 272, 113717.
    • Simpson J, Brown H, Albani V, Ball Z, Bambra C. . BMJ Open 2020, 10(6), e035993.
    • Simpson J, Javanbakht M, Vale L. . BMJ Open 2019, 9, e030678.
    • Stoniute J, Mott D, Shen J. . Value in Health 2018, 21(5), 605-611.

  • Online Publication

    • Hislop J, Stoniute J, Vale L. . 2016. Available at: .

  • Report

    • Wade R, Rice S, Llewellyn A, Moloney E, Jones-Diette J, Stoniute J, Wright K, Layton A, Levell N, Stansby G, Craig D, Woolacott N. . 2017. Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue:80.

  • Review

    • Beyer FR, Kenny RPW, Johnson E, Caldwell DM, Garnett C, Rice S, Simpson J, Angus C, Craig D, Hickman M, Michie S, Kaner EFS. . Addiction 2023, 118(1), 17-29.