Dr Natalie Bennett

School of Education

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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n.c.bennett@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Natalie Bennett
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
Profile

Natalie joined the Sheffield Methods Institute (SMI) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in January 2024. Prior to her role at Sheffield, Natalie was an NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North East North Cumbria (ARC NENC) Inequalities Fellow in the Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University, working on a range of projects related to inequalities in health. 

She completed her NIHR SPHR funded PhD at the University of Sheffield in which she studied the role of neighbourhood social characteristics on ethnic inequalities in mental health using advanced quantitative methods.

Natalie is a social epidemiologist with particular interests in health inequalities, intersectionality and geography. In her postdoctoral role in SMI, Natalie is supporting a UKRI funded project on methods for the quantitative study of intersectionality (‘MAIHDA’ modelling) led by Dr Andrew Bell. More information on the project can be found here

Additionally, Natalie is working with colleagues at CHAIN (Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research, Norway) on a global systematic review of educational inequalities in cause-specific mortality.

Natalie has designed and delivered material for the Master of Public Health programme at Newcastle University and has also supervised students on undergraduate, MSc and PhD programmes.

Research interests
  • Social Epidemiology
  • Public health
  • Health inequalities
  • Health geography
Publications

Books

  • Bambra C, Munford L, Khavandi S & Bennett N (2023) Northern Exposure COVID-19 and Regional Inequalities in Health and Wealth. Policy Press. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

Conference proceedings papers

Preprints

Grants

Date

Role

Project title

Awarding body

Funding amount

01/03/2023 to 31/12/2023

Principal investigator

How does fuel poverty affect mental health?: designing and testing a theoretical framework

The Applied Research Collaboration North East North Cumbria

£9,975

01/04/2023 to 01/07/2024

Principal investigator

Exploring access to and experiences of formal and informal childcare provision in North East England during a ‘cost of living crisis’

Newcastle University

£3,992

01/06/2023 to 31/05/2024

Principal investigator

Exploring access to and experiences of formal and informal childcare provision in North East England during a ‘cost of living crisis’ - a dissemination activity

The Catherine Cookson Foundation

£2,500

22/05/2023 to 11/12/2023

Principal investigator

Health of Women in the North report

Newcastle University

£10,000

26/11/2022 to 31/03/2023

Co-investigator

Low-carbon and Healthy Places: what can current neighbourhoods tell us about future urban planning priorities?

The Wellcome Trust

£4,957

Professional activities and memberships

Natalie holds Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) status in recognition of her professional practice in supporting teaching and learning in Higher Education.

Natalie is a member of the Society for Social Medicine and Population Health and of the European Association of Public Health.

Natalie is a Health Equity North affiliated researcher.