Claire Niedzwiedz
University of Glasgow, Mental Health Foundation, University of Oxford
Research areas: Medicine · Psychiatry and Mental health · Health disparities and outcomes · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Mental Health Treatment and Access
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About
Claire has a background in physiology, public health and social epidemiology.
After completing her MSc in Public Health Research, she worked as an analyst at the Information Services Division of NHS Scotland. She completed her PhD at the University of Glasgow, which focused on understanding the role of social circumstances across the life course and wellbeing in older people across Europe.
Claire has worked in postdoctoral research positions at the University of Edinburgh and Oxford. She also previously worked as a Senior Research Officer at the Mental Health Foundation in Scotland.
She took up a RCUK Innovation Fellowship and joined the Mental Health & Wellbeing group in 2017. Her fellowship focused on exploring the relationship between physical and mental health conditions, particularly cancer and mental health.
Currently, she holds a Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith Fellowship and is based within the department of General Practice and Primary Care. Her fellowship focuses on the relationship between climate change and mental health.
She uses a range of secondary data sources, including UK Biobank and Understanding Society, as well as linked administrative health data.
Employment
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University of Glasgow Lord Kelvin / Adam Smith Senior Research Fellow2025 - Present
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University of Glasgow Lord Kelvin / Adam Smith Research Fellow2021 - 2025
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University of Glasgow RCUK Innovation Fellow2017 - 2021
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Mental Health Foundation Senior Research Officer2017 - 2017
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University of Oxford Postdoctoral Researcher2016 - 2017
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University of Edinburgh Postdoctoral Researcher (Health and Environment)2014 - 2016
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National Health Service Scotland Information Analyst2009 - 2011
Education
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University of Glasgow PhD Public Health2011 - 2014
Projects & Funding
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WELLSIM - A life course microsimulation perspective on multi-dimensional well-being in five European countries Economic and Social Research Council2025 - 2028
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Reducing the mental health and wellbeing impacts of flooding: Informing cross-policy action in Scotland Centre of Expertise for Waters2025 - 2026
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Examining the effects of climate change on mental health and wellbeing in a rural coastal area and an urban informal settlement in Kenya Medical Research Foundation2024 - 2027
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COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wealth National Core Study (LHW-NCS) Medical Research Council2020 - 2021
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Prescribing for common mental health disorders amongst people with cancer: a data linkage study Chief Scientist Office2019 - Present
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A machine learning approach to understanding comorbidity between mental and physical health conditions Medical Research Council2017 - 2022
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Building Public Health Resilience to Fluvial Flooding in Scotland Centre of Expertise for Waters? - 2024
Publications (101)
- Payments for ecosystem services and their effects on health and wellbeing: a systematic review Save
- A rapid review of the cross-cultural relevance of measurement tools for the assessment of eco-anxiety and other climate change-related psychological constructs [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations] Save
- Suboptimal Vitamin D Levels as a Peripheral Biomarker for Suicide Outcomes: Analysis of the UK Biobank Cohort Save
- The Prosocial Phenotype and Co-Operative Health Protective Behaviors: Insights From COVID-19 Save
- A systematic review of social, political and geographic factors associated with eco-anxiety in children and young people Save
- The impacts of Payment for Ecosystem Services programmes on health and wellbeing: a systematic review protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved] Save
- Climate change worry and the association with future depression and anxiety: cross-national analysis of 11 European countries Save
- Coming to terms with climate change: a glossary for climate change impacts on mental health and well-being Save
- ASSESSING THE GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPLAY BETWEEN VITAMIN D STATUS AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR Save
- Concern about the health effects of climate change according to experiences of climate events: International comparison of UK and Australian adults Save
- Eco-anxiety among children and young people: A systematic review of social, political, and geographic determinants Save
- Linkages between socioeconomic inequalities, pro-environmental behaviours, climate change concerns and experiences, and wellbeing outcomes in England Save
- Sociodemographic and geographic inequalities in exposure to projected hot and extreme summer days in England: A nationwide socio-spatial analysis Save
- Genetic variation in circadian regulator gene BMAL1 in psychiatric, psychological and cardiometabolic traits: a trans-ancestry UK Biobank study Save
- Climate change worry and the association with future depression and anxiety: cross-national analysis of 11 European countries Save
- Coming to terms with climate change: a glossary for climate change impacts on mental health and wellbeing Save
- Mental Health and Behavioral Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Incarcerated Parents: A Systematic Review Save
- Awareness of cervical cancer and screening in Benin and Cameroon: an analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey, 2017-2018 Save
- Awareness of Cervical Cancer and Screening in Benin and Cameroon: Analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Save
- Consistent effects of the genetics of happiness across the lifespan and ancestries in multiple cohorts Save