Emeline Rougeaux
University College London
Research areas: Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Health disparities and outcomes
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About
Dr Emeline Rougeaux (she/her) is a global health researcher with an interest in inequalities in health and their determinants, particularly relating to rural-urban migration, exposure to stress, growth and malnutrition. Dr Rougeaux holds a Master’s in Demography & Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK) and a PhD in Child Health from University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UK). Her doctoral research included designing and conducting a primary research study on maternal internal migration and child nutritional health and growth in Peru. She has worked on projects applying quantitative methods to assess inequalities in child health for policy research in the UK and associations of psychosocial and/or physiological stress and obesity in adults in Accra, Ghana and women and children in Lima, Peru. She has conducted systematic reviews on various topics relating to environmental and maternal determinants of child growth, nutritional health and birth outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Dr Rougeaux is currently working on several projects including on assessing maternal allostatic load and child obesity in Peru and on energy requirements in early life.
Employment
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University College, London Researcher2024 - Present
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University College, London Research Fellow2024 - 2025
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University College London Research assistant2013 - 2017
Education
Education history is unavailable.
Projects & Funding
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Maternal exposure to stress and child growth and nutritional health in children aged 5-15 years in peri-urban Lima, Peru The Naughton/Clift-Matthews Global Health Fund2024 - 2025
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Associations of maternal internal migration and child growth and nutritional health in Peru Child Health Research CIO2019 - 2024
Publications (22)
- Health burden heterogeneity among children and young people during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the CLoCk study (2020-2023) (Preprint) Save
- Maternal exposure to stress and child risk of obesity: a cross-sectional study of women and their children aged 5-15 years living in a deprived urban Peruvian community Save
- Early Marriage, Preterm Birth, and School Dropout: An Intergenerational Cycle of Risk? Save
- Associations Between Self-Perceived Psychosocial Stress and Markers of Adiposity in Ga Mashie, Urban Ghana: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Population-Based Survey Save
- Early marriage, preterm birth and school dropout: an intergenerational cycle of risk? Save
- Associations of parental internal migration with child growth and nutritional status in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review Save
- Podcast: Child health outcomes of parent and child migration, a global health perspective Save
- The impact of maternal mood and economic stress during Covid-19 pandemic on infant behaviour: Findings from the cross-sectional UK Covid-19 New Mum Study. Save
- Socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on new mothers and associations with psychosocial wellbeing: Findings from the UK COVID-19 New Mum online observational study (May 2020-June 2021) Save
- Maternal internal migration and child growth and nutritional health in Peru: an analysis of the demographic and health surveys from 1991 to 2017. Save
- Can mental health competence reduce the higher risk of smoking initiation among teenagers with parents who smoke? Save
- Is Mental Health Competence in Childhood Associated With Health Risk Behaviors in Adolescence? Findings From the UK Millennium Cohort Study Save
- Maternal mental health and coping during the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK: Data from the COVID-19 New Mum Study. Save
- The impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on the experiences and feeding practices of new mothers in the UK: Preliminary data from the COVID-19 New Mum Study. Save
- The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on maternal mental health and coping in the UK: Data from the COVID-19 New Mum Study Save
- The impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on the experiences and feeding practices of new mothers in the UK: Preliminary data from the COVID-19 New Mum Study Save
- Associations between mental health competence and indicators of physical health and cognitive development in eleven year olds: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Save
- Acceptability and understanding of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition, as part of the Healthy Child Programme 2-year health and development review in England: Parent and professional perspectives. Save
- Have health inequalities changed during childhood in the New Labour generation? Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Save
- Disadvantaged children at greater relative risk of thinness (as well as obesity): a secondary data analysis of the England National Child Measurement Programme and the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Save