Dr Claire Niedzwiedz
- Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith Research Fellow (General Practice & Primary Care)
telephone:
0141 330 0264
email:
Claire.Niedzwiedz@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6133-4168Biography
Claire obtained her BSc(Hons) in Physiology at the University of St Andrews and her MSc in Public Health Research at the University of Edinburgh. She completed undergraduate and postgraduate research projects relating to the epidemiology of schizophrenia and suicide clusters and became increasingly interested in public mental health and health inequalities.
After completing her MSc, she worked as an analyst at the Information Services Division of NHS Scotland working with a range of administrative health datasets.
She then went on to complete her PhD in Public Health at the University of Glasgow in 2014, which focused on understanding the role of social circumstances across the life course and wellbeing in older people across Europe.
Claire then went on to work in postdoctoral research positions at the University of Edinburgh and Oxford. During 2017 she also worked as a Senior Research Officer at the Mental Health Foundation in Scotland.
She then 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.
Currently, she now holds a Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith Fellowship and is based within General Practice and Primary Care. Her fellowship will focus on the determinants and outcomes related to anxiety and its relationship with chronic health conditions.
She uses a range of secondary data sources, including UK Biobank and Understanding Society, as well as linked administrative health data.
Research interests
Claire's research focuses on understanding the determinants of mental health and wellbeing and outcomes associated with poor mental health. She is also interested in understanding how social exposures 'get under the skin' to influence health and health inequalities and understanding the biological mechanisms underlying social and structural processes.
Publications
2022
Kromydas, T., Green, M. , Craig, P. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Leyland, A. H. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Pearce, A. , Thomson, R. M. and Demou, E. (2022) Comparing population-level mental health of UK workers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study using Understanding Society. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(6), pp. 527-536. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2021-218561) (PMID:35296523) (PMCID:PMC8931794)
O'Connor, D. B. et al. (2022) Effects of COVID-19-related worry and rumination on mental health and loneliness during the pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 mental health & wellbeing study. Journal of Mental Health, (doi: 10.1080/09638237.2022.2069716) (PMID:35579054) (Early Online Publication)
Patel, K. et al. (2022) Psychological distress before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in the United Kingdom based on coordinated analyses of 11 longitudinal studies. JAMA Network Open, 5(4), e227629. (doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7629) (PMID:35452109)
Foster, H. M.E. et al. (2022) The association between a lifestyle score, socioeconomic status, and COVID-19 outcomes within the UK Biobank cohort. BMC Medicine, 22, 273. (doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07132-9) (PMID:35351028) (PMCID:PMC8964028)
Kennedy, E. and Niedzwiedz, C. L. (2022) The association of anxiety and stress-related disorders with C-reactive protein (CRP) within UK Biobank. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 19, 100410. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100410) (PMID:35028602) (PMCID:PMC8741412)
Di Gessa, G. et al. (2022) Pre-pandemic mental health and disruptions to healthcare, economic and housing outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 12 UK longitudinal studies. British Journal of Psychiatry, 220(1), pp. 21-30. (doi: 10.1192/bjp.2021.132) (PMID:35045893)
2021
Anderson, J. J. et al. (2021) Remote history of VTE is associated with severe COVID-19 in middle and older age: UK Biobank cohort study. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 19(10), pp. 2533-2538. (doi: 10.1111/jth.15452) (PMID:34242477) (PMCID:PMC8420476)
Katikireddi, S. V. , Lal, S., Carrol, E. D., Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Khunti, K., Dundas, R. , Diderichsen, F. and Barr, B. (2021) Unequal impact of the COVID-19 crisis on minority ethnic groups: a framework for understanding and addressing inequalities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(10), pp. 970-974. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-216061) (PMID:33883198)
O'Connor, R. C. et al. (2021) Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 218(6), pp. 326-333. (doi: 10.1192/bjp.2020.212) (PMID:33081860) (PMCID:PMC7684009)
Foster, M. and Niedzwiedz, C. L. (2021) Associations between multimorbidity and depression among breast cancer survivors within the UK Biobank cohort: a cross-sectional study. BMC Cancer, 21, 650. (doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08409-z) (PMID:34058985) (PMCID:PMC8167936)
Mutambudzi, M. et al. (2021) Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 78(5), pp. 307-314. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2020-106731) (PMID:33298533)
Niedzwiedz, C. , Benzeval, M., Hainey, K., Leyland, A. and Katikireddi, V. (2021) Psychological distress among people with probable COVID-19 infection: analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. BJPsych Open, 7(3), e104. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2021.63) (PMID:34001295) (PMCID:PMC8134894)
Robertson, E., Reeve, K. S., Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Moore, J., Blake, M., Green, M. , Katikireddi, S. V. and Benzeval, M. J. (2021) Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK household longitudinal study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 94, pp. 41-50. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.03.008) (PMID:33713824) (PMCID:PMC7946541)
Green, M. J. , Whitley, E. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Shaw, R. J. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2021) Social contact and inequalities in depressive symptoms and loneliness among older adults: a mediation analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. SSM - Population Health, 13, 100726. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100726) (PMID:33521227) (PMCID:PMC7820553)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. et al. (2021) Mental health and health behaviours before and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown: longitudinal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(3), pp. 224-231. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-215060) (PMID:32978210) (PMCID:PMC7892383)
2020
Niedzwiedz, C. , Thomson, K. H., Bambra, C. and Pearce, J. R. (2020) Regional employment and individual worklessness during the Great Recession and the health of the working-age population: cross-national analysis of 16 European countries. Social Science and Medicine, 267, 112377. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112377) (PMID:31285070) (PMCID:PMC7116502)
Ho, F. K. et al. (2020) Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for COVID-19, and comparison to risk factors for influenza and pneumonia: results from a UK Biobank prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 10, e040402. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040402) (PMID:33444201) (PMCID:PMC7678347)
Ho, F. K. et al. (2020) Is older age associated with COVID-19 mortality in the absence of other risk factors? General population cohort study of 470,034 participants. PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0241824. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241824) (PMID:33152008) (PMCID:PMC7644030)
McQueenie, R. et al. (2020) Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and COVID-19 infection within the UK Biobank cohort. PLoS ONE, 15(8), e0238091. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238091) (PMID:32817712) (PMCID:PMC7440632)
Hastie, C. E. et al. (2020) Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, 14(4), pp. 561-565. (doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.04.050) (PMID:32413819) (PMCID:PMC7204679)
Katikireddi, S. V. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Dundas, R. , Kondo, N., Leyland, A. H. and Rostila, M. (2020) Inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality across the life course by wealth and income in Sweden: a register-based cohort study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(3), pp. 917-925. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa053) (PMID:32380544) (PMCID:PMC7394946)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. et al. (2020) Ethnic and socioeconomic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection: prospective cohort study using UK Biobank. BMC Medicine, 18, 160. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01640-8) (PMID:32466757) (PMCID:PMC7255908)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Robb, K. A. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Pell, J. P. and Smith, D. J. (2020) Depressive symptoms, neuroticism and participation in breast and cervical cancer screening: cross-sectional and prospective evidence from UK Biobank. Psycho-Oncology, 29(2), pp. 381-388. (doi: 10.1002/pon.5272) (PMID:31663185) (PMCID:PMC7002161)
2019
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Knifton, L., Robb, K. A. , Katikireddi, S. V. and Smith, D. J. (2019) Depression and anxiety among people living with and beyond cancer: a growing clinical and research priority. BMC Cancer, 19, 943. (doi: 10.1186/s12885-019-6181-4) (PMID:31604468) (PMCID:PMC6788022)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Pell, J. P. and Smith, D. J. (2019) Sex differences in the association between salivary telomere length and multimorbidity within the US Health & Retirement Study. Age and Ageing, 48(5), pp. 703-710. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afz071) (PMID:31165156) (PMCID:PMC6984958)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. (2019) How does mental health stigma get under the skin? Cross-sectional analysis using the Health Survey for England. SSM - Population Health, 8, 100433. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100433) (PMID:31312714) (PMCID:PMC6609872)
Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2019) Identification of novel genome-wide associations for suicidality in UK Biobank, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders and polygenic association with completed suicide. EBioMedicine, 41, pp. 517-525. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.02.005) (PMID:30745170) (PMCID:PMC6442001)
2018
Ferguson, A. et al. (2018) Genome-wide association study of circadian rhythmicity in 71,500 UK Biobank participants and polygenic association with mood instability. EBioMedicine, 35, pp. 279-287. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.08.004) (PMID:30120083) (PMCID:PMC6154782)
Thomson, R. M. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2018) Trends in gender and socioeconomic inequalities in mental health following the Great Recession and subsequent austerity policies: a repeat cross-sectional analysis of the Health Surveys for England. BMJ Open, 8(8), e022924. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022924) (PMID:30166307) (PMCID:PMC6119415)
Tunstall, H., Shortt, N. K., Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Richardson, E. A., Mitchell, R. J. and Pearce, J. R. (2018) Tobacco outlet density and tobacco knowledge, beliefs, purchasing behaviours and price among adolescents in Scotland. Social Science and Medicine, 206, pp. 1-13. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.046) (PMID:29677578)
2017
Milojevic, A., Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Pearce, J., Milner, J., MacKenzie, I. A., Doherty, R. M. and Wilkinson, P. (2017) Socioeconomic and urban-rural differentials in exposure to air pollution and mortality burden in England. Environmental Health, 16(1), 104. (doi: 10.1186/s12940-017-0314-5) (PMID:28985761)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Reeves, A., McKee, M. and Stuckler, D. (2017) Economic insecurity during the Great Recession and metabolic, inflammatory and liver function biomarkers: analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71(10), pp. 1005-1013. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2017-209105) (PMID:28855264) (PMCID:PMC5754862)
2016
Katikireddi, S. V. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. and Popham, F. (2016) Employment status and income as potential mediators of educational inequalities in population mental health. European Journal of Public Health, 26(5), pp. 814-816. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw126) (PMID:27593454) (PMCID:PMC5054277)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Richardson, E. A., Tunstall, H., Shortt, N. K., Mitchell, R. J. and Pearce, J. R. (2016) The relationship between wealth and loneliness among older people across Europe: Is social participation protective? Preventive Medicine, 91, pp. 24-31. (doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.07.016) (PMID:27471027)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Mitchell, R. J. , Shortt, N. K. and Pearce, J. R. (2016) Social protection spending and inequalities in depressive symptoms across Europe. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51(7), pp. 1005-1014. (doi: 10.1007/s00127-016-1223-6) (PMID:27138947) (PMCID:PMC4947487)
2015
Niedzwiedz, C. , Mitchell, R. and Pearce, J. (2015) Wealth inequalities in loneliness among older people in Europe: the role of functional limitations. European Journal of Public Health, 25(Supp 3), p. 192. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv172.052)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Pell, J. P. and Mitchell, R. (2015) The relationship between financial distress and life-course socioeconomic inequalities in well-being: cross-national analysis of European Welfare States. American Journal of Public Health, 105(10), pp. 2090-2098. (doi: 10.2105/ajph.2015.302722) (PMID:26270289)
Niedzwiedz, C.L. , Mitchell, R. and Pearce, J. (2015) OP21 Social protection as a mechanism for reducing educational inequalities in mental health among the working-age population: cross-national analysis before and after the economic crisis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 69(Supp 1), A18. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2015-206256.21)
2014
Niedzwiedz, C. , Haw, C., Hawton, K. and Platt, S. (2014) The definition and epidemiology of clusters of suicidal behavior: a systematic review. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 44(5), pp. 569-581. (doi: 10.1111/sltb.12091) (PMID:24702173)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Katikireddi, S. , Pell, J. P. and Mitchell, R. (2014) Corrigendum to 'The association between life course socioeconomic position and life satisfaction in different welfare states: European comparative study of individuals in early old age'. Age and Ageing, 43(4), p. 586. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afu080)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. and Kandlik-Eltanani, M. (2014) Attitudes towards income and wealth inequality and support for scottish independence over time and the interaction with national identity. Scottish Affairs, 23(1), pp. 27-54. (doi: 10.3366/scot.2014.0004)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Katikireddi, S., Pell, J. P. and Mitchell, R. (2014) The association between life course socioeconomic position and life satisfaction in different welfare states: European comparative study of individuals in early old age. Age and Ageing, 43(3), pp. 431-436. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afu004)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Pell, J. and Mitchell, R. (2014) Socioeconomic inequalities in the quality of life of older Europeans in different welfare regimes. European Journal of Public Health, 24(3), pp. 364-370. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cku017)
2013
Haw, C., Hawton, K., Niedzwiedz, C. and Platt, S. (2013) Suicide clusters: a review of risk factors and mechanisms. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 43(1), pp. 97-108. (doi: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00130.x) (PMID:23356785)
2012
Katikireddi, S. V., Niedzwiedz, C. L. and Popham, F. (2012) Trends in population mental health before and after the 2008 recession: a repeat cross-sectional analysis of the 1991-2010 health surveys of England. British Medical Journal, 2(5), e00179. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001790)
Niedzwiedz, C.L. , Katikireddi, S.V., Pell, J.P. and Mitchell, R. (2012) Life course socio-economic position and quality of life in adulthood: a systematic review of life course models. BMC Public Health, 12(628), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-628)
Articles
Kromydas, T., Green, M. , Craig, P. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Leyland, A. H. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Pearce, A. , Thomson, R. M. and Demou, E. (2022) Comparing population-level mental health of UK workers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study using Understanding Society. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(6), pp. 527-536. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2021-218561) (PMID:35296523) (PMCID:PMC8931794)
O'Connor, D. B. et al. (2022) Effects of COVID-19-related worry and rumination on mental health and loneliness during the pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 mental health & wellbeing study. Journal of Mental Health, (doi: 10.1080/09638237.2022.2069716) (PMID:35579054) (Early Online Publication)
Patel, K. et al. (2022) Psychological distress before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in the United Kingdom based on coordinated analyses of 11 longitudinal studies. JAMA Network Open, 5(4), e227629. (doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7629) (PMID:35452109)
Foster, H. M.E. et al. (2022) The association between a lifestyle score, socioeconomic status, and COVID-19 outcomes within the UK Biobank cohort. BMC Medicine, 22, 273. (doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07132-9) (PMID:35351028) (PMCID:PMC8964028)
Kennedy, E. and Niedzwiedz, C. L. (2022) The association of anxiety and stress-related disorders with C-reactive protein (CRP) within UK Biobank. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 19, 100410. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100410) (PMID:35028602) (PMCID:PMC8741412)
Di Gessa, G. et al. (2022) Pre-pandemic mental health and disruptions to healthcare, economic and housing outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 12 UK longitudinal studies. British Journal of Psychiatry, 220(1), pp. 21-30. (doi: 10.1192/bjp.2021.132) (PMID:35045893)
Anderson, J. J. et al. (2021) Remote history of VTE is associated with severe COVID-19 in middle and older age: UK Biobank cohort study. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 19(10), pp. 2533-2538. (doi: 10.1111/jth.15452) (PMID:34242477) (PMCID:PMC8420476)
Katikireddi, S. V. , Lal, S., Carrol, E. D., Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Khunti, K., Dundas, R. , Diderichsen, F. and Barr, B. (2021) Unequal impact of the COVID-19 crisis on minority ethnic groups: a framework for understanding and addressing inequalities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(10), pp. 970-974. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-216061) (PMID:33883198)
O'Connor, R. C. et al. (2021) Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 218(6), pp. 326-333. (doi: 10.1192/bjp.2020.212) (PMID:33081860) (PMCID:PMC7684009)
Foster, M. and Niedzwiedz, C. L. (2021) Associations between multimorbidity and depression among breast cancer survivors within the UK Biobank cohort: a cross-sectional study. BMC Cancer, 21, 650. (doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08409-z) (PMID:34058985) (PMCID:PMC8167936)
Mutambudzi, M. et al. (2021) Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 78(5), pp. 307-314. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2020-106731) (PMID:33298533)
Niedzwiedz, C. , Benzeval, M., Hainey, K., Leyland, A. and Katikireddi, V. (2021) Psychological distress among people with probable COVID-19 infection: analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. BJPsych Open, 7(3), e104. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2021.63) (PMID:34001295) (PMCID:PMC8134894)
Robertson, E., Reeve, K. S., Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Moore, J., Blake, M., Green, M. , Katikireddi, S. V. and Benzeval, M. J. (2021) Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK household longitudinal study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 94, pp. 41-50. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.03.008) (PMID:33713824) (PMCID:PMC7946541)
Green, M. J. , Whitley, E. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Shaw, R. J. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2021) Social contact and inequalities in depressive symptoms and loneliness among older adults: a mediation analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. SSM - Population Health, 13, 100726. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100726) (PMID:33521227) (PMCID:PMC7820553)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. et al. (2021) Mental health and health behaviours before and during the initial phase of the COVID-19 lockdown: longitudinal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(3), pp. 224-231. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-215060) (PMID:32978210) (PMCID:PMC7892383)
Niedzwiedz, C. , Thomson, K. H., Bambra, C. and Pearce, J. R. (2020) Regional employment and individual worklessness during the Great Recession and the health of the working-age population: cross-national analysis of 16 European countries. Social Science and Medicine, 267, 112377. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112377) (PMID:31285070) (PMCID:PMC7116502)
Ho, F. K. et al. (2020) Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for COVID-19, and comparison to risk factors for influenza and pneumonia: results from a UK Biobank prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 10, e040402. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040402) (PMID:33444201) (PMCID:PMC7678347)
Ho, F. K. et al. (2020) Is older age associated with COVID-19 mortality in the absence of other risk factors? General population cohort study of 470,034 participants. PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0241824. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241824) (PMID:33152008) (PMCID:PMC7644030)
McQueenie, R. et al. (2020) Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and COVID-19 infection within the UK Biobank cohort. PLoS ONE, 15(8), e0238091. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238091) (PMID:32817712) (PMCID:PMC7440632)
Hastie, C. E. et al. (2020) Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, 14(4), pp. 561-565. (doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.04.050) (PMID:32413819) (PMCID:PMC7204679)
Katikireddi, S. V. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Dundas, R. , Kondo, N., Leyland, A. H. and Rostila, M. (2020) Inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality across the life course by wealth and income in Sweden: a register-based cohort study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(3), pp. 917-925. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa053) (PMID:32380544) (PMCID:PMC7394946)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. et al. (2020) Ethnic and socioeconomic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection: prospective cohort study using UK Biobank. BMC Medicine, 18, 160. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01640-8) (PMID:32466757) (PMCID:PMC7255908)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Robb, K. A. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Pell, J. P. and Smith, D. J. (2020) Depressive symptoms, neuroticism and participation in breast and cervical cancer screening: cross-sectional and prospective evidence from UK Biobank. Psycho-Oncology, 29(2), pp. 381-388. (doi: 10.1002/pon.5272) (PMID:31663185) (PMCID:PMC7002161)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Knifton, L., Robb, K. A. , Katikireddi, S. V. and Smith, D. J. (2019) Depression and anxiety among people living with and beyond cancer: a growing clinical and research priority. BMC Cancer, 19, 943. (doi: 10.1186/s12885-019-6181-4) (PMID:31604468) (PMCID:PMC6788022)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Pell, J. P. and Smith, D. J. (2019) Sex differences in the association between salivary telomere length and multimorbidity within the US Health & Retirement Study. Age and Ageing, 48(5), pp. 703-710. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afz071) (PMID:31165156) (PMCID:PMC6984958)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. (2019) How does mental health stigma get under the skin? Cross-sectional analysis using the Health Survey for England. SSM - Population Health, 8, 100433. (doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100433) (PMID:31312714) (PMCID:PMC6609872)
Strawbridge, R. J. et al. (2019) Identification of novel genome-wide associations for suicidality in UK Biobank, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders and polygenic association with completed suicide. EBioMedicine, 41, pp. 517-525. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.02.005) (PMID:30745170) (PMCID:PMC6442001)
Ferguson, A. et al. (2018) Genome-wide association study of circadian rhythmicity in 71,500 UK Biobank participants and polygenic association with mood instability. EBioMedicine, 35, pp. 279-287. (doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.08.004) (PMID:30120083) (PMCID:PMC6154782)
Thomson, R. M. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2018) Trends in gender and socioeconomic inequalities in mental health following the Great Recession and subsequent austerity policies: a repeat cross-sectional analysis of the Health Surveys for England. BMJ Open, 8(8), e022924. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022924) (PMID:30166307) (PMCID:PMC6119415)
Tunstall, H., Shortt, N. K., Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Richardson, E. A., Mitchell, R. J. and Pearce, J. R. (2018) Tobacco outlet density and tobacco knowledge, beliefs, purchasing behaviours and price among adolescents in Scotland. Social Science and Medicine, 206, pp. 1-13. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.046) (PMID:29677578)
Milojevic, A., Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Pearce, J., Milner, J., MacKenzie, I. A., Doherty, R. M. and Wilkinson, P. (2017) Socioeconomic and urban-rural differentials in exposure to air pollution and mortality burden in England. Environmental Health, 16(1), 104. (doi: 10.1186/s12940-017-0314-5) (PMID:28985761)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Reeves, A., McKee, M. and Stuckler, D. (2017) Economic insecurity during the Great Recession and metabolic, inflammatory and liver function biomarkers: analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71(10), pp. 1005-1013. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2017-209105) (PMID:28855264) (PMCID:PMC5754862)
Katikireddi, S. V. , Niedzwiedz, C. L. and Popham, F. (2016) Employment status and income as potential mediators of educational inequalities in population mental health. European Journal of Public Health, 26(5), pp. 814-816. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw126) (PMID:27593454) (PMCID:PMC5054277)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Richardson, E. A., Tunstall, H., Shortt, N. K., Mitchell, R. J. and Pearce, J. R. (2016) The relationship between wealth and loneliness among older people across Europe: Is social participation protective? Preventive Medicine, 91, pp. 24-31. (doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.07.016) (PMID:27471027)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Mitchell, R. J. , Shortt, N. K. and Pearce, J. R. (2016) Social protection spending and inequalities in depressive symptoms across Europe. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51(7), pp. 1005-1014. (doi: 10.1007/s00127-016-1223-6) (PMID:27138947) (PMCID:PMC4947487)
Niedzwiedz, C. , Mitchell, R. and Pearce, J. (2015) Wealth inequalities in loneliness among older people in Europe: the role of functional limitations. European Journal of Public Health, 25(Supp 3), p. 192. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv172.052)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Pell, J. P. and Mitchell, R. (2015) The relationship between financial distress and life-course socioeconomic inequalities in well-being: cross-national analysis of European Welfare States. American Journal of Public Health, 105(10), pp. 2090-2098. (doi: 10.2105/ajph.2015.302722) (PMID:26270289)
Niedzwiedz, C.L. , Mitchell, R. and Pearce, J. (2015) OP21 Social protection as a mechanism for reducing educational inequalities in mental health among the working-age population: cross-national analysis before and after the economic crisis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 69(Supp 1), A18. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2015-206256.21)
Niedzwiedz, C. , Haw, C., Hawton, K. and Platt, S. (2014) The definition and epidemiology of clusters of suicidal behavior: a systematic review. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 44(5), pp. 569-581. (doi: 10.1111/sltb.12091) (PMID:24702173)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Katikireddi, S. , Pell, J. P. and Mitchell, R. (2014) Corrigendum to 'The association between life course socioeconomic position and life satisfaction in different welfare states: European comparative study of individuals in early old age'. Age and Ageing, 43(4), p. 586. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afu080)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. and Kandlik-Eltanani, M. (2014) Attitudes towards income and wealth inequality and support for scottish independence over time and the interaction with national identity. Scottish Affairs, 23(1), pp. 27-54. (doi: 10.3366/scot.2014.0004)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Katikireddi, S., Pell, J. P. and Mitchell, R. (2014) The association between life course socioeconomic position and life satisfaction in different welfare states: European comparative study of individuals in early old age. Age and Ageing, 43(3), pp. 431-436. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afu004)
Niedzwiedz, C. L. , Katikireddi, S. V. , Pell, J. and Mitchell, R. (2014) Socioeconomic inequalities in the quality of life of older Europeans in different welfare regimes. European Journal of Public Health, 24(3), pp. 364-370. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cku017)
Haw, C., Hawton, K., Niedzwiedz, C. and Platt, S. (2013) Suicide clusters: a review of risk factors and mechanisms. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 43(1), pp. 97-108. (doi: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00130.x) (PMID:23356785)
Katikireddi, S. V., Niedzwiedz, C. L. and Popham, F. (2012) Trends in population mental health before and after the 2008 recession: a repeat cross-sectional analysis of the 1991-2010 health surveys of England. British Medical Journal, 2(5), e00179. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001790)
Niedzwiedz, C.L. , Katikireddi, S.V., Pell, J.P. and Mitchell, R. (2012) Life course socio-economic position and quality of life in adulthood: a systematic review of life course models. BMC Public Health, 12(628), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-628)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wealth National Core Study (LHW-NCS)
Medical Research Council
2020 - 2021
- Prescribing for common mental health disorders amongst people with cancer: Data linkage study of the Scottish population.
Chief Scientist Office
2020 - 2020
- Patterns and predictors of non-psychiatric hospital admissions among people with severe mental illness in UK Biobank
University of York
2019 - 2020
Supervision
Welcomes enquiries about projects in the areas of social and psychiatric epidemiology.
BSc (Med Sci) Clinical Medicine intercalated in Psychological Medicine:
Murray Foster, 2020 - publication in BMC Cancer
Teaching
Dr Niedzwiedz currently supervises projects as part of the MSc in Global Mental Health and BSc (Med Sci) Clinical Medicine intercalated in Psychological Medicine.
Professional activities & recognition
Prizes, awards & distinctions
- 2015: National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) Training Bursary (Economic and Social Research Council)
- 2013: Ferenc Bojan Young Investigator Award (finalist) (European Public Health Conference)
- 2011: PhD Studentship (University of Glasgow)
Research fellowships
- 2017 - 2020: Medical Research Council Skills Development Fellowship
- 2008 - 2009: Medical Research Council Advanced Course Masters Studentship
Grant committees & research advisory boards
- 2019: Economic and Social Research Council, Approaches to Understanding and Measuring Wellbeing Grant Panel
Professional & learned societies
- 2016 - 2018: Committee Member (Social Media Officer), Society for Social Medicine
Research datasets
2019
Strawbridge, R. , Ward, J., Ferguson, A., Graham, N., Shaw, R. , Cullen, B. , Pearsall, R., Lyall, L., Johnston, K., Niedzwiedz, C. , Pell, J. , Mackay, D. , Martin, J., Lyall, D. , Bailey, M. and Smith, D. (2019) Identification of novel genome-wide associations for suicidality in UK Biobank, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders and polygenic association with completed suicide. [Data Collection]
Ferguson, A., Lyall, L., Ward, J., Strawbridge, R. , Cullen, B. , Graham, N., Niedzwiedz, C. , Johnston, K., Mackay, D. , Biello, S. , Pell, J. , Cavanagh, J., McIntosh, A. M., Doherty, A., Bailey, M. , Lyall, D. , Wyse, C. and Smith, D. (2019) Genome-Wide Association Study of Circadian Rhythmicity in 71,500 UK Biobank Participants and Polygenic Association with Mood Instability. [Data Collection]
