Dr Andreas Hoehn

  • Research Associate in Public Health Equity (MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit)

Biography

Current Role

I joined the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit as a Research Associate in June 2022. I am part of the System Science in Public Health Programme and member of the SIPHER Consortium.

Using a systems science approach my research explores; (i) the causes of stagnating population health improvements among high-income countries, such as the UK; (ii) ways to mitigate the challenges population ageing presents for our social security systems; (iii) barriers to the integration of migrants and their descendants into mainstream society. I have extensive experience working with large-scale individual-level linked data. Here, I am working with advanced quantitative methods such as life table decomposition approaches, Markov-chain multistate models, as well as generalised linear and additive mixed models. In addition, I am leading on the creation, validation, and distribution of attribute-rich full-scale synthetic population datasets. I have delivered introductory and advanced data science and open science workshops for various audiences. Throughout my career, I have successfully led on collaborative projects which connected researchers, third sector organisations and policy stakeholders.

I am a member of the ERC-funded Research Group MigrantLife (University of St. Andrews), and a Research Affiliate at the SUDA Demography Unit (University of Stockholm).

Previous Positions 

I hold a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, which I defended in March 2020. Prior to my position in Glasgow, I have worked at the Diabetes Medical Informatics and Epidemiology Research Group at the University of Edinburgh.

 

Research interests

  • Demographic processes
  • Quantitative methods 
  • Health and mortality inequalities
  • Inequalities in working life trajectories 
  • Synthetic populations
  • Reproducible research and open science 

Publications

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Number of items: 20.

2025

Kakampakou, L., Stokes, J. , Hoehn, A. , de Kamps, M., Lawniczak, W., Arnold, K. F., Hensor, E. M.A., Heppenstall, A. J. and Gilthorpe, M. S. (2025) Simulating hierarchical data to assess the utility of ecological versus multilevel analyses in obtaining individual-level causal effects. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 25, 79. (doi: 10.1186/s12874-025-02504-6) (PMID:40121398) (PMCID:PMC11929225)

2024

Pollack, R. et al. (2024) How could 20-minute neighbourhoods impact health and health inequalities? A policy scoping review. BMC Public Health, 24, 3426. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20928-5) (PMID:39696117) (PMCID:PMC11653922)

Duro, J. et al. (2024) Balancing improvements in average life expectancy with inequality reductions across Scotland: An inclusive economy trade-off study. [Research Reports or Papers]

Lewis, D., Comrie, E., Hoehn, A. , Lomax, N., Heppenstall, A. , Purshouse, R., Zia, K. and Meier, P. (2024) SIPHER Synthetic Population for Individuals in Great Britain (2019-2021) - Interactive R-Shiny Dashboard. [Website]

Höhn, A. , Kulu, H., Andersson, G. and Campbell, B. (2024) Childbearing across immigrants and their descendants in Sweden: The role of generation and gender. International Migration Review, (doi: 10.1177/01979183241245072) (Early Online Publication)

Hoehn, A. et al. (2024) Estimating quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) for local authorities in Great Britain and its association with indicators of the inclusive economy: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 14(3), e076704. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076704) (PMID:38431294) (PMCID:PMC10910677)

2023

Höhn, A. et al. (2023) Systems science methods in public health: what can they contribute to our understanding of and response to the cost-of-living crisis? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77(9), pp. 610-616. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220435) (PMID:37328262) (PMCID:PMC10423532)

2022

Höhn, A. et al. (2022) Large socioeconomic gap in period life expectancy and life years spent with complications of diabetes in the Scottish population with type 1 diabetes, 2013–2018. PLoS ONE, 17(8), e0271110. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271110) (PMID:35951518) (PMCID:PMC9371295)

Jeyam, A. et al. (2022) Flash monitor initiation is associated with improvements in HbA1c levels and DKA rates among people with type 1 diabetes in Scotland: a retrospective nationwide observational study. Diabetologia, 65, pp. 159-172. (doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05578-1) (PMID:34618177) (PMCID:PMC8660764)

2021

Höhn, A. , Oksuzyan, A., Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Christensen, K. and Seaman, R. (2021) Gender differences in time to first hospital admission at age 60 in Denmark, 1995–2014. European Journal of Ageing, 18(4), pp. 443-451. (doi: 10.1007/s10433-021-00614-w)

O’Reilly, J. E. et al. (2021) Rising rates and widening socioeconomic disparities in diabetic ketoacidosis in type 1 diabetes in Scotland: A nationwide retrospective cohort observational study. Diabetes Care, 44(9), pp. 2010-2017. (doi: 10.2337/dc21-0689) (PMID:34244330)

Höhn, A. et al. (2021) The association of polypharmacy and high-risk drug classes with adverse health outcomes in the Scottish population with type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia, 64, pp. 1309-1319. (doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05394-7) (PMID:33608768) (PMCID:PMC8099818)

McGurnaghan, S. J. et al. (2021) Risks of and risk factors for COVID-19 disease in people with diabetes: a cohort study of the total population of Scotland. Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 9(2), pp. 82-93. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30405-8) (PMID:33357491) (PMCID:PMC7832778)

Jeyam, A. et al. (2021) Marked improvements in glycaemic outcomes following insulin pump therapy initiation in people with type 1 diabetes: a nationwide observational study in Scotland. Diabetologia, 64, pp. 1320-1331. (doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05413-7) (PMID:33686483) (PMCID:PMC8099793)

2020

Höhn, A. , Gampe, J., Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Christensen, K. and Oksuyzan, A. (2020) Do men avoid seeking medical advice? A register-based analysis of gender-specific changes in primary healthcare use after first hospitalisation at ages 60+ in Denmark. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 74(7), pp. 573-579. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-213435) (PMID:32303595) (PMCID:PMC7337231)

Seaman, R. , Höhn, A. , Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Martikainen, P., van Raalte, A. and Christensen, K. (2020) Rethinking morbidity compression. European Journal of Epidemiology, 35(5), pp. 381-388. (doi: 10.1007/s10654-020-00642-3) (PMID:32418023) (PMCID:PMC7250949)

Oksuzyan, A., Höhn, A. , Krabbe Pedersen, J., Rau, R., Lindahl-Jacobsen, R. and Christensen, K. (2020) Preparing for the future: The changing demographic composition of hospital patients in Denmark between 2013 and 2050. PLoS ONE, 15(9), e0238912. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238912) (PMID:32997671) (PMCID:PMC7526879)

2019

Oksuzyan, A., Sauer, T., Gampe, J., Höhn, A. , Wod, M., Christensen, K. and Wastesson, J. W. (2019) Is who you ask important? Concordance between survey and registry data on medication use among self- and proxy-respondents in the longitudinal study of aging Danish twins and the Danish 1905-cohort study. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 74(5), pp. 742-747. (doi: 10.1093/gerona/gly104) (PMID:29924318) (PMCID:PMC6477639)

2018

Santacroce, A., Wastesson, J. W., Höhn, A. , Christensen, K. and Oksuzyan, A. (2018) Gender differences in the use of anti-infective medications before and after widowhood: a register-based study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 72, pp. 526-531. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2017-210114) (PMID:29459377) (PMCID:PMC5948149)

Höhn, A. , Aagaard Larsen, L., Christoph Schneider, D., Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Rau, R., Christensen, K. and Oksuzyan, A. (2018) Sex differences in the 1-year risk of dying following all-cause and cause-specific hospital admission after age 50 in comparison with a general and non-hospitalised population: a register-based cohort study of the Danish population. BMJ Open, 8, e021813. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021813) (PMID:30018099) (PMCID:PMC6059308)

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Number of items: 20.

Articles

Kakampakou, L., Stokes, J. , Hoehn, A. , de Kamps, M., Lawniczak, W., Arnold, K. F., Hensor, E. M.A., Heppenstall, A. J. and Gilthorpe, M. S. (2025) Simulating hierarchical data to assess the utility of ecological versus multilevel analyses in obtaining individual-level causal effects. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 25, 79. (doi: 10.1186/s12874-025-02504-6) (PMID:40121398) (PMCID:PMC11929225)

Pollack, R. et al. (2024) How could 20-minute neighbourhoods impact health and health inequalities? A policy scoping review. BMC Public Health, 24, 3426. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20928-5) (PMID:39696117) (PMCID:PMC11653922)

Höhn, A. , Kulu, H., Andersson, G. and Campbell, B. (2024) Childbearing across immigrants and their descendants in Sweden: The role of generation and gender. International Migration Review, (doi: 10.1177/01979183241245072) (Early Online Publication)

Hoehn, A. et al. (2024) Estimating quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) for local authorities in Great Britain and its association with indicators of the inclusive economy: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 14(3), e076704. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076704) (PMID:38431294) (PMCID:PMC10910677)

Höhn, A. et al. (2023) Systems science methods in public health: what can they contribute to our understanding of and response to the cost-of-living crisis? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77(9), pp. 610-616. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220435) (PMID:37328262) (PMCID:PMC10423532)

Höhn, A. et al. (2022) Large socioeconomic gap in period life expectancy and life years spent with complications of diabetes in the Scottish population with type 1 diabetes, 2013–2018. PLoS ONE, 17(8), e0271110. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271110) (PMID:35951518) (PMCID:PMC9371295)

Jeyam, A. et al. (2022) Flash monitor initiation is associated with improvements in HbA1c levels and DKA rates among people with type 1 diabetes in Scotland: a retrospective nationwide observational study. Diabetologia, 65, pp. 159-172. (doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05578-1) (PMID:34618177) (PMCID:PMC8660764)

Höhn, A. , Oksuzyan, A., Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Christensen, K. and Seaman, R. (2021) Gender differences in time to first hospital admission at age 60 in Denmark, 1995–2014. European Journal of Ageing, 18(4), pp. 443-451. (doi: 10.1007/s10433-021-00614-w)

O’Reilly, J. E. et al. (2021) Rising rates and widening socioeconomic disparities in diabetic ketoacidosis in type 1 diabetes in Scotland: A nationwide retrospective cohort observational study. Diabetes Care, 44(9), pp. 2010-2017. (doi: 10.2337/dc21-0689) (PMID:34244330)

Höhn, A. et al. (2021) The association of polypharmacy and high-risk drug classes with adverse health outcomes in the Scottish population with type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia, 64, pp. 1309-1319. (doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05394-7) (PMID:33608768) (PMCID:PMC8099818)

McGurnaghan, S. J. et al. (2021) Risks of and risk factors for COVID-19 disease in people with diabetes: a cohort study of the total population of Scotland. Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 9(2), pp. 82-93. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30405-8) (PMID:33357491) (PMCID:PMC7832778)

Jeyam, A. et al. (2021) Marked improvements in glycaemic outcomes following insulin pump therapy initiation in people with type 1 diabetes: a nationwide observational study in Scotland. Diabetologia, 64, pp. 1320-1331. (doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05413-7) (PMID:33686483) (PMCID:PMC8099793)

Höhn, A. , Gampe, J., Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Christensen, K. and Oksuyzan, A. (2020) Do men avoid seeking medical advice? A register-based analysis of gender-specific changes in primary healthcare use after first hospitalisation at ages 60+ in Denmark. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 74(7), pp. 573-579. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-213435) (PMID:32303595) (PMCID:PMC7337231)

Seaman, R. , Höhn, A. , Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Martikainen, P., van Raalte, A. and Christensen, K. (2020) Rethinking morbidity compression. European Journal of Epidemiology, 35(5), pp. 381-388. (doi: 10.1007/s10654-020-00642-3) (PMID:32418023) (PMCID:PMC7250949)

Oksuzyan, A., Höhn, A. , Krabbe Pedersen, J., Rau, R., Lindahl-Jacobsen, R. and Christensen, K. (2020) Preparing for the future: The changing demographic composition of hospital patients in Denmark between 2013 and 2050. PLoS ONE, 15(9), e0238912. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238912) (PMID:32997671) (PMCID:PMC7526879)

Oksuzyan, A., Sauer, T., Gampe, J., Höhn, A. , Wod, M., Christensen, K. and Wastesson, J. W. (2019) Is who you ask important? Concordance between survey and registry data on medication use among self- and proxy-respondents in the longitudinal study of aging Danish twins and the Danish 1905-cohort study. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 74(5), pp. 742-747. (doi: 10.1093/gerona/gly104) (PMID:29924318) (PMCID:PMC6477639)

Santacroce, A., Wastesson, J. W., Höhn, A. , Christensen, K. and Oksuzyan, A. (2018) Gender differences in the use of anti-infective medications before and after widowhood: a register-based study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 72, pp. 526-531. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2017-210114) (PMID:29459377) (PMCID:PMC5948149)

Höhn, A. , Aagaard Larsen, L., Christoph Schneider, D., Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Rau, R., Christensen, K. and Oksuzyan, A. (2018) Sex differences in the 1-year risk of dying following all-cause and cause-specific hospital admission after age 50 in comparison with a general and non-hospitalised population: a register-based cohort study of the Danish population. BMJ Open, 8, e021813. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-021813) (PMID:30018099) (PMCID:PMC6059308)

Research Reports or Papers

Duro, J. et al. (2024) Balancing improvements in average life expectancy with inequality reductions across Scotland: An inclusive economy trade-off study. [Research Reports or Papers]

Website

Lewis, D., Comrie, E., Hoehn, A. , Lomax, N., Heppenstall, A. , Purshouse, R., Zia, K. and Meier, P. (2024) SIPHER Synthetic Population for Individuals in Great Britain (2019-2021) - Interactive R-Shiny Dashboard. [Website]

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • Identifying and testing the potential value of linking a survey-based full-scale synthetic population with administrative records in Scotland's regional and national safe havens.
    Research Data Scotland Limited
    2024 - 2024
     

Supervision

I am always open to inquiries from current and prospective students with an interest in demographic processes, population aging and population health. Please send me an email if you would like to discuss your research ideas with me. 

  • Hamilton, Rachel
    The Impact of Early Learning and Childcare Characteristics on Health Inequalities among Children in Scotland

Teaching

I have delivered courses on a variety of topics ranging from reproducible research and open science principles to the use of synthetic population data sources for small-area estimations. Please get in touch with me if you are interested in my teaching portfolio or seek input for your courses.

Research datasets

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2024

Lomax, N., Hoehn, A. , Heppenstall, A. , Purshouse, R., Wu, G., Zia, K. and Meier, P. (2024) SIPHER Synthetic Population for Individuals in Great Britain, 2019-2021. [Data Collection]

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