Ms Jo Winterbottom
- Senior Research Fellow (MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit)
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397Biography
I joined the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit Systems Science team as a Senior Research Fellow in July 2023. In my previous role, I worked for Public Health Scotland leading the Regional Economies and Health programme and was seconded to Glasgow City Region. I draw on experience from work in West Dunbartonshire HSCP, Glasgow City Council, the Third Sector and consultancy across a range of policy areas including youth work, community engagement, social care, housing, refugees and asylum seekers, substance use and placemaking. I studied Health and Community Development at DeMontfort, Leicester and Linguistics at Lancaster.
I support several projects taking systems approaches to tackling health inequalities, especially focusing on policy liaison and maximising outputs and impact.
SIPHER (Systems Science in Public Health and Health Economics Research) seeks to create a new framework for system science public health research that blends qualitative research, data science, (health) economics, epidemiology and macro- and micro-level systems modelling approaches. Working in collaboration with policy and practice partners, SIPHER aims to create the evidence base to underpin wellbeing in all policies efforts by local, regional and national governments. Since July 2023 I have been supporting SIPHER Consortium as Learning and Impact Champion.
GALLANT (Glasgow as a Living Lab Accelerating Novel Transformation) aims to deliver a Climate Resilient City through City-University Partnership. The team use qualitative and quantitative systems science approaches to help the city move towards climate resilience whilst tackling health, social and economic inequalities, drawing heavily on the Doughnut Economics Framework and Wellbeing Economy principles. I play a lead role in the Systems Transformation workstream ensuring the work of GALLANT has maximum policy impact.
PHIUK Policy Modelling for Health is a £7.5 million research grant funded as part of the £35 million UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Population Health Improvement Network (PHI-UK). Our core challenge is to support policy decisions that intervene on the economic determinants of ill health and health inequalities. As well as being co-lead on the "Enhancing Policy Utility" Work Package, I chair the Thinktank and Advocacy Working Group and am Impact Lead.
Research interests
- Wellbeing in all policies: Cross-government policy approaches that maximise health and wellbeing
- Health inequalities, and their link to political, economic, environmental and behavioural factors
Publications
2024
Lomax, Nik, Archer, Luke, Clay, Rob, Fergie, Gillian 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9693-0357, Heppenstall, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437, Meier, Petra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-1933 and Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397
(2024)
Modelling the Scottish Child Poverty Targets: Estimating the Effect on Adult Mental Health.
Project Report.
SIPHER Consortium.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.337651).
Duro, J. et al. (2024) Balancing improvements in average life expectancy with inequality reductions across Scotland: An inclusive economy trade-off study. Project Report. SIPHER Consortium. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.337650).
2023
Hjelmskog, Annika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-9621, Toney, Jaime ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3182-6887, Scott, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3709-0623, Crawford, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-0355, Hasan, Cris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7211-0688, Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397 and Meier, Petra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-1933
(2023)
Thriving Glasgow Portrait: A shared vision for a healthy, equitable and sustainable future.
Other.
University of Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.309671).
2018
Fitzgerald, Niamh, Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397 and Nicholls, James
(2018)
Democracy and power in alcohol premises licensing: a qualitative interview study of the Scottish public health objective.
Drug and Alcohol Review, 37(5),
pp. 607-615.
(doi: 10.1111/dar.12819)
(PMID:29888816)
Articles
Fitzgerald, Niamh, Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397 and Nicholls, James
(2018)
Democracy and power in alcohol premises licensing: a qualitative interview study of the Scottish public health objective.
Drug and Alcohol Review, 37(5),
pp. 607-615.
(doi: 10.1111/dar.12819)
(PMID:29888816)
Research Reports or Papers
Lomax, Nik, Archer, Luke, Clay, Rob, Fergie, Gillian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9693-0357, Heppenstall, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437, Meier, Petra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-1933 and Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397
(2024)
Modelling the Scottish Child Poverty Targets: Estimating the Effect on Adult Mental Health.
Project Report.
SIPHER Consortium.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.337651).
Duro, J. et al. (2024) Balancing improvements in average life expectancy with inequality reductions across Scotland: An inclusive economy trade-off study. Project Report. SIPHER Consortium. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.337650).
Hjelmskog, Annika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-9621, Toney, Jaime ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3182-6887, Scott, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3709-0623, Crawford, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-0355, Hasan, Cris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7211-0688, Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397 and Meier, Petra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-1933
(2023)
Thriving Glasgow Portrait: A shared vision for a healthy, equitable and sustainable future.
Other.
University of Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.309671).
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- HealthModUK
Medical Research Council
2024 - 2028
