Ms Jo Winterbottom
- Senior Research Fellow (Public Health)
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397Biography
Jo Winterbottom is a Senior Research Fellow in the Healthy Social Systems Lab and an Affiliated Researcher of the University of Glasgow Centre for Public Policy. Her work focuses on tackling health inequalities through systems approaches to research, policy and practice. She specialises in knowledge mobilisation, policy engagement and impact, working at the interface between academic research and decision-making to support healthier, fairer and more sustainable communities.
Jo plays a leading role in several major interdisciplinary research programmes. She co-leads systems transformation activities within GALLANT (Glasgow as a Living Lab Accelerating Novel Transformation), supporting the use of systems science approaches to help Glasgow become more climate resilient while addressing health, social and economic inequalities. She is also co-lead of the Policy Engagement Work Package for PHIUK Policy Modelling for Health, a UK-wide research programme focused on the economic determinants of health and health inequalities. Jo chairs the Thinktank and Advocacy Working Group and serves as Impact Lead, supporting collaboration between researchers, policymakers and practitioners.
Previously, Jo was Learning and Impact Champion for SIPHER (Systems Science in Public Health and Health Economics Research).
Before joining University of Glasgow, Jo worked with Public Health Scotland, where she led work on regional economies and health and was seconded to Glasgow City Region. She has extensive experience of working across local government, health and social care, academia and the third sector, with expertise spanning community engagement, housing, social care, migration, substance use, placemaking and economic development.
Jo is particularly interested in how systems thinking, participatory approaches and cross-sector collaboration can support evidence-informed policymaking and deliver meaningful improvements in population health and wellbeing. Her work seeks to strengthen connections between research, policy and practice, ensuring that evidence contributes to real-world action on the social, economic and environmental determinants of health.
Research interests
- Health inequalities and the social, economic and environmental determinants of health
- Systems science and systems transformation in public health
- Wellbeing Economy and Wellbeing in All Policies approaches
- Policy modelling and evidence-informed decision-making
- Knowledge mobilisation, policy engagement and research impact
- Climate resilience, sustainability and population health
- Place-based approaches to improving health and wellbeing
- Cross-sector collaboration between research, policy and practice
Publications
2026
Maclaren, Andrew S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6185-9167, Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397, Lester, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4651-9345 and Crawford, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-0355
(2026)
Using the Doughnut Economics Framework to Explore the Food System on Arran: Findings from the Community Workshop.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.389408).
2025
Tinkler-Ferguson, Tabitha and Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397
(2025)
Embedding Doughnut Economics in Glasgow’s Local Businesses: Collaboration Between GALLANT and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.382041).
Hjelmskog, Annika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-9621, Boyd, Jennifer, Stevenson, Amy, Pollack, Roxana, Elsenbroich, Corinna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1153-4326, Heppenstall, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437, Toney, Jaime ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3182-6887, Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397 and Meier, Petra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-1933
(2025)
The effect of climate mitigation and adaptation policies on health and health inequalities: a systematic review.
Lancet Planetary Health, 9(7),
101277.
(doi: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.06.001)
(PMID:40645199)
(PMCID:PMC12350827)
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
Hjelmskog, Annika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-9621, Boyd, Jennifer, Stevenson, Amy, Pollack, Roxana, Elsenbroich, Corinna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1153-4326, Heppenstall, Alison ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-3437, Toney, Jaime ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3182-6887, Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397 and Meier, Petra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-1933
(2025)
The effect of climate mitigation and adaptation policies on health and health inequalities: a systematic review.
Lancet Planetary Health, 9(7),
101277.
(doi: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.06.001)
(PMID:40645199)
(PMCID:PMC12350827)
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
Maclaren, Andrew S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6185-9167, Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397, Lester, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4651-9345 and Crawford, John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-0355
(2026)
Using the Doughnut Economics Framework to Explore the Food System on Arran: Findings from the Community Workshop.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.389408).
Tinkler-Ferguson, Tabitha and Winterbottom, Jo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4374-4397
(2025)
Embedding Doughnut Economics in Glasgow’s Local Businesses: Collaboration Between GALLANT and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.382041).
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
