School of Health & Wellbeing

Dr Michal Shimonovich

  • Research Fellow (Health Economics & Health Technology Assessment)

email: Michal.Shimonovich@glasgow.ac.uk

90 Byres Road, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, G12 8TB

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477

Biography

Michal is a British Academy / Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Glasgow, where her research examines the relationship between homes, households, and health. She is using linked address- and individual-level administrative datasets to evaluate how improving housing quality affects the health of young children and older adults. 

This fellowship builds on her previous research work, which focused on real-world policy evaluations in partnership with the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland, including the Scottish Child Payment. She completed her PhD in Social and Public Health Sciences at the University of Glasgow (2018-2022), supported by an MRC studentship. Her doctoral work developed methodological approaches for assessing causality in population health systematic reviews, examining the relationship between income inequality and health. This work was awarded the Joseph Black Medal and Hird Prize for the top PhD thesis in the Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences Graduate School. She holds an MSc in Health Systems and Public Policy from the University of Edinburgh.

Publications

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Number of items: 17.

2026

Hamilton, O. K. L. et al. (2026) Dividends and disconnects: involving public and stakeholder groups in the development of a modelling study exploring income policy and health. Health Expectations, 29(4), e70780. (doi: 10.1111/hex.70780) (PMID:42530468)

Broadbent, Philip, Purba, Amrit, Thomson, Rachel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X, Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Taylor, Rod ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3043-6011, Dibben, Grace O. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7254-5187 and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2026) Converting effect measures to create common metrics for synthesis: a resource for conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Wellcome Open Research, 11, 416. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26508.1) (Early Online Publication)

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Hamilton, Olivia K.L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-0058, Craig, Peter ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7653-5832, McCartney, Gerard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-3521, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263, Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 and Thomson, Rachel M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X (2026) Evaluability assessment of a targeted national anti-child poverty policy: option appraisal for evaluating the Scottish Child Payment. Health Research Policy and Systems, (doi: 10.1186/s12961-026-01489-y) (PMID:42310750) (Early Online Publication)

2025

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Morrison, Sophie, Henery, Paul, Ross, Kaye and Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263 (2025) Bridging the gap between health inequalities research and affected communities. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.373604).

Pescarini, J. M. et al. (2025) Implementation and effects of social protection programs for children, older adults, and people with disabilities in Brazil and Ecuador: A scoping review. PLoS Global Public Health, 5(10), e0005281. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005281) (PMID:41160621)

2024

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2024) Applying Bradford Hill to assessing causality in systematic reviews: a transparent approach using process tracing. Research Synthesis Methods, 15(6), pp. 826-838. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1730) (PMID:39506911)

Casais, G. et al. (2024) Wildfire, deforestation and health in tropical rainforest areas: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(4), e082381. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082381) (PMID:38719283) (PMCID:PMC11086528)

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Campbell, Mhairi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-7270, Thomson, Rachel M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X, Broadbent, Philip, Wells, Valerie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7283-6208, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, McCartney, Gerry ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-3521, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2024) Causal assessment of income inequality on self-rated health and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Milbank Quarterly, 102(1), pp. 141-182. (doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12689) (PMID:38294094) (PMCID:PMC10938942)

2023

Mitchell, K. et al. (2023) Initial impacts of COVID-19 on sex life and relationship quality in steady relationships in Britain: findings from a large, quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID). Journal of Sex Research, 60(1), pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2035663) (PMID:35286182)

2022

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948 and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2022) Causal assessment in evidence synthesis: a methodological review of reviews. Research Synthesis Methods, 13(4), pp. 405-423. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1569) (PMID:35560730) (PMCID:PMC9543433)

Thomson, Rachel M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X, Igelstrom, Erik ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2863-4983, Purba, Amrit Kaur, Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948, McCartney, Gerry ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-3521, Reeves, Aaron, Leyland, Alastair ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2022) How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Public Health, 7(6), e515-e528. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00058-5) (PMID:35660213) (PMCID:PMC7614874)

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948, McCartney, Gerard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-3521 and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2022) Assessing the causal relationship between income inequality and mortality and self-rated health: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 11, 20. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-022-01892-w) (PMID:35115055) (PMCID:PMC8815171)

2021

Lewis, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-6188, Blake, Carolyn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7231-4290, Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Coia, Nicky, Duffy, Johann, Kerr, Yvonne, Wilson, Jill, Graham, Cynthia Ann and Mitchell, Kirstin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-6601 (2021) Disrupted prevention: Condom and contraception access and use among young adults during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey. BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 47(4), pp. 269-276. (doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2020-200975) (PMID:33707178) (PMCID:PMC7956735)

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948, Keyes, Katherine and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2021) Assessing causality in epidemiology: revisiting Bradford Hill to incorporate developments in causal thinking. European Journal of Epidemiology, 36(9), pp. 873-887. (doi: 10.1007/s10654-020-00703-7) (PMID:33324996) (PMCID:PMC8206235)

Friel, Catherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3713-3451, Leyland, Alastair H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, Anderson, Jana J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-6635, Havdahl, Alexandra, Borge, Tiril, Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477 and Dundas, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286 (2021) Prenatal vitamins and the risk of offspring autism spectrum disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrients, 13(8), 2558. (doi: 10.3390/nu13082558) (PMID:34444717) (PMCID:PMC8398897)

Mitchell, K. et al. (2021) Early Impacts of COVID-19 on Sex Life and Relationship Quality: Findings From a Large British Quasi-Representative Online Survey (Natsal-COVID). Sexually Transmitted Infections. 97(Suppl 1). STI & HIV World Congress, 14-17 Jul 2021. A26. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2021-sti.76)

Lewis, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-6188, Blake, Carolyn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7231-4290, Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Coia, Nicky, Duffy, Johann, Kerr, Yvonne, Wilson, Jill, Graham, Cynthia and Mitchell, Kirstin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-6601 (2021) Disrupted prevention: condom and contraception access and use among young people during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow.

This list was generated on Mon Aug 10 08:26:44 2026 BST.
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Number of items: 17.

Articles

Hamilton, O. K. L. et al. (2026) Dividends and disconnects: involving public and stakeholder groups in the development of a modelling study exploring income policy and health. Health Expectations, 29(4), e70780. (doi: 10.1111/hex.70780) (PMID:42530468)

Broadbent, Philip, Purba, Amrit, Thomson, Rachel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X, Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Taylor, Rod ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3043-6011, Dibben, Grace O. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7254-5187 and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2026) Converting effect measures to create common metrics for synthesis: a resource for conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Wellcome Open Research, 11, 416. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26508.1) (Early Online Publication)

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Hamilton, Olivia K.L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5874-0058, Craig, Peter ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7653-5832, McCartney, Gerard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-3521, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263, Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 and Thomson, Rachel M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X (2026) Evaluability assessment of a targeted national anti-child poverty policy: option appraisal for evaluating the Scottish Child Payment. Health Research Policy and Systems, (doi: 10.1186/s12961-026-01489-y) (PMID:42310750) (Early Online Publication)

Pescarini, J. M. et al. (2025) Implementation and effects of social protection programs for children, older adults, and people with disabilities in Brazil and Ecuador: A scoping review. PLoS Global Public Health, 5(10), e0005281. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005281) (PMID:41160621)

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2024) Applying Bradford Hill to assessing causality in systematic reviews: a transparent approach using process tracing. Research Synthesis Methods, 15(6), pp. 826-838. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1730) (PMID:39506911)

Casais, G. et al. (2024) Wildfire, deforestation and health in tropical rainforest areas: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(4), e082381. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082381) (PMID:38719283) (PMCID:PMC11086528)

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Campbell, Mhairi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-7270, Thomson, Rachel M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X, Broadbent, Philip, Wells, Valerie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7283-6208, Kopasker, Daniel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8431, McCartney, Gerry ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-3521, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2024) Causal assessment of income inequality on self-rated health and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Milbank Quarterly, 102(1), pp. 141-182. (doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12689) (PMID:38294094) (PMCID:PMC10938942)

Mitchell, K. et al. (2023) Initial impacts of COVID-19 on sex life and relationship quality in steady relationships in Britain: findings from a large, quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID). Journal of Sex Research, 60(1), pp. 1-12. (doi: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2035663) (PMID:35286182)

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948 and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2022) Causal assessment in evidence synthesis: a methodological review of reviews. Research Synthesis Methods, 13(4), pp. 405-423. (doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1569) (PMID:35560730) (PMCID:PMC9543433)

Thomson, Rachel M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-939X, Igelstrom, Erik ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2863-4983, Purba, Amrit Kaur, Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948, McCartney, Gerry ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-3521, Reeves, Aaron, Leyland, Alastair ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2022) How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Public Health, 7(6), e515-e528. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00058-5) (PMID:35660213) (PMCID:PMC7614874)

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948, McCartney, Gerard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-3521 and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2022) Assessing the causal relationship between income inequality and mortality and self-rated health: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 11, 20. (doi: 10.1186/s13643-022-01892-w) (PMID:35115055) (PMCID:PMC8815171)

Lewis, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-6188, Blake, Carolyn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7231-4290, Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Coia, Nicky, Duffy, Johann, Kerr, Yvonne, Wilson, Jill, Graham, Cynthia Ann and Mitchell, Kirstin R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-6601 (2021) Disrupted prevention: Condom and contraception access and use among young adults during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey. BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 47(4), pp. 269-276. (doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2020-200975) (PMID:33707178) (PMCID:PMC7956735)

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263, Thomson, Hilary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948, Keyes, Katherine and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2021) Assessing causality in epidemiology: revisiting Bradford Hill to incorporate developments in causal thinking. European Journal of Epidemiology, 36(9), pp. 873-887. (doi: 10.1007/s10654-020-00703-7) (PMID:33324996) (PMCID:PMC8206235)

Friel, Catherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3713-3451, Leyland, Alastair H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, Anderson, Jana J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-6635, Havdahl, Alexandra, Borge, Tiril, Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477 and Dundas, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286 (2021) Prenatal vitamins and the risk of offspring autism spectrum disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrients, 13(8), 2558. (doi: 10.3390/nu13082558) (PMID:34444717) (PMCID:PMC8398897)

Research Reports or Papers

Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Morrison, Sophie, Henery, Paul, Ross, Kaye and Pearce, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0085-5263 (2025) Bridging the gap between health inequalities research and affected communities. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.373604).

Lewis, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-6188, Blake, Carolyn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7231-4290, Shimonovich, Michal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-0477, Coia, Nicky, Duffy, Johann, Kerr, Yvonne, Wilson, Jill, Graham, Cynthia and Mitchell, Kirstin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-6601 (2021) Disrupted prevention: condom and contraception access and use among young people during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow.

Conference or Workshop Item

Mitchell, K. et al. (2021) Early Impacts of COVID-19 on Sex Life and Relationship Quality: Findings From a Large British Quasi-Representative Online Survey (Natsal-COVID). Sexually Transmitted Infections. 97(Suppl 1). STI & HIV World Congress, 14-17 Jul 2021. A26. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2021-sti.76)

This list was generated on Mon Aug 10 08:26:44 2026 BST.

Grants

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

  • Harnessing administrative data to evaluate the effects of household energy effiency measures on the health of young children and older adults
    British Academy
    2025 - 2028