Dr Rebeka Balogh

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

Biography

Rebeka joined the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in September 2024 to conduct research on the economic determinants of health. She previously worked in the SLDO within the School of Health & Wellbeing. She holds a joint PhD from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) and the University of Warwick (UK). Her PhD thesis investigated the links between the quality of employment (trajectories) and mental health and mortality outcomes using administrative and survey data and with quantitative methods. During her PhD, she also worked on a number of national and international projects around work-related health.

Rebeka is also affiliated with the Brussels Institute for Social and Population Studies.

Research interests

My research interests include:

  • the social and economic determinants of health
  • employment and job quality & precarious employment, and their links with health and wellbeing
  • unpaid (care) work and links with health and wellbeing
  • life-course and gender equality

 

Publications

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Jump to: 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2021 | 2020
Number of items: 12.

2025

De Moortel, Deborah, Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Engels, Miriam and Vanderleyden, Julie (2025) Employment quality and mental health in Germany: The mismatch of low employment quality with work and family values by gender. Social Science and Medicine, 371, 117906. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117906) (PMID:40081166)

Vanderleyden, Julie, Peckham, Trevor, Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152 and De Moortel, Deborah (2025) Employment quality and self-rated general health in the United States: a 3-year observational follow-up study. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 68(2), pp. 140-159. (doi: 10.1002/ajim.23684) (PMID:39674915)

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2025) Wealth and health: the neglected economic determinant. Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 48, 101138. (doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101138) (PMID:39634279) (PMCID:PMC11615579)

2024

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Gadeyne, Sylvie, Vanroelen, Christophe and Warhurst, Chris (2024) Multidimensional employment trajectories and dynamic links with mental health: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, (doi: 10.5271/sjweh.4193) (PMID:39476405) (Early Online Publication)

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, De Moortel, Deborah, Gadeyne, Sylvie, Vanderleyden, Julie, Warhurst, Chris and Vanroelen, Christophe (2024) Is it the past or the present? Employment quality, unemployment history, psychological distress and mental wellbeing in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, (doi: 10.1177/27551938241288788) (PMID:39435471) (Early Online Publication)

Erickson, Emily, Atfield, Gaby, Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Harris, Jamelia and Warhurst, Chris (2024) Building a business case for good jobs: The links between Good Work and innovation, productivity and employee health/wellbeing. Project Report. Warwick Institute for Employment Research.

2023

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, De Moortel, Deborah, Gadeyne, Sylvie, Vanderleyden, Julie, Warhurst, Chris and Vanroelen, Christophe (2023) Employment Quality, Past Unemployment, Mental Health and Wellbeing in the UK. 16th European Public Health Conference 2023 Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity, Dublin, Ireland, 8-11 November 2023. p. 527. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.1322)

Matilla-Santander, N. et al. (2023) Causal effect of shifting from precarious to standard employment on all-cause mortality in Sweden: an emulation of a target trial. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77(11), pp. 736-743. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220734) (PMID:37620008) (PMCID:PMC10579471)

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Gadeyne, Sylvie, Jonsson, Johanna, Sarkar, Sudipa, Van Aerden, Karen, Warhurst, Chris and Vanroelen, Christophe (2023) Employment trajectories and mental health-related disability in Belgium. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 96, pp. 285-302. (doi: 10.1007/s00420-022-01923-y) (PMID:36214912) (PMCID:PMC9905181)

2021

Jonsson, J. et al. (2021) Low-quality employment trajectories and risk of common mental disorders, substance use disorders and suicide attempt: a longitudinal study of the Swedish workforce. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 47(7), pp. 509-520. (doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3978) (PMID:34397098) (PMCID:PMC8504160)

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Gadeyne, Sylvie and Vanroelen, Christophe (2021) Non-standard employment and mortality in Belgian workers: a census-based investigation. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 47(2), pp. 108-116. (doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3931) (PMID:33146399) (PMCID:PMC8114567)

2020

Vanroelen, Christophe, Gevaert, Jessie, Huegaerts, Kelly, De Moortel, Deborah, Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Bosmans, Kim, Van Aerden, Karen, Vos, Mattias and Vanderleyden, Julie (2020) Precair werk in België. [Website]

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 15:42:29 2025 BST.
Jump to: Articles | Research Reports or Papers | Conference or Workshop Item | Website
Number of items: 12.

Articles

De Moortel, Deborah, Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Engels, Miriam and Vanderleyden, Julie (2025) Employment quality and mental health in Germany: The mismatch of low employment quality with work and family values by gender. Social Science and Medicine, 371, 117906. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117906) (PMID:40081166)

Vanderleyden, Julie, Peckham, Trevor, Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152 and De Moortel, Deborah (2025) Employment quality and self-rated general health in the United States: a 3-year observational follow-up study. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 68(2), pp. 140-159. (doi: 10.1002/ajim.23684) (PMID:39674915)

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152 and Katikireddi, S. Vittal ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2025) Wealth and health: the neglected economic determinant. Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 48, 101138. (doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101138) (PMID:39634279) (PMCID:PMC11615579)

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Gadeyne, Sylvie, Vanroelen, Christophe and Warhurst, Chris (2024) Multidimensional employment trajectories and dynamic links with mental health: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, (doi: 10.5271/sjweh.4193) (PMID:39476405) (Early Online Publication)

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, De Moortel, Deborah, Gadeyne, Sylvie, Vanderleyden, Julie, Warhurst, Chris and Vanroelen, Christophe (2024) Is it the past or the present? Employment quality, unemployment history, psychological distress and mental wellbeing in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, (doi: 10.1177/27551938241288788) (PMID:39435471) (Early Online Publication)

Matilla-Santander, N. et al. (2023) Causal effect of shifting from precarious to standard employment on all-cause mortality in Sweden: an emulation of a target trial. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77(11), pp. 736-743. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220734) (PMID:37620008) (PMCID:PMC10579471)

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Gadeyne, Sylvie, Jonsson, Johanna, Sarkar, Sudipa, Van Aerden, Karen, Warhurst, Chris and Vanroelen, Christophe (2023) Employment trajectories and mental health-related disability in Belgium. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 96, pp. 285-302. (doi: 10.1007/s00420-022-01923-y) (PMID:36214912) (PMCID:PMC9905181)

Jonsson, J. et al. (2021) Low-quality employment trajectories and risk of common mental disorders, substance use disorders and suicide attempt: a longitudinal study of the Swedish workforce. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 47(7), pp. 509-520. (doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3978) (PMID:34397098) (PMCID:PMC8504160)

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Gadeyne, Sylvie and Vanroelen, Christophe (2021) Non-standard employment and mortality in Belgian workers: a census-based investigation. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 47(2), pp. 108-116. (doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3931) (PMID:33146399) (PMCID:PMC8114567)

Research Reports or Papers

Erickson, Emily, Atfield, Gaby, Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Harris, Jamelia and Warhurst, Chris (2024) Building a business case for good jobs: The links between Good Work and innovation, productivity and employee health/wellbeing. Project Report. Warwick Institute for Employment Research.

Conference or Workshop Item

Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, De Moortel, Deborah, Gadeyne, Sylvie, Vanderleyden, Julie, Warhurst, Chris and Vanroelen, Christophe (2023) Employment Quality, Past Unemployment, Mental Health and Wellbeing in the UK. 16th European Public Health Conference 2023 Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity, Dublin, Ireland, 8-11 November 2023. p. 527. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.1322)

Website

Vanroelen, Christophe, Gevaert, Jessie, Huegaerts, Kelly, De Moortel, Deborah, Balogh, Rebeka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-9152, Bosmans, Kim, Van Aerden, Karen, Vos, Mattias and Vanderleyden, Julie (2020) Precair werk in België. [Website]

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 15:42:29 2025 BST.

Professional activities & recognition

Selected international presentations

  • 2024: Conference on mental health and work, Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU (Brussels)