Newcastle University

Introduction

As professor of public Health and honorary consultant in public health with the North East Strategic Health Authority, I share responsibility for strategic development and management of academic public health within Newcastle University and North East England.

My research focuses on the development and evaluation of public health interventions and understanding and tackling inequalities in health.

I am co-investigator in the UK National Public Health Research Consortium (PHRC)(www.york.ac.uk/phrc/) and the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR)(http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/sphr), and Director of Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence (www.fuse.ac.uk). I am a member of the MRC's Population Health Sciences Research Network Board (www.populationhealthsciences.org) and a member of NIHR's Public Health Research funding Board (www.phr.ac.uk). 

Background

I trained in medicine at Birmingham University (UK) and, after working in child health for 3 years, moved to north east England to train in public health. I joined Newcastle University as a lecturer in 1990 became senior lecturer in public health in 1992. I was Director of the Health Promotion Research Group from 1996 and became Director of the Public Health Research Group in 2004. I was appointed to the Chair in Public Health in May 2005 and formed the Public Health Research Programme within the newly founded Institute of Health & Society (IHS) at Newcastle University in August 2006. In 2008 I was awarded funding for and became director of Fuse, the Centre for Tranlsational Research in Public Health, a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence. In May 2011, the Public Health Research Programme was expanded to form the Public Health and Applied Health Interventions Research Programme within IHS. In April 2012, NIHR launched the national School for Public Health Research, in which I lead Fuse's membership. 

Qualifications

MB ChB (Birmingham)(1983)
MSc Public Health (Newcastle)(1989)
MD Public Health (Birmingham)(2010)
MFPH (1991)
FFPH (1997)
FHEA (2007)

Previous Positions

Visiting Professor, Department of Community and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, Pittsburgh University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2005
Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Newcastle University, 1992-2005
Lecturer in Public Health, Newcastle University, 1990-1992

Memberships

BMA
FPH
ISBNPA
SSM
UKSBM

Languages

English and a little French

Informal Interests

Roots music, fine art and photography, literature, wine and food, and the great outdoors

Research Interests

Social and behavioural epidemiology
Social inequalities in health
Development and evaluation of public health interventions

Other Expertise

Public health education in undergraduate and postgraduate curricula
Specialist training in public health

Current Work

The Newcastle Health & Lifestyle Survey & Newcastle Heart Project: European, Chinese and South Asian Mortality Follow-up Studies (NHS R&D, 1991- )

The UK National Public Health Research Consortium (DH: 2005-2016)

Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health (UKCRC: 2008-2013) 

Do-Well - RCT of welfare rights advice for older people (NIHR PHR: 2011-15) 

The NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) (NIHR: 2012-17)  

Future Research

Causal explanations for social inequalties in health, including intervention-generated inequalities

Interventions to reduce social inequalities in health

Interventions to promote healthy ageing

Interventions to regulate commercial impacts on health 

Research Roles

Co-Director, Public Health & Applied Health Interventions Research Programme, Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University

Member, Scientific Steering Committee, Human Nutrition Research Centre, Newcastle University

Member, Diabetes Research Group, Newcastle University

Co-investigator, UK National Public Health Research Consortium (www.york.ac.uk/phrc/)

Co-investigator, the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR)(http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/sphr) 

Director, Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence (www.fuse.ac.uk)

Member, Scientific Steering Committee, BHF Health Promotion Research Group, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oxford

Chair, Independent Trial Steering Committee, HELP Trial (NIHR PHR funded), Exeter University (PI: Katrina Wyatt), 2012-

Postgraduate Supervision

I welcome expressions of interest from prospective postrgraduate students in any area of public health research, but in particular understanding social inequalities in health and the development and evaluation of public health interventions

Esteem Indicators

Member of the NIHR Public Health Research Programme Board, 2009-

Member of the MRC Population Health Sciences Research network Board, 2011-  

Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, University of Oxford, 1998-

Chair, Independent Trial Steering Committee, HELP Trial (NIHR PHR funded), Exeter University (PI: Katrina Wyatt), 2012-  

Funding

Current research project grants from Department of Health, NIHR, National Prevention Research Initiative, MRC, BHF, CRUK, Diabetes UK, ESRC

Undergraduate Teaching

Stage 4 MB BS Options in Public Health Research

Stage 4 Public Health rotation 

Final year research options, BSc Food & Human Nutrition

Postgraduate Teaching

PhD supervision in Public Health

Public Health Intervention Module of the MSc in Public Health and Health Services Research

Public health research project options, MSc in Health Sciences

• Adams J, Tyrrell R, Adamson AJ, White M. Effect of Restrictions on Television Food Advertising to Children on Exposure to Advertisements for 'Less Healthy' Foods: Repeat Cross-sectional Study. PLoS One 2012, 7(2), e31578.
• Adams J, Ganiti E, White M. Socio-economic differences in outdoor food advertising in a city in Northern England. Public Health Nutrition 2011, 14(6), 945-950.
• Adams J, Simpson E, White M. Variations in food and drink advertising in UK monthly women's magazines according to season, magazine type and socio-economic profile of readers: a descriptive study of publications over 12 months. BMC Public Health 2011, 11(1), 368.
• Adams J, Tyrrell R, White M. Do television food advertisements portray advertised foods in a ‘healthy’ food context?. British Journal of Nutrition 2011, 105(6), 810-815.
• Begh RA, Aveyard P, Upton P, Bhopal RS, White M, Amos A, Prescott RJ, Bedi R, Barton P, Fletcher M, Gill P, Zaidi Q, Sheikh A. Experiences of outreach workers in promoting smoking cessation to Bangladeshi and Pakistani men: longitudinal qualitative evaluation. BMC Public Health 2011, 11(1), 452.
• Begh RA, Aveyard P, Upton P, Bhopal RS, White M, Amos A, Prescott RJ, Bedi R, Barton P, Fletcher M, Gill P, Zaidi Q, Sheikh A. Promoting smoking cessation in Pakistani and Bangladeshi men in the UK: pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of trained community outreach workers. Trials 2011, 12(1), 197.
• Carr SM, Lhussier M, Forster N, Geddes L, Deane K, Pennington M, Visram S, White M, Michie S, Donaldson C, Hildreth A. An evidence synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research on component intervention techniques, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, equity and acceptability of different versions of health-related lifestyle advisor role in improving health. Health Technology Assessment 2011, 15(9), 1.
• Highet G, Ritchie D, Platt S, Amos A, Hargreaves K, Martin C, White M. The re-shaping of the life-world: male British Bangladeshi smokers and the English smoke-free legislation. Ethnicity and Health 2011, 16(6), 519-533.
• Ogilvie D, Cummins S, Petticrew M, White M, Jones A, Wheeler K. Assessing the Evaluability of Complex Public Health Interventions: Five Questions for Researchers, Funders, and Policymakers. Milbank Quarterly 2011, 89(2), 206–225.
• Hargreaves K, Amos A, Highet G, Martin C, Platt S, Ritchie D, White M. The social context of change in tobacco consumption following the introduction of 'smokefree' England legislation: A qualitative, longitudinal study. Social Science and Medicine 2010, 71(3), 459-466.
• Lecouturier J, Murtagh MJ, Thomson RG, Ford GA, White M, Eccles M, Rodgers H. Response to symptoms of stroke in the UK: a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10(1), 157.
• Adams JM, Hennessy-Priest K, Ingimarsdóttir S, Sheeshka J, Østbye T, White M. Changes in food advertisements during 'prime-time' television from 1991 to 2006 in the UK and Canada. British Journal of Nutrition 2009, 102(4), 584-593.
• Adams JM, Hennessy-Priest K, Ingimarsdóttir S, Sheeshka J, Østbye T, White M. Food advertising during children's television in Canada and the UK. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2009, 94(9), 658-662.
• Adams J, White M. Socio-economic and gender differences in nutritional content of foods advertised in popular UK weekly magazines. European Journal of Public Health 2009, 19(2), 144-149.
• Adams JM, White M. Time perspective in socioeconomic inequalities in smoking and body mass index. Health Psychology 2009, 28(1), 83-90.
• Begh RA, Aveyard P, Upton P, Bhopal RS, White M, Amos A, Prescott RJ, Bedi R, Barton P, Fletcher M, Gill P, Zaidi Q, Sheikh A. Promoting smoking cessation in Bangladeshi and Pakistani male adults: design of a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of trained community smoking cessation workers. Trials 2009, 10(1), 71-85.
• Penn L, White M, Oldroyd J, Walker M, Alberti KGMM, Mathers JC. Prevention of type 2 diabetes in adults with impaired glucose tolerance: the European Diabetes Prevention RCT in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. BMC Public Health 2009, 9, 342.
• Adams JM, White M. Health behaviours in people who respond to a web-based survey advertised on regional news media. European Journal of Public Health 2008, 18(3), 335-338.
• Ahmad B, Chappel D, Pless-Mulloli T, White M. Enabling factors and barriers for the use of health impact assessment in decision-making processes. Public Health 2008, 122(5), 452-457.
• Penn LD, Moffatt SM, White M. Participants' perspective on maintaining behaviour change: A qualitative study within the European Diabetes Prevention Study. BMC Public Health 2008, 8(1), 235.
• Syed AA, Halpin C, Irving JAE, Unwin NC, White M, Bhopal RS, Redfern CPF, Weaver JU. A common intron 2 polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor gene is associated with insulin resistance in men. Clinical Endocrinology 2008, 68(6), 879-884.
• Adams JM, Martin-Ruiz CM, Pearce MS, White M, Parker L, von Zglinicki TW. No association between socio-economic status and white blood cell telomere length. Aging Cell 2007, 6(1), 125-128.
• Adams JM, White M. Are the stages of change socioeconomically distributed? A scoping review. American Journal of Health Promotion 2007, 21(4), 237-247.
• Adamson A, Chadwick T, Dezateaux C, Griffiths G, Howel D, Kelly S, Law C, Li L, Lo Conte R, Power C, Stamp E, White M. The changing social patterning of obesity: an analysis to inform practice and policy development. London, UK: Department of Health, 2007. Public Health Consortium.
• Unwin N, Bhopal R, Hayes L, White M, Patel S, Ragoobirsingh D, Alberti G. A comparison of the new International Diabetes Federation definition of metabolic syndrome to WHO and NCEP definitions in Chinese, European and South Asian origin adults. Ethnicity and Disease 2007, 17(3), 522-528.
• Verma T, Adams JM, White M. Portrayal of health-related behaviours in popular UK television soap operas. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2007, 61(7), 575-577.
• White M. Food access and obesity. Obesity Reviews 2007, 8(1), 99-107.
• Adams JM, Holland L, White M. Changes in socioeconomic inequalities in census measures of health in England and Wales, 1991-2001. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2006, 60(3), 218-220.
• Adams JM, White M. Is the disease risk associated with good self-reported health constant across the socio-economic spectrum?. Public Health 2006, 120(1), 70-75.
• Adams JM, White M. Removing the health domain from the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 - Effect on measured inequalities in census measure of health. Journal of Public Health 2006, 28(4), 379-383.
• Adams JM, White M, Moffatt S, Howel DM, MacKintosh JE. A systematic review of the health, social and financial impacts of welfare rights advice delivered in healthcare settings. BMC Public Health 2006, 6(1), 81.
• Cattan M, White M, Learmonth A, Bond J. Are services and activities for socially isolated and lonely older people accessible, equitable and inclusive?. Research, Policy and Planning 2006, 23(3), 149-64.
• Chinn DJ, White M, Howel D, Harland JOE, Drinkwater CK. Factors associated with non-participation in a physical activity promotion trial. Public Health 2006, 120(4), 309-319.
• Mackintosh J, White M, Howel D, Chadwick T, Moffatt S, Deverill M, Sandell A. Randomised controlled trial of welfare rights advice accessed via primary health care: Pilot study [ISRCTN61522618]. BMC Public Health 2006, 6(162), 10.
• Moffatt S, Mackintosh J, White M, Howel D, Sandell A. The acceptability and impact of a randomised controlled trial of welfare rights advice accessed via primary health care: Qualitative study. BMC Public Health 2006, 6(163).
• Moffatt S, White M, Mackintosh J, Howel D. Using quantitative and qualitative data in health services research - What happens when mixed method findings conflict? [ISRCTN61522618]. BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6, 28.
• Oldroyd JC, Unwin NC, White M, Mathers JC, Alberti KGMM. Randomised controlled trial evaluating lifestyle interventions in people with impaired glucose tolerance. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2006, 72(2), 117-127.
• Reynolds RM, Fischbacher C, Bhopal R, Byrne CD, White M, Unwin N, Walker BR. Differences in cortisol concentrations in South Asian and European men living in the United Kingdom. Clinical Endocrinology 2006, 64(5), 530-534.
• Syed, A.A., Irving, J.A.E., Redfern, C.P.F., Hall, A.G., Unwin, N.C., White, M.J.R., Bhopal, R.S., Weaver, J.U. Association of glucocorticoid receptor polymorphism A3669G in exon 9β with reduced central adiposity in women. Obesity 2006, 14(5), 759-764.
• White M, Bush J, Kai J, Bhopal R, Rankin J. Quitting smoking and experience of smoking cessation interventions among UK Bangladeshi and Pakistani adults: The views of community members and health professionals. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2006, 60(5), 405-411.
• Adams JM, Pearce MS, White M, Unwin NC, Parker L. No consistent association between birthweight and parental risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Diabetic Medicine 2005, 22(7), 950-953.
• Adams JM, Ryan VA, White M. How accurate are Townsend Deprivation Scores as predictors of self-reported health? A comparison with individual level data. Journal of Public Health 2005, 27(1), 101-106.
• Adams JM, White M. Socio-economic deprivation is associated with increased proximity to general practices in England: An ecological analysis. Journal of Public Health 2005, 27(1), 80-81.
• Adams JM, White M. When the population approach to prevention puts the health of individuals at risk. International Journal of Epidemiology 2005, 34(1), 40-43.
• Adams JM, White M. Why don't stage-based activity promotion interventions work?. Health Education Research 2005, 20(2), 237-243.
• Adams JM, White M, Forman D. Is the rate of biological aging, as measured by age at diagnosis of cancer, socioeconomically patterned?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2005, 59(2), 146-151.
• Adams JM, White M, Heywood P. Time trends in socio-economic inequalities in road traffic injuries to children. Injury Prevention 2005, 11(2), 125-126.
• Adams JM, White M, Heywood P. Year-round daylight saving and serious or fatal road traffic injuries in children in the North East of England. Journal of Public Health 2005, 27(4), 316-317.
• Bhopal R, Fischbacher C, Vartiainen E, Unwin N, White M, Alberti G. Predicted and observed cardiovascular disease in South Asians: Application of FINRISK, Framingham and SCORE models to Newcastle Heart Project data. Journal of Public Health 2005, 27(1), 93-100.
• Cattan M, White M, Bond J, Learmouth A. Preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people: A systematic review of health promotion interventions. Ageing and Society 2005, 25(1), 41-67.
• Fischbacher CM, White M, Bhopal RS, Unwin NC. Self-reported work strain is lower in South Asian than European people: cross-sectional survey. Ethnicity & Health 2005, 10(4), 279-292.
• Adams JM, Audisio RA, White M, Forman D. Age-related variations in progression of cancer at diagnosis and completeness of cancer registry data. Surgical Oncology 2004, 13, 175-179.
• Adams JM, White M. Biological ageing: A fundamental, biological link between socio-economic status and health?. European Journal of Public Health 2004, 14(3), 331-334.
• Adams JM, White M. Is the inverse care law no longer operating?. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2004, 58(9), 802-802.
• Adams JM, White M. Reducing inequalities in non-fatal accidents in England. Journal of Public Health 2004, 26(3), 317-318.
• Adams JM, White M. Smoking cessation services may not reduce inequalities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004, 58(2), 158-158.
• Adams JM, White M, Forman D. Are there socioeconomic gradients in stage and grade of breast cancer at diagnosis? Cross sectional analysis of UK cancer registry data. British Medical Journal 2004, 329(7458), 142-143.
• Adams JM, White M, Forman D. Are there socioeconomic gradients in the quality of data held by UK cancer registries?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004, 58(12), 1052-1053.
• Adams JM, White M, Heywood P. Research as a learning opportunity: learning as a research opportunity. Medical Education 2004, 38(5), 554-554.
• Adams JM, White M, Pearce MS, Parker L. Life course measures of socioeconomic position and self reported health at age 50: Prospective cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004, 58(12), 1028-1029.
• Ahmed S, Aujayeb A, Cowens E, Evans A, Gent F, Adams JM, Heywood P, White M. Would the public support a ban on smoking in public places? - A survey of local opinion in the North East of England. McGill Journal of Medicine 2004, 8(1), 15-20.
• Colgan F, Gospel A, Petrie J, Adams JM, Heywood P, White M. Does rear seat belt use vary according to socioeconomic status?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004, 58(11), 929-930.
• Fischbacher CM, Blackwell CC, Bhopal R, Ingram R, Unwin NC, White M. Serological evidence of Helicobacter pylori infection in UK South Asian and European populations: Implications for gastric cancer and coronary heart disease. Journal of Infection 2004, 48(2), 168-174.
• Heather N, Dallolio E, Hutchings D, Kaner E, White M. Implementing routine screening and brief alcohol intervention in primary health care: A Delphi survey of expert opinion. Journal of Substance Use 2004, 9(2), 68-85.
• Moffatt S, White M, Stacy R, Downey D, Hudson E. The impact of welfare advice in primary care: A qualitative study. Critical Public Health 2004, 14(3), 295-309.
• Syed, A.A., Irving, J.A.E., Redfern, C.P.F., Hall, A.G., Unwin, N.C., White, M., Bhopal, R., Alberti, K., Weaver, J.U. Low Prevalence of the N363S Polymorphism of the Glucocorticoid Receptor in South Asians Living in the United Kingdom. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2004, 89(1), 232-235.
• White M. Physical activity among South Asians in Britain. In: K.C.R. Patel;R.S. Bhopal, ed. The epidemic of coronary heart disease in South Asian populations: causes and consequences. Birmingham: South Asian Health Foundation, 2004.
• White M, Bunting J, Williams E, Raybould S, Adamson A, Mathers JC. Do 'food deserts' exist? A multi-level, geographical analysis of the relationship between retail food access, socio-economic position and dietary intake. London: Food Standards Agency, 2004.
• Adams JM, White M. Are activity promotion interventions based on the transtheoretical model effective? A critical review. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2003, 37(2), 106-114.
• Adams JM, White M. Evidence concerning social capital and health inequalities is still lacking. Journal of Public Health Medicine 2003, 25(2), 184-185.
• White M, Adams JM. Health benefits of green spaces not confirmed. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2003, 57(4), 312-312.
• Adams JM, White M, Barker G, Mathers JC, Burn J. Are there socio-economic inequalities in age of resection of colorectal cancer in people with HNPCC?. Familial Cancer 2003, 2(3-4), 169-173.
• Bush J, White M, Kai J, Rankin J, Bhopal R. Understanding influences on smoking in Bangladeshi and Pakistani adults: Community based, qualitative study. British Medical Journal 2003, 326, 962-965.
• Cattan M, Newell C, Bond J, White M. Alleviating social isolation and loneliness among older people. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 2003, 5(3), 20-30.
• Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Blackwell CC, Ingram R, Unwin NC, White M, Alberti KGMM. IgG is higher in South Asians than Europeans: Does infection contribute to ethnic variation in cardiovascular disease?. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2003, 23(4), 703-704.
• Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Rutter MK, Unwin NC, Marshall SM, White M, Alberti KGMM. Microalbuminuria is more frequent in South Asian than in European origin populations: A comparative study in Newcastle, UK. Diabetic Medicine 2003, 20(1), 31-36.
• Parker L, Lamont DW, Unwin N, Pearce MS, Bennett SM, Dickinson HO, White M, Mathers JC, Alberti KG, Craft AW. A lifecourse study of risk for hyperinsulinaemia, dyslipidaemia and obesity (the central metabolic syndrome) at age 49-51 years.[Erratum appears in Diabet Med. 2003 Sep;20(9):781]. Diabetic Medicine 2003, 20(9), 406-415.
• Pollard TM, Carlin LE, Bhopal R, Unwin N, White M, Fischbacher C. Social Networks and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in South Asians and Europeans in the UK. Ethnicity and Health 2003, 8(3), 263-275.
• Wormald H, Sleap M, Brunton J, Hayes L, Warburton P, Waring M, White M. Methodological issues in piloting a physical activity diary with young people. Health Education Journal 2003, 62, 220-233.
• Unwin N, Patel S, Bhopal R, Fischbacher C, White M, Alberti G. The metabolic syndrome phenotype in European origin men and women: a population based study. Diabetic Medicine 2003, 20(s2), 66.
• Adams JM, White M. A systematic approach to the development and evaluation of an intervention promoting stair use. Health Education Journal 2002, 61(3), 272-286.
• Bhopal R, Hayes L, White M, Unwin N, Harland J, Ayis S, Alberti G. Ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in coronary heart disease, diabetes and risk factors in Europeans and South Asians. Journal of Public Health Medicine 2002, 24(2), 95-105.
• Hayes L, White M, Unwin N, Bhopal R, Fischbacher C, Harland J, Alberti KGMM. Patterns of physical activity and relationship with risk markers for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and European adults in a UK population. Journal of Public Health Medicine 2002, 24(3), 170-178.
• Fischbacher CM, White M, Bhopal R, Unwin N, Alberti KGMM. Newcastle heart project. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2002, 56(1), 79.
• Fischbacher C, Bhopal R, Patel S, White M, Unwin N, Alberti KGMM. Anaemia in Chinese, South Asian, and European populations in Newcastle upon Tyne: Cross sectional study. British Medical Journal 2001, 322(7292), 958-959.
• Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Unwin N, White M, Alberti KGMM. The performance of the Rose angina questionnaire in South Asian and European origin populations: A comparative study in Newcastle, UK. International Journal of Epidemiology 2001, 30(5), 1009-1016.
• Lhussier M, Fall AJ, Spencer DA, White M, Edwards R. Parental smoking. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2002, 86(2), 138-139.
• Oldroyd JC, Unwin NC, White M, Imrie K, Mathers JC, Alberti KGMM. Randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of behavioural interventions to modify cardiovascular risk factors in men and women with impaired glucose tolerance: Outcomes at 6 months. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2001, 52(1), 29-43.
• Patel S, Bhopal R, Unwin N, White M, Alberti KGMM, Yallop J. Mismatch between perceived and actual overweight in diabetic and non-diabetic populations: A comparative study of south Asian and European women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2001, 55(5), 332-333.
• Harland J, White M, Howel D, Drinkwater C, Chinn D. The Newcastle exercise project - Reply. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2000, 320(7247), 1473-1474.
• Lamont, D. W., Parker, L., White, M. J. R., Unwin, N. C., Bennett, S. M. A., Cohen, M., Richardson, D. L., Dickinson, H. O., Adamson, A. J., Alberti, K. G. M. M., Craft, A. W. Risk of cardiovascular disease measured by carotid intima-media thickness at age 49-51: Lifecourse study. British Medical Journal 2000, 320(7230), 273-278.
• Newbury-Birch D, White M, Kamali F. Factors influencing alcohol and illicit drug use amongst medical students. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2000, 59(2), 125-130.
• White M. Researching the changing social pattern of cardiovascular diseases. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2000, 54(11), 804-805.
• Bhopal R, Unwin N, White M, Yallop J, Walker L, Alberti KGMM, Harland J, Patel S, Ahmad N, Turner C, Watson B, Kaur D, Kulkarni A, Laker M, Tavridou A. Heterogeneity of coronary heart disease risk factors in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and European origin populations: Cross sectional study. British Medical Journal 1999, 319(7204), 215-220.
• Chinn DJ, White M, Harland J, Drinkwater C, Raybould S. Barriers to physical activity and socioeconomic position: Implications for health promotion. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1999, 53(3), 191-192.
• Edwards R, White M, Chappel D, Gray J. Teaching public health to medical students in the United Kingdom - Are the General Medical Council's recommendations being implemented?. Journal of Public Health Medicine 1999, 21(2), 150-157.
• Harland J, White M, Drinkwater C, Chinn D, Farr L, Howel D. The Newcastle exercise project: A randomised controlled trial of methods to promote physical activity in primary care. British Medical Journal 1999, 319(7213), 828-832.
• Patel S, Unwin N, Bhopal R, White M, Harland J, Ayis SAM, Watson W, Alberti KGMM. A comparison of proxy measures of abdominal obesity in Chinese, European and South Asian adults. Diabetic Medicine 1999, 16(10), 853-860.
• M. White. Quality assurance in higher education. Ensuring quality in the delivery of a public health programme for medical undergraduates. Internet Journal of Public Health Education 1999, 1, B18-27.
• M. Cattan,M. White. Developing evidence based health promotion for older people: a systematic review and survey of health promotion interventions targeting social isolation and loneliness among older people. Internet Journal of Health Promotion 1998, 1-10.
• Gray JD, Bhopal RS, White M. Developing a medical school alcohol policy. Medical Education 1998, 32, 138-142.
• A. Martineau and M. White. What's not in a name. The accuracy of using names to ascribe religious and geographical origin in a British population. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1998, 52, 336-337.
• Unwin N, Alberti KGMM, Bhopal R, Harland J, Watson W, White M. Comparison of the current WHO and new ADA criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in three ethnic groups in the UK. Diabetic Medicine 1998, 15(7), 554-557.
• M. White. Creating a healthy medical school. In: A.D. Tsouros, Dowding, G., Thompson, J., Dooris, M, ed. Health Promoting Universities. Concept, experience and framework for action. Copenhagen: World Health Organisation, 1998, pp.56-65.
• White M, Carlin L, Rankin J, Adamson A. Effectiveness of interventions to promote healthy eating in people from ethnic groups: a review. London, UK: Health Education Authority, 1998.
• P. Catterson, S. Hilton and M. White. Young people, alcohol, and designer drinks - Conventional drinks are a much greater threat to health than designer drinks. British Medical Journal 1997, 314, 1622-1623.
• J. O. Harland,N. Unwin,R. S. Bhopal,M. White,B. Watson,M. Laker,K. G. Alberti. Low levels of cardiovascular risk factors and coronary heart disease in a UK Chinese population. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 1997, 51(6), 636-42.
• Harland JO, White M, Bhopal RS, Raybould S, Unwin NC, Alberti KGMM. Identifying Chinese populations in the UK for epidemiological research: experience of a name analysis of the FHSA register. Public Health 1997, 111(5), 331-337.
• A. Martineau, M. White and R. Bhopal. No sex differences in immunisation rates of British south Asian children: The effect of migration?. British Medical Journal 1997, 314, 642-643.
• K. Mather, D. Cooper, P. Janson and M. White. Cold exposure and winter mortality in Europe. Lancet 1997, 350, 591-591.
• A. Tavridou,N. C. Unwin,M. F. Laker,M. White,K. G. Alberti. Serum concentrations of vitamins A and E in impaired glucose tolerance. Clinica Chimica Acta 1997, 266(2), 129-40.
• Tavridou A., Unwin N., White M., Laker M.F., Alberti K.G.M.M. The relationships between antioxidant vitamins and glucose intolerance in a population based survey. Clinca Chimica Acta 1997, 226, 129-140.
• Unwin N, Harland J, White M, Bhopal R, Winocour P, Stephenson P, Watson W, Turner C, Alberti KGMM. Body mass index, waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, and glucose intolerance in Chinese and Europid adults in Newcastle, UK. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1997, 51(2), 160-166.
• M. White. Contribution of job control to social gradient in coronary heart disease. Lancet 1997, 350, 1404-1405.
• M. White. First myocardial infarction in patients of Indian subcontinent and European origin - Ethnic differences in outcome may be confounded by socio-economic status. British Medical Journal 1997, 315, 118-118.
• M. White. Preventing problem drinking among doctors: the role of medical schools. Alcoholism 1997, 16, 3-4.
• White M. and Raybould S. Who eats a healthy diet? The spatial and socio-economic patterning of diet in Newcastle upon Tyne. Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews (Series A: Human & Experimental) 1997, 67 (8), 827-836.
• J. Harland, N. Unwin, R. Bhopal, M. White, W. Watson, P. Stephenson and K. Alberti. Low levels of coronary heart disease and risk factors in a UK Chinese population. Heart 1996, 75, 130-130.
• N Unwin,W Watson,J Harland,M White,RS Bhopal,S Stephenson,C Turner,KGMM Alberti. A higher prevalence of glucose intolerance. Diabetic Medicine 1995, 12, 80.
• B.G. Charlton, White, M. Living on the Margin: A salutogenic model for socio-economic differentials in health. Public Health 1995, 109(4), 235-43.
• M. White, M. McKee, F. Bojan and T. Ostbye. Development of public health training in Hungary - An exercise in international co-operation. Journal of Public Health Medicine 1995, 17, 438-444.
• R. Bhopal,M. White,A.L. Crombie. Health policies in British medical schools. British Medical Journal 1994, 308.
• M. White. Airline's magazine promotes tobacco products. British Medical Journal 1994, 309, 744.
• M. White, Ostbye, T. Computer communication and global public health. British Medical Journal 1994, 309, 736.
• R.S. Bhopal,R.G. Thomson,M. White,A. Watson. Audit of public health medicine: the Northern Region's approach. Journal of Public Health Medicine 1993, 15, 255-262.
• R.S. Bhopal,M. White. Health promotion for ethnic minorities: past, present and future. In: W.J.U. Ahmad, ed. Race and Health in Contemporary Britain. Buckingham IP: Open University Press, 1993, pp.137-166.
• T. Ostbye,J. Pomerleau,M. White,M. Coolich,J. McWhinney. Food and nutrition in Canadian "prime time" television commercials. Canadian Journal of Public Health 1993, 84(6), 370-374.
• M. White,F. Bojan,I. Watt,M. McKee. A nepegeszsegtan oktatasanak fejlesztese Magyarorszagon TEMPUS konzorcium munkakozossege. A nepegszsegtan oktatasanak fejlesztese Magyarorszagi orvostudomanyi egyetemeken az Europai Kozosseg TEMPUS programjanak tamogatasaval. Nepegeszsegugy 1993, 74(3), 93-99.
• M. White,F Bojan,I. Watt,M McKee. Hungary: a new public health. The Lancet 1993, 341(1), 43-44.
• M. White,F. Bojan,I. Watt,M. McKee. The TEMPUS Consortium for a new public health in Hungary. A new programme of public health training in Hungary. European J Public Health 1993, 3(60), 60-65.
• Griffiths RK, White M, Stonehouse M. Ethnic differences in birth statistics from central Birmingham. British Medical Journal 1989, 298, 94-95.
• Noble E, Moffatt S, White M. "The Day the Welfare Rights Lassie Rang, I Felt This Whole Weight Had Been Lifted" How Welfare Rights Advice Can Help With the Psychological and Social Impacts of Cancer. In: British Psychosocial 2012 Conference. 2012, Leeds, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Hobbs N, Godfrey A, Mathers J, Rochester L, McDonald S, Araujo-Soares V, White M, Sniehotta F. A meta-analysis of physical activity interventions in the 'retirement window'. In: “Resiliance and Health” : 26th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. 2012, Prague, Czech Republic: Routledge.
• Moffatt S, Noble E, White M. Addressing the finanical consequences of cancer: Qualitative evaluation of a welfare rights advice service. Plos One 2012, 7(8), e42979.
• Spence S, Shen J, Delve J, White M, Vale L, Adamson AJ. An evaluation of the effect of the New School Food Policy on children's nutritional intake and socio-economic consequences in North East England. In: 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine. 2012, London: BMJ Group.
• Kwasnicka D, Presseau J, White M, Sniehotta F. Are coping planning interventions effective in promoting health behaviour change? A systematic review of RCTs. In: “Resiliance and Health” : 26th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. 2012, Prague, Czech Republic: Routledge.
• Barron E, Lara J, White M, Mathers J. Blood-borne biomarkers of mortality: A systematic literature review of prospective cohort studies. In: 8th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity: A Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion in Active Ageing. 2012, Glasgow, UK: Human Kinetics.
• McDonald S, Sniehotta F, White M, Hobbs N. Changes in physical activity in the retirement window: A theory-based interview study. In: 8th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity: A Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion in Active Ageing. 2012, Glasgow, UK: Human Kinetics.
• Pearce MS, Mann KD, Martin-Ruiz C, Parker L, White M, von Zglinicki T, Adams J. Childhood Growth, IQ and Education as Predictors of White Blood Cell Telomere Length at Age 49-51 Years: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study. PLoS One 2012, 7(7), e40116.
• Forrest LF, Adams JM, Wareham H, Rubin G, White M. Socio-economic inequalities in lung cancer treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. In: 56th Annual Scientific Meeting Society for Social Medicine. 2012, London: BMJ Group.
• Adams J, Halligan J, Burges-Watson D, Ryan V, Penn L, Adamson AJ, White M. The Change4Life Convenience Store Programme to Increase Retail Access to Fresh Fruit and Vegetables: A Mixed Methods Process Evaluation. PLoS One 2012, 7(6), e39431.
• Haighton C, Moffatt S, Howel D, McColl E, Milne E, Deverill M, Rubin G, Aspray T, White M. The Do-Well study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial, economic and qualitative process evaluations of domiciliary welfare rights advice for socio-economically disadvantaged older people recruited via primary health care. BMC Public Health 2012, 12(1), 382.
• Barron E, Lara J, White M, Mathers J. Towards a consensus definition of healthy ageing: A systematic literature review. In: 8th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity: A Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion in Active Ageing. 2012, Glasgow, UK: Human Kinetics.
• Penn L, Lordon J, Lowry R, Smith W, Mathers JC, Walker M, White M. Translating research evidence to service provision for prevention of type 2 diabetes: development and early outcomes of the ‘New life, New you’ intervention. British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease 2011, 11(4), 175-181.
• Beenstock J, Sniehotta FF, White M, Bell R, Milne E, Araujo-Soares V. What helps and hinders midwives in engaging with pregnant women about stopping smoking? A cross-sectional survey of perceived implementation difficulties among midwives in the North East of England. Implementation Science 2012, 7(1), 36.
• Dombrowski SU, Sniehotta F, Mackintosh J, White M, Rodgers H, Thomson R, Murtagh M, Ford G, Eccles MW, Araujo-Soares V. Witness response at onset of acute stroke: a qualitative theory-guided study. PLoS One 2012, 7(7), e39852.
• Adams J, Tyrrell R, Adamson A, White M. Socio-economic differences in exposure to television food advertisements in the UK: a cross-sectional study of advertisements broadcast in one television region. Public Health Nutrition 2011, 15(3), 487-494.
• Levy C, Murtagh MJ, Stewart R, White M. Community food initiatives in Newcastle Upon Tyne. In: International Union of Health Education and Health Promotion Conference. 2001, Paris, France.
• Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Unwin N, Walker M, White M, Alberti KGMM. Maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes varies by ethnic group - Cross-sectional survey of Europeans and South Asians. DIABETES CARE 2001, 24(9), 1685-1686.
• White M, Harland JOE, Bhopal RS, Unwin N, Alberti KGMM. Smoking and alcohol consumption in a UK Chinese population. Public Health 2001, 115(1), 62-69.
• White M, Harland JOE, Unwin N, Bhopal RS, Alberti KGMM. Smoking and alcohol consumption in a UK Chinese population. Public Health 2001, 115(1), 62-69.
• Murtagh MJ, White M. Tackling health inequalities: Evaluating the Newcastle Upon Tyne Health Action Zone. In: UK Public Health Association Conference. 2001, Bournemouth, UK.
• Edwards R, White M, Gray J, Fischbacher C. Use of a journal club and letter-writing exercise to teach critical appraisal to medical undergraduates. Medical Education 2001, 35(7), 691-694.
• Goodwin DM, Cummins S, Sautkina E, Ogilvie D, Petticrew M, Jones A, Wheeler K, White M. The role and status of evidence and innovation in the healthy towns programme in England: a qualitative stakeholder interview study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2013, 67(1), 106-112.
• Orton L, Pennington AJ, Nayak S, Petticrew M, White M, Sowden A, Whitehead M. How are health inequalities affected by control in the living environment?. In: 5th European Public Health Conference. 2012, Saint Julian's, Malta: Oxford University Press.
• Howard S, Adams J, White M. Nutritional content of supermarket ready meals and recipes by television chefs in the United Kingdom: cross sectional study. British Medical Journal 2012, 345, e7607.
• Hobbs N, Godfrey A, Lara J, Errington L, Meyer TD, Rochester L, White M, Mathers JC, Sniehotta FF. Are behavioural interventions effective in increasing physical activity at 12-36 months in adults aged 55 to 70 years? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine 2013, 11, 75.
• Penn L, White M, Lindstrom L, den Boer A, Blaak E, Eriksson JG, Feskens E, Ilanne-Parikka P, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi SM, Walker M, Mathers JC, Uusitupa M, Tuomilehto J. Importance of Weight Loss Maintenance and Risk Prediction in the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: Analysis of European Diabetes Prevention Study RCT. PLoS One 2013, 8(2), e57143.
• Forrest L, Adams J, Wareham H, Rubin G, White M. Socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Medicine 2013, 10(2), e1001376.
• Liu JJ, Davidson E, Bhopal RS, White M, Johnson MRD, Netto G, Deverill M, Sheikh A. Adapting health promotion interventions to meet the needs of ethnic minority groups: mixed methods evidence synthesis. Health Technology Assessment Monograph Series 2012, 16(44), 469 p.
• Liu JJ, Davidson E, Bhopal RS, White M, Johnson MRD, Netto G, Deverill M, Sheikh A. Adapting health promotion interventions to meet the needs of ethnic minority groups: mixed-methods evidence synthesis. Health Technology Assessment 2012, 16(44), 1-469.
• Penn L, White M, Lindstrom J, den-Boer ATh, Blaak EE, Ericksson JG, Feskens E, Illanne-Parikka P, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi SM, Walker M, Mathers JC, Uusitupa M, Tuomilehto J. Intensive lifestyle interventon for prevention of type 2 diabetes in adults with impaired glucose tolerance: the European Diabetes Prevention Study, a pooled analysis of three randomised controlled trials from Finland, The Netherlands and the UK. In: 7th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications. 2012, Madrid, Spain: Edizioni Minerva Medica.
• Penn L, Dombrowski S, Sniehotta F, White M. Participant perspectives on a lifestyle intervention for the prevention of type 2 diabetes: a qualitative evaluation within the 'New life, New you' pilot study. In: 7th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications. 2012, Madrid, Spain: Minerva Endocrinologica.
• Visram S, Clarke C, White M. A Qualitative Longitudinal Approach to Exploring Service User Experiences of Lay-Led Heath Improvement Interventions. In: 17th Qualitative Health Research Conference "Research for Change: Impacting Society through Qualitative Research". 2011, Vancouver, Canada: University of Alberta International Institute for Qualitative Methodology.
• Visram S, Clarke C, White M. Tell Me about Your Childhood ... Using Life Grids to Gather Information on Health-Related Behaviours and Experiences across the Life Course. In: 17th Qualitative Health Research Conference "Research for change: Impacting society through qualitative research". 2011, Vancouver, Canada: University of Alberta International Institute for Qualitative Methodology.