Newcastle University

Qualifications

MMathStat (2010) Mathematics and Statistics, Newcastle University  

Roles and Responsibilities 

Since completion of my masters degree with a dissertation in epidemiology and statistics I have continued to work on the Newcastle Thousand Families Study with Dr Mark Pearce.

I currently offer support to PhD, MSc and Newcastle work experience students and co-supervise masters level projects. 

 Research Interests

Ø  Lifecourse epidemiology

Ø  Cohort studies

Ø  Applied statistics 

Presentations and Conferences

Ø  September 2011 Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD), Portland, Oregon, USA. 
Standardized birth weight predicts psychological well-being age 49-51 years in the Newcastle
Thousand Families Study.

Ø  August 2011 International Epidemiology Association (IEA) World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Lifecourse predictors of physical activity at age 50 years in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study.

Ø  October 2010 Conference of Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe (CELSE).

Funding

I have successfully gained a travel grant from my institute for a national conference.

Projects

• The Newcastle Thousand Families Birth Cohort
  Project Leader(s): Dr Mark Pearce

Lectures and Seminars

MRes in Medical and Molecular Biosciences (Module: Clinical Epidemiology) 

Lecture and Seminar in Measuring Disease Frequency 

• 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.
• Pearce MS, Basterfield L, Mann KD, Parkinson KN, Adamson AJ, Reilly JJ, Gateshead Millennium Study. Early Predictors of Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in 8-10 Year Old Children: The Gateshead Millennium Study. PLoS One 2012, 7(6), e37975.
• Pearce MS, Mann KD, Relton CL, Francis RM, Steele JG, Craft AW, Parker L. How the Newcastle Thousand Families birth cohort study has contributed to the understanding of the impact of birth weight and early life socioeconomic position on disease in later life. Maturitas 2012, 72(1), 23-28.
• Pearce MS, Tennant PWG, Mann KD, Pollard TM, McLean L, Kaye B, Parker L. Lifecourse predictors of mammographic density: The Newcastle Thousand Families cohort Study. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2012, 131(1), 187-195.
• Bhopal SS, Mann KD, Pearce MS. Registration of cancer in girls remains lower than expected in countries with low/middle incomes and low female education rates. British Journal of Cancer 2012, 107(1), 183-188.
• Mann KD, Tennant PWG, Parker L, Unwin NC, Pearce MS. The relatively small contribution of birth weight to blood pressure at age 49-51 years in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study. Journal of Hypertension 2011, 29(6), 1077-1084.
• Abraham A, Pearce MS, Mann KD, Francis RM, Birrell F. Breast is best. Lifecourse influences on the development of knee osteophytes: the newcastle thousand families study. In: Annual Meeting of the British Society for Rheumatology. 2012, Glasgow, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Abraham A, Pearce MS, Mann KD, Francis RM, Birrell F. Lifecourse predictors of ultrasound features of hip osteoarthritis: the newcastle thousand families study. In: Annual Meeting of the British Society for Rheumatology. 2012, Glasgow, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Abraham AM, Pearce MS, Mann KD, Francis RM, Birrell F. Ultrasound features of osteophytes and cartilage thickness at the knee are associated with pain and functional impairment: the Newcastle thousand families study. In: Annual Meeting of the British Society for Rheumatology. 2012, Glasgow, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Abraham A, Mann KD, Pearce MS, Francis RM, Birrell F. Exclusive Breast Feeding in Infancy Has a Protective Effect on Development of Knee Osteophytes: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study. In: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: 7th World Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2011, Portland, Oregon, USA: Cambridge University Press.
• Pearce M, Basterfield L, Mann K, Adamson A, Parkinson K, Wright C, Reilly J, GMS team. Predictors of childhood physical activity: The Gateshead Millenium Study. In: 3rd North American Congress of Epidemiology. 2011, Montreal, Canada.
• Pearce M, Basterfield L, Mann K, Adamson A, Parkinson K, Wright C, Reilly J. Predictors of childhood physical activity: The Gateshead Millennium Study. In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health: IEA World Congress of Epidemiology. 2011, Edinburgh, UK: BMJ Group.
• Pearce MS, Basterfield L, Mann KD, Adamson AJ, Parkinson KN, Wright CM, Reilly JJ. Predictors of childhood physical activity: The Gateshead Millennium Study. In: American Journal of Epidemiology: 3rd North American Congress of Epidemiology. 2011, Montreal, Canada: Oxford University Press.
• Bhopal S, Mann K, Pearce M. Rates of childhood cancer in females remain lower than expected in developing countries. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2011, 65(s1), A325.
• Pearce MS, Mann KD, Nedellec R, Rees A. Sex Differences in the Association between Fetal Growth and Childhood Hearing Level: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study. In: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: 7th World Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2011, Portland, Oregon, USA: Cambridge University Press.
• Mann KD, Brown MC, Wildman JR, Parker L, Pearce MS. Standardized Birth Weight Predicts Psychological Well-Being Age 49-51 Years in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study. In: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: 7th World Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2011, Portland, Oregon, USA: Cambridge University Press.
• Bhopal S, Mann KD, Embleton N, Korada M, Cheetham TD, Pearce MS. The Influence of Early Growth on Bone Mineral Density at Age 9-14 Years in Children Born Preterm. In: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: 7th World Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2011, Portland, Oregon, USA: Cambridge University Press.
• Mann KD, Hayes L, Basterfield L, Parker L, Pearce MS. Differing lifecourse associations with sport-, occupational- and household-based physical activity at age 49-51 years: the Newcastle Thousand Families Study. International Journal of Public Health 2013, 58(1), 79-88.
• Njoku K, Basta N, Mann KD, McNally RJ, Pearce MS. Socioeconomic variation in survival from childhood leukaemia in northern England, 1968–2010. British Journal of Cancer 2013, (epub ahead of print).