Newcastle University

Introduction

As professor of public Health, co-director of the public health and applied health interventions research programme and honorary consultant in public health with the North East Strategic Health Authority, I share responsibility for stategic 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 (www.york.ac.uk/phrc/) and Director of Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence (www.fuse.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.

Qualifications

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

Previous Positions

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 (2005-2015)

Promoting smoking cessation behaviour in Bangladeshi and Pakistani adults: feasibility study and pilot work for a multi-centre RCT (National Prevention Research Initiative: 2006-2009)

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

Future Research

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

Interventions to reduce social inequalities in health

Research Roles

Director, Public Health 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/)

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

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, 2009-2012

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

Funding

Current research project grants from Department of Health, NIHR, National Prevention Research Initiative, MRC, UKCRC, Diabetes UK, Sport England, MacMillan Cancer Care

Projects

• Developing and Assessing Services for Hyperacute Stroke (DASH)
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Gary Ford (PI), Dr Madeleine Murtagh, Prof Richard Thomson
  

  For more information please see our DASH newsletter: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ihs/assets/pdfs/dashnewsletterissue 2.pdf

• Developing Capacity and Capability for Health Impact Assessment in the North East Region
  Project Leader(s): Balsam Ahmad, Tanja Pless-Mulloli, Martin White, David Chappel, Derek Ward
• Development and Assessment of Services for Hyper-acute Stroke (DASH): Objective 1
  Project Leader(s): Prof Gary Ford, Prof Helen Rodgers, Prof Richard Thomson, Prof Martin White, Prof Martin Eccles, Dr Madeleine Murtagh
  To determine the effectiveness of a multi faceted community programme to increase awareness of and response to symptoms of stroke by the public, patients and health service staff

Undergraduate Teaching

Public Health lectures in 'Medicine in the Community', Stage 2, MB BS

Stage 4 MB BS Options in Public Health Research

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

• Sheikh A, Davidson E, Liu JJ, Bhopal RS, Netto G, Williams R, White M. Adapting smoking cessation, physical activity and nutrition health promotion interventions to meet the needs of ethnic minority groups: mixed methods evidence synthesis. Health Technology Assessment 2011. Submitted.
• 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.
• Howel D, Stamp E, Chadwick T, Adamson AJ, White M. Are social inequalities in body mass index and waist-hip ratio among English adults changing?. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2011. In Preparation.
• 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.
• 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.
• Lie M, Hayes L, Barned NL, May C, White M, Bell R. Preventing type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes: qualitative studies with postnatal women to inform intervention development. In: Annals of Human Biology. Intergenerational and Familial Influences on Obesity and Related Conditions: 52nd Symposium of the Society for the Study of Human Biology. 2011, University of Durham, UK: Informa Healthcare.
• 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.
• Visram S, Clarke C, White M. Short and medium term effects of a community-based intervention to address social inequalities in health. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2011, 65(s2), A17.
• 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.
• Mackintosh JE, Murtagh MJ, Thomson RG, Rodgers H, Ford GA, White M. Why people do or do not immediately contact emergency medical services following the onset of acute stroke: qualitative interview study. British Medical Journal 2011. In Preparation.
• Adams J, White M, Forman D. Are there socio-econoic gradients in stage and grade of brease cancer at diagnosis? A cross-sectional analysis of UK cancer registry data. In: Annual Meeting of the International Society for Equity and Health. 2004, Durban, South Africa.
• Adams J, White M, Pearce MS, Martin-Ruiz C, Parker L, von Zglinicki T. Socio-economic position, health behaviours and telomere length at age 50: a prospective cohort study. In: 4th European Congress of Biogerontology. 2004, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• 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(5), 406-415.
• Adams J, White M, Parker L. What do different methods of measuring lifecourse socio-economic status tell us about socio-economic inequalities in health?. In: Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine. 2003, Edinburgh, UK.
• Adams J, White M. Is biological ageing a fundamental mechanism linking socio-economic status and health?. In: Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine. 2002, Liverpool.
• Fischbacher CM, White M, Bhopal R, Unwin N, Alberti KGMM. Newcastle heart project. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2002, 56(1), 79.
• 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, Mathers JC, White M. Changes in diet, exercise and coronary heart disease risk factors: results of a lifestyle intervention in men and women with impaired glucose tolerance after 6 months follow-up. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY. 2000.
• White M. Researching the changing social pattern of cardiovascular diseases. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2000, 54(11), 804-805.
• Adams J, White M. Stepping up stair use. In: Universities, Colleges and Sustainable Health International Conference. 2000, Preston.
• Harland J, White M, Howel D, Drinkwater C, Chinn D. The Newcastle exercise project - Reply. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2000, 320(7247), 1473-1474.
• 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.
• 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.
• Adams J, White M, Forman D. Is the rate of biological ageing, as measured by age at diagnosis of cancer, socio-economically patterned? An analysis of routinely collected data from a cancer registry. In: United Kingdom Association of Cancer Registries Annual General Meeting and Conference. 2004, London, UK.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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, 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, 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, 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• White M, Moffatt S, Mackintosh J, Howel D, Sandell A, Chadwick T, Deverill M, Bell R, Whitton N. Randomised controlled trial to evaluate the health effects of welfare rights advice acccessed via primary health care: a pilot study. Newcastle upon Tyne: University of Newcastle, 2006. Report to Department of Health.
• 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.
• 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. 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, 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.
• 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, 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, 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. Why don't stage-based activity promotion interventions work?. Health Education Research 2005, 20(2), 237-243.
• 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.
• 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, 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. Biological ageing: A fundamental, biological link between socio-economic status and health?. European Journal of Public Health 2004, 14(3), 331-334.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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, 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.
• 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.
• 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, Heywood P. Research as a learning opportunity: learning as a research opportunity. Medical Education 2004, 38(5), 554-554.
• 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.
• Adams JM, White M. Smoking cessation services may not reduce inequalities. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004. , 58(2), 158-158.
• 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.
• 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.
• Parker, L., Lamont, D. W., Unwint, N., Pearce, M. S., Bennett, S. M. A., Dickinson, H. O., White, M. J. R., Mathers, J. C., Alberti, K. G. M. M., Craft, A. W. A lifecourse study of risk for hyperinsulinaemia, dyslipidaemia and obesity (the central metabolic syndrome) at age 49-51 years. Diabetic Medicine 2003, 20(5), 406-415.
• Heywood P, White M, Adams J, contributing 3rd year medical students. A survey of public opinion on smoking bans in public places in the North-East. Newcastle upon Tyne:University of Newcastle upon Tyne,2003.
• 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.
• 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, 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• White M, Bush J, Kai J, Bhopal RS, Rankin J. A study to explore the feasibility and acceptability of smoking cessation interventions among Bangladeshi and Pakistani men and women. Newcastle upon Tyne: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2002. Cancer Research UK.
• 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 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.
• J.C Oldroyd,M White,N.C Unwin,J.C Mathers,K.G.M.M Alberti. Lifestyle advice improves insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function in individuals with impaired glucose tolerance. Diabetic Medicine 2001, 18(Supplement 2), 118.
• 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.
• 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.
• White M, Harland JOE, Bhopal RS, Unwin N, Alberti KGMM. Smoking and alcohol consumption in a UK Chinese population. Public Health 2001, 115, 62-69.
• S. Meloni,M. White. South Tyneside Exercise on Prescription Scheme. Newcastle: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2001. Report to South Tyneside PCT.
• R. Edwards,M. White,J. Gray,C. Fischbacher. Use of a journal club and letter-writing exercise to teach critical appraisal to medical undergraduates. Medical Education 2001, 35, 691-694.
• Fischbacher CM, Bhopal R, Unwin N, White M, Alberti KGMM. Family history of diabetes in UK South Asians. In: Society for Social Medicine annual meeting 2000. 2000, University of East Anglia: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
• 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.
• S. Moffatt,M. White,R. Stacy,E. Hudson,D. Downey. "If we had not got referred and got the advice, I don't know where we'd be, it doesn't bear thinking about". The impact of welfare advice provided in general practice. A qualitative study.. Newcastle upon Tyne: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1999.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Rankin J, Carlin L, White M. A review of the literature on interventions to reduce mortality from breast and cervical cancer in minority ethnic groups. London: Cancer Research Campaign, 1998.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• M. White. Minority Ethnic Groups. In Effectiveness of healthy eating interventions - Report of one day conference held by the Health Education Authority. 18 March l998. Health Education Authority, London 16, 1998. 1998.
• M. White. Review of: Achieving health gain through health promotion in a primary care-led NHS, by Heath Education Authority and Office For Public Management.. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1998, 52, 211-213.
• M. White. Review of: Health Promotion and the family: messages from four research studies. Edited by C. Hogg, R. Baker, C. McGuire Pp65 London: HEA ISBN 07521-05280. J. Epidemiol Community Health 1998, 52, 139-140.
• J Harland,M White,C Drinkwater,D Chinn,L Farr. The Walker Exercise Project: A randomised controlled trial evaluating three methods to promote physical activity in a primary care setting. Newcastle upon Tyne: Department of Primary Health Care & Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1998.
• Harland J., Unwin N., White M., Bhopal R., Watson W., Stephenson P. and Alberti K.G.M.M. A lower prevalence of coronary heart disease and risk factors in Chinese compared to Europid adults in the UK. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1997, 5, 636-642.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• M. White. Preventing problem drinking among doctors: the role of medical schools. Alcoholism 1997, 16, 3-4.
• 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.
• 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.
• M. White, Crompton, D. Taking it to the streets....teaching public health in NHS authorities.. Newcastle, Faculty of Medicine: Curriculum News 1996, 5, 10-12.
• M. White. Who's who in public health. Healthlines 1996, (May 1996), 14-16.
• 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.
• M. White, Pencheon, D. Everything you wanted to ask about the Internet but were afraid to know. The Public Health Physician 1995, 6, 6-8.
• M. White. Health for all - a slide set and educational resource. Health for All News 32 1995. London: Faculty of Public Health Medicine, (32), 10-11.
• M. White,B. (Editors) Stewart. Health For All News. 1995.London: Faculty of Public Health Medicine, 32, 24.
• M. White, Bhopal, R.S. Health Policy Development in a Medical School. HFA 2000 News 1995. London: Faculty of Public Health Medicine, (31), 6 - 7.
• M. White. HFA and the Internet. Health For All News 1995. London: Faculty of Public Health Medicine, (32), 20.
• 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.
• M. White,J. Hooper,S. Acquilla,A. Mordue,H. Watson,R. George. Evaluation Report. Report of the Annual Reports Audit Project in the Northern Region to the Faculty of Public Health Medicine Annual Reports Working Party and the Public Health Medicine Audit Promotion Group in the Northern Region, 1994.
• M White,J Connelly,R Walters,M Matthews. Future priorities for the Committee on Health Promotion: A survey of Faculty members.. London: Report to the Board of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, 1994.
• M. White. Global Public Health and the Information Superhighway. British Medical Journal 1994, 309, 736.
• R. Bhopal,M. White,A.L. Crombie. Health policies in British medical schools. British Medical Journal 1994, 308.
• J. Harland,M. White,R. Bhopal,K.G.M.M Alberti,M. Unwin. Prevalence of coronary heart disease in the Chinese population of Newcastle upon Tyne. In: Meeting of the Association of Physicians, 15th April. 1994, Newcastle upon Tyne.
• 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.
• J. Popay,M. White. A review of survey research and related training and advice needs in the NHS in England. Report to the Department of Health and NHS Management Executive. Manchester: Public Health Research and Resource Centre, 1993.
• 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.
• 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.
• B. Harrington,M. White,C. Foy,S. Raybould,J. Harland. Health and Lifestyles in Newcastle. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle Health Authority and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1993.
• 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.
• M. White,F Bojan,I. Watt,M McKee. Hungary: a new public health. The Lancet 1993, 341(1), 43-44.
• M. White,B. Harrington,C. Foy,S. Raybould,J. Harland. The Newcastle Health and Lifestyle Survey: User Manual. Newcastle Health Authority and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1993.
• 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.