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Staff Profile

Dr Charlotte Parbery-Clark

Consultant in Public Health and NIHR Doctoral Fellow

  • Email: charlotte.parbery-clark@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: 07398014647
  • Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
    Newcastle University
    Baddiley-Clark Building,
    Richardson Road,
    Newcastle upon Tyne,
    NE2 4AX
Background

Summary:

Charlotte is a Consultant in Public Health with a clinical background in children's health. She is currently undertaking an National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Doctoral Fellowship which focuses on understanding and reducing the impacts of high outdoor temperatures on pregnancy and newborn health in England. Charlotte also work at Gateshead Council in the Public Health and Wellbeing Group which includes Gateshead Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC).


Her research interests are broadly focused on pregnancy and child health in addition to the impacts of climate change. She is also very passionate about co-production. Charlotte works with Professor Judith Rankin's Maternal and Child Health group at the Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University.


Qualifications:

  • NIHR Doctoral Fellowship (ongoing; 2025-2029) - Newcastle University
  • Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH; 2025)
  • Member of the Faculty of Public Health (MFPH; 2022)
  • Master of Public Health (MPH - Distinction; 2020) - Newcastle University
  • Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPH; 2014)
  • Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTMH; 2010) - Royal College of Physicians
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB; 2008) - University of Sheffield
  • Bachelor of Medical Sciences (BMedSci - First Class; 2007) - University of Sheffield


Languages:

  • English
  • French
Research

Research interests:

  • Maternal and child health
  • Climate change
  • Health inequalities
  • Co-production
  • Commercial determinants of health


Awards won by competitive application:

  • NIHR DRF: Understanding and reducing the impacts of high outdoor temperatures on pregnancy and newborn health in England: a multi-methods study: £666,731
  • REDA Award for involving members of the public, using participatory research methods, to design a survey exploring public views of high ambient temperatures, including extreme heat, on maternity and newborn outcomes: £7,500
  • Newcastle University's Tilly Hale Award 2022 for Patient and Public Involvement work: £5,000
  • British Division of the International Academy of Pathologists 2006-2007: £6,500

 

Prizes:

  • Nominated for Engagement and Place Awards Early Career Researcher: Newcastle University (2023)
  • Best Public Health Dissertation and Best Overall Student: Master of Public Health, Newcastle University (cohort of 2019/20)
  • First Prize for Regional Research/Quality Improvement: Quality Improvement Project: Instigation of Routine Monitoring Babies in the NNU in a District General Hospital in Myanmar (2017)


Journal articles:

  • McSweeney, L., Lally, J., Parbery-Clark, C. et al. Understanding the challenges, opportunities, and drivers to addressing health inequalities within local health systems: the UNFAIR case study qualitative project. BMC Health Serv Res 25, 810 (2025). DOI:10.1186/s12913-025-12956-7
  • Parbery-Clark C, Portice J.S., Sowden S., Realities of opioid and gabapentinoid deprescribing in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities: qualitative evaluation. British Journal of General Practice Open.2024. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0160
  • Parbery-Clark C, McSweeney L, Lally J, Sowden S. How can health systems approach reducing health inequalities? An in-depth qualitative case study in the UK. BMC Public Health. 2024; 24:2168. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19531-5
  • Van-Hove M, Parbery-Clark C. Dealing with weather’s extremes. The Municipal Journal. 2023.
  • Parbery-Clark C, Nicholls R, McSweeney L, Sowden S, Lally J. Co-production of a resource sharing public views of health inequalities: an example of inclusive Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement. Health Expectations. 2023;27:e13860. DOI: 10.1111/hex.13860,
  • Parbery-Clark C, Rankin J, Understanding the impacts of extreme heat on maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Infant. 2023; 19(3).
  • Parbery-Clark C, Lubamba M, Tanner L, McColl E. Animal-Assisted Interventions for the Improvement of Mental Health Outcomes in Higher Education Students: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(20):10768. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182010768
  • Parbery-Clark CL, Winder SJ, Cross SS. The loss of expression of beta-dystroglycan in oesophageal cancer is due to post-translational modifications. Histopathology. 2011; 59, 180–187. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03930.x


ORCID ID: 0009-0002-4513-7919


Google scholar: Charlotte Parbery-Clark

Teaching

Charlotte welcomes opportunities to supervise students.


Teaching experience

During her clinical and public health training, Charlotte has lectured, run seminars/workshops to undergraduate, postgraduate students and professionals. This includes support for registrar colleagues in their final membership exam preparation. She has also directed, co-directed and instructed on a number of courses both in the UK and aboard.


Other experience:

Charlotte provides career mentorship to a public health registrar. She also provides ongoing advice, training and support to staff working in public health practice within local authorities, OHID, UKHSA and the NHS, seeking closer involvement with research. She also provides advice and support for people who are interested in dual roles with academia and public health practice. Charlotte is a trained UKPHR Public Health Practitioner Assessor.

Publications