Staff Profile

I am a research assistant and PhD student at the Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University.  My research lies within the area of improving people’s mental health across the life course, with a particular focus on young people.  I am interested in both the development and evaluation of preventative interventions and treatment.  My doctoral work focused on exploring how we can best involve the family to support young people with sub-threshold levels of co-occurring alcohol use and mental health problems.   

• Dykxhoorn J, Fischer L, Bayliss B, Brayne C, Crosby L, Galvin B, Geijer-Simpson E, Jones O, Kaner E, Lafortune L, McGrath M, Moehring P, Osbborn D, Petermann M, Remes O, Vadgama A, Walters K. Conceptualising public mental health: development of a conceptual framework for public mental health. BMC Public Health 2022, 22(1), 1407.
• Jessiman P, Kidger J, Spencer L, Geijer-Simpson E, Kaluzeviciute G, Burn AM, Leonard N, Limmer M. School culture and student mental health: a qualitative study in UK secondary schools. BMC Public Health 2022, 22, 619.
• Troy D, Anderson J, Jessiman PE, Albers PN, Williams JG, Sheard S, Geijer-Simpson E, Spencer L, Kaner E, Limmer M, Viner R, Kidger J. What is the impact of structural and cultural factors and interventions within educational settings on promoting positive mental health and preventing poor mental health: a systematic review. BMC Public Health 2022, 22(524).
• Geijer-Simpson E, Sirisena M, Redagte S, Lhussier M, Kaner E, Wildman J, Hackett S, Gray J, Rowlands G, McKean C, Wearn A, Hartley J, James B, Heslop J. A rapid realist evidence synthesis on the effectiveness of reading initiatives in promoting mental and physical health in individuals across the life course. London: National Institute for Health Research, 2021. PROSPERO 2021 CRD42021278489.
• Kaluzeviciute G, Jessiman T, Burn AM, Ford T, Geijer-Simpson E, Kidger J, Limmer M, Ramsay SE, Spencer L. Participatory Action Research on School Culture and Student Mental Health: A Study Protocol. International Journal of Qualitative Methods 2021, 20.
• Geijer-Simpson E, McGovern R, Kaner E. Alcohol prevention and treatment: interventions for hazardous, harmful, and dependent drinkers. In: Hilliard ME; Riekert KA; Ockene JK; Pbert L, ed. The handbook of health behavior change. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2018, pp.211–227.
• McGovern R, Gilvarry E, Addison M, Alderson H, Carr L, Geijer-Simpson E, Hrisos N, Lingam R, Minos D, Smart D, Kaner E. The association between adverse child health, psychological, educational and social outcomes, and nondependent parental substance: A rapid evidence assessment. Trauma, violence and abuse 2018, 1-14.
• Newham J, Henderson E, McGovern R, Russell S, Spencer L, Geijer-Simpson E, Shucksmith J, Reynolds A, Robalino S, McArdle P, Kaner E, Lingam R. PROMOTE: NE - Preventing Risks of Mental Illness Onset and Treating Early in the North East of England. 2017. Submitted.
• Newham J, Lingam R, McGovern R, Spencer L, Shucksmith J, Robalino S, Geijer-Simpson E, Reynolds A, McArdle P, Kaner E. Primary and secondary preventative interventions to promote mental health and resilience in young people aged 12-19 years: a systematic review of systematic reviews (protocol). PROSPERO 2016, CRD42016033645.
• Geijer-Simpson E, McGovern R, Lingam R, McArdle P, Kaner E. Secondary preventative family-involved interventions to reduce co-occurring risky alcohol use and mental health problems in young people aged 12-17 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PROSPERO 2016, CRD42016039417.
• McGeown SP, Putwain D, Geijer-Simpson E, Boffey E, Markham J, Vince A. Predictors of adolescents’ academic motivation: Personality, self-efficacy and adolescents’ characteristics. Learning and Individual Differences 2014, 32, 278-286.