Staff Profile

Julija joined the Population Health Sciences Institute (PHSI) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in October 2022.

Julija is a health economist with particular interests in health inequalities, social policy and geography. In her postdoctoral role, Julija is working on a Wellcome Trust funded project investigating regional health inequalities in the UK and internationally.

She completed her ESRC NINE DTP funded PhD at Newcastle University in which she studied the effects of welfare reform on mental health using advanced quantitative and systematic review methods.

Prior to her current role and her PhD, Julija was a researcher in the Health Economics group at PHSI, working on a range of projects related to trial- and model-based economic evaluation, preference elicitation, and longitudinal data analysis.

Julija's main research areas include:

·    Public health

·    Health economics

·    Health inequalities

·    Social epidemiology

·    Policy evaluation 

Julija has designed and delivered teaching materials to Master of Public Health module students.

Previously, she taught Research Methods seminars for Psychology undergraduates and Statistical Methods seminars to undergraduates 

• Articles

  • Simpson J, Wildman J, Bambra C, Brown H. Do longer job hours matter for maternal mental health? A longitudinal analysis of single versus partnered mothers. Health Economics 2024, 33(12), 2742-2756.
  • Simpson J, Albani V, Kingston A, Bambra C. Closing the life expectancy gap: an ecological study of the factors associated with smaller regional health inequalities in post-reunification Germany. Social Science & Medicine 2024, 362, 117436.
  • Simpson J, Bambra C, Brown H. Understanding the Relationship Between Decreases in Social Security Benefits and Intergenerational Inequalities in Mental Health. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services 2023, 53(4), 403-413.
  • Simpson J, Robinson T, Vale L. Exploration of the costs of accessing health services: data from a longitudinal study of young people in transition from paediatric to adult services. BMC Health Services Research 2021, 21, 263.
  • Simpson J, Albani V, Bell Z, Bambra C, Brown H. Effects of social security policy reforms on mental health and inequalities: A systematic review of observational studies in high-income countries. Social Science & Medicine 2021, 272, 113717.
  • Simpson J, Brown H, Albani V, Ball Z, Bambra C. Investigating the relationship between changes in social security benefits and mental health: a protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open 2020, 10(6), e035993.
  • Simpson J, Javanbakht M, Vale L. Early invasive strategy in senior patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: is it cost-effective? - a decision-analytic model and value of information analysis. BMJ Open 2019, 9, e030678.
  • Stoniute J, Mott D, Shen J. Challenges in Valuing Temporary Health States for Economic Evaluation: A Review of Empirical Applications of the Chained Time Trade-Off Method. Value in Health 2018, 21(5), 605-611.

• Online Publication

  • Hislop J, Stoniute J, Vale L. Annex 2: Evidence Summaries for Shortlisted Interventions. 2016. Available at: http://www.nesta.org.uk/sites/default/files/rtv-evidence-summaries.pdf.

• Report

  • Wade R, Rice S, Llewellyn A, Moloney E, Jones-Diette J, Stoniute J, Wright K, Layton A, Levell N, Stansby G, Craig D, Woolacott N. Interventions for hyperhidrosis in secondary care: a systematic review and value-of-information analysis. 2017. Health Technology Assessment Volume: 21, Issue:80.

• Review

  • Beyer FR, Kenny RPW, Johnson E, Caldwell DM, Garnett C, Rice S, Simpson J, Angus C, Craig D, Hickman M, Michie S, Kaner EFS. Practitioner and digitally delivered interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in people not seeking alcohol treatment: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Addiction 2023, 118(1), 17-29.