Staff Profile

Louise holds a join appointment between the University and Newcastle City Council where she is a Public Health Consultant.

Louise works collaboratively across the University, the Public Health Directorate at Newcastle City Council, Newcastle's Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) and wider research networks.

Her role aims to increase links between public health research being conducted in academia and local authorities. This includes supporting research and evidence collection that is conducted in the Council to be high quality and with academic principles incorporated, as well as linking academic researchers with officers and decision makers within the Council to understand how their research can shape policy.

Louise's research interests lie in the 'wider determinants of health' and health inequalities, particularly with children and families.

Louise studied Geography at the University of Sheffield, followed by a Masters in Public Health (MPH) and PhD from the University of Liverpool. Louise previously worked in Human Resources (Private Sector), Project and Programme Management (VCSE Sector), Research Management (Academia) and Clinical Trial Management (NHS) before undertaking Specialty training in the North West region.

Qualifications

• 2024 Faculty of Public Health, UKPHR Specialist Membership: FR1466
• 2023 PgCert module, Supporting the Postgraduate Learner in the Medical Workplace - Educational Supervisor, Edgehill University
• 2016 Faculty of Public Health, UKPHR Specialty Registrar
• 2018 PhD Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool
• 2018 MPH, University of Liverpool
• 2003 BSc, Geography, University of Sheffield

Memberships:

• Faculty of Public Health
• UK Public Health Register
• NIHR Applied Research Collaboration - North East North Cumbria: Inequalities and Marginalised Communities theme
• NIHR SPHR Fuse: Health Inequalities research programme
• Population Health Sciences Institute: researcher within the Public Health and Health Inequalities theme

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0377-6720

• Articles

  • Lunn J, Brennan L, Brewster L, Hindocha A, Patel P, Stowell C, Isba R. Burnout and staff experiences of health inequalities in children’s hospitals: a qualitative analysis. BMJ Open 2025, 15(2), e095418.
  • Brennan L, Brewster L, Lunn J, Isba R. Barriers to accessing pediatric healthcare: A focus on health equity in the UK. JAMA Pediatrics 2025. In Press.
  • Brewster L, Brennan L, Hindocha A, Lunn J, Isba R. Understanding responsibility for health inequalities in children’s hospitals in England: a qualitative study with hospital staff. BMJ Open 2024, 14(4), e081056.
  • Brennan L, Stres DP, Egboko F, Patel P, Broad E, Brewster L, Lunn J, Isba R. How do children’s hospitals address health inequalities: a grey literature scoping review. BMJ Open 2024, 14(1), e079744.
  • Hindocha A, Brennan L, Brewster L, Lunn J, Isba R. Assessing the health needs of children and young people accessing paediatric hospital services: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 2024, 14(1), e079751.
  • Hindocha A, Brennan L, Brewster L, Lunn J, Isba R. The wider health and wellbeing needs of those accessing paediatric care in England: engaging with the hidden voices of children and young people. The Lancet 2023, 402(Supplement 1), S50-S50.
  • Brennan L, Brewster L, Lunn J, Egboko F, Stres DP, Patel P, Isba R. How do hospitals address health inequalities experienced by children and young people: a grey literature scoping review protocol. BMJ Open 2023, 13(4), e071682.
  • Brennan L, Heal C, Brown S, Roland D, Rowland AG. Time to change the reference ranges of children's physiological observations in emergency care? A prospective study. Journals of Paediatrics and Child Health 2022, 59(3), 480-486.
  • Halliday E, Brennan L, Bambra C, Popay J. ‘It is surprising how much nonsense you hear’: How residents experience and react to living in a stigmatised place. A narrative synthesis of the qualitative evidence. Health & Place 2021, 68.
  • Pine CM, Adair PM, Burnside G, Brennan L, Sutton L, Edwards RT, Ezeofor V, Albadri S, Curnow MM, Deery C, Hosey MT. Dental RECUR randomized trial to prevent caries recurrence in children. Journal of dental research 2020, 99, 2.
  • Eley, C, WestonPrice, S, Young, V, Hoekstra, B, Gadhia, T, Muirhead, V, Robinson, L, Pine, C, McNulty, C. Using oral hygiebe education in schools to tackle child tooth decay: a mixed methods study with children and teachers in England. Journal of Biological Education 2019, 54(4), 381-395.
  • Pine, C, Adair, P, Robinson, L, Burnside, G, Moynihan, P, Wade, W, Henderson, M. The BBaRTS Healthy Teeth Behaviour Change Programme for preventing dental caries in primary school children: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials 2016, 17(1), 1.
  • Robinson, L, Adair, P, Coffey, M, Harris, R, Burnside, G. Identifying the participant characteristics that predict recruitment and retention of participants to randomised controlled trials involving children: a systematic review. Trials 2016, 17(1), 294.
  • O'Malley, L, Adair, P, Burnside, G, Robinson, L, Coffey, M, Pine, C. An evaluation of a storybook targeting parental attitudes, intention and self-efficacy to change their child’s oral health behaviour. Health Psychology 2016, 36(2), 152-159.
  • Pine, C, Adair, P, Burnside, G, Robinson, L, Edwards, RT, Albadri, S, Whitehead, H. A new primary dental care service compared with standard care for child and family to reduce the re-occurrence of childhood dental caries (Dental RECUR): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 2015, 16(1).