Staff Profile

Current role

Deputy Director, NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Specialist Centre for Public Health

Senior Research Methodologist, NIHR Research Support Service (Newcastle and Partners)

Principal Research Associate

I am Deputy Director, NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Specialist Centre for Public Health.

Established on 1 October 2023, the Centre's vision is to work nationally and with NIHR Research Support Service, NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaborations and all local government to support the development of a research culture and the infrastructure, capacity and capability to enable practitioners and researchers to carry out high quality public health research, outside the NHS.

I lead the Centre's research design service, a team of 22 research methodologists who provide advice on the design and delivery of public health research projects for researchers and aspiring researchers at all career stages. 

As a member of the centre’s leadership team, I contribute to the Centre’s overall strategy, including work to support the development of a culture of and capacity for public health research in non-NHS settings and am a co-applicant in the Centre’s Research Delivery Pilot.  

Qualifications

PhD Why are some obese individuals metabolically normal?

MSc (Distinction) Social Research, University of Northumbria, 1998

BA Business Studies (First Class Honours), University of Northumbria, 1995

Previous Positions

2016 - 2023 Senior Research Associate, Senior Research Methodologist and Hub lead for NIHR Research Design Service North East and North Cumbria.

2018 - 2023 Senior Research Associate, Population Health Sciences Institute, University of Newcastle

2016 - 2018 Seniot Research Associate, Institute for Health and Society, University of Newcastle

2005 - 2016 Research Associate, Institute for Health and Society, University of Newcastle

1999 - 2005 Research Associate, School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle

2003 - 2004 Research Fellow, School of Health & Social Care, University of Teesside

1995 - 1998 Junior Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle

Research Interests

My main research interest is in understanding the determinants of metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity and the role of physical activity in mitigating the relationship between obesity and diabetes risk.

Other Expertise

My other research interests include:

• Consequences of maternal obesity
• Assessing the public health importance of diabetes, obesity and related conditions in economically and socially disadvantaged populations
• Evaluating measures for the prevention of diabetes, obesity and related conditions, particularly in economically and socially disadvantaged populations
• Inequalities in cancer treatment and survival

Current Work

I am involved in work to explore inequalities in health, particularly around the contribution of wider determinants of health to the development of chronic disease.

In my role as a methodologist for the NIHR RSS and Specialist Centre for Public Health, I advise on the design and deliverability of a wide range of studies including observational studies, using routine data, mixed methods research and trials.

Undergraduate Teaching

I deliver sessions on epidemiology to undergraduate students on the MBBS and Biomedical Sciences BSc Honours programmes.

Postgraduate Teaching

I am the module lead for the Study Design and Data Management (e-learning) module, which is one of the modules offered by Clinical and Health Sciences with Clinical Research MSc, PGDip, PGCert.

I deliver sessions for the Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods and Applied Epidemiology modules on the MSc in Public Health and Health Services Research.

Student supervision

I currently supervise three PhD students and three Masters of Public Health students.

• Articles

  • Basta N, Li M, Hayes L, Muirhead CR, Tweddle DA, McNally RJQ. Temporal clustering of neuroblastic tumours in children and young adults from Scotland. Environmental Health 2026, 25, 14.
  • Alhendyani F, Lindsey L, Hayes L, McNally R. Perceptions of determinants for the provision and uptake of maternal influenza vaccination from the perspective of healthcare providers in Kuwait: a qualitative study. BMJ Open 2026, 16(2), e107977.
  • Azubuike SO, Sharp L, Hayes L, Abazie OH, McNally R. Sedentary behavior and the risk of breast cancer: findings from a Nigerian case–control study. Journal of Public Health 2025, 33, 2663–2674.
  • Karumampurath AP, Errington A, Norman P, Hayes L, McNally R. Patterns and trends in the incidence of leukemia in children and young adults in Northern England by age, sex, socioeconomic and urban–rural status. Leukemia and Lymphoma 2026, 67(4), 853-859.
  • Kakaroukas A, Abrahamse-Berkeveld M, Hayes L, McNally RJQ, Berrington JE, van Elburg RM, Embleton ND. Formula with large, milk phospholipid-coated lipid droplets in late-moderate preterm infants: a double-blind RCT. Pediatric Research 2025, 97, 639-646.
  • Slade L, Syeda N, Mistry HD, Bone JN, Wilson M, Blackman M, Poston L, Godfrey KM, von Dadelszen P, Magee LA, Catalano P, Kenyon S, Jackson P, Rajasingham D, Goldberg G, Nelson-Piercy C, Amiel S, Greenwood L, Canadine S, Robinson S, Godfrey K, Broomfield L, Croker H, Wardle J, Smith M, Cousins E, Fernandez P, Brown D, Khalil A, Todd M, Wood D, Eadle J, Syson J, Butterfield G, Jones V, Farrar D, Knight J, Campbell G, Hinshaw K, Brown J, Hughes C, Grimshaw R, Lee S, Patterson N, Whitworth M, Cherry L, Welsh P, Miller S, Rooney L, Bett S, Fernon M, Clements S, Johnston J, Paterson K, Alba H, McSorley T, Nelson S, Sattar N, Carr R, Gills G, Durkin R, Rennie A, Ritson S, Fenn A, Campbell F, Boag C, Allen C, Riches J, Kimber A, Miller N, McParlin C, Kinnunen T, Hayes L, Bell R, Robson S, Hagg L, Gutzwiller G, de la Llera A, O'Donnell S, Evans Y, O'Connor S, Demilew J, Oteng-Ntim E, Khazaezadeh N, Pasupathy D, Vieira M, Maitland R, Butler J, Lawley E, Adegoke F, Boylen C, Ignatian AS, Gill C, Ricketts D, Tekletdadik T, Lucas A, Tarft H, Scholtz L, Fetherstone J, Filmer J, Hunt C, Goff L, Holmes B, Barr S, Badger S, Flynn A, Patel N, Sanders T, Sandall J, Seed P, Singh C, Briley A, Poston L, Shennan A. Do lower antenatal blood pressure cut-offs in pregnant women with obesity identify those at greater risk of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes? A secondary analysis of data from the UK Pregnancies Better Eating and Activity Trial (UPBEAT). International Journal of Obesity 2025, Epub ahead of print.
  • Vega E, Ruiz-Olivares A, Miquelajauregui Y, Renteria-Campos R, Bramwell L, Feytmans RBM, Namdeo A, Nunez-Enriquez JC, Entwistle JA, Jaimes-Palomera M, Torres-Rojas NM, Rascon-Pacheco RA, Duarte-Rodriquez DA, McNally RJQ, Garcia-Burgos J, Resendiz-Martinez CG, Fragosco-Chino A, Hayes L, Portas A, Mejia-Arangure JM. Association between daily variations in the levels of atmospheric O3, PM2.5, and NO2 and the frequency of hospital visits due to respiratory diseases and hypertension in Mexico City using Generalized Additive Mixed Models. Frontiers in Environmental Health 2025, 13, 1593285.
  • McNally RJQ, Wakeford R, Bunch KJ, Hayes L, Vernon S, Jeffrey P-A, Paley L, Elliott A. Thyroid cancer incidence in cohorts exposed in childhood to ¹³¹I released during the Windscale nuclear reactor accident at Sellafield, England, in 1957. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 2024, 63, 491-503.
  • Bidmead E, Hayes L, Mazzoli-Smith L, Wildman J, Rankin J, Leggott E, Todd L, Bramhall L. Poverty proofing healthcare: A qualitative study of barriers to accessing healthcare for low-income families with children in northern England. PLoS ONE 2024, 19(4), e0292983.
  • Hayes L, Cheetham T, Muirhead C, Hopper N, Reid J, Lamb W, Foster J, McNally RJQ. Type 1 diabetes in North East England and North Cumbria: patterns and time trends in 0-14-year-olds from 2012 to 2020. Frontiers in Public Health 2023, 11, 1193403.
  • Clarke N, Hayes L, McQueen A, Gallagher P, Kearney PM, McNamara D, O'Morain CA, von Wagner C, Mooney T, Sharp L. The role of defensive information processing in population-based colorectal cancer screening uptake. Cancer 2023, 129(8), 1253-1260.
  • Althuwaibi MF, Fernandez-Garcia C, Hayes L, McNally R, Coughlan D. Systematic review of economic evaluations of aromatase inhibitors in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer: quality evaluation. BMC Health Services Research 2023, 23, 689.
  • Heslehurst N, Vinogradov R, Nguyen GT, Bigirumurame T, Teare D, Hayes L, Lennie SC, Murtha V, Tothill R, Smith J, Allotey J, Vale L. Study of How Adiposity in Pregnancy has an Effect on outcomeS (SHAPES): protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open 2023, 13(9), e073545.
  • Hayes L, Mejia-Arangure JM, Errington A, Bramwell L, Vega E, Nunez-Enriquez JC, Namdeo A, Entwistle J, Miquelajauregui Y, Jaimes-Palomera M, Toress-Rojas NM, Rascon-Pacheco RA, Duarte-Rodriguez DA, McNally R. Relationship between air quality and asthma-related emergency hospital admissions in Mexico City, 2017-2019. Thorax 2023, 79(1), 43-49.
  • Kakaroukas A, Abrahamse-Berkeveld M, Hayes L, McNally RJQ, Berrington JE, VanElburg RM, Embleton ND. Early infancy growth, body composition and type of feeding in late and moderate preterms. Pediatric Research 2023, 93(7), 1927-1935.
  • Boath A, Vale L, Hayes L, Allotey J, Heslehurst N. Differential effects of diet and physical activity interventions in pregnancy to prevent gestational diabetes mellitus and reduce gestational weight gain by level of maternal adiposity: a protocol for an individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ open 2023, 13(3), e065335.
  • Hayes L, Basta N, Muirhead CR, Pole JD, Gibson P, Di Monte B, Irwin MS, Greenberg M, Tweddle DA, McNally RJQ. Temporal clustering of neuroblastic tumours in children and young adults from Ontario, Canada. Environmental Health 2022, 21, 30.
  • Azubuike SO, Hayes L, Sharp L, Alabi A, Oyesegun R, McNally R. Socio-economic status and the risk of breast cancer among Nigerian women: a case control study. Pan African Medical Journal 2022, 41, 175.
  • Azubuike SO, Hayes L, Sharp L, McNally R. Reproductive factors and the risk of breast cancer among Nigerian women by age and oestrogen receptor status. Cancer Causes & Control 2022, 33, 1401-1412.
  • Azubuike SO, Hayes L, Sharp L, Alabi A, Oyesegun RA, McNally R. Physical activity and the risk of breast cancer among Nigerian women. Cancer Epidemiology 2022, 78, 102163.
  • O'Hara J, Hayes L, Fisher H, Wilson JA. 'Persistent Throat Symptoms' versus 'Laryngopharyngeal Reflux' – a cross sectional study refining the clinical condition. BMJ Open Gastroenterology 2022, 9(1), e000850.
  • Taylor PD, Gu H, Saunders H, Fiori F, Dalrymple KV, Sethupathi P, Yamanouchi L, Miller F, Jones B, Vieira MC, Singh C, Briley A, Seed PT, Pasupathy D, Santosh PJ, Groves AM, Sinha MD, Chowienczyk PJ, Poston L, Poston L, Shennan A, Briley A, Singh C, Seed P, Sandall J, Sanders T, Patel N, Flynn A, Badger S, Barr S, Holmes B, Goff L, Hunt C, Filmer J, Fetherstone J, Scholtz L, Tarft H, Lucas A, Tekletdadik T, Ricketts D, Gill C, Ignatian AS, Boylen C, Adegoke F, Lawley E, Butler J, Maitland R, Vieira M, Pasupathy D, Oteng-Ntim E, Khazaezadeh N, Demilew J, O'Connor S, Evans Y, O'Donnell S, Llera A, Gutzwiller G, Hagg L, Robson S, Bell R, Hayes L, Kinnunen T, McParlin C, Miller N, Kimber A, Riches J, Allen C, Boag C, Campbell F, Fenn A, Ritson S, Rennie A, Durkin R, Gills G, Carr R, Nelson S, Sattar N, McSorley T, Alba H, Paterson K, Johnston J, Clements S, Fernon M, Bett S, Rooney L, Miller S, Welsh P, Cherry L, Whitworth M, Patterson N, Lee S, Grimshaw R, Hughes C, Brown J, Hinshaw K, Campbell G, Knight J, Farrar D, Jones V, Butterfield G, Syson J, Eadle J, Wood D, Todd M, Khalil A, Brown D, Fernandez P, Cousins E, Smith M, Wardle J, Croker H, Broomfield L, Concern W, Godfrey K, Robinson S, Canadine S, Greenwood L. Lifestyle intervention in obese pregnancy and cardiac remodelling in 3-year olds: children of the UPBEAT RCT. International Journal of Obesity 2022, 46, 2145-2155.
  • Garcia-Burgos J, Miquelajauregui Y, Vega E, Namdeo A, Ruiz-Olivares A, Mejia-Arangure JM, Resendiz-Martinez CG, Hayes L, Bramwell L, Jaimes-Palomera M, Entwistle J, Nunez-Enriquez JC, Portas A, McNally R. Exploring the Spatial Distribution of Air Pollution and Its Association with Socioeconomic Status Indicators in Mexico City. Sustainability 2022, 14(22), 15320.
  • Nagpal TS, Souza SCS, Moffat M, Hayes L, Nuyts T, Liu RH, Bogaerts A, Dervis S, Piccinini-Vallis H, Adamo KB, Heslehurst N. Does prepregnancy weight change have an effect on subsequent pregnancy health outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews 2022, 23(1), e13324.
  • Nguyen G, Hayes L, Ngongalah L, Bigirumurame T, Gaudet L, Odeniyi A, Flynn A, Crowe L, Skidmore B, Simon A, Smith V, Heslehurst N. Association between maternal adiposity measures and infant health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews 2022, 23(10), e13491.
  • Heslehurst N, Ngongalah L, Bigirumurame T, Nguyen TG, Odeniyi A, Flynn A, Smith V, Crowe L, Skidmore B, Gaudet L, Simon A, Hayes L. Association between maternal adiposity measures and adverse maternal outcomes of pregnancy: systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews 2022, 23(7), e13449.
  • Rankin J, Hayes L, Embleton N. Survey of UK health professionals supporting parents after loss from a twin pregnancy. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2021, 21(1), 58.
  • O'Brien JT, McKeith IG, Thomas AJ, Bamford C, Vale L, Hill S, Allan L, Finch T, McNally R, Hayes L, Surendranathan A, Kane JPM, Dunn S, Bentley A, Barker S, Mason J, Burn D, Taylor J-P. Introduction of a management toolkit for Lewy body dementia: A pilot cluster randomised trial. Movement Disorders 2021, 36(1), 143-151.
  • Raja N, Hayes L, Basta N, McNally RJQ. International trends in the incidence of brain tumours in children and young adults and their association with indicators of economic development. Cancer Epidemiology 2021, 74, 102006.
  • O'Brien JT, Taylor JP, Thomas A, Bamford C, Vale L, Hill S, Allan L, Finch T, McNally R, Hayes L, Surendranathan A, Kane J, Chrysos AE, Bentley A, Barker S, Mason J, Burn D, McKeith I. Improving the diagnosis and management of Lewy body dementia: the DIAMOND-Lewy research programme including pilot cluster RCT. NIHR Journals Library 2021, 9(7).
  • Vega A, Namdeo A, Bramwell L, Miquelajauregui Y, Resendiz-Martinez CG, Jaimes-Palomera M, Luna-Falfan F, Terrazas-Ahumada A, Maji KJ, Entwistle J, Nunez-Enriquez JC, Mejia JM, Portas A, Hayes L, McNally R. Changes in air quality in Mexico City, London and Delhi in response to various stages and levels of lockdowns and easing of restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic. Environmental Pollution 2021, 285, 117664.
  • Hayes L, Adams J, McCallum I, Forrest L, Hidajat M, White M, Sharp L. Age-related and socio-economic inequalities in timeliness of referral and start of treatment in colorectal cancer. A population-based analysis. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2021, 75(1), 1-9.
  • Dalrymple KV, Tydeman FAS, Taylor PD, Flynn AC, O'Keeffe M, Briley AL, Santosh P, Hayes L, Robson SC, Nelson SM, Sattar N, Whitworth MK, Mills HL, Singh C, Seed PT, White SL, Lawlor DA, Godfrey KM, Poston L. Adiposity and cardiovascular outcomes in three-year-old children of participants in UPBEAT, an RCT of a complex intervention in pregnant women with obesity. Pediatric Obesity 2021, 16(3), e12725.
  • Heslehurst N, Hayes L, Jones D, Newham J, Olajide J, McLeman L, McParlin C, De Brun C, Azevedo L. The effectiveness of smoking cessation, alcohol reduction, diet and physical activity interventions in changing behaviours during pregnancy: A systematic review of systematic reviews. PLoS ONE 2020, 15(5), e0232774.
  • Hind K, Hayes L, Basterfield L, Pearce MS, Birrell F. Objectively-measured sedentary time, habitual physical activity and bone strength in adults aged 62 years: the Newcastle Thousand Families Study. Journal of Public Health 2020, 42(2), 325-332.
  • Atakora L, Poston L, Hayes L, Flynn AC, White SL. Influence of GDM diagnosis and treatment on weight gain, dietary intake and physical activity in pregnant women with obesity: Secondary analysis of the UPBEAT study. Nutrients 2020, 12(2), 359.
  • Rigby BP, van der Graaf P, Azevedo LB, Hayes L, Gardner B, Dodd-Reynolds CJ. Challenges, opportunities and solutions for local physical activity stakeholders: an implementation case study from a cross-sectoral physical activity network in Northeast England. BMC Public Health 2020, 20(1), 1760.
  • Azubuike SO, Muirhead C, Hayes L, McNally R. Rising global burden of breast cancer: the case of sub-Saharan Africa (with emphasis on Nigeria) and implications for regional development: a review. World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2018, 16, 63.
  • Bell R, Hayes L, Pasecinic N, Heslehurst N. Implementation of national screening guidelines for gestational diabetes: A national survey of maternity units in England. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2018, 146, 58-66.
  • Hayes L, Forrest L, Adams J, Hidajat M, Ben-Shlomo Y, White M, Sharp L. Age-related inequalities in colon cancer treatment persist over time: A population-based analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2018, 73(1), 34-41.
  • Hayes L, Shaw S, Pearce MS, Forsyth RJ. Requirements for and current provision of rehabilitation services for children after severe acquired brain injury in the UK: a population-based study. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2017, 102(9), 813-820.
  • Heslehurst N, Vieira R, Hayes L, Crowe L, Jones D, Robalino S, SLack L, Rankin J. Maternal body mass index and post-term birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews 2017, 18(3), 293–308.
  • Patel N, Godfrey KM, Pasupathy D, Levin J, Flynn AC, Hayes L, Briley AL, Bell R, Lawlor DA, Oteng-Ntim E, Nelson SM, Robson SC, Sattar N, Singh C, Wardle J, White SL, Seed PT, Poston L, on behalf of the UPBEAT Consortium. Infant adiposity following a randomised controlled trial of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnancy. International Journal of Obesity 2017, 41(7), 1018-1026.
  • Hayes L, White M, McNally R, Unwin N, Tran A, Bhopal R. Do cardiometabolic, behavioural and socioeconomic factors explain the 'healthy migrant effect' in the UK? Linked mortality follow-up of South Asians compared to white Europeans in the Newcastle Heart Project. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2017, 71(9), 863-869.
  • Embleton NE, Stephenson S, Campbell C, Hayes L, Richards J, Rankin J. Butterfly project: supporting parents who have lost a baby from a multiple pregnancy. Infant 2016, 12(6), 1-2.
  • Poston L, Bell R, Croker H, Flynn AC, Godfrey KM, Goff L, Hayes L, Khazaezadeh N, Nelson SM, Oteng-Ntim E, Pasupathy D, Patel N, Robson SC, Sandall J, Sanders TAB, Sattar N, Seed PT, Wardle J, Whitworth MK, Briley AL, UPBEAT Trial Consortium. Effect of a behavioural intervention in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT study): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Diabetes & Endocinology 2015, 3(10), 767-777.
  • Hayes L, Richards J, Crowe L, Campbell C, Embleton ND, Rankin J. Development of guidelines for health professionals supporting parents who have lost a baby from a multiple pregnancy. Infant 2015, 11(5), 164-166.
  • Hayes L, Mcparlin C, Kinnunen TI, Poston L, Robson SC, Bell R, UPBEAT Consortium. Change in level of physical activity during pregnancy in obese women: findings from the UPBEAT pilot trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015, 15, 52.
  • Hayes L, Bell R, Robson S, Poston L, on behalf of the UPBEAT Consortium. Association between Physical Activity in Obese Pregnant Women and Pregnancy Outcomes: The UPBEAT Pilot Study. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 2014, 64(3-4), 239-246.
  • Hayes L, Bilous R, Bilous M, Brandon H, Crowder D, Emmerson C, Lewis-Barned N, Bell R. Universal screening to identify gestational diabetes: A multi-centre study in the North of England. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2013, 100(3), e74-e77.
  • Hayes L, Bilous R, Bilous M, Brandon H, Crowder D, Emmerson C, Lewis-Barned N, Bell R. Universal screening to identify gestational diabetes: a multi-centre study in the North of England. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice 2013, 100(3), e74-e77.
  • Lie MLS, Hayes L, Lewis-Barned NJ, May C, White M, Bell R. Preventing Type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes: women's experiences and implications for diabetes prevention interventions. Diabetic Medicine 2013, 30(8), 986-993.
  • Mann KD, Hayes L, Basterfield L, Parker L, Pearce MS. Differing lifecourse associations with sport-, occupational- and household-based physical activity at age 49-51 years: the Newcastle Thousand Families Study. International Journal of Public Health 2013, 58(1), 79-88.
  • Poston L, Briley AL, Barr S, Bell R, Croker H, Coxon K, Essex HN, Hunt C, Hayes L, Howard LM, Khazaezadeh N, Kinnunen T, Nelson SM, Oteng-Ntim E, Robson SC, Sattar N, Seed PT, Wardle J, Sanders TAB, Sandall J. Developing a complex intervention for diet and activity behaviour change in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT trial); assessment of behavioural change and process evaluation in a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2013, 13, 148.
  • Poston L, Briley AL, Barr S, Bell R, Croker H, Coxon K, Essex H, Hunt CL, Hayes L, Howard LM, Khazaezadeh N, Kinnunen T, Nelson SM, Otegn-Ntim E, Robson SC, Sattar N, Seed PT, Wardle J, Sanders TAB, Sandall J. Developing a complex intervention for diet and activity behaviour change in obese pregnant women (the UPBEAT trial); assessment of behavioural change and process evaluation in a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth 2013, 13(1), 148.
  • Hayes L, Hawthorne G, Unwin N. Undiagnosed diabetes in the over-60s: performance of the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) Diabetes Prevalence Model in a general practice. Diabetic Medicine 2012, 29(1), 115-120.
  • Ekali LG, Johnstone LK, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Kouanfack C, Dehayem MY, Fezeu L, Nouthe B, Hayes L, Unwin NC, Sobngwi E. Fasting blood glucose and insulin sensitivity are unaffected by HAART duration in Cameroonians on first line ARV treatment. Diabetes & Metabolism 2012, 39(1), 71-77.
  • Yarnall AJ, Hayes L, Hawthorne GC, Candlish CA, Aspray TJ. Diabetes in care homes: current care standards and residents' experience. Diabetic Medicine 2012, 29(1), 132-135.
  • Hayes L, Pearce MS, Unwin NC. Lifecourse predictors of normal metabolic parameters in overweight and obese adults. International Journal of Obesity 2006, 30(6), 970-976.
  • Pearce MS, Hayes L. Self-reported smoking status and exhaled carbon monoxide: Results from two population-based epidemiologic studies in the north of England. Chest 2005, 128(3), 1233-1238.
  • Mugusi F, Edwards R, Hayes L, Unwin N, Mbanya J-C, Whiting D, Sobngwi E, Rashid S. Prevalence of wheeze and self-reported asthma and asthma care in an urban and rural area of Tanzania and Cameroon. Tropical Doctor 2004, 34(4), 209-214.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Parsons S, Walker L, Grubin D. Prevalence of mental disorder in female remand prisons. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry 2001, 12(1), 194-202.
  • Unwin N, Setel P, Rashid S, Mugusi F, Mbanya JC, Kitange H, Hayes L, Edwards R, Aspray T, Alberti KG. Noncommunicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: where do they feature in the health research agenda?. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2001, 79(10), 947-953.
  • Carlin L, Aspray T, Edwards R, Hayes L, Kitange H, Unwin N. Civilization and its discontents: Non-communicable disease, metabolic syndrome and rural-urban migration in Tanzania. Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development 2001, 30(1), 51-70.
  • Carlin L, Aspray T, Edwards R, Hayes L, Kitange H, Unwin N, Populations and the Health of in Transition Research Group. Civilisation and its discontents: non-communicable disease, metabolic syndrome and rural-urban migration in Tanzania. Urban Anthropology 2001, 30, 51-70.
  • Walker L, Barker P, Pearson P. The role of the psychiatric nurse in primary care. Nursing Inquiry 2000, 7(2), 91-102.
  • Barker PJ, Walker L. Nurses' perceptions of multidisciplinary teamwork in acute psychiatric settings. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2000, 7(6), 539-546.
  • 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.
  • S. Parsons,L. Walker. Treatment of people with a personality disorder in primary health care settings. Mental Health Practice 1998, 1, 16-20.
  • L. Walker,P. Barker. The required role of the CPN: uniformity or flexibility?. Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing 1998, 2, 21-29.
  • P. Barker, Walker, L., Pearson, P. Extending the role of the community mental health nurse. British Journal of Community Nursing 1998, 3, 496-500.

• Book Chapter

  • Hayes L, Unwin NC. Epidemiology of diabetes in the elderly. In: Hawthorne, G, ed. Diabetes Care for Older People in Clinical Practice. London: Springer, 2011.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Azubuike SO, Hayes L, McNally R. Total physical activity and the risk of breast cancer among Nigerian women. In: American College of Epidemiology Annual Meeting. 2018, Cincinnati, Ohio: Elsevier.
  • Azubuike SO, Hayes L, McNally R. Household, moderate physical activity and the risk of breast cancer among Nigerian women: an epidemiological study. In: 2018 World Cancer Congress. 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: American Society of Clinical Oncology.
  • Patel NR, Pasupathy D, Flynn AC, Hayes L, Levin JG, Singh C, Briley AL, Seed PT, Poston L, UPBEAT Consortium. The UPBEAT Behavioural Intervention in Obese Pregnant Women - Maternal and Infant Follow-Up 6 Months Postpartum. In: 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation. 2016, Montreal, Canada: Sage Publications, Inc.
  • Heslehurst N, Vieira R, Hayes L, Crowe L, Jones D, Robalino S, Slack E, Rankin J. The association between maternal body mass index (BMI), prolonged pregnancy (PP; ≥41 weeks gestation) and post-term birth (PTB; ≥42 weeks gestation): a systematic review with meta-analysis. In: British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society. 2016, University of Birmingham, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Hayes L, Bell R, Robson SC, Poston L. Physical activity in the UK Pregnancy Better Eating and Physical Activity Trial (UPBEAT). In: Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2016. 2016, Glasgow, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Forsyth R, Hayes L, Pearce M, Wales L, Dunford C. Marked variability in inpatient paediatric rehabilitation pathways in the UK: Does this matter?. In: International Brain Injury Association’s Eleventh World Congress on Brain Injury. 2016, The Hague, The Netherlands: Taylor & Francis.
  • Hayes L, Bell R, Heslehurst N, Poston L. Low physical activity as a risk factor for gestational diabetes in obese white women and black women participating in the UK Better Eating and Activity Trial (UPBEAT). pilot trial. In: Diabetes UK Professional Conference. 2015, London, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Tran A, Hayes L, McNally R, Unwin N, Bhopal R, White M. Contribution of Behavioural Risk Factors and Socio-Economic Position to Mortality in British South Asian and European Adults: 17 year follow-up of the Newcastle Heart Project Cohort. In: 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine. 2013, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK: BMJ Publishing Group.
  • Hayes L, Kinnunen T, Robson S, McParlin C, Poston L, Bell R. Factors associated with level of physical activity in obese pregnant women participating in the Upbeat pilot trial [Abstract]. In: 15th Annual Conference of the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society. 2012, Glasgow, UK: BMJ Group.
  • 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.
  • Yarnall AJ, Hayes L, Hawthorne GC, Candlish C, Aspray TJ. Diabetes in care homes: Residents' experience of care. In: Age and Ageing: Communications to the British Geriatrics Society Spring Meeting. 2011, Liverpool: Oxford University Press.

• Editorials

  • McCullogh N, Innerd A, Connor N, Archer DT, Dodd-Reynolds CJ, Hayes L, Lloyd SP. Advancing active travel through collaboration conference. Journal of Transport and Health 2025, 44, 102170.
  • Mills H, Atkinson L, Olander E, Smith D, Hayes L, Currie S, Newham J, Foster C, De Vivo M. Bump start needed: linking guidelines, policy and practice in promoting physical activity during and beyond pregnancy. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2020, 54(13), 764-765.
  • Smith G, Hayes L. Diabetes in the elderly living in care homes. Revista Clinica Espanola 2014, 214(9), 517-518.

• Letters

  • Carvallaro F, Lugg-Widger F, Cannings-John R, Harron K, McNally R, Pollock AM, Blakey K, Sharp L, O’Donnell A, Hayes L, Pearce M, Harbron R, Slack E. Open letter to the ICO, CMOs and UK data providers: Reducing barriers to data access for research in the public interest - lessons from covid-19. British Medical Journal 2020, 1-13.
  • Hayes L, White M, Unwin N, Bhopal R, Fischbacher C. Patterns of physical activity - Reply. Journal of Public Health Medicine 2003, 25(3), 275-276.

• Note

  • Atkinson L, De Vivo M, Hayes L, Hesketh KR, Mills H, Newham JJ, Olander EK, Smith DM. Encouraging physical activity during and after pregnancy in the COVID-19 era, and beyond. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17(19), 7304.

• Reports

  • NIHR Research Support Service Specialist Centre for Public Health, Adamson A, Sowden S, Howes K, Hayes L, Renwick L, Brown L. Local authority research governance and ethics scoping report. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University, 2025.
  • Grubin D, Parsons S, Walker L. Mental Health Screening in Female Remand Prisoners. National Programme on Forensic Mental Health, 2000.

• Reviews

  • Fakhraei R, Denize K, Simon A, Sharif A, Zhu-Pawlowsky J, Dingwall-Harvey ALJ, Hutton B, Pratt M, Skidmore B, Ahmadzai N, Heslehurst N, Hayes L, Flynn AC, Velez MP, Smith G, Lanes A, Rybak N, Walker M, Gaudet L. Predictors of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Pregnant Women Living with Obesity: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022, 19(4), 2063.
  • Hayes L, McParlin C, Azevedo LB, Jones D, Newham J, Olajide J, McCleman L, Heslehurst N. The effectiveness of smoking cessation, alcohol reduction, diet and physical activity interventions in improving maternal and infant health outcomes: A systematic review of meta-analyses. Nutrients 2021, 13(3), 1036.
  • Dickinson C, Dow J, Gibson G, Hayes L, Robalino S, Robinson L. Psychosocial intervention for carers of people with dementia: What components are most effective and when? A systematic review of systematic reviews. International Psychogeriatrics 2017, 29(1), 31-43.
  • Whiting DR, Hayes L, Unwin NC. Challenges to health care for diabetes in Africa. Journal of Cardiovascular Risk 2003, 10(2), 103-110.
  • Unwin N, Setel P, Rashid S, Mugusi F, Mbanya J-C, Kitange H, Hayes L, Edwards R, Aspray T, Alberti KGMM. Noncommunicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: Where do they feature in the health research agenda?. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2001, 79(10), 947-953.