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Dr Malcolm Moffat

Honorary Consultant in Public Health/NIHR Doctoral Fellow

Background

I am a consultant in public health with a clinical background in women's health, currently undertaking an NIHR Doctoral Fellowship that looks to develop a consensus approach to the provision of postpregnancy contraception care in England. My research interests are broadly focused on maternal, sexual and reproductive health, and I work in Professor Judith Rankin's Maternal and Child Health group at the Population Health Sciences Institute.



Qualifications/Memberships

NIHR Doctoral Fellowship (ongoing; 2022-2025); Newcastle University

Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH; 2024)

Master of Public Health (MPH; 2018); Newcastle University

Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education (2017); Queen's University, Belfast

Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (DRCOG; 2017)

MBBS (2012); Newcastle University

MA in Music (2006); University of Cambridge

Research

Research interests

  • Contraception
  • Sexual health
  • Maternal health
  • Health inequalities


Publications

-         Bambra C, Davies H, Munford L, Taylor-Robinson D, Pickett K et al. (2024) Woman of the North. Health Equity North: Northern Health Science Alliance [co-author – Chapter 7: Sexual Health]

-         Vinogradov, R., Muthupunnackal, A., Moffat, M., Rankin, J. (2024). Genitourinary infection and gastroschisis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Birth Defects Research, 116:e2377. doi:10.1002/bdr2.237

-         Moffat, M., Jackowich, R., Möller-Christensen, C., et al. (2024). Demographic and pregnancy-related predictors of postnatal contraception uptake: A cross-sectional study. BJOG, 00:1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471- 0528.17821

-         Fong, M., Kenny, R.P.W., Thomson, K., et al. (2024). Effectiveness and implementation of lower-intensity weight management interventions delivered by the non-specialist workforce in postnatal women: a mixed-methods systematic review. Front. Public Health, 12:1359680. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1359680

-         Begum, T., Cullen, E., Moffat, M., et al. (2023). Contraception prescribing in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health. Published Online First: 18 October 2023. doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2023-201856

-         Moffat, M., Nicholson, S., Darke, J., et al. (2023). A Qualitative Evaluation of a Health Access Card for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in a City in Northern England. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 20, 1429. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph20021429

-         Adesanya, A.M., Barrett, S., Moffat, M., et al. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on expectant and new parents’ experience of pregnancy, childbirth, breast feeding, parental responsiveness and sensitivity, and bonding and attunement in high-income countries: a systematic review of the evidence. BMJ Open, 12:e066963. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066963.

-         Akintomide, H., James, A., Moffat, M., et al. (2022). Systematic review of copper intrauterine contraception continuation in young nulliparous women based on intrauterine device type. BMJ Open, 12:e060606. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060606.

-         Glinianaia, S., McLean, A., Moffat, M., etc. (2021). Academic achievements and needs of school-age children with non-syndromic congenital anomalies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Birth Defects Research, 1–32.

-         Nagpal, T.S., Souza, S., Moffat, M., et al. (2021). Does prepregnancy weight change have an effect on subsequent pregnancy health outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, e13324. DOI: 10.1111/obr.13324

- Thomson, K., Moffat, M., Arisa, O., et al. (2021). Socioeconomic inequalities and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the UK and Republic of Ireland: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ open, 11(3).


Funding

-         Rankin, J., Brennan-Tovey, K., Barrett, S., Aquino, R., Nguyen, G., Moffat, M., Hayes, L. Evaluation of the breastfeeding peer support service in Newcastle. 2025, Newcastle City Council, £20,000.

-         Named key researcher. NIHR Maternity Disparities Consortium. 2025-30, NIHR, £50,000,000.

-         Moffat, M., Rankin, J., Araujo-Soares, V., Sullivan, C., Exley, C. Overcoming barriers to the uptake of postnatal contraception: a mixed-methods study. NIHR Doctoral Fellowship, 2022-25, £502,399.67.

-         Moffat, M., Rankin, J, Sullivan, C., Philips, D., Mann, S. OFC2021-117: Postnatal contraception in the North East and North Cumbria: surveying the current landscape to inform policy and research. NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Open Funding Call 2021, 2022-2023, £48,300. 

-         Rankin, J., Moffat, M. An evaluation of the pilot maternal mental health sites in the NENC. NENC LMNS, 2022-23, £25,000.

-         Rankin, J., et al. The impact of COVID-19 on parental responsiveness and sensitivity, bonding and attunement. 2020-21, Public Health England, £10,000.

-         Moffat, M., Stamp, M., Barnes, A., et al. The Newcastle Low-Calorie Diet (LCD) Type 2 Diabetes Remission Programme Pilot and Evaluation. Collaborative Newcastle, 2022-2024, £300,000.

- Heslehurst, N., et al. Upstream factors and wider determinants of health associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Public Health Wales, 2019-20, £50,000.

Teaching

I have taught on the MBBS and MPH programmes, and supervise a number of dissertation projects on the MPH and other programmes. Students with an interest in maternal, sexual and reproductive health are welcome to make contact to discuss project ideas.

Publications