Dr Beverly Bergman

Honorary Clinical Associate Professor (School of Health & Wellbeing)

email: Beverly.Bergman@glasgow.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Beverly Bergman trained in medicine at the University of Birmingham. She worked as an Army doctor, initially in general practice before transferring into public health in 1996. She was appointed Senior Lecturer in Preventive Medicine at the Royal Army Medical College in 1997, and was Honorary Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Epidemiology at the University of Birmingham 2002-2009. Appointed Army Parkes Professor of Preventive Medicine in 2007, she was a member of the Army Medical Services Research Ethics Committee, the Surgeon General’s Research Strategy Group and the Army Scientific Advisory Committee. She worked in the Army’s health policy unit at the Ministry of Defence before moving to Scotland where she was seconded to the Scottish Government as Military Medical Liaison Officer. Since retiring from the Army in 2012, she has been at the Institute (now School) of Health & Wellbeing where, after completing a PhD study on the long-term health of military veterans in Scotland in 2016, she was an Honorary Senior Research Fellow before being appointed Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in 2021. She was appointed OBE for Services to Veterans in Scotland in the New Year Honours list 2021.

Research interests

Epidemiology
Military and veterans’ health
History of medicine
History of military public health
Earth Sciences and the interface with medicine and health

Publications

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Number of items: 37.

2025

Bricknell, Martin and Bergman, Beverly (2025) Two hundred years of British Army casualties and statistics. British Journal for Military History, 11(1), pp. 28-56. (doi: 10.25602/GOLD.bjmh.v11i1.1871)

2024

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2024) The impact of COVID-19 on the veteran population: evidence from the Trends in Scottish Veterans Health study. BMJ Military Health, (doi: 10.1136/military-2024-002677) (PMID:38697753) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Tulloch, Graham, Bergman, Beverly P., Stone, Philip and Togher, Michael (2023) Archives in lockdown: the curious case of the BGS ‘Wilson Collection’. Geological Curator, 11(8), pp. 508-516. (doi: 10.55468/GC1466)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, D.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, J.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2023) Hip and knee replacement as a proxy measure for lower limb osteoarthritis in Scottish military veterans. BMJ Military Health, 169, pp. 321-326. (doi: 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001913) (PMID:34373348)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, D.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Fear, N.T. and Pell, J.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2023) Age at entry to UK military service and long-term mental health. BMJ Military Health, 169(3), pp. 212-217. (doi: 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001786) (PMID:33879527) (PMCID:PMC10313945)

Jones, Margaret, Jones, N., Burdett, H., Bergman, Beverly P., Fear, N.T., Wessely, S. and Rona, R.J. (2023) Do Junior Entrants to the UK Armed Forces have worse outcomes than Standard Entrants? BMJ Military Health, 169, pp. 218-224. (doi: 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001787) (PMID:33879526)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2023) Dementia in Scottish military veterans: early evidence from a retrospective cohort study. Psychological Medicine, 53(3), pp. 1015-1020. (doi: 10.1017/S0033291721002440) (PMID:34165055) (PMCID:PMC9975994)

2022

Bergman, Beverly P., Ross, David A. and Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 (2022) Trends in Scottish Veteran's Health. Project Report. Forces in Mind Trust.

Bergman, Beverly P., Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Lewsey, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165 and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2022) A comparison of routine and case-managed pathways for recovery from musculoskeletal disorders in people in employment. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(17), pp. 4648-4655. (doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1912837) (PMID:33896322)

Ross, David, Mackay, D.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Bergman, B.P. (2022) Risk factors for mental ill health in UK Army personnel: an overview. BMJ Military Health, 168(2), pp. 166-172. (doi: 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001679) (PMID:33911013)

Bergman, Beverly, Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2022) Suicide among Scottish military veterans: follow-up and trends. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 79(2), pp. 88-93. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2021-107713) (PMID:34649999) (PMCID:PMC8784996)

Bergman, Beverly, Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2022) Type 2 diabetes in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 12(2), e057431. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057431) (PMID:35115360) (PMCID:PMC8814809)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, D.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, J.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2022) Postservice lower limb amputation in Scottish military veterans. BMJ Military Health, 168(1), pp. 25-28. (doi: 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001720) (PMID:33495277)

2021

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2021) Trends in cardiovascular disease in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 11(7), e044465. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044465) (PMID:34244251)

Tulloch, Graham, Stone, Phil, Bergman, Beverly and Togher, Michael (2021) The BGS "Wilson Collection" of geological materials from the Wanlockhead-Leadhills mining field, southern Scotland. Russell Society Newsletter(78),

2019

Bergman, B.P., Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Mackay, D.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, J.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2019) Healthy workers or less healthy leavers? Mortality in military veterans. Occupational Medicine, 69(8-9), pp. 570-576. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqz023) (PMID:30869774)

Bergman, B.P., Mackay, D.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, J.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2019) Peripheral arterial disease in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study of 57 000 veterans and 173 000 matched non-veterans. Journal of Public Health, 41(1), e9-e15. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy046) (PMID:29534220)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Smith, Daniel J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2267-1951 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2019) Non-fatal self-harm in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study of 57,000 veterans and 173,000 matched non-veterans. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 54(1), pp. 81-87. (doi: 10.1007/s00127-018-1588-9) (PMID:30145625)

2018

Bergman, B.P., Laing, F., Chandler, A.S. and Calman, K.C. (2018) Witnessing history: a personal view of half a century in public health. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 48(2), pp. 181-191. (doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2018.214)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2018) Road traffic accidents in Scottish military veterans. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 113, pp. 287-291. (doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.02.010) (PMID:29455117)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, D.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, J.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2018) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Scottish military veterans. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 164(1), pp. 25-29. (doi: 10.1136/jramc-2016-000729) (PMID:28500141)

2017

Bergman, B.P., Mackay, D.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Smith, D.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2267-1951 and Pell, J.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2017) Suicide in Scottish military veterans: a 30-year retrospective cohort study. Occupational Medicine, 67(5), pp. 350-355. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqx047) (PMID:28486642)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2017) Lymphohaematopoietic malignancies in Scottish military veterans: Retrospective cohort study of 57,000 veterans and 173,000 non-veterans. Cancer Epidemiology, 47, pp. 100-105. (doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2017.02.001) (PMID:28236754)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, D.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, J.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2017) Tuberculosis in Scottish military veterans: evidence from a retrospective cohort study of 57 000 veterans and 173 000 matched non-veterans. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 163(1), pp. 53-57. (doi: 10.1136/jramc-2015-000610) (PMID:27006373)

Bergman, Beverly P. (2017) Lead, isotopes and ice: a deadly legacy revealed. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 452, pp. 283-291. (doi: 10.1144/sp452.2)

2016

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, D. F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, J. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2016) Early adoption of screening and the changing pattern of cervical cancer in UK Military women: evidence from the Scottish Veterans Health Study. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 162(5), pp. 379-382. (doi: 10.1136/jramc-2015-000544) (PMID:26684200)

Bergman, Beverly, Mackay, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, Jill ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2016) Understanding the Early Service Leaver. Occupational Health: Think Globally, Act Locally (EPICOH 2016), Barcelona, Spain, 4-7 Sept 2016. A99-A100. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103951.268)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Smith, Daniel J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2267-1951 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2016) Long-term mental health outcomes of military service: national linkage study of 57,000 veterans and 173,000 matched nonveterans. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 77(6), pp. 793-798. (doi: 10.4088/JCP.15m09837)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Morrison, David and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2016) Smoking-related cancer in military veterans: retrospective cohort study of 57,000 veterans and 173,000 matched non-veterans. BMC Cancer, 16, 311. (doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2347-5) (PMID:27178424) (PMCID:PMC4868009)

Wessely, Simon, Sim, Malcolm, Bergman, Beverly, Castro, Carl, MacManus, Deirdre, Armour, Cherie, Venables, Katherine and Fear, Nicola (2016) Panel Discussion and Summing-Up: Opportunities for Epidemiology in Studying the Transition from Military to Civilian Life. Occupational Health: Think Globally, Act Locally (EPICOH 2016), Barcelona, Spain, 4-7 Sept 2016. A101.1-A101. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103951.272)

2015

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2015) Motor neurone disease and military service: evidence from the Scottish Veterans Health Study: Table 1. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 72(12), pp. 877-879. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2015-103066) (PMID:26468494)

2014

Bergman, B.P., Mackay, D.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, J.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2014) Smoking-related Cancer in Scottish Military Veterans. 7th European Public Health Conference Mind the Gap: Reducing Inequalities in Health and Health Care, Glasgow, Scotland, 19-22 Nov 2014. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cku162.038)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2014) Acute myocardial infarction in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study of 57,000 veterans and 173,000 matched nonveterans. American Journal of Epidemiology, 179(12), pp. 1434-1441. (doi: 10.1093/aje/kwu082)

Bergman, Beverly P., Burdett, Howard J. and Greenberg, Neil (2014) Service life and beyond: institution or culture? RUSI Journal, 159(5), pp. 60-68. (doi: 10.1080/03071847.2014.969946)

Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, Jill P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2014) Long-term consequences of alcohol misuse in Scottish military veterans. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 72(1), pp. 28-32. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102234)

2013

Bergman, Beverly P. (2013) Commentary: Edmund Alexander Parkes, John Snow and the miasma controversy. International Journal of Epidemiology, 42(6), pp. 1562-1565. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt212)

Bergman, Beverly P. (2013) The influence of geology in the development of public health. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 375(1), pp. 279-287. (doi: 10.1144/SP375.6)

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