I joined the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit Systems Science team as a Senior Research Fellow in July 2023.  In my previous role, I worked for Public Health Scotland leading the Regional Economies and Health programme and was seconded to Glasgow City Region. I draw on experience from work in West Dunbartonshire HSCP, Glasgow City Council, the Third Sector and consultancy across a range of policy areas including youth work, community engagement, social care, housing, refugees and asylum seekers, substance use and placemaking. I studied Health and Community Development at DeMontfort, Leicester and Linguistics at Lancaster. 

I support several projects taking systems approaches to tackling health inequalities, especially focusing on policy liaison and maximising outputs and impact.  

SIPHER (Systems Science in Public Health and Health Economics Research) seeks to create a new framework for system science public health research that blends qualitative research, data science, (health) economics, epidemiology and macro- and micro-level systems modelling approaches. Working in collaboration with policy and practice partners, SIPHER aims to create the evidence base to underpin wellbeing in all policies efforts by local, regional and national governments. Since July 2023 I have been supporting SIPHER Consortium as Learning and Impact Champion.

GALLANT (Glasgow as a Living Lab Accelerating Novel Transformation) aims to deliver a Climate Resilient City through City-University Partnership. The team use qualitative and quantitative systems science approaches to help the city move towards climate resilience whilst tackling health, social and economic inequalities, drawing heavily on the Doughnut Economics Framework and Wellbeing Economy principles. I play a lead role in the Systems Transformation workstream ensuring the work of GALLANT has maximum policy impact.

PHIUK Policy Modelling for Health  is a £7.5 million research grant funded as part of the £35 million UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Population Health Improvement Network (PHI-UK).  Our core challenge is to support policy decisions that intervene on the economic determinants of ill health and health inequalities. As well as being co-lead on the "Enhancing Policy Utility" Work Package, I chair the Thinktank and Advocacy Working Group and am Impact Lead.

www.linkedin.com/in/winterbottom-jo 

• Wellbeing in all policies: Cross-government policy approaches that maximise health and wellbeing

• Health inequalities, and their link to political, economic, environmental and behavioural factors

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Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

• HealthModUK
  Medical Research Council
  2024 - 2028