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Natalie joined the 91Ö±²¥ Methods Institute (SMI) as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in January 2024. Prior to her role at 91Ö±²¥, Natalie was an NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North East North Cumbria (ARC NENC) Inequalities Fellow in the Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University, working on a range of projects related to inequalities in health. 

She completed her NIHR SPHR funded PhD at the University of 91Ö±²¥ in which she studied the role of neighbourhood social characteristics on ethnic inequalities in mental health using advanced quantitative methods.

Natalie is a social epidemiologist with particular interests in health inequalities, intersectionality and geography. In her postdoctoral role in SMI, Natalie is supporting a UKRI funded project on methods for the quantitative study of intersectionality (‘MAIHDA’ modelling) led by Dr Andrew Bell. More information on the project can be found . 

Additionally, Natalie is working with colleagues at CHAIN (Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research, Norway) on a global systematic review of educational inequalities in cause-specific mortality.

Natalie has designed and delivered material for the Master of Public Health programme at Newcastle University and has also supervised students on undergraduate, MSc and PhD programmes.