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Noortje (Eleonora) Uphoff

Noortje (Eleonora) Uphoff

University of York


Noortje works for the Cochrane Common Mental Disorder group at the University of York. She manages a portfolio of systematic reviews and projects relating to mental health prevention, health inequalities, global mental health and comorbidity of mental and physical health.

Previously Noortje worked with the Born in Bradford study and Better Start Bradford project. She has expertise relating to research in cohort studies, social and ethnic inequalities in health, systematic reviews in public health, and evaluation of complex interventions.


Type of member: Post graduate Researcher


Email Address: noortjeuphoff@gmail.com

Website Address: https://www.york.ac.uk/crd/staff/noortje-uphoff/


Current research interests
Noortje is interested in applying a health inequality perspective to reviews and dissemination in the field of mental health, answering questions around the wider social determinants of mental health, equal opportunities for prevention, access to mental health, and equity in effectiveness of interventions.


Selected publications

Dickerson, J., Bird, P. K., Bryant, M., Dharni, N., Bridges, S., Willan, K., Ahern, S., Dunn, A. C., Nielsen, D., Uphoff, E. P., Bywater, T. J., Bowyer-Crane, C. A., Sahota, P., Small, N., Howell, M., Thornton, G., Pickett, K., McEachan, R. & Wright, J. (2019). Integrating research and system-wide practice in public health: Lessons learnt from Better Start Bradford. BMC Public Health, 19(1). doi:10.1186/s12889-019-6554-2 https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/integrating-research-and-systemwide-practice-in-public-health(4af8aa13-0a73-4d26-9f79-1395ba728752).html

Prady, S. L., Uphoff, E. P., Power, M., & Golder, S. (2018). Development and validation of a search filter to identify equity-focused studies: Reducing the number needed to screen. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18(1). doi:10.1186/s12874-018-0567-x https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/development-and-validation-of-a-search-filter-to-identify-equityfocused-studies-reducing-the-number-needed-to-screen(6d2e4437-2738-4968-a9a0-ba3a6c7f7c4e).html

Uphoff, E. P., Small, N., & Pickett, K. E. (2018). Using Birth Cohort Data to Assess the Impact of the UK 2008–2010 Economic Recession on Smoking During Pregnancy. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. doi:10.1093/ntr/nty083 https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/using-birth-cohort-data-to-assess-the-impact-of-the-uk-20082010-economic-recession-on-smoking-during-pregnancy(2d29e051-d892-4f70-a85c-4d4e10cafab0).html

profile updated: 04/12/2019