I am a social scientist, dedicated to identifying and addressing persistent social realities and inequalities. My passion lies in understanding the social forces that shape population health and making transformative contributions to improve the public’s health and wellbeing.
In 2022, I joined the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport as a senior public health lecturer and researcher. With over 15 years' experience working in public health, health policy and systems, and health services research, I have gained wide-ranging experience in these fields.
Currently, I hold the position of Director of the Master of Public Health (online) programme, which can be found at this link: https://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/pg-taught/public-health-online/
As a lifelong learner, practitioner, and educator, I am passionate about public health, policy, and research. In my role as a teacher, I aim to deliver a programme that emphasises the art and science of public health, highlighting its relevance and impact on society.
I welcome PhD students with proposals in any area of public health and health service research.
I work at the intersection of public health, social science and health services studies. I am a social scientist, and my methodological expertise lies in qualitative research methods, including participatory and systems approaches.
There are four broad strands in my research: (1) systems thinking and policy approaches to complex population health issues such as obesity, and social and commercial determinants of health; (2) international health and development; (3) theory of change and realist approaches, particularly to health services improvement and evaluation; (4) facilitating the uptake of evidence-based practice and research into regular use by practitioners and policy makers, via implementation science approaches.
Long Covid and Critical Service Occupations: impact on Employees and Organisations
PI: Dr Alice MacLean
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Rapid Access Referrals for Prostate Cancer
PI: Dr Erica Gadsby
Funded by: Cancer Research UK
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Realist Review: Health visiting in light Of the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience (RReHOPE)
PI: Dr Erica Gadsby
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women's Access and Attitudes Towards Contraception
PI: Dr Allison Ford
Funded by: Department of Health
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Article
McMillan L, Gadsby E, Howell R, Ussher M, Hunt K & Ford A (2024) Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on women’s access to and experiences of contraceptive services in England: a qualitative study. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/+bmjsrh-2023-202206
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Women’s experiences of accessing contraceptive services since March 2020: qualitative findings
McMillan L, Gadsby E, Howell R, Ussher M, Hunt K & Ford A (2024) Women’s experiences of accessing contraceptive services since March 2020: qualitative findings. UKSBM, Glasgow, Scotland, 13.03.2024.
Article
Gadsby EW, Brown C, Crawford C, Dale G, Duncan E, Galbraith L, Gold K, Hibberd C, McFarland A, McGlashan J, McInnes M, McNaughton J, Murray J, Teodorowski P & Thomson J (2023) Test, evidence, transition projects in Scotland: developing the evidence needed for transition of effective interventions in cancer care from innovation into mainstream practice. BMC Cancer, 23 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-023-11592-w
Article
Gadsby E, Hotham S & Merritt R (2023) The theoretical and practical difficulties of evaluating a community-based 'whole systems' obesity prevention intervention: a research team’s critical reflection. Perspectives in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139231195700
Article
Gadsby EW, Krska J, Duddy C, Hibberd V & Wong G (2023) The NHS Health Check programme: a survey of programme delivery in England before and after the Covid-19 pandemic response. NIHR Open Research, 3, Art. No.: 32. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13436.1
Article
What happens after an NHS Health Check? A survey and realist review
Dussy C, Gadsby E, Hibberd V, Krska J & Wang G (2023) What happens after an NHS Health Check? A survey and realist review. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 11 (12). https://doi.org/10.3310/RGTH4127
Research Report
Ford A, McMillan L, Gadsby E, Howell R, Ussher M & Hunt K (2023) Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women’s access and attitudes to contraception in England. National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Public Health Policy Research Unit.
Article
King E, Gadsby E, Bell M, Duddy C, Kendall S & Wong G (2023) Health visiting in the UK in light of the COVID-19 pandemic experience (RReHOPE): a realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 13 (3), Art. No.: e068544. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068544
Article
Understanding what happens to attendees after an NHS Health Check: a realist review
Duddy C, Gadsby E, Hibberd V, Krska J & Wong G (2022) Understanding what happens to attendees after an NHS Health Check: a realist review. BMJ Open, 12 (11), Art. No.: e064237. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064237
Article
Gadsby EW, Christie-de Jong F, Bhopal S, Corlett H & Turner S (2022) Qualitative analysis of the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic response on paediatric health services in North of Scotland and North of England. BMJ Open, 12 (2), Art. No.: e056628. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056628
Article
A critical systems evaluation of the introduction of a 'discharge to assess' service in Kent
Gadsby EW, Wistow G & Billings J (2022) A critical systems evaluation of the introduction of a 'discharge to assess' service in Kent. Critical Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183211065028
