Rich Mitchell
Professor
Department of Health & Wellbeing
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
Biography
Prior to joining Glasgow, Rich was Associate Director of the Research Unit in Health, Behaviour and Change at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. Earlier in his career he focused on monitoring and exploring socio-economic and geographic inequalities in health and how they might be narrowed. Rich is co-director of the Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health (http://cresh.org.uk), an interdisciplinary and inter-institute centre, focused on exploring how physical and social environments can influence population health, for better and for worse.
Research Interest
Rich is an epidemiologist and geographer with a particular focus on the roles which environments can play in creating, maintaining and perhaps reducing inequalities in health. Today, his focus is on the potential for different aspects of environment to positively influence population health and reduce health inequalities. He has a particular interest in natural environments such as urban woodlands and parks.
Publications
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Olsen, J. R. , Mitchell, R. and Ogilvie, D. (2017) Effect of a new motorway on social-spatial patterning of road traffic accidents: a retrospective longitudinal natural experimental study. PLoS ONE, 12(9), e0184047. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184047) (PMID:28880956) (PMCID:PMC5589166)
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Richardson, E. A., Pearce, J., Shortt, N. K. and Mitchell, R. (2017) The role of public and private natural space in children's social, emotional and behavioural development in Scotland: a longitudinal study. Environmental Research, 158, pp. 729-736. (doi:10.1016/j.envres.2017.07.038) (PMID:28750342)
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Olsen, J. R. , Mitchell, R., Mutrie, N., Foley, L. and Ogilvie, D. (2017) Population levels of, and inequalities in, active travel: a national, cross-sectional study of adults in Scotland. Preventive Medicine Reports, 8, pp. 129-134. (doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.09.008)
