Michaela Benzeval

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Michaela Jane Benzeval
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Benzeval in 2015
Alma mater University of Bath
University of London
University of Glasgow
Scientific career
Institutions University of Essex
Thesis What is the role of income in creating health inequalities? Evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies  (2011)
Doctoral advisor Sally Macintyre

Michaela Jane Benzeval CBE is a British sociologist, Professor and Director of Understanding Society at the University of Essex. She was appointed a Commander of the British Empire in the 2024 New Year Honours.

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Early life and education

Benzeval studied economics at the University of Bath. She moved to the University of London for her graduate studies, where she specialised in and health policy and epidemiology. In London she also completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice. She completed her doctoral research at the University of Glasgow, where she investigated the role of income in driving health inequality with Sally Macintyre. [1] She used the General Household Survey to explore the association between income and health. [1] She found that income had a stronger association with health than education and class. [1] She also showed that lone mothers and fathers had higher risk of ill health. She used the British Household Panel Survey to show that reductions in income and income volatility were associated with poor health. [1]

Research and career

After completing her doctorate Benzeval joined Queen Mary University of London, where she studied mental health of men and women in relationships. [2] She found that enduring first relationships were associated with good mental health, and that women were more adversely affected by multiple partnership transitions than men. [2] [3]

Benzeval was a Programme Leader and Director for the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study, which investigated the processes that cause and maintain social inequality. [4]

She joined the University of Essex in 2015, when she was made a Professor and Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research. [5]

Awards and honours

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "What is the role of income in creating health inequalities? : evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  2. 1 2 Willitts, M.; Benzeval, M.; Stansfeld, S. (2004). "Partnership History and Mental Health over Time". Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 58 (1): 53–58. doi:10.1136/jech.58.1.53. ISSN   0143-005X. JSTOR   25570254. PMC   1757022 . PMID   14684727.
  3. ↑ Bhattacharya, Shaoni. "Cohabiting boosts men's mental health". New Scientist. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  4. ↑ Benzeval, M.; Der, G.; Ellaway, A.; Hunt, K.; Sweeting, H.; West, P.; Macintyre, S. (2009-10-01). "Cohort Profile: West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study: Health in the Community". International Journal of Epidemiology. 38 (5): 1215–1223. doi:10.1093/ije/dyn213. ISSN   0300-5771. PMC   2935558 . PMID   18930962.
  5. ↑ "mjbenz". Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  6. ↑ "Academy of Social Sciences Fellowship for Professor Michaela Benzeval | University of Essex". www.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  7. ↑ "Meet the Essex University professor awarded CBE in the New Year's Honours list". Gazette. 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
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