Staff Member Biography
Linsay Gray
position: Investigator Scientistprogramme: Measuring HealthContact Details
phone: 0141 357 7540
Address
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
4 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RZ
Biography and Interests
Dr Linsay Gray is an Investigator Scientist at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit and an Honorary Lecturer at the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow. She is on the editorial board of the Archives of Diseases in Childhood journal and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.
Linsay graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc (Hons) in Statistics and undertook the MSc in Medical Statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1998-1999. She was appointed as a research fellow at the Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University College London (UCL), completing her PhD in 2003. She taught epidemiology and statistics to medical MSc and PhD students.
In 2004, Linsay joined the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, and has worked with the Social Patterning of Health over the Lifecourse and Ethnicity and Health teams, as well as the Measuring Health programme. Interests are lifecourse epidemiology, obesity, diet, and health inequalities, assessing national and international variations within the context of health surveys and major international cohort studies. Linsay leads and participates in a variety of collaborations with groups in Europe, the US (Harvard) and the UK. A programme of work has been funded by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health. She teaches multilevel modelling, lifecourse epidemiology and health inequalities, and co-ordinates an inequalities MSc module theme. Linsay's contributions in teaching, research and scholarship have been recognised in the appointment of Honorary Lecturer at the School of Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow.
Publications
Gray L, Merlo J, Mindell J, Hallqvist J, Tafforeau J, O'Reilly D, Regidor E, Næss Ø, Kelleher C, Helakorpi S, Lange C, Leyland AH. International differences in self-reported health measures in 33 major metropolitan areas in Europe. European Journal of Public Health 2012;22:40-7.
pubmed open accessGray L, Lee I-M, Sesso HD, Batty GD. Association of body mass index in early adulthood and middle-age with future site-specific cancer mortality: the Harvard Alumni Health Study. Annals of Oncology 2012;23:753-759.
pubmed open accessGray L, Lee I-M, Sesso HD, Batty GD. Blood pressure in early adulthood, hypertension in middle-age, and future cardiovascular disease mortality: the Harvard Alumni Health Study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2011; 58:2396-403.
pubmedGray L, Lee I-M, Sesso HD, Batty GD. Body weight in early and mid-adulthood in relation to subsequent coronary heart disease mortality: 80 years follow-up in the Harvard Alumni Study (Research Letter). Archives of Internal Medicine 2011; 171:1768-70.
pubmedGray L, Leyland AH. Chapter 5: Fruit and vegetable consumption. In: Bromley C, Bradshaw P, Given L, eds. The Scottish Health Survey 2010 Volume 1: Main report. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government Health Directorate, 2011.
open accessGray L, Leyland AH. Chapter 7: Adult and child obesity. In: Bromley C, Given L, eds. The Scottish Health Survey 2010 Volume 1: Main report. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government Health Directorate, 2011.
open accessGray L, Leyland AH. Chapter 8: Respiratory health and lung function. In: Bromley C, Given L, eds. The Scottish Health Survey 2010 Volume 1: Main report. Edinburgh, 2011.
open accessHotchkiss J, Davies C, Gray L, Bromley C, Capewell S, Leyland AH. Trends in adult cardiovascular disease risk factors and their socioeconomic patterning in the Scottish population 1995 to 2008: Cross-sectional Surveys. BMJ Open 2011:doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000176.
open accessGray L, Batty GD, Craig P, Stewart C, Whyte B, Findlayson B, Leyland AH. Cohort Profile: The Scottish Health Surveys Cohort: linkage of study participants to routinely collected records for mortality, hospital discharge, cancer and offspring birth characteristics in three nationwide studies. International Journal of Epidemiology 2010; 39:345-50.
Gray L, Hart CL, Davey Smith G, Batty GD. What is the predictive value of established risk factors for total and cardiovascular disease mortality when measured before middle-age? pooled analyses of two prospective cohort studies from Scotland. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2010; 17:106-12.
Gray L, Leyland AH. Chapter 5: Diet. In: Bromley C, Given L, Ormston R, eds. The Scottish Health Survey 2009 Volume 1: Main Report. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government Health Directorate, 2010.
open accessGray L, Leyland AH. Chapter 7: Adult obesity. In: Bromley C, Given L, Ormston R, eds. The Scottish Health Survey 2009 Volume 1: Main Report. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government Health Directorate, 2010.
open accessGray L, Leyland AH. A multilevel analysis of diet and socio-economic status in Scotland: investigating the Glasgow effect. Public Health Nutrition 2009; 12:1351-8.
Gray L, Leyland AH. Chapter 4: Smoking. In: Bromley C, Bradshaw P, Given L, eds. The Scottish Health Survey 2008; Volume 1: Main report. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government Health Directorate, 2009.
Gray L, Leyland AH. Chapter 7: Obesity. In: Bromley C, Bradshaw P, Given L, eds. The Scottish Health Survey 2008; Volume 1: Main report. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government Health Directorate, 2009.
Gray L, Leyland AH. Is the "Glasgow effect" of cigarette smoking explained by socio-economic status?: a multilevel analysis. BMC Public Health 2009; 9:245.
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Batty GD, Kivimaki M, Gray L, Smith GD, Marmot MG, Shipley MJ. Cigarette smoking and site-specific cancer mortality: testing uncertain associations using extended follow-up of the original Whitehall study. Annals of Oncology 2008; 19:996-1002.
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Gray L, Leyland AH. Overweight status and psychological wellbeing in adolescent boys and girls: a multilevel analysis. European Journal of Public Health 2008; 18:616-21.
Gray L. Comparisons of health-related behaviours and health measures in Greater Glasgow with other regional areas in Europe. Glasgow: The Glasgow Centre for Population Health, 2008.
open accessGray L, Harding S, Reid A. Evidence of divergence with duration of residence in circulatory disease mortality in migrants to Australia. European Journal of Public Health 2007; 17:550-4
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Gray L, Harding S, Reid A. Lower circulatory disease mortality among Australian South Asians (e-letter). European Journal of Public Health 2007.
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Gray L. Comparisons of health-related behaviours and health measures between Glasgow and the rest of Scotland. Glasgow: Glasgow Centre for Population Health, 2007.
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Gray L. Clinical and biological disease progression in children with vertically-acquired HIV-1 infection in Europe: Statistical determinations [PhD]. Institute of Child Health. London: University College London, 2003.
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