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{{Short description|British sociologist}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Michaela Jane Benzeval
| name = Michaela Jane Benzeval
| image = Michaela Benzeval on UK Data Service.jpg
| caption = Benzeval in 2015
| workplaces = [[University of Essex]]
| workplaces = [[University of Essex]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Bath]] <br> [[University of London]] <br> [[University of Glasgow]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Bath]] <br/> [[University of London]] <br/> [[University of Glasgow]]
| thesis_title = What is the role of income in creating health inequalities? Evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies
| thesis_title = What is the role of income in creating health inequalities? Evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies
| thesis_url = https://theses.gla.ac.uk/3053/
| thesis_url = https://theses.gla.ac.uk/3053/
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'''Michaela Jane Benzeval''' is a British sociologist, Professor and Director of Understanding Society at the [[University of Essex]]. She was elected a Commander [[Order of the British Empire|of the British Empire]] in the [[2024 New Year Honours]].
'''Michaela Jane Benzeval''' [[CBE]] is a British sociologist, Professor and Director of Understanding Society at the [[University of Essex]]. She was appointed a Commander [[Order of the British Empire|of the British Empire]] in the [[2024 New Year Honours]].


== Early life and education ==
== 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|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]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=What is the role of income in creating health inequalities? : evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/773985301 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=search.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref> She used the [[General Household Survey]] to explore the association between income and health.<ref name=":0" /> She found that income had a stronger association with health than education and class.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" />
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]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=What is the role of income in creating health inequalities? : evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/773985301 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=search.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref> She used the [[General Household Survey]] to explore the association between income and health.<ref name=":0" /> She found that income had a stronger association with health than education and class.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" />


== Research and career ==
== Research and career ==
After completing her doctorate Benzeal joined [[Queen Mary University of London]], where she studied mental health of men and women in relationships.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Willitts |first1=M. |last2=Benzeval |first2=M. |last3=Stansfeld |first3=S. |date=2004 |title=Partnership History and Mental Health over Time |journal=Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (1979-) |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=53–58 |doi=10.1136/jech.58.1.53 |jstor=25570254 |pmid=14684727 |pmc=1757022 |issn=0143-005X}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharya |first=Shaoni |title=Cohabiting boosts men's mental health |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4507-cohabiting-boosts-mens-mental-health/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US}}</ref>
After completing her doctorate Benzeval joined [[Queen Mary University of London]], where she studied mental health of men and women in relationships.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Willitts |first1=M. |last2=Benzeval |first2=M. |last3=Stansfeld |first3=S. |date=2004 |title=Partnership History and Mental Health over Time |journal=Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=53–58 |doi=10.1136/jech.58.1.53 |jstor=25570254 |pmid=14684727 |pmc=1757022 |issn=0143-005X}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharya |first=Shaoni |title=Cohabiting boosts men's mental health |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4507-cohabiting-boosts-mens-mental-health/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US}}</ref>


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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Benzeval |first1=M. |last2=Der |first2=G. |last3=Ellaway |first3=A. |last4=Hunt |first4=K. |last5=Sweeting |first5=H. |last6=West |first6=P. |last7=Macintyre |first7=S. |date=2009-10-01 |title=Cohort Profile: West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study: Health in the Community |journal=International Journal of Epidemiology |language=en |volume=38 |issue=5 |pages=1215–1223 |doi=10.1093/ije/dyn213 |issn=0300-5771 |pmc=2935558 |pmid=18930962}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Benzeval |first1=M. |last2=Der |first2=G. |last3=Ellaway |first3=A. |last4=Hunt |first4=K. |last5=Sweeting |first5=H. |last6=West |first6=P. |last7=Macintyre |first7=S. |date=2009-10-01 |title=Cohort Profile: West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study: Health in the Community |journal=International Journal of Epidemiology |language=en |volume=38 |issue=5 |pages=1215–1223 |doi=10.1093/ije/dyn213 |issn=0300-5771 |pmc=2935558 |pmid=18930962}}</ref>


She joined the [[University of Essex]] in 2015, when she was made a Professor and Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research.<ref>{{Cite web |title=mjbenz |url=https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/mjbenz |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) |language=en-GB}}</ref>
She joined the [[University of Essex]] in 2015, when she was made a Professor and Director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research.<ref>{{Cite web |title=mjbenz |url=https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/mjbenz |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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== Awards and honours ==
== Awards and honours ==


* 2022 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academy of Social Sciences Fellowship for Professor Michaela Benzeval {{!}} University of Essex |url=https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2022/09/05/academy-of-social-sciences-fellowship-for-professor-michaela-benzeval |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=www.essex.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>
* 2022 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences<ref>{{Cite news |title=Academy of Social Sciences Fellowship for Professor Michaela Benzeval {{!}} University of Essex |url=https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2022/09/05/academy-of-social-sciences-fellowship-for-professor-michaela-benzeval |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=www.essex.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>
* 2024 Appointed [[Commander of the British Empire]] in the [[2024 New Year Honours]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-30 |title=Meet the Essex University professor awarded CBE in the New Year's Honours list |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24017547.university-essexs-michaela-jane-benzeval-awarded-cbe/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Gazette |language=en}}</ref>
* 2024 Appointed [[Commander of the British Empire]] in the [[2024 New Year Honours]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-30 |title=Meet the Essex University professor awarded CBE in the New Year's Honours list |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24017547.university-essexs-michaela-jane-benzeval-awarded-cbe/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Gazette |language=en}}</ref>


== Select publications ==
== Select publications ==


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* {{Cite Q|Q34633437|doi-access=free}}
* {{Cite Q|Q74817355}}
* {{Cite Q|Q74817355}}
* {{Cite Q|Q34207291}}
* {{Cite Q|Q34207291}}


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 18:34, 15 May 2024

Michaela Jane Benzeval
Benzeval in 2015
Alma materUniversity of Bath
University of London
University of Glasgow
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Essex
ThesisWhat is the role of income in creating health inequalities? Evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal studies (2011)
Doctoral advisorSally 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.

Early life and education

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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

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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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Select publications

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  • Richard M Dodds; Holly E Syddall; Rachel Cooper; et al. (4 December 2014). "Grip strength across the life course: normative data from twelve British studies". PLOS One. 9 (12): e113637. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k3637D. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0113637. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4256164. PMID 25474696. Wikidata Q34633437.
  • R G Wilkinson (1 August 1998). "Income inequality and population health". Social Science & Medicine. 47 (3): 411–412. doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00101-4. ISSN 0277-9536. PMID 9681911. Wikidata Q74817355.
  • M Benzeval; K Judge (1 May 2001). "Income and health: the time dimension". Social Science & Medicine. 52 (9): 1371–1390. doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00244-6. ISSN 0277-9536. PMID 11286362. Wikidata Q34207291.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b 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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