Tracey O'Neill

My background is sociology and public health, and my research interests focus on health inequities and the wider determinants of health. I have worked in research and policy development on issues such as obesity, musculoskeletal issues, falls prevention and fuel poverty in Universities in the UK and Australia. I am currently undertaking a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) at the University of Chester.

PGCertHE London Metropolitan University, 2015

MSc Public Health & Health Promotion, Bangor University, 2006

BA Hons Sociology, Bristol, 2003

Fellow of Higher Education Authority

Fellow of Royal Society for Public Health

I teach on the MSc Prevention, Population Health and Leadership

I am module lead for Principles of Prevention & Health Equity, Coaching and Mentoring and Systems Leadership 

I supervise MSc dissertations

O’Neill (2023) Overcoming Challenges in Distance Learning; The Engagement Paradox, Advance HE Teaching & Learning Conference, Keele 5^th July 2023 

O’Neill, K. Balanda, J. Wilde, F. Kee (2010) Obesity Prevention – What Works? The Haag, The Netherlands April 8 -9^th 2010 

Jinks, C & Ong, BN & O'Neill, T (2010) "Well, it's nobody's responsibility but my own": A qualitative study to explore views about the determinants of health and prevention of knee pain in older adults: BMC Public Health https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-10-148 

Jinks, C & Ong, BN & O’Neill, T (2009) The Keele Community Knee Pain Forum: Action research to engage with stakeholders about the prevention of knee pain and disability BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 10:85 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2728703/ 

O’Neill, T, Jinks C, Ong BN (2007) Decision-making regarding total knee replacement surgery: A qualitative meta-synthesis. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7: 52 https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6963-7-52

O’Neill, T, Jinks C, Ong BN (2007) Decision-making regarding total knee replacement surgery: A qualitative meta-synthesis: Oxford Qualitative Systematic Review Workshop 26-27 July 2007

O’Neill, T & Jinks, C & Squire, A (2006) “Heating is more important than food”: Older women’s perceptions of fuel poverty: Journal of Housing for the Elderly Vol. 20 issue 3 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J081v20n03_07_07 

External advisor to London Metropolitan University 

[email protected] - linkedin.com/in/tracey-o-neill-6b85ba29