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Biography
Prof Jo Morling studied Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. She then worked in and around Edinburgh in General Medicine and then Public Health. She completed a Master's in Public Health Research at the University of Edinburgh, before completing her PhD in Epidemiology there also.
Following completion of specialist clinical training as a Clinical Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Nottingham she was awarded a prestigious MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship to advance her working in the field of population screening, diagnostics and health economics.
She is an Honorary Consultant in Public Health with UKHSA and is the NIHR National Specialty Lead for Public Health.
Prof Morling's main areas of research include: prevention and early detection of chronic disease, screening, lifestyle related chronic liver disease and associated behaviour change, health services research, place-based public health and the wider determinants of health.
Expertise Summary
Public Health | Lifestyle behaviour change | Applied health services research | Chronic liver disease | Screening | Diagnostics
Qualifications: SFHEA 2022 | MSc Health Economics 2019 | FRCP(Ed) 2018 | FFPH 2017 | FRSPH 2016 | FHEA 2015 | PhD 2015 | PgCAP 2015 | MFPH 2009 | MRCP 2008 | MSc Public Health Research 2008 | MBChB 2004 | BSc Epidemiology 2001
Co-Editor in Chief: Public Health in Practice, Elsevier (ISSN: 2666-5352) 2019-present
Co-Editor in Chief: Public Health, Elsevier (ISSN: 0033-3506) 2020-2023
Teaching Summary
Convenor of the MPH module "Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control"
MPH dissertation supervisor and examiner
MPH and UG Medicine personal tutor
PhD supervisor
Academic supervisor for higher specialist training in Public Health (NHS/Health Education England)
Research Summary
Prof Morling's main area of research is the lifestyle related chronic liver disease and associated behaviour change, bowel cancer screening and associated health services research.