Dr Benedict Wheeler
Associate Professor in Environment, Health and Inequalities
B.W.Wheeler@exeter.ac.uk
Peter Lanyon
Peter Lanyon Building, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
Overview
Dr Wheeler is Associate Professor in Environment, Health and Inequalities at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health, and is Centre co-director. He is a health geographer with wide ranging research interests in environment-health interconnections. His PhD was in the Department of Social Medicine at the University of Bristol, on the relationship between socio-economic health and environmental inequalities. His first post-doctoral research position was at Victoria University of Wellington School of Earth Sciences, in a unit funded by the NZ Ministry of Health to carry out geographical public health research. Subsequent research positions have been at the University of Sheffield Department of Geography, and back at the Department of Social Medicine at Bristol. He has also worked in public health in the National Health Service, and with environmental consultancies.
Dr Wheeler has been at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health since its beginnings in 2010. He applies geographical and epidemiological methods to research the beneficial and adverse impacts that the environment can have on human health and health inequalities.
Broad research specialisms
Dr Wheeler is a health geographer and environmental epidemiologist. Much of his research involves using secondary datasets and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to investigate environment and human health relationships. He also has substantial experience in research on socio-economic and geographical health inequalities.
Qualifications
- 1998 BSc Environmental Science, University of East Anglia
- 2003 PhD Social Medicine, University of Bristol
- ASPIRE Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Links
- Publications on Google Scholar
- Beyond Greenspace Blog
- MSc in Environment and Human Health
- European Centre for Environment & Human Health
- LinkedIn Profile
Research group links
Research
Research interests
Ben is a quantitative health geographer and environmental epidemiologist. His research focuses on:
1. adverse and beneficial impacts of the environment on public health and wellbeing, especially green/blue space, physical activity and mental health at population scale;
2. applications of GIS and spatial analysis to link and analyse large-scale health and environmental datasets;
3. environmental and socio-spatial health inequalities.
He works extensively with large, collaborative interdisciplinary research project teams addressing these issues, in projects supported by funders including ESRC, NERC, NIHR, Wellcome Trust and the European Commission. Ben works with a wide range of partners to translate evidence, especially on links between natural environments and health, to inform public health and environmental policy at local, national and international scales.
Research projects
Grants/Funding
Project Grants
Dates & Duration |
Funder |
Title |
PI |
Project Value |
Role |
2023-27 4 years |
Horizon Europe/UKRI |
RESONATE: Building individual and community resilience through nature-based therapies [101081420] |
M. White, Uni of Vienna |
€6.3m |
Co-I (Exeter lead, Case Study 1 & 2 lead) |
2021-2026 5 years |
UK Prevention Research Partnership |
Groundswell: Community-engaged and Data-informed Systems Transformation of Urban Green and Blue Space for Population Health |
R. Hunter, QUB |
£10.3m |
Co-I |
2020-2022 3 years |
Wellcome Trust |
Health and economic impacts of urban heat islands and greenspace [216035/Z/19/Z] |
C. Heaviside, Oxford |
£499,962 |
Co-I |
2019 3 months |
Valuing Nature Programme |
M. White, Exeter |
£12,000 |
Co-I |
|
2019-2021 2 years |
NERC SWEEP |
B. Wheeler, Exeter |
£264,212 |
PI |
|
2019-2023 4 years |
EC Horizons 2020 |
REGREEN |
P. Frederiksen, Aarhus University |
€5m |
Co-I (WP4 and Exeter Lead) |
2018-19 12 months |
Wellcome Trust |
Living well with weather: Developing an innovative collaboration to explore everyday weather, health and mental wellbeing [213032/Z/18/Z] |
C. Phoenix, Bath |
£29,987 |
Co-I (Exeter lead) |
2018-2023 4 years |
EC H2020 |
RECONECT: Regenarating ECOsystems with Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk rEduCTion |
Z. Vojinovic, UNESCO-IHE |
€15.5m |
Co-I (UEMS Lead) |
2018-20 18 months |
Innovate UK |
Green space valuation toolkit [TS/R013136/1] |
J. Patterson-Waterston, Vivid Economics |
£1.2m |
Co-I |
2018-21 3 years |
NIHR PHR |
[PHR 16/07/07] |
S. Rodgers, Swansea |
£765,832 |
Co-I (Exeter lead & Work Package 2 lead) |
2017-18 1 year |
ESRC |
Social sensing of health and wellbeing impacts from pollen and air pollution [ES/P011489/1] |
H. Williams, Exeter |
£243,949 |
Co-I |
2017 3 months |
DEFRA |
What works briefing on natural environment and health interventions |
R. Lovell, Exeter |
£29,069 |
Co-I |
2016-18 3 years |
NERC |
PollerGEN: Using molecular genetics to understand grass species pollen deposition: enhancing bio-aerosol models and implications for human health [NE/N002105/1] |
S. Creer, Bangor |
£1.2m |
Co-PI (WP4 & Exeter lead) |
2016-20 4.5 years |
H2020 |
BlueHealth: Linking Up Environment, Health and Climate for Inter-sector Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in a Rapidly Changing Environment |
L. Fleming, Exeter |
€6m |
Co-I |
2016-17 1 year |
Eaga Charitable Trust |
Modelling the impact of fuel poverty and energy efficiency on health |
B. Wheeler, Exeter |
£22,854 |
PI |
2016 6 months |
ESRC |
B. Wheeler, Exeter |
£46,744 |
PI |
|
2015 3 months |
ESRC |
Biodiversity, health and wellbeing in Cornwall’s Public Open Space. ESRC Impact Acceleration Account Social Policy Network with Cornwall Council |
B. Wheeler, Exeter |
£3,115 |
PI Network co-lead |
2015 3 months |
WHO |
Commissioned contribution to report on urban greenspace and health |
B. Wheeler, Exeter |
US$4050 |
PI Chapter 2 Lead |
2015 3 months |
MRC/ NERC |
MED-MI Pilot Project: Childhood Obesity and Neighbourhood Environments |
B. Wheeler, Exeter |
£4,975 |
PI |
2014-20 6 years |
NIHR |
Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Change and Health |
S. Kovats, LSHTM |
£3.5m |
Co-I (Project 3.3 Lead) |
2014-15 1 year |
DEFRA |
Social Science Research Fellowship on the Natural Environment and Human Health |
R. Lovell, Exeter |
£98,754 |
Co-I/Mentor |
2012-14 18 months |
ESRC |
Beyond Greenspace: linking ecological, socioeconomic and health data to deepen our understanding of relationships between nature, health and wellbeing [ES/K002872/1] |
B. Wheeler, Exeter |
£197,470 |
PI |
2014 6 months |
UoE |
Humanities & Social Science Strategy, University of Exeter: Social determinants of public perceptions of climate change adaptation: secondary analysis and networking |
N. Adger, Exeter |
£7,860 |
Co-I |
2013 3 months |
EPSRC |
EPSRC/University of Exeter Bridging the Gaps: Spatial analysis of GPS data for human health research (development funding) |
B. Wheeler, Exeter |
£3,325 |
PI |
2012-2016 4 years |
EC FP7 |
Bottom-up Climate Adaptation Strategies towards a Sustainable Europe (BASE) |
H. Sanderson, Aarhus |
€7.5m |
Co-I |
2012 6 months |
UoE |
Open Innovation Fund: Inhabitat feasibility/pilot study. |
R. Lovell / S. Higgins, Exeter |
£22,270 |
Co-I |
2012 6 months |
EPSRC |
EPSRC Bridging the Gaps: Developing a working group for hazard and risk assessment of mining-related impacts [BTG3/16] |
F. Wall, Exeter |
£4,069 |
Co-I |
2011 6 months |
Cornwall Council |
Appraisal of the Value of Green Infrastructure on the Economy, Health and Social Wellbeing in Cornwall |
Roger Tym & Partners |
£98,700 |
Co-I |
2005-6 1 year |
Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
D. Dorling, Sheffield |
£72,000 |
Researcher Co-I |
|
2003 6 months |
NZ MoH |
New Zealand Ministry of Health: Problem Gambling Geography of New Zealand |
J. Rigby, Victoria University of Wellington |
NZ$30,000 |
Co-I |
Research Students
- 2023-present PhD: The natural environment and depression: triangulating the role of stress biomarkers across geographically diverse regions (Amelia Rice, University of Bath). 3rd Supervisor. MRC GW4 Biomed.
- 2022-present PhD: Urban Nature and the Mental Health of Migrants: the Role of Sense of Place (Qingyue Xue). Primary supervisor. CSC.
- 2021-present PhD: Blue space and its effects on health and well-being in Wales (Ollie Thwaites, University of Swansea). 3rd supervisor.
- 2021-present PhD: Climate change and mental health – exploring trends across Australia and the UK (Monika Walia). 2nd Supervisor. QUEX.
- 2020-present PhD: Investigating the relationship between multiple environmental exposures and inequalities in common mental disorders in England (Joe Lillis). Primary supervisor. ESRC SWDTP.
- 2018- PhD Using birth cohorts to understand the impact of urban green space on child health and wellbeing (Mark Ferguson). Primary supervisor. MRC GW4 Biomed.
- 2016- PhD Examining the influence of socio-economic status, area level deprivation and exposure to air pollution on respiratory health in England (Philip McBride). 2nd Supervisor. Awarded 2021
- 2016- PhD Tick-borne disease in urban areas: impacts of ticks on human health and wellbeing and potential risk management strategies (Kayleigh Hansford). Primary supervisor, joint with PHE. NIHR HPRU.
- 2016-17 MRes The public health impacts of pollen on allergic asthma (Luke Talbot). Primary supervisor. Awarded 2018.
- 2013- PhD Solar irradiance, vitamin D, and dental health (Jane Collingwood). Primary supervisor. NIHR Academic Cincal Fellowship. Awarded 2021
- 2011-14: PhD Perceptions and Use of Greenspace Areas: Implications for Landscape Design, Health and Well-Being (Sarah Bell). ERDF. Primary supervisor. Awarded 2014.
- 2011-14: PhD The value of a healthy marine environment (Andrea Harvey). PCMD/Plymouth Marine Lab (NERC/PML studentship), temporary co-supervisor.
- 2006-8: PhD Geography and epidemiology of suicide in Taiwan (Shu-sen Chang). University of Bristol, assistant supervisor. Awarded 2008.
Links
Publications
Books
Journal articles
Chapters
Conferences
Reports
External Engagement and Impact
Engagement & Impact Activities
- I am a member of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Natural Environments and Health at the University of Exeter, and have an ongoing role in working with World Health Organisation for Europe on Urban Greenspace and Health. This role has included participation in expert advisory committees and co-authorship of key WHO Urban green spaces and health report. I am lead author of the 2021 WHO Report Nature, biodiversity and health: an overview of interconnections.
- I have worked with colleagues on our collaborations with DEFRA and Natural England around the incorporation of health and wellbeing in national environmental policy and delivery, and our work is cited in the 25 year environment plan .
- I interact extensively with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and UK Health Security Agency (previously Public Health England, e.g. through the Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Change and Health) providing evidence to inform public health and related policy. For example our work on green space and mental health is a case study in PHE guidance on Spatial Planning for Health.
- We have been consulted for and our research has been cited in 2 POSTnotes (Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology evidence summaries) on 1) urban green infrastructure and 2) green space-health linkages
- I lead the impact project “Informing environmental investment for health and wellbeing” as part of the NERC South West Partnership for Environmental and Economic Prosperity.
- I have worked with Cornwall Council since 2015 on using our research to inform the management of public open space for biodiversity, health and wellbeing, supported by ESRC Impact Acceleration Account funding. I am a member of the University of Exeter team working with Cornwall Council on the Making Space for Nature project.
- I am a member of the Cornwall Health System Equalities group
- I work with Public Health Dorset on projects relating to Healthy Places stream of work, such as the greenspace accessibility project.
- I have presented our research at venues including the House of Lords Rural Economy Research Group (2015), at DEFRA, and to the Valuing Nature Programme.
- Since 2013 I have led the Beyond Greenspace blog site (www.beyondgreenspace.net), which we use to disseminate and discuss our research with a wide audience; in 2020 the blog achieved over 15000 views from over 6,500 visitors.
- I have given a range of public/evening lectures on the environment and human health for a range of local organisations e.g. St Agnes Marine Conservation Group, Torbay Hospital Library lecture series.
Editorial Roles
I am a member of the editorial board of the international health geography journal Health & Place.
Awards and distinctions
- Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2021, 2022).
- University of Exeter Guild Outstanding Supervisor Teaching Award, 2020.
- One of the team of four winning the Dr Edouard Delcroix Prize (triennial, €25000) for research on blue space and human health.
Conference Presentations & Workshops
* = Invited Presentation/Keynote or Organised Workshop/Symposium
76 |
Wheeler, BW (2019) Population scale data linkage methods for an 11-year natural experimental study of green/blue space availability, visits and mental health and wellbeing. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht, Netherlands, August 2019. |
75 |
Wheeler, BW (2019) National Geographic Roundtable: Planetary Health. Invited discussant. |
74 |
Bateman, IJ, Halleck-Vega, S, Lovell, R and Wheeler, B (2019) Proposals to align the Natural Capital and Planetary Health perspectives, presented at the Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council on Planetary Health Workshop, Natural Capital: Policy and Practical Applications for Planetary Health, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, 2nd May 2019. |
73 |
Wheeler, BW et al (2019) Developing evidence to improve pollen warnings: Species-specific grass pollen and allergies. Public Health England Research and Science Conference. Manchester, April 2019. |
*72 |
Wheeler, BW (2019) Research & Education in Environment and Human Health. Callywith College Academic Academy Lecture Series. |
*71 |
Wheeler, BW (2018) Natural environments and health and wellbeing: Evidence and connections with local/national/international health and environmental policy. Scottish Managed Sustainable Health Network Virtual CPD Invited Presentation. Online, December 2018. |
70 |
Wheeler, BW (2018) Measuring health and wellbeing for an urban green space valuation toolkit. Valuing Nature Programme Annual Conference, Cardiff, Nov 2018. |
*69 |
Wheeler, BW (2018) Are greener (and bluer) cities really better for health? Interdisciplinary perspectives informing environment and public health policy. University of British Columbia Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar, UBC Vancouver, Sept 2018. |
*68 |
Wheeler, BW (2018) Are natural environments good for your health and wellbeing? What does the evidence say, and why do we need it? Keynote/workshop lead at Tywardreath and Par Parish Neighbourhood Plan Blue Green Health Workshop, Par, July 2018. |
*67 |
Wheeler, BW (2018) Are natural environments really good for your health and wellbeing? What does the evidence say, and why do we need it? Keynote at UniScape 2018, the conference of the European Network of Universities for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention. Bologna, June 2018. |
*66 |
Wheeler, BW (2017) Action from global to local – is it evidence-based? Within Health and Wellbeing Symposium at Valuing Nature Conference. Edinburgh, Oct 2017. |
65 |
Wheeler, BW, Lovell, R, Bell, S, White, M, Collings-Costello, N, Partridge, R & Fleming, LE (2017) Promoting public health and wellbeing through collaboration on local authority management of public green/blue space. Public Health England Annual Conference. Warwick, Sept 2017. |
*64 |
Wheeler, BW (2017) Invited keynote presentation: Natural environments, health and inequalities: evidence and policy. British Sociological Association Conference on Society, Environment and Human Health. Cardiff, Oct 2017. |
*63 |
Wheeler, BW (2017) Invited presentation: Nature and health: Evidence and action internationally. Natural Health Service Conference, Liverpool, May 2017. |
*62 |
Wheeler, BW (2017) Expert adviser: GreenS+ QGIS Plugin Demonstration and Workshop, WHO, Bonn, Feb 2017. |
61 |
Wheeler, BW, White, MP, Tyrrell, J, Bone, A, Vardoulakis, S & Fleming, LE (2017) Estimating residential green/blue space exposure in a large UK cohort. International Medical Geography Symposium, Angers, France, July 2017. |
*60 |
Wheeler, BW (2016) Invited participant: Public Health Dorset “Healthy Places Futures Workshop”, Nov 2016. |
*59 |
Wheeler, BW (2016) Environmental Data & UK Biobank. GW4 Biobank Workshop, Bristol, Oct 2016. |
*58 |
Wheeler, BW (2016) Expert adviser: Green space interventions workshop, WHO, Bonn, September 2016. |
*57 |
Wheeler, BW (2016) Expert adviser: Development of WHO software AirQ+ for the assessment of the health risks of air pollution: assess the impact of green space on health, with special focus on air pollution, WHO, Bonn, June 2016. |
*56 |
Wheeler, BW (2016) Evidence on links between natural environments, health and wellbeing. Nature Connections 2016, University of Derby, June 2016. |
*55 |
Wheeler, BW (2016) The great outdoors, physical activity and health. University of Bristol Centre for Exercise, Nutrition & Health Sciences seminar, April 2016. |
*54 |
Wheeler, BW (2016) Natural environments for population health and wellbeing: Longitudinal and spatial approaches. Natural Capital Project Annual Symposium, Stanford University USA, March 2016. |
*53 |
Wheeler, BW (2016) Is greenspace really good for you? NHS Sustainability Day, Exeter, March 2016. |
52 |
Wheeler, BW & Bell, SL (2016) Using geographical digital data for understanding health and place. ESRC SWDTC workshop, University of Bath, March 2016. |
*51 |
Wheeler, BW (2015) Is greenspace really good for you? Evidence on links between natural environments, health and wellbeing. [Invited seminar] Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Dec 2015. |
*50 |
Wheeler, BW & Lovell, R (2015) England’s green and pleasant and healthy) land? [Invited presentation & panel discussion]. House of Lords Rural Economy Research Group Annual Meeting, House of Lords, London, Oct 2015. |
*49 |
Wheeler, BW (2015) Is greenspace really good for you? Evidence on links between natural environments, health and wellbeing. [Invited presentation] Green Space Wales Seminar/Keep Wales Tidy Green Flag Awards. Cardiff, Oct 2015. |
*48 |
Wheeler, BW & Depledge, MH (2015) Measures and indicators of green space availability and accessibility in cities. [Invited presentation and workshop participant] WHO workshop on Urban Green Spaces and Health, developing an WHO urban greenspace indicator. WHO, Bonn, May 2015. |
*47 |
Wheeler, BW (2015) Ecosystem services, health and wellbeing. [Invited presentation] PHENOTYPE final conference, University of Staffordshire, April 2015. |
*46 |
Wheeler, BW & Lovell, R (2015) Beyond Greenspace: How can nature create healthier and wealthier places? [workshop co-convenor] Heseltine Institute for Public Policy & Practice, Liverpool, Jan 2015. |
45 |
Wheeler, BW, Higgins, SL & Taylor, T (2015) Weather-Related Variation in Antidepressant Prescribing: Implications of Climate Change for Population Mental Health. Human Health in the Face of Climate Change: Science, Medicine, and Adaptation. [Presented poster] Barcelona, May 2015. |
44 |
Wheeler, BW (2015) Quantitative Methods. BESS Aquatic biodiversity and human health and wellbeing workshop. UCL, London, April 2015. |
*43 |
Wheeler, BW (2014) Environmental Public Health Tracking to Advance Environmental Health [invited workshop participant]. Modena, Italy, May 2014. |
*42 |
Wheeler, BW & Warber, S (2014) “Our Environment Our Mental Health” [Invited presentation]. Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust CPD event, Newquay, March 2014. |
41 |
White, M & Wheeler, BW (2014) Subjective well-being and natural environments. European Public Health Conference, Glasgow, November 2014. |
40 |
Wheeler, BW, Lovell, R, Higgins, SL, White, MP, Alcock, I, Husk, K, Osborne, NJ, Sabel, C & Depledge, MH (2014) Beyond Greenspace: Natural environments for health and wellbeing. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Seattle, August 2014. |
39 |
Wheeler, BW (2014) Beyond Greenspace Geographically combining small area environmental and longitudinal data. ESRC/NCRM Research Methods Festival, Oxford, June 2014. |
*38 |
Wheeler, BW (2014) Natural environments for health and wellbeing: Inequalities & motivations. Devon Local Nature Partnership launch conference, March 2014. |
*37 |
Wheeler, BW, Depledge, MH, Pollard, AS, Kothencz, G, Allen, J & Curnow, A (2013) Geography of non-melanoma skin cancer and environmental risk factors in England [Invited presentation] GeoMed 2013, Sheffield, Sept 2013. |
*36 |
Wheeler, BW, Sabel, C, Wood, Z, Hillsdon, M & Everson, R (2013) Spatial analysis of GPS data for human health research. [workshop convenor], Exeter, May 2013. |
*35 |
Wheeler, BW (2013) Beyond Greenspace Research: Beaches, Biodiversity and Bats. [Invited presentation] Building a healthier south west: best practice in health and planning. Plymouth, Feb 2013. |
34 |
Wheeler, BW (2013) Lovell, R, Higgins, SL, White, MP, Alcock, I, Husk, K, Osborne, NJ, Sabel, C & Depledge, MH Natural environments for health and wellbeing: Beyond Greenspace [attended poster]. Public Health England Annual Conference, Warwick, September 2013. |
33 |
Wheeler, BW, Kothencz, G & Pollard, AS (2013) Non-melanoma skin cancer geography and ecological associations with environmental risk factors in England. Environment & Health (International Society for Environmental Epidemiology), Basel, August 2013 |
32 |
Wheeler, BW, Lovell, R, Higgins, SL, White, MP, Alcock, I, Husk, K, Osborne, NJ, Sabel, C & Depledge, MH (2013) Beyond Greenspace: Geographical associations between environmental quality and population mental health in rural England. International Medical Geography Symposium, Michigan State University, July 2013 |
31 |
Wheeler, BW (2013) Natural environments for health and wellbeing: Beyond Greenspace. ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Intiative network conference, June 2013, London. |
30 |
Wheeler, BW (2013) Personal Technologies and Health. Wellbeing Through Innovation conference, Feb 2013, Truro. |
*29 |
Lovell, R, Higgins, S, Wheeler, BW & Depledge, MH (2012) Biodiversity and human health. [Convened symposium] British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Dec 2012, Birmingham. |
*28 |
White, MP, Wheeler, BW, Pahl, S & Depledge, MH (2012) The Blue Gym: Health, Well-Being and Aquatic Environments [Convened symposum] International Association for People-Environment Studies, June 2012, Glasgow. |
27 |
Higgins, SH & Wheeler, BW (2012) Beyond Greenspace: biodiversity, environmental condition and mental health in rural England. British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Dec 2012, Birmingham. |
26 |
Wheeler, BW, Page, A & Cooper, AR (2012) Using GPS for high resolution geographical/temporal exposure assessment: opportunities and challenges [poster]. Frontiers in Spatial Epidemiology. Nov 2012, London. |
25 |
Wheeler, BW, White, M, Stahl-Timmins, W, Depledge, MH (2012) Coastal proximity and human wellbeing. International Association of People Environment Studies. June 2012, Glasgow. |
24 |
Wheeler, BW, White, M, Depledge, MH (2011) Just add water: aquatic environments and good public health. European Public Health Conference. November 2011, Copenhagen. |
*23 |
Wheeler, BW, White, M, Redshaw, C and Gaze, W (2011) Water and Health. Water @ Exeter, October 2011, Exeter. |
22 |
Wheeler, BW, Allen, J, Depledge, M & Curnow, A (2011) Small-area ecological study of environmental radon and skin cancer in south-west England. International Medical Geography Symposium, July 2011, Durham. |
21 |
Wheeler, BW (2011) Radon and skin cancer: translational research opportunities. Centre for Research in Translational Biomedicine, April 2011, Plymouth. |
*20 |
Wheeler, BW (2011) Putting health on the map. PCMD research seminar, February 2011, Truro. |
*19 |
Wheeler, BW (2010) Using GPS & GIS for studies of outdoor environments and health and wellbeing [Convened workshop] Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Sept 2010, Belfast. |
18 |
Wheeler, BW, Allen, J, Depledge, M & Curnow, A (2010) Radon and skin cancer in south west England. Cornwall Research Forum, December 2010, Truro. |
17 |
Wheeler, BW (2010) The Oceans, Coasts and Public Health in the South West. Environmental Research, Business and Innovation in South West England, September 2010, Tremough. |
16 |
Wheeler, BW, Gunnell, D, Metcalfe, C & Martin, R (2009) Regulatory guidance on prescribing selective serotinin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants to young people: ecological study of effects on international suicide trends. Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, September 2009, Newcastle University. |
15 |
Wheeler, BW, Cooper, AR & Page, A (2009) Using GPS/GIS to understand environmental influences on children and young people’s physical activity: opportunities and challenges. Annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers, August 2009, Manchester |
14 |
Wheeler, BW (2009) Geographical Public Health Research. Poster, DECIPHer centre launch, Cardiff, May 2009. |
*13 |
Wheeler, BW, Rigby, J, Dorling, D, Ballas, D, Thomas, B, Fahmy, E, Gordon, D & Lupton, R (2008) Poverty, wealth and place in Britain 1968 to 2005 [Invited presentation] Annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers, Aug 2008, London. |
12 |
Wheeler, BW (2007) Deprivation indices and spatial analyses. Session at SWINPHO (South West public health analyst network group) meeting October 2007, Exeter. |
*11 |
Wheeler, BW (2007) Poverty, wealth and place in Britain 1968 to 2005: Key findings for Wales. Invited paper, Community Housing Cymru Conference, October 2007, Cardiff. |
10 |
Wheeler, BW (2007) Without geography you’re nowhere… Workshop at South West Public Health Summer School, September 2007, Dartington. |
*9 |
Wheeler, BW & Rigby, JR (2006) Environmental (In)equity and Health [Convened session] Annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers, Aug 2006, London. |
8 |
Wheeler, BW & Ben-Shlomo, Y (2005) Geographical Research with the Health Survey for England: Environmental Health Equity. Presentation at Health Survey for England User Group meeting, July 2005, London. |
7 |
Wheeler, BW & Rigby, J (2005) Public Health and the ‘G’ in GIS. Sheffield Public Health GIS Network, June 2005, Sheffield. |
*6 |
Wheeler, BW, Shaw, M & Mitchell, R (2004) Yes Minister? Tackling inequalities: from evidence to policy [Invited workshop]. Joseph Rowntree Foundation Centenary Conference, Dec 2004, York. |
5 |
Wheeler, BW (2004) Environmental justice in England & Wales: Environmental Health Equity. International Geographical Congress, August 2004, Glasgow. |
4 |
Wheeler, BW & Rigby, J (2004) Pokies and Poverty. Poster at GISRUK conference, April 2004, UEA, Norwich. Poster competition joint 1st prize winner. |
3 |
Wheeler, BW, Ben-Shlomo, Y & Whitley, E (2002) Small-Area Indices of Potential Environmental Health Risk: Construction and Application to Environmental Health Equity in England and Wales.GeoHealth 2002, Wellington, New Zealand. |
2 |
Wheeler, BW, Ben-Shlomo, Y & Whitley, E (2002) Environmental and Socio-economic Health Equity in England and Wales.Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, September 2002, University of Liverpool. |
1 |
Wheeler, BW (2001) Using the LS for an assessment of environmental health equity in England and Wales. Longitudinal Study User Group Meeting, 24th April 2001, Institute of Education, London. |
Teaching
Ben has been involved in the MSc in Environment and Human Health since its first cohort in 2012, and was co-director of the programme from 2018-2023. He leads the module “Environmental Science and Population Health” (HPDM030Z) and also contributes to various other MSc modules, and supervises dissertations.He contributes a Research Special Study Unit for the 3rd year of the BMBS programme, and a Global and Planetary Health SSU for 2nd years. He also delivers guest lectures to students studying environmental science and geography.
Ben co-designed and now contributes to the CPD course 'Nature, Health & Wellbeing'
Ben is an ASPIRE Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Modules
2023/24
Supervision / Group
Research Fellows
- Hanbin Zhang (Lecturer)
- Rebecca Lovell (Senior Lecturer)
- Sarah Bell (Senior Lecturer)
Postdoctoral researchers
- James Fullam Post-doctoral researcher, H2020 REGREEN and RECONECT projects
- Jo Garrett Post-doctoral researcher: REGREEN, RECONECT and NIHR SAIL Green/Blue Spaces projects
Postgraduate researchers
- Mark Ferguson (PhD: Using birth cohorts to understand the impact of urban green space on child health and wellbeing)
- Joe Lillis
- Monika Walia
- Qingyue Xue
Alumni
- Ian Alcock Post-doctoral researcher: Beyond Greenspace; NIHR Public Health England Health Protection Unit in Environmental Change and Health
- Miriam Alvarado Post-doctoral researcher: REGREEN and RECONECT projects
- Jane Collingwood (PhD: Sunshine, vitamin D, and dental health)
- Kayleigh Hansford (PhD: Tick-borne disease in urban areas: impacts of ticks on human health and wellbeing and potential risk management strategies)
- Kate Hind Impact Fellow, SWEEP Investing in Nature for Health
- Philip McBride (PhD: Examining the influence of socio-economic status, area level deprivation and exposure to air pollution on respiratory health in England)
- Francis Rowney Post-doctoral researcher: PollerGEN and NIHR SAIL Green/blue spaces and mental health projects