Dr. Tony Robertson

Biography

Tony Robertson studied Behavioural Ecology at St. Andrews University and obtained his PhD from the University of Glasgow. His career began in 2010 when he joined the MRC/CSO Social Public Health Sciences Unit at the University of Glasgow on a Career Development Fellowship. He then held a Research Fellowship at the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy at the University of Edinburgh, where he led the Working Age/Adult Life Working Group. In January 2016, he became a Lecturer in Public Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences & Sport, University of Stirling, before returning to the University of Glasgow as a Senior Research Fellow focusing on Health Inequalities. His research interests are primarily aligned with understanding the impact of socioeconomic environments on health. He investigates the biological underpinnings of health inequalities and explores place-based health challenges. Robertson is involved in various research projects that aim to inform policy and practice to address health inequalities and has supervised numerous PhD students in related fields.

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