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Dr Dora Pouliou

Senior data scientist

Health Data Science

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1162-1174

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About

Dr Dora Pouliou is a Senior Data Scientist at Administrative Data Research Wales (ADR-Wales). Her research is interdisciplinary and she has been involved in a number of projects, applying theories and methods spanning social sciences, epidemiology and public health. These research engagements have expanded her knowledge and expertise in conducting analysis on secondary and administrative data sources. Dora is a health geographer with an interest in the determinants of health and a particular focus on the influence of the neighbourhood social and physical environments. More broadly, Dora is interested in addressing issues related to social inequities in health, obesity, physical (in)-activity and educational attainment and mental health.

Areas Of Expertise

Cohort studies
Child Health
Physical (in)-activity
Obesity
Social inequities
Mental health

Publications

Research Highlights

Langford, R., Bonell, C., Jones, H., Pouliou, D., Murphy, S., Waters, E., Komro, K., Gibbs, L., Magnus, D., & Campbell, R. (2015). The World Health Organization’s Health Promoting Schools framework: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health, 15(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1360-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21209
Langford, R., Bonell, C., Jones, H., Pouliou, D., Murphy, S., Waters, E., Komro, K., Gibbs, L., Magnus, D., Campbell, R., & Langford, R. (2014). The WHO Health Promoting School framework for improving the health and well-being of students and their academic achievement. Cochrane database of systematic reviews(4)
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008958.pub2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21210
Pouliou, T., Sera, F., Griffiths, L., Joshi, H., Geraci, M., Cortina-Borja, M., Law, C., Pouliou, D., & Griffiths, L. (2014). Environmental influences on children's physical activity. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 69(1), 77-85.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204287, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20125
Pouliou, D., Elliott, S., Paez, A., & Newbold, K. (2014). Building obesity in Canada: understanding the individual- and neighbourhood-level determinants using a multi-level approach. Geospatial health, 9(1), 45
https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20126
Griffiths, L., Cortina-Borja, M., Sera, F., Pouliou, T., Geraci, M., Rich, C., Cole, T., Law, C., Joshi, H., Ness, A., Jebb, S., Dezateux, C., Pouliou, D., & Griffiths, L. (2013). How active are our children? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. BMJ Open, 3(8), e002893-e002893.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002893, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21211
Griffiths, L., Pouliou, D., Rich, C., Geraci, M., Cortina-Borja, M., Sera, F., Cole, T., Law, C., Joshi, H., Ness, A., & Dezateux, C. (2012). Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in UK children of primary school age: a longitudinal cohort study. In The Lancet (pp. S44
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60400-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21212
Pouliou, D., Ki, M., Law, C., Li, L., & Power, C. (2012). Physical activity and sedentary behaviour at different life stages and adult blood pressure in the 1958 British cohort. Journal of Hypertension, 30(2), 275-283.
https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834f1915, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21213
Ki, M., Pouliou, D., Li, L., & Power, C. (2011). Physical (in)activity over 20y in adulthood: Associations with adult lipid levels in the 1958 British birth cohort. Atherosclerosis, 219(1), 361-367.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.07.109, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21214
Power, C., Pouliou, D., Li, L., Cooper, R., & Hyppönen, E. (2011). Parental and offspring adiposity associations: Insights from the 1958 British birth cohort. Annals of Human Biology, 38(4), 390-399.
https://doi.org/10.3109/03014460.2011.591827, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21215
Leatherdale, S., Pouliou, D., Church, D., & Hobin, E. (2011). The association between overweight and opportunity structures in the built environment: a multi-level analysis among elementary school youth in the PLAY-ON study. International Journal of Public Health, 56(3), 237-246.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-010-0206-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21216
Pouliou, D. & Elliott, S. (2010). Individual and socio-environmental determinants of overweight and obesity in Urban Canada. Health & Place, 16(2), 389-398.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.11.011, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21217
Pouliou, D. & Elliott, S. (2009). An exploratory spatial analysis of overweight and obesity in Canada. Preventive Medicine, 48(4), 362-367.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.01.017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21218
Pouliou, D., Kanaroglou, P., Elliott, S., & Pengelly, L. (2008). Assessing the health impacts of air pollution: a re-analysis of the Hamilton children's cohort data using a spatial analytic approach. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 18(1), 17-35.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09603120701844290, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21219
Griffiths, L., McGregor, J., Pouliou, D., Johnson, R., Broadhurst, K., Cusworth, L., North, L., Ford, D., & John, A. (2022). Anxiety and depression among children and young people involved in family justice court proceedings: longitudinal national data linkage study. BJPsych Open, 8(2)
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59158
Pedrick-Case, R., Bailey, R., Beck, B., Beesley, B., Boruff, B., Brophy, S., Cross, D., Dhamrait, G., Duncan, J., Gething, P., Johnson, R., Lyons, R., Mizen, A., Murray, K., Pouliou, D., Rafferty, J., Robinson, T., Rosenberg, M., Schipperijn, J...., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Built Environments And Child Health in WalEs and AuStralia (BEACHES): a study protocol. BMJ Open, 12(10), e061978
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061978, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61221
Davies, J., Bailey, R., Mizen, A., Pouliou, D., Fry, R., Pedrick-Case, R., Stratton, G., Johnson, R., Christian, H., Lyons, R., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Residential mobility amongst children and young people in Wales: A longitudinal study using linked administrative records. International Journal of Population Data Science, 9(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2398, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66729
Pouliou, D., Pedrick-Case, R., Bailey, R., Rawlings, A., Mizen, A., Davies, J., Stratton, G., Lyons, R., Beck, B., Christian, H., Fry, R., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Neighbourhood walkability and body mass index in children: Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study in Wales. Journal of Transport & Health, 38, 101855
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855

All Research

Journal Articles

Davies, J., Bailey, R., Mizen, A., Pouliou, D., Fry, R., Pedrick-Case, R., Stratton, G., Johnson, R., Christian, H., Lyons, R., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Residential mobility amongst children and young people in Wales: A longitudinal study using linked administrative records. International Journal of Population Data Science, 9(1)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2398, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66729
Pouliou, D., Pedrick-Case, R., Bailey, R., Rawlings, A., Mizen, A., Davies, J., Stratton, G., Lyons, R., Beck, B., Christian, H., Fry, R., & Griffiths, L. (2024). Neighbourhood walkability and body mass index in children: Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study in Wales. Journal of Transport & Health, 38, 101855
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101855
Pedrick-Case, R., Bailey, R., Beck, B., Beesley, B., Boruff, B., Brophy, S., Cross, D., Dhamrait, G., Duncan, J., Gething, P., Johnson, R., Lyons, R., Mizen, A., Murray, K., Pouliou, D., Rafferty, J., Robinson, T., Rosenberg, M., Schipperijn, J...., & Griffiths, L. (2022). Built Environments And Child Health in WalEs and AuStralia (BEACHES): a study protocol. BMJ Open, 12(10), e061978
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061978, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61221
Griffiths, L., McGregor, J., Pouliou, D., Johnson, R., Broadhurst, K., Cusworth, L., North, L., Ford, D., & John, A. (2022). Anxiety and depression among children and young people involved in family justice court proceedings: longitudinal national data linkage study. BJPsych Open, 8(2)
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59158
Langford, R., Bonell, C., Jones, H., Pouliou, D., Murphy, S., Waters, E., Komro, K., Gibbs, L., Magnus, D., & Campbell, R. (2015). The World Health Organization’s Health Promoting Schools framework: a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health, 15(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1360-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21209
Pouliou, D., Elliott, S., Paez, A., & Newbold, K. (2014). Building obesity in Canada: understanding the individual- and neighbourhood-level determinants using a multi-level approach. Geospatial health, 9(1), 45
https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20126
Pouliou, T., Sera, F., Griffiths, L., Joshi, H., Geraci, M., Cortina-Borja, M., Law, C., Pouliou, D., & Griffiths, L. (2014). Environmental influences on children's physical activity. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 69(1), 77-85.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204287, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20125
Langford, R., Bonell, C., Jones, H., Pouliou, D., Murphy, S., Waters, E., Komro, K., Gibbs, L., Magnus, D., Campbell, R., & Langford, R. (2014). The WHO Health Promoting School framework for improving the health and well-being of students and their academic achievement. Cochrane database of systematic reviews(4)
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008958.pub2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21210
Griffiths, L., Cortina-Borja, M., Sera, F., Pouliou, T., Geraci, M., Rich, C., Cole, T., Law, C., Joshi, H., Ness, A., Jebb, S., Dezateux, C., Pouliou, D., & Griffiths, L. (2013). How active are our children? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. BMJ Open, 3(8), e002893-e002893.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002893, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21211
Pouliou, D., Ki, M., Law, C., Li, L., & Power, C. (2012). Physical activity and sedentary behaviour at different life stages and adult blood pressure in the 1958 British cohort. Journal of Hypertension, 30(2), 275-283.
https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834f1915, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21213
Ki, M., Pouliou, D., Li, L., & Power, C. (2011). Physical (in)activity over 20y in adulthood: Associations with adult lipid levels in the 1958 British birth cohort. Atherosclerosis, 219(1), 361-367.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.07.109, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21214
Power, C., Pouliou, D., Li, L., Cooper, R., & Hyppönen, E. (2011). Parental and offspring adiposity associations: Insights from the 1958 British birth cohort. Annals of Human Biology, 38(4), 390-399.
https://doi.org/10.3109/03014460.2011.591827, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21215
Leatherdale, S., Pouliou, D., Church, D., & Hobin, E. (2011). The association between overweight and opportunity structures in the built environment: a multi-level analysis among elementary school youth in the PLAY-ON study. International Journal of Public Health, 56(3), 237-246.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-010-0206-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21216
Pouliou, D. & Elliott, S. (2010). Individual and socio-environmental determinants of overweight and obesity in Urban Canada. Health & Place, 16(2), 389-398.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.11.011, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21217
Pouliou, D. & Elliott, S. (2009). An exploratory spatial analysis of overweight and obesity in Canada. Preventive Medicine, 48(4), 362-367.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.01.017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21218
Pouliou, D., Kanaroglou, P., Elliott, S., & Pengelly, L. (2008). Assessing the health impacts of air pollution: a re-analysis of the Hamilton children's cohort data using a spatial analytic approach. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 18(1), 17-35.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09603120701844290, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21219

Conference Contributions

Griffiths, L., Pouliou, D., Rich, C., Geraci, M., Cortina-Borja, M., Sera, F., Cole, T., Law, C., Joshi, H., Ness, A., & Dezateux, C. (2012). Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in UK children of primary school age: a longitudinal cohort study. In The Lancet (pp. S44
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60400-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21212