Profile
Prof David OGILVIE
Co-Principal Investigator
Prof David Ogilvie is Professor of Public Health Research at the University of Cambridge. He qualified in medicine from the University of Cambridge, and subsequently trained in general practice and then in public health medicine. He was a research fellow at the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow before joining the MRC Epidemiology Unit in 2007. He developed and led the Physical Activity and Public Health research programme from 2012 to 2019, and now jointly leads the Population Health Interventions programme.
He has written or made major contributions to multiple papers on evaluation frameworks and methods for natural experimental studies as well as two international Lancet series on physical activity.
Cambridge
Researchers
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Research Interest
Prof Ogilvie's research interests lie in the design of population-level intervention studies and in evidence synthesis. He specialises in the relationships between transport, the environment, physical activity and health and have led interdisciplinary researchers working in this area, particularly on design and analysis of natural experimental studies such as the Commuting and Health in Cambridge, iConnect, and M74 studies of new transport infrastructure.
His research is widely acknowledged as having brought a new level of rigour to such ‘real world’ studies through a combination of prospective controlled designs, graded exposure measures, objective behaviour measurement, quantitative causal modelling, ethnographic investigation of experiences, and thoughtful combination of quantitative and qualitative evidence in causal inference.
Key Publications
Google Scholar Link
C. Xiao, E. van Sluijs, D. Ogilvie, R. Patterson and J. Panter, “Shifting towards healthier transport: carrots or sticks? Systematic review and meta-analysis of population-level interventions,” The Lancet Planetary Health, vol. 6, no. 11, e858–e869, 2022. doi: 10.1016/s2542-5196(22)00220-0.
P. Craig et al., “Making better use of natural experimental evaluation in population health,” BMJ, e070872, 2022. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-070872.
D. Ogilvie et al., “Using natural experimental studies to guide public health action: Turning the evidence-based medicine paradigm on its head,” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 203–208, 2019. doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-213085.
L. Smith, J. Panter and D. Ogilvie, “Characteristics of the environment and physical activity in midlife: Findings from UK biobank,” Preventive Medicine, vol. 118, pp. 150–158, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.10.024.
D. Ogilvie et al., “Health impacts of the M74 urban motorway extension: a mixed-method natural experimental study,” Public Health Research, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 1–164, 2017. doi: 10.3310/phr05030.
Achievements
2017 Clinical Excellence Award, Public Health England
2003 Littlejohn Gairdner Prize (MFPHM Part II), Faculty of Public Health
2001 Michael O’Brien Prize (MFPHM Part I), Faculty of Public Health
2000 Anderson and Mackinlay Prizes in public health, University of Glasgow