Dr Liz Newbronner
Research Fellow

Profile

Biography

After graduating in Geography from the University of Cambridge, I joined the NHS as a National Management Trainee, and then worked in a variety of management role in mental health, community, disability and allied health services for more than a decade. While working in the NHS, I completed an MBA in Health and Social Care Management. I then worked as a Senior Research Fellow at York Health Economics Consortium for five years, undertaking a wide range of research and consultancy projects. 

Between 2000 and 2017 I ran my own research and consultancy business. I undertook work for NHS and social care organisations, national charities, and both statutory and independent research funders, often working in collaboration with academic colleagues.

In 2017, I joined the Mental Health and Addictions Research Group in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York as a Research Fellow. In 2022, I became the Theme Manager for the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Applied Research Collaboration Mental and Physical Multimorbidity Theme.

Between 2014 and 2020 I studied part-time for my PhD at the University of York. My doctoral research focused on the health of thalidomide survivors as they grow older. I joined the Department of Sociology in October 2024 to continue this research as part of a combined York/RAND Europe team working on an NIHR Policy Research Programme award.  

Publications

Selected publications

• Taylor, O., Newbronner, E., Cooke, H., Walker, L., & Wadman, R. E. (2024). Shaping research for people living with co-existing mental and physical health conditions: A research priority setting initiative from the United Kingdom. Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 27, Article e14044. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.14044
• McKeown, J., Short, V., Newbronner, E., Wildbore, E., & Black, C.-A. (2023). Caregiving and receiving experiences in UK community mental health services during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions: A qualitative, co-produced study. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.13001
• Newbronner, E., Spanakis, P., Wadman, R., Crosland, S., Heron, P., Johnston, G., Walker, L., Gilbody, S., & Peckham, E. (2022). Exploring Access to Mental Health and Primary Care Services for People With Severe Mental Illness During the COVID-19 Restrictions. Frontiers in psychiatry, 12, Article 799885. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.799885
• Newbronner, E., Walker, L., Wadman, R., Crosland, S., Johnston, G., Heron, P., Spanakis, P., Gilbody, S., & Peckham, E. (2022). Influences on the physical and mental health of people with serious mental ill-health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study. International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 17(1), Article 2122135. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2122135
• Newbronner E, Glendinning C, Atkin K and Wadman R (2019). The health and quality of life of Thalidomide survivors as they age - Evidence from a UK survey. PLoS ONE, Vol. 14, No. 1, e0210222, 16.01.2019.
• Newbronner E and Atkin K (2017). The Changing Health of Thalidomide Survivors as they Age: A scoping review. Disability and Health Journal, 28.10.2017.
• Newbronner E, Vargesson, N and Atkin K (2017). Meeting Report: The Legacy of Thalidomide - A Multidisciplinary Meeting held at the University of York, United Kingdom, on September 30, 2016. Birth Defects Research 109:296–299, 2017.