Dr Tim Price, Research Fellow – Inequalities and Marginalised Communities
Tim Price is a research associate at Newcastle University. His research focuses on health inequalities, with a particular interest in how social inequity shapes health disparities. He views health inequalities as a matter of social justice, rooted in the need to address fundamental social inequities that disproportionately impact the most vulnerable people in society.
As a qualitative researcher, Tim’s work aims to capture the lived experiences and perspectives of communities facing significant health challenges.
For his PhD research, he conducted an in-depth qualitative study exploring stakeholder and community member understandings of ‘deaths of despair’ – those due to drug, suicide, and alcohol-specific causes – in Middlesbrough and South Tyneside, interviewing 54 participants. This research sheds light on the complex structural and social factors that lead to deaths from these causes and highlights the importance of addressing the root causes of inequity.
Prior to undertaking his PhD, Tim worked at Dartmouth College in the US, supporting research projects studying unwarranted variance in neonatal healthcare outcomes.
Tim holds an MSc in Global Public Health from Newcastle University.
`Areas of interest
- Health Inequalities
- Mental Health
- Inequity
- Social Justice
Recent or relevant publications
Price T, McGowan V, Visram S, Wildman J, Bambra C. Stakeholders’ understanding of deaths of despair in a deindustrialised community in North East England. Health Place. 2024 Nov;90:103346. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103346. Epub 2024 Sep 8. PMID: 39250867.
Price T. “They pulled that funding away and we’re not recovering. it’s getting worse”: Deaths of despair in post-austerity North East England. Int J Equity Health. 2024 Nov 19;23(1):242. doi: 10.1186/s12939-024-02334-w. PMID: 39563340; PMCID: PMC11577740.
Get in touch
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ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4355-826X