Linda Cobiac
Senior Researcher
Linda first joined the CPNP in 2014 to work on the EU-funded SUSDIET project on implementing sustainable diets in Europe and the PROMISE study evaluation of the World Health Organization’s 25 x 25 goals in the UK.
Linda now leads a theme of research in CPNP on modelling the impact of population changes in behavioural risk factors on the burden of non-communicable diseases, health care costs, social care costs and other wider societal costs.
Linda has a PhD from the University of Queensland (2010) and she has broad international experience in building models for evaluating population health impacts of preventive policies and in modelling cost-effectiveness of interventions to address smoking, alcohol misuse, physical inactivity, unhealthy diets and obesity.
Recent publications
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Health Gain, Cost Impacts, and Cost-Effectiveness of a Mass Media Campaign to Promote Smartphone Apps for Physical Activity: Modeling Study.
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Mizdrak A. et al, (2020), JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 8
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Fuelling walking and cycling: human powered locomotion is associated with non-negligible greenhouse gas emissions.
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Mizdrak A. et al, (2020), Sci Rep, 10
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Prospective impact of tobacco eradication and overweight and obesity eradication on future morbidity and health-adjusted life expectancy: simulation study.
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Blakely T. et al, (2020), J Epidemiol Community Health, 74, 354 - 361
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Modelling the health impact of food taxes and subsidies with price elasticities: The case for additional scaling of food consumption using the total food expenditure elasticity.
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Blakely T. et al, (2020), PLoS One, 15
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Achieving Healthy and Sustainable Diets: A Review of the Results of Recent Mathematical Optimization Studies.
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Wilson N. et al, (2019), Adv Nutr, 10, S389 - S403