Dr Smita Dick
M.B.B.S, MHA, MSc, PhD
Research Fellow
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- Email Address
- smita.dick@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438476
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Qualifications
- Medicine1995 - University of Mumbai, India
M B B S, MHA, MSc, PhD
- Health Administration1997 - Tata Institute of Social Sciences
- International Environmental Health1999 - Leeds Metropolitan University
- Environmental Medicine2005 - 51cg
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Member of the Staff Development Group
- External Memberships
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Previous member of the
- Research
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Research Overview
Research interests in the field of paediatric public health, paediatric pathways of care. Especially systematic reviews of intervention studies around acute paediatric admissions, childhood asthma and obesity.
Current Research
25 year follow up of the SEATON study
Systematic reviews in childhood asthma, acute paediatric hospital admissions and child health and adult economic productivity.
- Teaching
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Courses
Course Coordinator for Masters Research Project PU5922
- Publications
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Associations between environmental exposures and asthma control and exacerbations in young children: a systematic review
BMJ Open, vol. 4, no. 2, e003827Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Main final report of a research study commissioned to inform a preschool child weight management programme within Grampian: Parents' and health visitors' prespectives
Commissioned by GRAMPIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST. NHS Grampian. 85 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsThe influence of the food environment on overweight and obesity in young children: a systematic review
BMJ Open, vol. 2, no. 6, e001538Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Using evidence to prioritise areas for public health actions for tackling childhood overweight
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 64, no. Suppl. 1, pp. A46Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI:
A Case-Control Study of Parkinson's Disease and Tobacco Use: Gene-Tobacco Interactions
Movement Disorders, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 912-919Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Obesity case study
Environmental Determinants of Public Health in Scotland (EDPHiS). 95 pagesBooks and Reports: Other Reports- [ONLINE]
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A panel study of air pollution in subjects with heart failure: negative results in treated patients
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 325-334Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Human health and the environmental impacts of using sewage sludge on forestry and for restoration of derelict land: Task 1 - Desk-based literature review of the human health impacts of spreading sewage sludge on non-agricultural land
Edinburgh: SNIFFER. 87 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE]
Environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism: the Geoparkinson study
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 666-672Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Gene-environment interactions in parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease: The Geoparkinson study
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 673-680Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: