Dr Michael Fleming
- Lecturer (Public Health)
telephone:
0141 330 3415
email:
Michael.Fleming@glasgow.ac.uk
Public Health, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB, G12 8TB
Biography
I am a lecturer in Public Health and a chartered statistician within the School Of Health and Wellbeing. I have a BSc (honours) in Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, an MSc in Applied Statistics, and a PhD in Public Health.
Long standing research interests include using novel record linkage techniques and statistical methods to analyse complex linked data for research purposes across the spectrum of public health. I am particularly interested in maternal and child health and my current research focuses on child and adolescent health, neurodevelopmental, and educational outcomes related to childhood chronic conditions, early life factors, neonatal and childhood morbidity and maternal/obstetric factors including exposures in-utero.
My most recent publications analysed educational and health outcomes pertaining to schoolchildren treated for diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, skin disorders, neurodevelopmental multimorbidity, and children in care. I previously worked as a statistician within the NHS working on a wide range of data linkage research projects covering topic areas such as obstetrics, congenital anomalies, breastfeeding, child health, prescribing, cancer, education, HPV immunisation, drug misuse and prisoner mortality.
My teaching commitments include delivering lectures and tutorials for various statistics and epidemiology modules within the department’s Masters in Public Health (MPH) postgraduate course. These include Introduction to Epidemiology and Statistics, Further Epidemiology and Statistics for which I am course lead, and Advanced Epidemiology. I also provide supervision to undergraduate, masters, and PhD students.
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Research interests
Long standing research interests include using novel record linkage techniques and statistical methods to analyse complex linked data for research purposes across the spectrum of public health.
I am particularly interested in maternal and child health and my current research focuses on child and adolescent health, neurodevelopmental, and educational outcomes related to childhood chronic conditions, early life factors, neonatal and childhood morbidity and maternal/obstetric factors including exposures in-utero.
Publications
Selected publications
Fleming, M. , McLay, J. S., Clark, D., King, A., Mackay, D. F. and Pell, J. P. (2020) Health, educational and employment outcomes among children treated for a skin disorder: Scotland-wide retrospective record linkage cohort study of 766,244 children. PLoS ONE, 15(12), e0243383. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243383) (PMID:33306713) (PMCID:PMC7732076)
Fleming, M. , Salim, E. E., Mackay, D. F. , Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D., Clark, D., King, A., McLay, J. S., Cooper, S.-A. and Pell, J. P. (2020) Neurodevelopmental multimorbidity and educational outcomes of Scottish schoolchildren: A population-based record linkage cohort study. PLoS Medicine, 17(10), e1003290. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003290)
Fleming, M. , Fitton, C., Steiner, M. F.C., McLay, J. S., Clark, D., King, A., Mackay, D. F. and Pell, J. P. (2020) Educational and health outcomes of children and adolescents receiving antidepressant medication: Scotland-wide retrospective record linkage cohort study of 766 237 schoolchildren. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(4), pp. 1380-1391. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa002) (PMID:32073627) (PMCID:PMC7660154)
Fleming, M. , Fitton, C. A., Steiner, M. F.C., McLay, J. S., Clark, D., King, A., Lindsay, R. S. , Mackay, D. F. and Pell, J. P. (2019) Educational and health outcomes of children treated for type 1 diabetes: Scotland-wide record linkage study of 766,047 children. Diabetes Care, 42(9), pp. 1700-1707. (doi: 10.2337/dc18-2423) (PMID:31308017) (PMCID:PMC6706279)
Fleming, M. , Fitton, C. A., Steiner, M. F.C., McLay, J. S., Clark, D., King, A., Mackay, D. F. and Pell, J. P. (2019) Educational and health outcomes of children and adolescents receiving antiepileptic medication: Scotland-wide record linkage study of 766 244 schoolchildren. BMC Public Health, 19, 595. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6888-9) (PMID:31101093) (PMCID:PMC6525436)
Fleming, M. , Fitton, C. A., Steiner, M. F.C., McLay, J. S., Clark, D., King, A., Mackay, D. F. and Pell, J. P. (2019) Educational and health outcomes of children treated for asthma: Scotland-wide record linkage study of 683,716 children. European Respiratory Journal, 54(3), 1802309. (doi: 10.1183/13993003.02309-2018) (PMID:31196949) (PMCID:PMC6727030)
Fleming, M. , Fitton, C. A., Steiner, M. F.C., McLay, J. S., Clark, D., King, A., Mackay, D. F. and Pell, J. P. (2017) Educational and health outcomes of children treated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Scotland-wide record linkage study of 766,244 children. JAMA Pediatrics, 171(7), e170691. (doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.0691) (PMID:28459927)
Fleming, M. , Kirby, B. and Penny, K. I. (2012) Record linkage in Scotland and its applications to health research. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21(19pt20), pp. 2711-2721. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04021.x) (PMID:22985317)
All publications
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Investigating the impact of antenatal exposure to maternal medication on pregnancy outcomes and offspring health, neurodevelopmental and educational outcomes
Daphne Jackson Trust
2023 - 2026
- Examining potential factors underlying the increased risk of severe COVID-19 experienced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
2022 - 2023
- Developing a risk prediction tool to detect neurodevelopmental multimorbidity in children and adolescents
Medical Research Foundation
2022 - 2024
- Health, mortality and health-care in people with learning disabilities
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
2021 - 2022
- Mental Health Data Pathfinder
Medical Research Council
2018 - 2020
Supervision
I welcome enquiries from prospective research students wishing to undertake quantitative research and whose interests or proposals broadly match my own research interests and experience. Please email me to discuss your research proposals.
Current PhD students include:
- Aldakhil, Ahmed Mohammed A
Adverse health, neurodevelopmental and educational outcomes in offspring following in utero exposure to maternal medication - Karain, Alexia
In-utero exposure to antiepileptic drugs and offspring health, neurodevelopmental and educational outcomes - Shakhshir, Lama A A
Impact of Antenatal Medication Exposure on Childhood Health and Education Outcomes - Tatabod, Eric
Developing a risk stratification tool to detect neurodevelopmental multimorbidity in children and Adolescents - Xu, Chao
Developing a risk stratification tool to detect ADHD in children and adolescents
Teaching
My teaching commitments include delivering lectures and tutorials for various statistics and epidemiology modules within the department’s Masters in Public Health (MPH) postgraduate course. These include Introduction to Epidemiology and Statistics, Further Epidemiology and Statistics - for which I am course lead - and Advanced Epidemiology. I also provide supervision to undergraduate, masters, and PhD students.
Professional activities & recognition
Research fellowships
- 2018 - 2021: LKAS HDRUK fellow
Professional & learned societies
- 2022: Fellow, Royal Statistical Society
- 2022: Chartered Statistician, Royal Statistical Society
- 2022: Fellow, Royal Society of Public Health