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2026

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76
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504
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Overview

David Ogilvie is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences with a focus on transportation, general health professions, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as physiology. The scientist's work concentrates largely on urban transport and accessibility, obesity, physical activity and diet, urban green space and health, health policy implementation science, physical activity and health, traffic and road safety, and health disparities and outcomes.

Ogilvie has contributed to numerous publications, including notable papers such as:

  • Making better use of natural experimental evaluation in population health, 2022, BMJ
  • Shifting towards healthier transport: carrots or sticks? Systematic review and meta-analysis of population-level interventions, 2022, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Making sense of the evidence in population health intervention research: building a dry stone wall, 2020, BMJ Global Health
  • A natural experimental study of new walking and cycling infrastructure across the United Kingdom: The Connect2 programme, 2020, Journal of Transport & Health
  • The time course of neuromuscular impairment during short-term disuse in young women, 2021, Physiological Reports

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • SSM Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Health & Place
  • BMJ
  • Journal of Transport & Health
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

David Ogilvie collaborates regularly with a set of co-authors, notably:

  • Jenna Panter
  • Richard Patterson
  • Louise Foley
  • Martin White
  • Kate Garrott

Best Publications

  • Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: new Medical Research Council guidance

    Peter Craig;Cyrus Cooper;David Gunnell;Sally Haw

  • Interventions to promote walking: systematic review

    David Ogilvie;Charles E Foster;Helen Rothnie;Nick Cavill

  • Scaling up physical activity interventions worldwide: stepping up to larger and smarter approaches to get people moving

    Rodrigo S Reis;Rodrigo S Reis;Deborah Salvo;David Ogilvie;Estelle V Lambert

  • Judging nudging: can nudging improve population health?

    Theresa M Marteau;David Ogilvie;Martin Roland;Marc Suhrcke

  • Improving health through policies that promote active travel: a review of evidence to support integrated health impact assessment

    Audrey de Nazelle;Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen;Josep M. Antó;Michael Brauer

  • The Lancet Commission on diabetes: using data to transform diabetes care and patient lives

    Juliana C N Chan;Lee-Ling Lim;Nicholas J Wareham;Jonathan E Shaw

  • Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: systematic review

    David Ogilvie;Matt Egan;Val Hamilton;Mark Petticrew

  • Population tobacco control interventions and their effects on social inequalities in smoking: systematic review

    Sian Thomas;Debra Fayter;Kate Misso;David Ogilvie

  • Altering micro-environments to change population health behaviour: towards an evidence base for choice architecture interventions

    Gareth J Hollands;Ian Shemilt;Theresa M Marteau;Susan A Jebb;Susan A Jebb

  • Effect of questionnaire length, personalisation and reminder type on response rate to a complex postal survey: randomised controlled trial

    Shannon Sahlqvist;Yena Song;Fiona C. Bull;Fiona C. Bull;Emma J. Adams

  • Portion, package or tableware size for changing selection and consumption of food, alcohol and tobacco.

    Gareth J Hollands;Ian Shemilt;Theresa M Marteau;Susan A Jebb

  • Interventions to promote cycling: systematic review

    Lin Yang;Shannon Sahlqvist;Alison McMinn;Simon J Griffin

  • The harvest plot: a method for synthesising evidence about the differential effects of interventions.

    David Ogilvie;Debra Fayter;Mark Petticrew;Mark Petticrew;Amanda Sowden

  • The implications of megatrends in information and communication technology and transportation for changes in global physical activity

    Michael Pratt;Michael Pratt;Olga L Sarmiento;Felipe Montes;David Ogilvie

  • Use of Global Positioning Systems to Study Physical Activity and the Environment: A Systematic Review

    Patricia J. Krenn;Sylvia Titze;Pekka Oja;Andrew Jones

  • Taking account of context in population health intervention research: guidance for producers, users and funders of research

    Peter Craig;Erica Di Ruggiero;Katherine L. Frohlich;Eric Mykhalovskiy

  • New walking and cycling routes and increased physical activity: one- and 2-year findings from the UK iConnect Study.

    Anna Goodman;Shannon Sahlqvist;David Ogilvie

  • The TIPPME intervention typology for changing environments to change behaviour

    Gareth J. Hollands;Giacomo Bignardi;Marie Johnston;Michael P. Kelly

  • Physical activity and transitioning to retirement: a systematic review.

    Inka Barnett;Esther M.F. van Sluijs;David Ogilvie

  • Is active travel associated with greater physical activity? The contribution of commuting and non-commuting active travel to total physical activity in adults ☆

    Shannon Sahlqvist;Yena Song;David Ogilvie

  • A translational framework for public health research.

    David Ogilvie;Peter Craig;Simon Griffin;Sally Macintyre

  • Systematic reviews of health effects of social interventions: 2. Best available evidence: how low should you go?

    David Ogilvie;Matt Egan;Val Hamilton;Mark Petticrew

  • Associations between active commuting and physical and mental wellbeing.

    David K. Humphreys;Anna Goodman;David Ogilvie

Frequent Co-Authors

Jenna Panter
Jenna Panter University of Cambridge
Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Anna Goodman
Anna Goodman London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Theresa M. Marteau
Theresa M. Marteau University of Cambridge
Richard Mitchell
Richard Mitchell University of Glasgow
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Susan A. Jebb
Susan A. Jebb University of Oxford
Marc Suhrcke
Marc Suhrcke University of York
Harry Rutter
Harry Rutter University of Bath
Hilary Thomson
Hilary Thomson University of Glasgow

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