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Contact

• workInstitute of Mental Health
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• Magdalena.Opazo@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr. Magdalena Opazo Breton is a Senior Research Fellow at the Unit of Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences. She holds a Nottingham Research/Anne McLaren Fellowship from the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ and an NIHR Advanced Fellowship. She has an undergraduate degree in Sociology (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), two master's degrees in Economics (Georgetown University and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) and a PhD in Economics (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid). She has worked across diverse disciplinary fields, including Public Health, Economics, Urbanism, Sociology, Politics, and Business, in different countries (Spain, Chile, and the UK) and institutions for the last 20 years. This diverse background has provided her with many professional and personal skills. In terms of methodological skills, she has a strong quantitative background and a special interest in policy evaluation using causal inference methods.

In 2019, she was awarded an MRC Skills Development Fellowship and moved to the University of Sheffield. The title of her fellowship was: Developing a research programme and advanced skills in econometric modelling to study dynamic health behaviours: transitions and persistence in smoking behaviour at an individual, household, birth cohort and local authority level. In 2024, she was awarded a Nottingham Research / Anne McLaren Fellowship and an NIHR Advanced Fellowship to further develop her causal inference skills to study the impact of large-scale public health policies implemented in the UK on reducing the risk of dementia.

Recent Publications

• OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA and GRAY, LAURA, 2023. Obesity (Silver Spring). 3(3), 823- 831
• KERSBERGEN, INGE, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, FIELD, MATT and MEIER, PETRA, 2022. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. No Pagination Specified-No Pagination Specified
• OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, GILLESPIE, DUNCAN, PRYCE, ROBERT, BOGDANOVICA, ILZE, ANGUS, COLIN, HERNANDEZ ALAVA, MONICA, BRENNAN, ALAN and BRITTON, JOHN, 2021. Addiction. 117(5), 1392-1403
• OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, BRITTON, JOHN, BROWN, JAMIE, BEARD, EMMA and BOGDANOVICA, ILZE, 2021. Tobacco control. tobaccocontrol-2021-056694

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• OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA and GRAY, LAURA, 2023. Obesity (Silver Spring). 3(3), 823- 831
• KERSBERGEN, INGE, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, FIELD, MATT and MEIER, PETRA, 2022. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. No Pagination Specified-No Pagination Specified
• OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, GILLESPIE, DUNCAN, PRYCE, ROBERT, BOGDANOVICA, ILZE, ANGUS, COLIN, HERNANDEZ ALAVA, MONICA, BRENNAN, ALAN and BRITTON, JOHN, 2021. Addiction. 117(5), 1392-1403
• OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, BRITTON, JOHN, BROWN, JAMIE, BEARD, EMMA and BOGDANOVICA, ILZE, 2021. Tobacco control. tobaccocontrol-2021-056694
• HORTON, MARIE, PERMAN-HOWE, PARVATI R., ANGUS, COLIN, BISHOP, JULIE, BOGDANOVICA, ILZE, BRENNAN, ALAN, BRITTON, JOHN, BROSE, LEONIE S., BROWN, JAMIE, COLLIN, JEFF, DOCKRELL, MARTIN, FITZGERALD, NIAMH, FRIEL, SHARON, GILLESPIE, DUNCAN, GILMORE, ANNA B., HILL, SARAH E., KNAI, CECILE, LANGLEY, TESSA, MARTIN, SANCHA, MCNEILL, ANN, MOORE, GRAHAM, MUNAFÃ’, MARCUS R., MURRAY, RACHAEL L., OPAZO BRETON, MAGDELENA, PEARCE, JAMIE, PETTICREW, MARK, REID, GARTH, ROBSON, DEBORAH, RUTTER, HARRY, SHAHAB, LION, SHORTT, NIAMH, SMITH, KATHERINE, SYRETT, KEITH and BAULD, LINDA, 2021. Wellcome open research. 6, 6-6
• BARKER, ALEXANDER, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, THOMSON, EMILY, BRITTON, JOHN, GRANT-BRAHAM, BRUCE and MURRAY, RACHAEL L., 2020. BMJ Open. 10(8), e037035
• BARKER, ALEXANDER B, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, MURRAY, RACHAEL L, GRANT-BRAHAM, BRUCE and BRITTON, JOHN, 2019. Tobacco control.
• BARKER, A.B., BRITTON, J.B., THOMSON, E., HUNTER, A, OPAZO BRETON, M. and MURRAY, R., 2019. Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England). (In Press.)
• JAYES LR, MURRAY RL, OPAZO BRETON M, HILL C, RATSCHEN E and BRITTON J, 2019. BMJ open. 9(6), e025782
• OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, BRITTON, JOHN and BOGDANOVICA, ILZE, 2019. Tobacco control. tobaccocontrol-2018-054734
• BARKER, ALEXANDER B, BRITTON, JOHN, THOMSON, EMILY, HUNTER, ABBY, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA and MURRAY, RACHAEL L, 2019. Journal of Public Health. 42(3), 561-569
• BARKER, ALEXANDER, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, MURRAY, RACHAEL L., GRANT-BRAHAM, BRUCE and BRITTON, JOHN, 2019. Tobacco control. 28(e2), e154
• THORLEY, REBECCA, BRITTON, JOHN, NYAKUTSIKWA, BLESSING, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, LEWIS, SARAH A. and MURRAY, RACHAEL L., 2019. Addiction. 114(11), 2037-2047
• JAYES, L, MURRAY, RACHEL L., OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, HILL, CHRISTOPHER, RATSCHEN, ELENA and BRITTON, JOHN, 2019. BMJ Open. 9(6), e025782
• RATSCHEN, E., THORLEY, R., JONES, L., OPAZO BRETON, M., COOK, J., MCNEILL, A., BRITTON, J., COLEMAN, T. and LEWIS, S., 2018. Tobacco control. 27(2), 155-162
• BARKER AB, OPAZO BRETON M, CRANWELL J, BRITTON J and MURRAY RL, 2018. Tobacco control.
• MURRAY R, BRETON MO, BRITTON J, CRANWELL J and GRANT-BRAHAM B, 2018. BMC public health. 18(1), 553
• MCNEILL, ANN, BROSE, LEONIE S, CALDER, ROBERT, BAULD, LINDA and ROBSON, DEBBIE, 2018. Evidence review of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products 2018. A report commissioned by Public Health England
• MURRAY, RACHAEL, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, BRITTON, JOHN, CRANWELL, JO and GRANT-BRAHAM, BRUCE, 2018. BMC Public Health. 18, 553
• OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, BRITTON, JOHN, HUANG, YUE and BOGDANOVICA, ILZE, 2018. Addiction. 113, 1883–1894
• ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, 2018. Royal College of Physicians..
• OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, BRITTON, JOHN, HUANG, YUE and BOGDANOVICA, ILZE, 2018. International journal of environmental research and public health. 15(10), 2282
• RENWICK, CHARLOTTE, WU, QI, BRETON, MAGDALENA OPAZO, THORLEY, REBECCA, BRITTON, JOHN, LEWIS, SARAH, RATSCHEN, ELENA and PARROTT, STEVE, 2018. BMC Public Health. 18(1), 1252
• BOGDANOVICA, ILZE, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, LANGLEY, TESSA and BRITTON, JOHN, 2017. International journal of environmental research and public health. 14(8), 858
• BETTS, GEORGINA, RATSCHEN, ELENA, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA and GRAINGE, MATTHEW J, 2017. Journal of Public Health. 1-9
• RATSCHEN, ELENA, THORLEY, REBECCA, JONES, LAURA, OPAZO BRETON, MAGDALENA, COOK, JULIETTE, MCNEILL, ANN, BRITTON, JOHN, COLEMAN, TIM and LEWIS, SARAH, 2017. Tobacco Control. 27, 155-162
• CRANWELL, J, OPAZO-BRETON, M and BRITTON, J, 2016. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 0, 1-5
• ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, 2016. Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction RCP.