Dr Marcello Bertotti
Senior Research Fellow
Research, Innovation and Enterprise Group, Institute for Health and Human Development
Marcello applies insights from Human Geography, Sociology and Economics to the study of health and health inequalities, integrated care, social prescribing including the development of asset-based approaches to health and well-being.
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University House, UH250, Stratford Campus
Institute for Health and Human Development
University of East London
Stratford Campus
London
E15 4LZ - m.bertotti@uel.ac.uk +442082234139
Marcello has applied conceptual insights from social capital to the study of social enterprises and mental health; from governance theories to the examination of social enterprise in South Korea; and insights from economic geography to the examination of the impact of creative industries in London, Rotterdam and other European cities. He is also a member of the AHRC sponsored Connected Communities programme for which he led a project on the conceptualisations and meanings of community from different research traditions.
Marcello’s work is currently focused on integrated care and community health, notably the development of social prescribing, an alternative care pathway from primary care to the community and voluntary sector via a link worker. He has led three evaluations of social prescribing, and collaborated on reviews and other publications in this area. He is the social prescribing co-lead for London for the social prescribing network which is a national network uniting 1,600 members including commissioners, practitioners, and researchers across England and beyond. He is also advising the Greater London Authority on the development of social prescribing across the capital and delivering accredited training in social prescribing.
Marcello supervises PhD students working in the areas of health inequalities. He would welcome supervising doctoral research looking at alternative approaches to promoting health and well-being as well as the economic and social determinants of health and mental health.
MA in Local Economic Development
PhD in Economic Geography
Steering group member of the social prescribing network
UCLPartner Improvement Fellow
Overview
Recently completed:
Evaluation of Young people social prescribing in four English sites, funded by Department of Health and Social Care
A systematic mapping of navigator roles in primary care, funded by the Greater London Authority
Evaluation of social prescribing in Redbridge, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care
From isolation to interaction: developing a
network, to share learning, develop outcome measures, and ensure the potential
of social prescribing meets the needs of the NHS, Health Foundation (Spreading
improvement, supporting dissemination), Principal Investigator, Nov 2016
‘Valuing students’ assets and
nurturing ambitions: the role of East London Time Bank, UEL civic engagement grant’,
Principal Investigator, Sep 2016
Social Prescribing: integrating GP and community assets for health', Health Foundation (Shine award), Principal Investigator, Oct 2015
‘Assessing the Social Return on Investment of Highway House, University of East London, Principal Investigator, Sep 2015
Collaborators
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Research
Publications
Marcello has held research grants from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Netherland Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Health Foundation (Shine), NHS England (NHS-E), Department of Health and has led on other research consultancy projects for Public Health England, Newham Clinical Commissioning Group, Greater London Authority and for the private sector.
Mar 2016 Bertotti, M (PI) An evaluation of the social prescribing pilot in the
London Borough of Waltham Forest,
Waltham Forest Council and Waltham Forest CCG
Dec 2015 Bertotti, M (co-PI), Dr Patrick Hutt (clinical lead City and Hackney CCG, Caroline Frostick) From isolation to interaction: developing a network, to share learning, develop outcome measures, and ensure the potential of social prescribing meets the needs of the NHS. Health Foundation (Spreading improvement, supporting dissemination)
May 2015 Bertotti M (PI), Farr R, Akinbode A ‘Assessing the economic, social and health impact of a Homeless shelter (Highway House) and designing a health pathway for people experiencing homelessness’, UEL HSB
Oct 2014 Bertotti M (PI), Hutt P, Carnes D 'Social Prescribing:integrating GP and community assets for health', Health Foundation (Shine)
July 2014 M (PI) ‘Changes in health outcomes in diabetic and pre-diabetic patients in the Newham Community Prescribing pilot project: analysis of pre and post data’, Newham Clinical Commissioning Group
Jan 2014 Mala Rao (PI), Bertotti M (Co-Investigator) ‘Workplace
Well-being within the Chinese Business community in England’, Public Health England
Mar 2012 Bertotti M (PI) with
Rotterdam University and Erasmus university (The Netherlands), ‘An examination of the contribution of creative
enterprise centres to the development of more sustainable communities’,
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and NWO
Humanities (Netherland Scientific Organisation)
Feb 2011 Bertotti M (PI), Harden, A ‘A review of conceptualisations and meanings of
community within and across research traditions: a meta-narrative approach’, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Connected Communities Programme
Funding
Public health
Social prescribing evaluation and training
Interests
Portfolio
He has supervised students on the UEL undergraduate course on social enterprise and is currently supervising four PhD students (two as Director of Studies) in the areas of reciprocity and altruism (time banks), the validation of a quality of life measurement (CASP) in Pakistan, physical activity and superdiversity, and civic engagement and health.