Penny Breeze

School of Medicine and Population Health

Research Fellow

Penny Breeze
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Penny Breeze
School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

Penny has been at ScHARR for over 9 years, first as a PhD student and more recently working as a health economics modeller.

Before working in ScHARR, Penny was working as a health economics consultant at IMS Health developing cost-effectiveness models for pharmaceutical products. The subject of her thesis was to investigate the use of health economic models to develop drug development programmes for new treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus.

Since working at ScHARR Penny has been working on a project funded by the School for Public Health Research (SPHR) to provide a coherent, model-based framework for the evaluation of strategies for the prevention of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This model has been adapted to include dementia and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease and future adaptation will enable detailed modelling of dietary and behavioural risk factors for obesity, hypertension and diabetes. 

Research interests

Penny's research interests are in methods for longitudinal data analysis for use in decision-analytic modelling. Specifically in complex public health decision problems.

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Breeze P, Pidd K, Pollard D, Ren S, Bates S, Thomas C, Ahern A, Griffin S & Brennan A (2025) . International Journal of Obesity, 49(8), 1598-1607.
  • Mueller J, Breeze P, Fusco F, Sharp SJ, Pidd K, Brennan A, Hill AJ, Morris S, Hughes CA, Bates SE , Pollard D et al (2025) . Diabetologia, 68(5), 969-980.
  • Bates S, Breeze P, Thomas C, Jackson C, Church O & Brennan A (2024) . BMC Public Health, 24.
  • Wilson LB, Pryce R, Moore EC, Burke L & Breeze P (2023) . BMC Public Health, 23.
  • Breeze PR, Squires H, Ennis K, Meier P, Hayes K, Lomax N, Shiell A, Kee F, de Vocht F, O’Flaherty M , Gilbert N et al (2023) . Health Economics.
  • Ahern AL, Breeze P, Fusco F, Sharp SJ, Islam N, Wheeler GM, Hill AJ, Hughes CA, Duschinsky R, Thomas C , Bates S et al (2022) . The Lancet Public Health, 7(10), e866-e875.
  • Breeze P, Thomas C, Thokala P, LaFortune L, Brayne C & Brennan A (2020) . Medical Decision Making, 40(7), 912-923.
  • Thomas C, Brennan A, Goka E, Squires H, Brenner G, Bagguley D, Buckley Woods H, Gillett M, Leaviss J, Clowes M , Heathcote L et al (2020) . BMJ Open, 10(9).
  • Breeze P, Womack R, Pryce R, Brennan A & Goyder E (2018) . PLoS ONE, 13(5), ---.
  • Thomas C, Sadler S, Breeze P, Squires H, Gillett M & Brennan A (2017) . BMJ Open, 7.
  • Breeze PR, Thomas C, Squires H, Brennan A, Greaves C, Diggle P, Brunner E, Tabak A, Preston L & Chilcott J (2017) . Diabetic Medicine, 34(8), 1136-1144.
  • Breeze PR, Thomas C, Squires H, Brennan A, Greaves C, Diggle PJ, Brunner E, Tabak A, Preston L & Chilcott J (2017) . Diabetic Medicine, 34(5), 632-640.
  • Breeze P, Squires H, Chilcott J, Stride C, Diggle PJ, Brunner E, Tabak A & Brennan A (2016) . Journal of Public Health, 38(4), 679-687.
  • Simpson EL, Davis S, Thokala P, Breeze PR, Bryden P & Wong R (2015) . Pharmacoeconomics.
  • Breeze P & Brennan A (2015) . Health Economics (United Kingdom), 24(11), 1468-1482.
  • Strong M, Oakley JE, Brennan A & Breeze P (2015) . Medical Decision Making, 35(5), 570-583.
  • Watson P, Brennan A, Birch H, Fang H & Petri M (2015) . Rheumatology, 54(4), 623-632.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Abraham S, Breeze P, Lambie-Mumford H & Sutton A (2025) . Public Health Nutrition.
  • Buckley C, Breeze P, Keenan G, Brennan A & Purshouse RC (2025) . Appetite, 213, 108071-108071.
  • Guess N, Wane S, Albury C, Breeze P, Brennan A, Joyce JB, Galal U, Morris E, Newbert C, Mitchell C , Yu L-M et al (2025) . Contemporary Clinical Trials, 157, 108050-108050.
  • Gray LA, Killedar A & Breeze PR (2025) . Frontiers in Public Health, 13.
  • Breeze P, Pidd K, Pollard D, Ren S, Bates S, Thomas C, Ahern A, Griffin S & Brennan A (2025) . International Journal of Obesity, 49(8), 1598-1607.
  • Pidd K, Breeze P, Ahern A, Griffin SJ & Brennan A (2025) . BMJ Open, 15(4).
  • Jones RA, Mueller J, Richards R, Woolston J, Stubbings M, Whittle F, Hill AJ, Hughes CA, Duschinsky R, Sharp SJ , Chester M et al (2025) . Obesity Science & Practice, 11(2).
  • Oguta JO, Breeze P, Wambiya E, Kibe P, Akoth C, Otieno P & Dodd PJ (2025) . Communications Medicine, 5(1).
  • Mueller J, Breeze P, Fusco F, Sharp SJ, Pidd K, Brennan A, Hill AJ, Morris S, Hughes CA, Bates SE , Pollard D et al (2025) . Diabetologia, 68(5), 969-980.
  • Oguta J, Breeze P, Wambiya EOA, Kibe P, Akoth C, Otieno P & Dodd P (2024) . Value in Health, 27(12), S69-S69.
  • Oguta JO, Breeze P, Wambiya E, Akoth C, Mbuthia G, Otieno P, Ombiro O, Kisaka Y, Mbau L, Onyango E , Gathecha G et al (2024) . Global Heart, 19(1).
  • Squires H, Kelly MP, Gilbert N, Sniehotta F, Purshouse RC, Garcia L, Breeze P, Brennan A, Gardner B, Bright S , Fischer A et al (2024) . BMC Public Health, 24(1).
  • Breeze P, Sworn K, McGrane E, Abraham S & Cantrell A (2024) . BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, 7(1), 1-13.
  • Bates S, Breeze P, Thomas C, Jackson C, Church O & Brennan A (2024) . BMC Public Health, 24.
  • Bernhardt F & Breeze P (2023) . Perspectives in Public Health, 143(6), 302-303.
  • Kar D, El-Wazir A, Nath M, Breeze P, Jetha K, Strong M, Chilcott J, Davies MJ, Lee A, Lusignan SD , Khunti K et al (2023) . BMJ Public Health, 1(1).
  • Moore HJ, Connor N, Burrows A, Breeze P, O'Malley CL & Lake AA (2023) . The Lancet, 402, S70-S70.
  • Abraham S, Breeze P, Sutton A & Lambie-Mumford H (2023) . The Lancet, 402(Supplement 1), S16-S16.
  • Pidd K, Breeze P, Pollard D, Ahern A, Mueller J & Brennan A (2023) . The Lancet, 402(1), S75-S75.
  • Wilson LB, Pryce R, Moore EC, Burke L & Breeze P (2023) . BMC Public Health, 23.
  • Cisneros AB, Headings R, Wells R, Reynolds C, Vogel C & Breeze P (2023) . The Lancet, 402, S9-S9.
  • Mueller J, Jones RA, Richards R, Woolston J, Whittle F, Hill AJ, Hughes CA, Duschinsky R, Sharp SJ, Boothby C , Bostock J et al (2023) . Appetite, 189, 106907-106907.
  • Buckley C, Breeze P, Brennan A, Colasanti R, Leach M & Purshouse R (2023) . Appetite, 189, 106933-106933.
  • Scragg J, Morris E, Wane S, Noreik M, Jerome D, Yu L-M, Galal U, Dyson P, Tan GD, Fox R , Breeze P et al (2023) . Contemporary Clinical Trials, 129.
  • Breeze PR, Squires H, Ennis K, Meier P, Hayes K, Lomax N, Shiell A, Kee F, de Vocht F, O’Flaherty M , Gilbert N et al (2023) . Health Economics.
  • Ahern AL, Breeze P, Fusco F, Sharp SJ, Islam N, Wheeler GM, Hill AJ, Hughes CA, Duschinsky R, Thomas C , Bates S et al (2022) . The Lancet Public Health, 7(10), e866-e875.
  • Gray LA, Breeze PR & Williams EA (2022) . Obesity, 30(9), 1898-1907.
  • Thomas C, Breeze P, Cummins S, Cornelsen L, Yau A & Brennan A (2022) . International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19.
  • Breeze P, Gray LA, Thomas C, Bates SE & Brennan A (2022) . Quality of Life Research, 31(11), 3283-3292.
  • Bates SE, Thomas C, Islam N, Ahern AL, Breeze P, Griffin S & Brennan A (2022) . BMC Public Health, 22(1).
  • Richards R, Jones RA, Whittle F, Hughes CA, Hill AJ, Lawlor ER, Bostock J, Bates S, Breeze PR, Brennan A , Thomas CV et al (2022) . Jmir Formative Research, 6(1).
  • Marr C, Breeze P & Caton SJ (2022) . British Journal of Nutrition, 128(10).
  • Marr C, Breeze P & Caton S (2022) . Appetite, 168.
  • Bates S, Norman P, Breeze P, Brennan A & Ahern A (2022) . Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56(1), 64-77.
  • Marr C, Reale S, Breeze P & Caton SJ (2021) . Obesity Reviews, 22(4).
  • Breeze P, Thomas C, Thokala P, LaFortune L, Brayne C & Brennan A (2020) . Medical Decision Making, 40(7), 912-923.
  • Thomas C, Brennan A, Goka E, Squires H, Brenner G, Bagguley D, Buckley Woods H, Gillett M, Leaviss J, Clowes M , Heathcote L et al (2020) . BMJ Open, 10(9).
  • Bates S, Bayley T, Norman P, Breeze P & Brennan A (2020) . Medical Decision Making, 40(1), 90-105.
  • Palmer AJ, Si L, Tew M, Hua X, Willis MS, Asseburg C, McEwan P, Leal J, Gray A, Foos V , Lamotte M et al (2018) . Value in Health, 21(6), 724-731.
  • Breeze P, Womack R, Pryce R, Brennan A & Goyder E (2018) . PLoS ONE, 13(5), ---.
  • Thomas C, Sadler S, Breeze P, Squires H, Gillett M & Brennan A (2017) . BMJ Open, 7.
  • Breeze PR, Thomas C, Squires H, Brennan A, Greaves C, Diggle P, Brunner E, Tabak A, Preston L & Chilcott J (2017) . Diabetic Medicine, 34(8), 1136-1144.
  • Breeze PR, Thomas C, Squires H, Brennan A, Greaves C, Diggle PJ, Brunner E, Tabak A, Preston L & Chilcott J (2017) . Diabetic Medicine, 34(5), 632-640.
  • Breeze P, Squires H, Chilcott J, Stride C, Diggle PJ, Brunner E, Tabak A & Brennan A (2016) . Journal of Public Health, 38(4), 679-687.
  • Thomas C, Breeze P, Strong M, Brennan A, Norman P, Cameron D & Epton T (2016) . Journal of Public Health & Epidemiology, 8(10), 191-203.
  • (2016) . Diabetic Medicine, 33(8), 1155-1163.
  • Simpson EL, Davis S, Thokala P, Breeze PR, Bryden P & Wong R (2015) . Pharmacoeconomics.
  • Breeze P & Brennan A (2015) . Health Economics (United Kingdom), 24(11), 1468-1482.
  • Strong M, Oakley JE, Brennan A & Breeze P (2015) . Medical Decision Making, 35(5), 570-583.
  • Watson P, Brennan A, Birch H, Fang H & Petri M (2015) . Rheumatology, 54(4), 623-632.
  • Watson P, Preston L, Squires H, Chilcott J & Brennan A (2014) . Appl Health Econ Health Policy, 12(3), 239-253.
  • Choy E, Richards S, Bowrin K, Watson P, Lloyd A, Sadosky A & Zlateva G (2010) Cost effectiveness of pregabalin in the treatment of fibromyalgia from a UK perspective.
  • Gillett M, Brennan A, Watson P, Khunti K, Davies M, Mostafa S & Gray LJ () . Health Technology Assessment, 19(33), 1-80.
  • Kar D, El-Wazir A, Nath M, Breeze P, Jetha K, Strong M, Chilcott J, Davies MJ, Lee A, de Lusignan S , Khunti K et al () Relationship of Cardiorenal Risk Factors with the Progression of Albuminuria in Ex-Smokers Based on Age, Glycaemic Status, and BMI: A Cohort Study of the UK Biobank Data.

Conference proceedings

  • Mueller J, Breeze P, Griffin S, Brennan A, Hill A, Morris S, Hughes CA, Woolston J, Lachassseigne E, Stubbings M , Sharp S et al (2023) . Obesity, Vol. 31(S2) (pp 47-48). Dallas, Texas, 14 October 2023 - 14 October 2023.
  • Bates S, Breeze P, Norman P & Brennan A (2021) . The Lancet, Vol. 398(Supplement 2) (pp 23-23). Virtual conference, 26 November 2021 - 26 November 2021.
  • Breeze P, Sworn K, Abraham S, McGrane E, Cantrell A & Brennan A (2021) . The Lancet, Vol. 398(Supplement 2) (pp S27-S27). Online, 26 November 2021 - 26 November 2021.
  • Thomas C, Watson P, Greaves C, Squires H, Chilcott J & Brennan A (2014) . Value in Health, Vol. 17(7) (pp A347-A347)
  • Thomas C, Watson P, Squires H, Chilcott J & Brennan A (2014) . Value in Health, Vol. 17(7) (pp A556-A556)
  • Watson P & Brennan A (2013) . Value in Health, Vol. 16(3) (pp A29-A29)
  • Watson P & Brennan A (2012) Validation of an individual patient level simulation of the natural history of systemic Lupus erythematosus against an alternative longitudinal cohort. 2012 Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop Sw 2012 (pp 19-24)
  • Watson P, Brennan A, Birch H, Fang H & Petri M (2011) The Natural History and Predictive Factors of Long Term Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, Vol. 63(10) (pp S951-S951)

Reports

  • Hill J, Breeze P, Chrysanthou G, Bell H & Brennan A (2019) Summary report of the Health and Labour Outcomes (HaLO) Tool
  • Breeze PR, Thomas C, Squires H, Brennan A, Greaves C, Diggle P, Brunner E, Tabak A, Preston L & Chilcott J (2015) SPHR Diabetes Prevention Model: Detailed Description of Model Background, Methods, Assumptions and Parameters

Preprints

  • Kalbus A, Tanasache O-A, Law C, Adams J, Breeze P, Brown KA, Cummins S, Marks D, O’Neill S, Smith R & Cornelsen L (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Kalbus A, Adams J, Brown KA, Breeze P, Brennan A, Cummins S, Marks D, Law C, O’Neill S, Smith R , Tanasache O-A et al (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Oguta JO, Breeze P, Wambiya E, Kibe P, Akoth C, Otieno P & Dodd PJ (2024) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Scragg J, Morris E, Wane S, Noreik M, Jerome D, Yu L-M, Galal U, Dyson P, Tan GD, Fox R , Breeze P et al (2023) , Elsevier BV.
  • Richards R, Jones RA, Whittle F, Hughes CA, Hill AJ, Lawlor ER, Bostock J, Bates S, Breeze PR, Brennan A , Thomas CV et al (2021) , JMIR Publications Inc..
Research group

Penny is currently supervising two PhD students, Sarah Bates and Colette Kearney, from the Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Programme.

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