
Dr Nason Maani
Job Title
Lecturer in Inequalities and Global Health Policy

Research interests
Research interests
Nason's research interests centre on the structural and commercial determinants of health, with a special interest in how they shape public understanding and policy. This includes primary research on the alcohol, sugar sweetened beverage, firearm, social media, and fossil fuel industries, as well as policy research on the relationships between underinvestment, commercial influence and inequity. Along with colleagues, he also contributes to writing in more public facing fora, videos and other media to communicate research to wider audiences (see for example here). He has served as a consultant and expert for the WHO on the commercial determinants of health, and is an editor alongside Sandro Galea and Mark Petticrew of the book "The Commercial Determinants of Health", being released by Oxford University Press later this year. He is currently a co-investigator on an NIHR Three Schools-funded scoping review of the commercial determinants of mental health.
Nason welcomes contact from potential PhD candidates interested in mixed-methods approaches to examining the commercial determinants of health and related topics.
Selected publications:
- Maani N, van Schalkwyk MCI, Petticrew M, Buse, K. The pollution of health discourse and the need for effective counter-framing. BMJ 2022;377:o1128
- Zenone, M., Kenworthy N, Maani, N. The Social Media Industry as a Commercial Determinant of Health. IJHPM 2022, in press. DOI: 10.34172/IJHPM.2022.6840
- Price K, Maani N, Milner J. Meat, money and messaging: How the environmental and health harms of red and processed meat consumption are framed by the meat industry. Food Policy 2022;109:102234.
- Maani N, Van Schalkwyk MC, Filippidis FT, Knai C, Petticrew M. Manufacturing doubt: Assessing the effects of independent vs industry-sponsored messaging on the harms of fossil fuels, smoking, alcohol, and sugar sweetened beverages (In Press, Social Science and Medicine – Population Health)
- Maani, N, Van Schalkwyk MC, Petticrew M, Galea S. The commercial determinants of three contemporary national crises: How corporate practices intersect with the COVID-19 pandemic, economic downturn, and racial inequity. Milbank Quarterly 2021;99(2):503-518
- Maani N, Van Schalkwyk MC, Petticrew M, Ralston R, Collin J. The new WHO Foundation — global health deserves better. BMJ Global Health 2021;6:e004950
- Petticrew M, Maani N, Pettigrew L, Rutter H, van Schalkwyk MC. Dark Nudges in Big Alcohol: behavioral economics and alcohol industry Corporate Social Responsibility. Milbank Quarterly 2020;98(4):1290-1328
- Maani N, Abdalla S, Galea S. The firearms industry as a commercial determinant of health. AJPH 2020;110(8):1182-3
- Maani N, Collin J, Friel S, Gilmore AB, McCambridge J, Robertson L, Petticrew M. Bringing the commercial determinants of health out of the shadows: a review of how the commercial determinants are represented in conceptual frameworks. Eur J Public Health. 2020 Jan 18. pii: ckz19
- Maani N, van Schalkwyk MC, Thomas S, Petticrew M. Alcohol industry CSR organisations: What can their Twitter activity tell us about their independence and their priorities? A comparative analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2019;16(5):892
- Maani N, Ruskin G, McKee M, Stuckler D. Public Meets Private: Conversations Between Coca-Cola and the CDC. Milbank Quarterly, 2019 Mar;97(1):74-90
- Petticrew M, Maani N, Knai C, Weiderpass E. How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer. Drug and Alcohol Review, 2018 Mar;37(3):293-303
Background
Nason is a lecturer in Inequalities and Global Health Policy in the Global Health Policy Unit, and serves as the convenor of the Semester 2 course Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy. He is an adjunct assistant professor at Boston University School of Public Health, a visiting assistant professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.
He has a background in Biomedical Science, Biochemistry and Public Health. Prior to his current appointment, he was based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he was a co-founder of the LSHTM Commercial Determinants Research Group and worked as part of the UKPRP SPECTRUM Consortium. He was a 2019-2020 Harkness Fellow in Healthcare Policy and Practice, and served as Advisor to the Rockefeller Foundation/Boston University 3D Commission on Data, Determinants and Decision-making.
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van Schalkwyk MC, Petticrew M, Maani N, Hawkins B. Denormalising alcohol industry activities in schools. The Lancet. Public health. 2023 Feb 1;8(2):e90-e91. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00341-3 |
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Bagenal J, Zenone M, Maani N, Barbic S. Embracing the non-traditional: Alcohol advertising on TikTok. BMJ Global Health. 2023 Jan 30;8(1):1-4. e009954. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009954 |
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Hussain Z, van Schalkwyk MCI, Galea S, Petticrew M, Maani N. A qualitative framing analysis of how firearm manufacturers and related bodies communicate to the public on gun-related harms and solutions. Preventive Medicine. 2023 Jan;166:107346. Epub 2022 Nov 24. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107346 |
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Zenone M, Kenworthy N, Maani N. The social media industry as a commercial determinant of health. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2023;12:1-4. Epub 2022 Apr 27. doi: 10.34172/IJHPM.2022.6840 |
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van Schalkwyk MCI, Zenone M, Maani N, Petticrew M, McKee M. Back to our roots or sowing new seeds: Thinking anew on the paradigms of health, harm and disease. Journal of Public Health. 2022 Nov 21;44(1):i28-i33. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac093 |
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Maani N. Measuring how PH stakeholders seek to influence alcohol premises licensing in England and Scotland: The Public Health engagement In Alcohol Licensing (PHIAL) measure. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2022 Oct 3. Epub 2022 Oct 3. doi: 10.15288/jsad.22-00020 |
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Dun-Campbell K, van Schalkwyk M, Petticrew M, Maani N, McGill E. How do industry-funded alcohol and gambling conferences frame the issues? An analysis of conference agendas. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2022 Sep 1. Epub 2022 Sep 1. doi: 10.15288/jsad.22-00045 |
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O’Donnell R, Mohan A, Purves RI, Maani N, Egan M, Fitzgerald N. How public health teams navigate their different roles in alcohol premises licensing: ExILEnS multistakeholder interview findings. Public Health Research. 2022 Aug 24. doi: 10.3310/XCUW1239 |
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Maani N, van Schalkwyk MCI, Petticrew M, Buse K. The pollution of health discourse and the need for effective counter-framing. The BMJ. 2022 May 4;377:1-2. o1128. doi: 10.1136/bmj.o1128 |
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Clare K, Maani N, Milner J. Meat, money and messaging: How the environmental and health harms of red and processed meat consumption are framed by the meat industry. Food Policy. 2022 May 1;109:1-12. 102234. Epub 2022 Mar 31. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102234 |
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Maani N, van Schalkwyk MCI, Filippidis FT, Knai C, Petticrew M. Manufacturing doubt: Assessing the effects of independent vs industry-sponsored messaging about the harms of fossil fuels, smoking, alcohol, and sugar sweetened beverages. SSM - population health. 2022 Mar;17:101009. Epub 2021 Dec 23. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.101009 |
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Petticrew MP, Schalkwyk MCIV, Maani NJ, Peake LK. Educ’ Alcool’s misinformation: More mixed messages about alcohol harms. European Journal of Public Health. 2022 Feb 1;32(1):6-7. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab198 |
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Millot A, Maani N, Knai C, Petticrew M, Guillou-Landréat M, Gallopel-Morvan K. An analysis of how lobbying by the alcohol industry has eroded the French Évin Law since 1991. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2022 Jan 19;83(1):37-44. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2022.83.37 |
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van Schalkwyk MCI, Petticrew M, Maani N, Hawkins B, Bonell C, Katikireddi SV et al. Distilling the curriculum: An analysis of alcohol industry-funded school-based youth education programmes. PLoS ONE. 2022 Jan 12;17(1):1-30. e0259560. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259560 |
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Peake L, van Schalkwyk MCI, Maani N, Petticrew M. Analysis of the accuracy and completeness of cardiovascular health information on alcohol industry-funded websites. European Journal of Public Health. 2021 Dec 1;31(6):1197-1204. Epub 2021 Sep 4. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab135 |
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Martins DC, Babajide O, Maani N, Abdalla SM, Gómez EJ, Pongsiri MJ et al. Integrating social determinants in decision-making processes for health: Insights from conceptual frameworks—the 3-D commission. Journal of Urban Health. 2021 Sep 3;98:51-59. doi: 10.1007/s11524-021-00560-z |
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van Schalkwyk MCI, Maani N, McKee M, Thomas S, Knai C, Petticrew M. "When the Fun Stops, Stop": An analysis of the provenance, framing and evidence of a 'responsible gambling' campaign. PLoS ONE. 2021 Aug 26;16(8):1-19. e0255145. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255145 |
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Babajide O, Martins DC, Maani N, Abdalla SM, Gómez EJ, Pongsiri MJ et al. Improving decision-making for population health in nonhealth sectors in urban environments: The example of the transportation sector in three megacities—the 3-D commission. Journal of Urban Health. 2021 Aug 25;98:60-68. doi: 10.1007/s11524-021-00561-y |
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Maani N, Robbins G, Koya SF, Babajide O, Abdalla SM, Galea S. Energy, data, and decision-making: a scoping review—the 3D commission. Journal of Urban Health. 2021 Aug 9;98:79-88. doi: 10.1007/s11524-021-00563-w |
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van Schalkwyk MCI, Maani N, Pettigrew S, Petticrew M. Corporate ventriloquism undermines action on alcohol harms. The BMJ. 2021 Aug 3;374:1879. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n1879 |
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Galea S, Ettman CK, Maani N, Abdalla SM. Taking the long view: Covid-19 priorities for the biden administration. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 2021 Aug 1;46(4):577-584. doi: 10.1215/03616878-8970781 |
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Maani N, Collin J, Friel S, Gilmore AB, McCambridge J, Robertson L et al. The need for a conceptual understanding of the macro and meso commercial determinants of health inequalities. European Journal of Public Health. 2021 Aug;31(4):674-675. Epub 2021 Jun 17. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab048 |
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Edry T, Maani N, Sykora M, Elayan S, Hswen Y, Wolf M et al. Real-time geospatial surveillance of localized emotional stress responses to COVID-19: A proof of concept analysis. Health & Place. 2021 Jul 1;70:102598. Epub 2021 Jun 1. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102598 |
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Maani N, van Schalkwyk MCI, Petticrew M, Galea S. The commercial determinants of three contemporary national crises: How corporate practices intersect with the COVID-19 pandemic, economic downturn, and racial inequity. Milbank Quarterly. 2021 Jun 1;99(2):503-518. Epub 2021 Mar 30. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12510 |
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van Schalkwyk MCI, Maani N, Cohen J, McKee M, Petticrew M. Our postpandemic world: What will it take to build a better future for people and planet? Milbank Quarterly. 2021 Jun 1;99(2):467-502. Epub 2021 Mar 30. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12508 |
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van Schalkwyk MCI, Knai C, Jackson N, Maani N, Petticrew M. Schools for healthy lives, not for corporate interests. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. 2021 May 1;5(5):e14. Epub 2021 Apr 14. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00097-3 |
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Maani N, Abdalla SM, Galea S. Avoiding a legacy of unequal non-communicable disease burden after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. 2021 Mar 1;9(3):133-135. Epub 2021 Feb 4. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00026-7 |
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Knai C, Petticrew M, Capewell S, Cassidy R, Collin J, Cummins S et al. The case for developing a cohesive systems approach to research across unhealthy commodity industries. BMJ Global Health. 2021 Feb 16;6(2):1-11. e003543. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003543 |
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Maani N, van Schalkwyk MCI, Petticrew M, Ralston R, Collin J. The new WHO Foundation-global health deserves better. BMJ Global Health. 2021 Feb 5;6(2):1-3. e004950. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-004950 |
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van Schalkwyk MCI, Maani N, McKee M. Public health emergency or opportunity to profit? The two faces of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. 2021 Feb 1;9(2):61-63. Epub 2021 Jan 5. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00001-2 |
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Petticrew M, Fitzgerald N, Maani N, McCambridge J, Pettigrew S, van Schalkwyk M. Responsible drinking, conflicts of interest, and the elephant in the room: A commentary on a scoping review of “Responsible Drinking” Interventions by Gray, Williams & Shaffer (2020). Health Communication. 2021;36(2):257-259. Epub 2020 Sep 28. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2020.1827541 |
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Maani N, Collin J, Friel S, Gilmore AB, McCambridge J, Robertson L et al. Bringing the commercial determinants of health out of the shadows: A review of how the commercial determinants are represented in conceptual frameworks. European Journal of Public Health. 2020 Aug;30(4):660-664. Epub 2020 Jan 18. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz197 |
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Maani N, Galea S. COVID-19 and underinvestment in the public health infrastructure of the United States. The Milbank Quarterly. 2020 Apr 24. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12463 |
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Maani N, Galea S. COVID-19 and underinvestment in the health of the US population. The Milbank Quarterly. 2020 Apr 24. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12462 |
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Maani N, Galea S. The role of physicians in addressing social determinants of health. JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 2020 Apr 3. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.1637 |
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Maani N, McKee M, Petticrew M, Galea S. Corporate practices and the health of populations: A research and translational agenda. The Lancet Public Health. 2020 Feb 4;5(2):e80-e81. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30270-1 |
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Maani Hessari N, Bertscher A, Critchlow N, Fitzgerald N, Knai C, Stead M et al. Recruiting the “heavy-using loyalists of tomorrow”: An analysis of the aims, effects and mechanisms of alcohol advertising, based on advertising industry evaluations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019 Oct 24;16(21):1-17. 4092. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214092 |
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Lim AWY, Van Schalkwyk MCI, Maani Hessari N, Petticrew MP. Pregnancy, fertility, breastfeeding, and alcohol consumption: An analysis of framing and completeness of information disseminated by alcohol industry-funded organizations . Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2019 Oct 13;80(5):524-533. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2019.80.524 |
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Maani Hessari N, van Schalkwyk MCI, Thomas S, Petticrew M. Reply to Comment on Maani Hessari, N.; van Schalkwyk, M.C.; Thomas, S.; Petticrew, M. Alcohol Industry CSR Organisations: What Can Their Twitter Activity Tell Us about Their Independence and Their Priorities? A Comparative Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 892. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019 Jul 18;16(14). doi: 10.3390/ijerph16142576 |
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Maani N, van Schalkwyk MCI, Thomas S, Petticrew M. Alcohol industry CSR organisations: What can their Twitter activity tell us about their independence and their priorities? A comparative analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019 Mar 12;16(5):1-12. 892. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16050892 |
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Maani Hessari N, Ruskin G, McKee M, Stuckler D. Public meets private: Conversations between Coca-Cola and the CDC. The Milbank Quarterly. 2019 Mar;97(1):17. Epub 2019 Jan 29. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12368 |
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Fitzgerald N, Egan M, De Vocht F, Angus C, Nicholls J, Shortt N et al. Exploring the impact of public health teams on alcohol premises licensing in England and Scotland (ExILEnS): procotol for a mixed methods natural experiment evaluation. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2018 Nov 6;18(1). Epub 2018 Nov 6. doi: 10.1186/s12874-018-0573-z, 10.1186/s12874-018-0573-z |
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Knai C, Gallopel-Morvan K, Petticrew M, Landreat MG, Maani N. Stakeholder framing of advertising legislation: An analysis of media and parliamentary representations of the Loi Évin in the United Kingdom. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2018 Aug 8. doi: 10.15288/JSAD.2018.79.532 |
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Petticrew M, Maani N, Knai C, Weiderpass E. The strategies of alcohol industry SAPROs: Inaccurate information, misleading language and the use of confounders to downplay and misrepresent the risk of cancer. Drug and alcohol review. 2018 Feb 15;37(3):313-315. doi: 10.1111/dar.12677 |
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Petticrew M, Katikireddi SV, Knai C, Cassidy R, Maani Hessari N, Thomas J et al. 'Nothing can be done until everything is done': The use of complexity arguments by food, beverage, alcohol and gambling industries. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2017 Nov;71:1078-1083. Epub 2017 Oct 16. doi: 10.1136/jech-2017-209710 |
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Petticrew M, Maani N, Knai C, Weiderpass E. How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer. Drug and alcohol review. 2017 Sep 7;37:293-203. doi: 10.1111/dar.12596 |
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