Brian has a background in applied quantitative research, with around twenty years of experience working for a number of local authorities and third sector organisations prior to obtaining his PhD in Social Statistics.

Following graduation Brian joined the Born in Bradford team, initially in 2014 with a focus on utilising routine data. Over the years Brian has been involved in a range of projects at Born in Bradford, with a focus on health inequalities. In 2022 Brian took some time out to go wild camping in Scotland and recharge, he has returned suitably refreshed in 2023.

Brian has a keen interest in public health and social justice, and also in applied research that aims to improve the wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Why you enjoy working at BiB

I feel proud to work for the NHS and to be associated with Born in Bradford, making a contribution to improving population health.

Favourite toy when you were a child

My skateboard

Favourite pastime when not at work

I enjoy the outdoors, music and poetry

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Rachael H. Moss, Brian Kelly, Philippa K. Bird, Kate E. Pickett, (2023). Turning their backs on the ‘ladder of success’? Unexpected responses to the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status. Wellcome Open Research DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18655.1,
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Rachael H. Moss, Brian Kelly, Philippa K. Bird, Kate E. Pickett, (2023). Examining individual social status using the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status: Findings from the Born in Bradford study. ScienceDirect DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101463,
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Sian Reece, Josie Dickerson, Brian Kelly, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Kate E. Pickett, (2023). The long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on financial insecurity in vulnerable families: Findings from the Born in Bradford Covid-19 longitudinal study. PLOS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295064,
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Josie Dickerson, Sally Bridges, Kathryn Willan, Brian Kelly, Rachael H. Moss, Jennie Lister, Chandani Netkitsing, Amy L. Atkinson, Philippa K. Bird, Eleanora P. Uphoff, Dan Mason, Alex Newsham, Dagmar Waiblinger, Rifat Razaq, Sara Ahern, Maria Bryant, Sarah L. Blower, Kate E. Pickett, Rosemary M. McEachan, John Wright, (2022). Born in Bradford’s Better Start (BiBBS) interventional birth cohort study: Interim cohort profile. Wellcome Open Research, 7(224),
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Claire McIvor; Yassaman Vafai; Brian Kelly; Sarah E. O’Toole; Michelle Heys; Ellena Badrick; Halima Iqbal; Kate E. Pickett; Claire Cameron; and Josie Dickerson, (2022). The Impact of the Pandemic on Mental Health in Ethnically Diverse Mothers: Findings from the Born in Bradford, Tower Hamlets and Newham COVID-19 Research Programmes. Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192114316,
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Katie Pybus, Brian Kelly, Bo Hou, Mildred Ajebon, Claire McIvor, Daniel Bingham, Rosemary McEachan, Kate Pickett, Josie Dickerson , (2022). Changes in children’s wellbeing in Bradford during COVID-19: The Born in Bradford COVID-19 longitudinal research study. Wellcome Open Research DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17642.1,
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Kate E Pickett, Mildred Ajebon, Bo Hou, Brian Kelly, Philippa K Bird, Josie Dickerson, Katy Shire, Claire McIvor, Mark Mon-Williams, Neil Small, Rosemary McEachan, John Wright, Deborah Lawlor, (2022). Vulnerabilities in child well-being among primary school children: a cross-sectional study in Bradford, UK. BMJ Journals, 12(6), DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049416,
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Josie Dickerson, Brian Kelly, Bridget Lockyer, Sally Bridges, Christopher Cartwright, Kathryn Willan, Katy Shire, Kirsty Crossley, Maria Bryant, Najma Siddiqi, Trevor A Sheldon, Deborah A Lawlor, John Wright1, Rosemary RC McEachan, Kate E Pickett, (2022). ‘When will this end? Will it end?’ The impact of the March-June 2020 UK Covid-19 lockdown response on mental health: a longitudinal survey of mothers in the Born in Bradford study. BMJ Journals, 12(1), DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047748,
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Amel Lamri, Jayneel Limbachia, Karleen M Schulze, Dipika Desai, Brian Kelly, Russell J de Souza, Guillaume Paré, Deborah A Lawlor, John Wright, Sonia S Anand, On behalf of for the Born in Bradford and START investigators, (2022). The genetic risk of gestational diabetes in South Asian women. eLife DOI: 10.7554/eLife.81498,
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Josie Dickerson, Bridget Lockyer, Rachael H. Moss, Charlotte Endacott, Brian Kelly, Sally Bridges, Kirsty L. Crossley, Maria Bryant, Trevor A. Sheldon, John Wright, Kate E. Pickett, Rosemary R.C. McEachan, (2021). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in an ethnically diverse community: descriptive findings from the Born in Bradford study. Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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Josie Dickerson, Brian Kelly, Bridget Lockyer, Sally Bridges, Christopher Cartwright, Kathryn Willan, Katy Shire, Kirsty Crossley, Maria Bryant, Trevor A. Sheldon, Deborah A. Lawlor, John Wright, Rosemary R C McEachan, Kate E. Pickett. , (2021). Experiences of lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic: descriptive findings from a survey of families in the Born in Bradford study. wellcome open research
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Barry Wright, Kalliopi Konstantopoulou, Kuldeep Sohal, Brian Kelly, Geoff Morgan, Cathy Hulin, Sara Mansoor, Mark Mon-Williams. , (2021). Systematic approach to school-based assessments for autism spectrum disorders to reduce inequalities: a feasibility study in 10 primary schools. BMJ Journals , 11(1),
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Daniel D. Bingham, Andy Daly-Smith, Jennifer Hall, Amanda Seims, Sufyan A. Dogra, Stuart J. Fairclough, Mildred Ajebon, Brian Kelly, Bo Hou, Katy A. Shire, Kirsty L. Crossley, Mark Mon-Williams, John Wright, Kate Pickett, Rosemary McEachan, Josie Dickerson, Sally E. Barber on behalf of the Bradford Institute for Health Research COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group, (2021). Covid-19 lockdown: Ethnic differences in children’s self-reported physical activity and the importance of leaving the home environment; a longitudinal and cross-sectional study from the Born in Bradford birth cohort study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity DOI: 10.1186/s12966-021-01183-y,
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Katy Shire, Elizabeth Andrews, Sally Barber, Alison Bruce, John Corkett, Liam J. B. Hill, Brian Kelly, Rosemary McEachan, Mark Mon-Williams, Louise Tracey, Amanda H. Waterman, John Wright, (2020). Starting School: a large-scale start of school assessment within the ‘Born in Bradford’ longitudinal cohort. Wellcome Open Research 5-47.
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Kirsten Jade Cromie, Diane Erin Threapleton, Charles Jonathan Peter Snart, Elizabeth Taylor, Dan Mason, Barry Wright, Brian Kelly, Stephen Reid, Rafaq Azad, Claire Keeble, Amanda H. Waterman, Sarah Meadows, Amanda McKillion, Nisreen A. Alwan, Janet Elizabeth Cade, Nigel A. B. Simpson, Paul M. Stewart, Michael Zimmermann, John Wright, Dagmar Waiblinger, Mark Mon-Williams, Laura J. Hardie & Darren Charles Greenwood, (2020). Maternal iodine status in a multi-ethnic UK birth cohort: associations with autism spectrum disorder. BMC, 20( ), DOI: 10.1186/s12887-020-02440-y,
Kelly B, West J, Yang T C, Mason D, Hasan T and Wright J , (2019). The association between body mass index, primary healthcare use and morbidity in early childhood; findings from the Born in Bradford cohort study. Public Health 21-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.10.019,
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Katherine J Pettinger, Brian Kelly, Trevor A Sheldon, Mark Mon-Williams, John Wright, Liam J B Hill, (2019). Starting school: educational development as a function of age of entry and prematurity. BMJ Open DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317124,
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Hannah Roberts, Ian Kellar, Mark Conner, Christopher Gidlow, Brian Kelly, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Rosemary McEachan , (2019). Associations between park features, park satisfaction and park use in a multi-ethnic deprived urban area. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126485,
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Barry Wright, Mark Mon-Williams, Brian Kelly, Stefan Williams, David Sims, Faisal Mushtaq, Kuldeep Sohal, Jane Elizabeth Blackwell and John Wright , (2019). Investigating the association between early years foundation stage profile (EYFSP) scores and subsequent diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder: a retrospective study of linked healthcare and education data.. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 3(1), DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000483,
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Bishop C.F.; Small N.; Parslow R.; Kelly B., (2018). Healthcare use for children with complex needs: Using routine health data linked to a multiethnic, ongoing birth cohort. BMJ Open, 8(3), DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018419,
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West J.; Kelly B.; Collings P.J.; Santorelli G.; Mason D.; Wright J., (2018). Is small size at birth associated with early childhood morbidity in white British and Pakistani origin UK children aged 0-3? Findings from the born in Bradford cohort study. BMC Pediatrics, 18(1), DOI: 10.1186/s12887-018-0987-0,
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Bruce A, Kelly B, Chambers B, Barrett BT, Bloj M, Bradbury J and Sheldon T , (2018). Effect of adherence to spectacle wear on early developing literacy: A longitudinal study.. BMJ Open DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-02127,
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Paul J. Collings, Brian Kelly, Jane West, John Wright, (2018). Associations of TV Viewing Duration, Meals and Snacks Eaten When Watching TV, and a TV in the Bedroom with Child Adiposity. Obesity Society, 26(10), 1619-1628. DOI: 10.1002/oby.22288,
Mueller N, Rojas-Rueda D, Khreis H, Cirach M, Espinosa A, Mila C, McEachan R, Kelly B, Wright J and Nieuwenhuijsen M , (2018). Socioeconomic inequalities in urban and transport planning related exposures and mortality: a health impact assessment study for Bradford, UK. Environment international, 121(1), 931-941. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.10.017,
Power M, Uphoff E, Kelly B, Pickett K, (2017). Food insecurity and mental health: an analysis of routine primary care data of pregnant women in the Born in Bradford cohort. Journal of Epidemiology and Community, 71(4), 324-328. DOI: 10.1136/jech-2016-207799,
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Barber SE, Kelly B, Collings PJ, Nagy L, Bywater T, Wright J, (2017). Prevalence, trajectories, and determinants of television viewing time in an ethnically diverse sample of young children from the UK. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14(1), 88. DOI: 10.1186/s12966-017-0541-8, PMID: 28683801,
Kelly, Brian; Williams, Stefan; Collins, Sylvie; Mushtaq, Faisal; Mon-Williams, Mark; Wright, Barry; Mason, Dan; Wright, John, (2017). The association between socioeconomic status and autism diagnosis in the United Kingdom for children aged 5-8 years of age: Findings from the Born in Bradford cohort.. Autism DOI: 10.1177/1362361317733182, PMID: 29113453,
Kelly B, Mason D, Petherick E, Wright J, Mohammed MA, Bates C., (2016). Maternal health inequalities and GP provision: investigating variation in consultation rates for women in the Born in Bradford cohort.. Journal of public health DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdw064, PMID: 27412173,