Public Health Doctoral Students
CURRENT
Name MOHANNAD AL NSOUR
Degree PhD
Title Five year assessment of colo-rectal cancer in Jordan
Supervisor 1 Dr David Morrision (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding International Agency for Research on cancer
Start year 2009
Intended finish year October 2013
Name JESS BAKER
Degree PhD
Title t Ethnicity and cardiovascular risk
Supervisor 1 Professor Jill Pell (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Richard Mitchell (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding Paterson Bequest
Start year 2011
Intended finish year October 2014
Name BEVERLY BERGMAN
Degree PhD
Title A retrospective cohort study to examine the long-term health of military veterans resident in Scotland, using linked health records
Supervisor 1 Professor Jill Pell (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding Enhanced Learning Credits/Self funding
Start year 2012
Intended finish year October 2015
Name WILLINGS BOTHA
Degree PhD
Title Economics of forestry based health interventions
Supervisor 1 Professor Andy Briggs (HEHTA,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Richard Mitchell (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding Forestry Commission
Start year 2013
Intended finish year 2016
Name JIM CRABB
Degree PhD
Title Mental health issues and primary health care worker training in Malawi
Supervisor 1 Dr Bekki Shaw (HEHTA,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Jacqueline Atkinson (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding Self funding
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2016
Name ESTHER CURNOCK
Degree PhD
Title The health impact of incapacity benefit reforms in the UK
Supervisor 1 Professor Lynda Bond (MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Mark Popham (MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit,University of Glasgow)
Funding MRC
Start year 2012
Intended finish year 2015
Name GORDON DANIELS
Degree PhD
Title Underlying influences on health trends in post-industrial regions of Europe
Supervisor 1 Professor Phil Hanlon (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding Glasgow Centre for Population Health
Start year 2008
Intended finish year 2013
Name EFE EGHAREVBA
Degree PhD
Title Opportunity or exploitation: clinical research in developing countries
Supervisor 1 Professor Jacqueline Atkinson (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Rebecca Shaw (HEHTA,University of Glasgow)
Funding Self funding
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2016
Name SHAZA HAMMED
Degree PhD
Title Evaluation of retention of patients on the ACES (Active Children Eating Smart) Programme
Supervisor 1 Professor Charlotte Wright(Child Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr David Morrision (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia
Start year 2010
Intended finish year 2013
Name SARAH HOLIDAY
Degree PhD
Title Interaction between people and services in the Fifth Wave of public health
Supervisor 1 Professor Phil Hanlon (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Rebecca Shaw (HEHTA,University of Glasgow)
Funding Self funding
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2016
Name CATHY JOHNMAN
Degree PhD
Title Influence of age in the management and outcomes of patients with Coronary Heart Disease
Supervisor 1 Professor Jill Pell (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Keith Oldroyd (Golden Jubilee Hospital)
Funding Paterson Bequest
Start year 2009
Intended finish year 2014
Name VITTAL KATIKIREDDI
Degree PhD
Title Evaluation of social intervention to reduce alcohol harms
Supervisor 1 Professor Lynda Bond (MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Alastair Leyland (MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Dr Chris Bonell (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Funding MRC
Start year 2010
Intended finish year 2013
Name LIYA LU
Degree PhD
Title Study of the association between smoking and peripheral arterial disease
Supervisor 1 Professor Jill Pell (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Danny Mackay (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding China Scholarship
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2014
Name UDUAK NTUK
Degree PhD
Title Epidemiological study on cardiovascular risk using UK Biobank data
Supervisor 1 Professor Jill Pell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Naveed Sattar (Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences,University of Glasgow)
Funding Niger Delta Development Commission
Start year 2013
Intended finish year 2016
Name CLAIRE NIEDZWIEDZ
Degree PhD
Title t Risk and resilience among older people: an international comparison
Supervisor 1 Professor Richard Mitchell (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Jill Pell (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding Public Health,University of Glasgow
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2014
Name JOHN O’DOWD
Degree MD
Title Futures for primary care: which models work best?
Supervisor 1 Professor Phil Hanlon (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Kate O’Donnell (General Practice and Primary Care,University of Glasgow)
Funding Self-funding
Start year 2008
Intended finish year 2013
Name RAYMOND OLIPHANT
Degree MD
Title Prognostic factors and outcome in colorectal cancer in the West of Scotland over 20 years
Supervisor 1 Dr David Morrison (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding Self funding
Start year 2009
Intended finish year 2013
Name KATHERINE ORD
Degree PhD
Title Physical activity in green spaces: a mechanism for reducing health inequalities
Supervisor 1 Professor Richard Mitchell (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding Scottish Government
Start year 2009
Intended finish year 2013
Name NORAH PALMATEER
Degree PhD
Title Epidemiological methods to assess and monitor the effectiveness of Hepatitis C prevention initiatives in Scotland
Supervisor 1 Dr Olivia Wu (HEHTA,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor David Goldberg (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Dr Sharon Hutchinson (University of Strathclyde)
Funding Health Protection Scotland
Start year 2008
Intended finish year 2013
Name AILSA STEWART
Degree PhD
Title The impact of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007
Supervisor 1 Professor Jacqueline Atkinson (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Glasgow School of Social Work
Start year 2008
Intended finish year 2013
Name JOANNA STEWART
Degree PhD
Title Does the development ofGlasgow's city structure explain its excess mortality?
Supervisor 1 Professor Richard Mitchell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Glasgow Centre for Population Health
Start year 2008
Intended finish year 2015
Name ZIA-UL-HAQ
Degree PhD
Title Trends in Body Mass Index and its health implications
Supervisor 1 Professor Jill Pell (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr. Danny Mackay (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Dr Liz Fenwick (HEHTA,University of Glasgow)
Funding Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2014
Name JESSICA WAINMAN-LEFLEY
Degree PhD
Title Relationships between Allostatic load and outcome after head injury.
Supervisor 1 Professor Tom McMillan (Mental Health and Wellbeing,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Jonathan Cavanagh (Mental Health and Wellbeing,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Professor Jill Pell (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding CSO
Start year 2012
Intended finish year 2016
Name DAVID WALSH
Degree PhD
Title Investigating theGlasgow effect
Supervisor 1 Professor Phil Hanlon (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Carol Tannahill (Glasgow Centre for Population Health)
Funding Glasgow Centre for Population Health
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2014
Name CLAIRE WILLIAMS
Degree PhD
Title Demonstrating the potential of multi-state survival models for enhancing epidemiological and health economic modelling
Supervisor 1 Dr Jim Lewsey (Public HEHTA,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Andy Briggs (HEHTA,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Dr Danny Mackay (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Funding MRC
Start year 2011
Intended finish year 2014
RECENTLY COMPLETED
Name DAVID AUSTIN
Degree MD
Title Drug-eluting stents: a study of appropriateness and variations in practice
Supervisor 1 Professor Jill Pell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Keith Oldroyd (NHS)
Funding Self-funding
Start year October 2006
Finish date 2010
Student KOFI MENSAH
Degree PhD
Title An exploration of evaluation approaches for community based interventions for people living with HIV (PLHIV) with results applied to the ‘HOPE’ programme in Ghana
Supervisor 1 Dr Rebecca Shaw (HEHTA,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Phil Hanlon (Public Health,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Dr Jim Lewsey (HEHTA,University ofGlasgow)
Funding Ghana Education Trust Fund
Award year 2011
Student GARY NICHOLSON
Degree MD
Title The role of multidisciplinary care in the outcomes of patients treated for colorectal cancer in the West of Scotland
Supervisor 1 Mr Ian Finlay (Cancer Science and Molecular Pathology, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Professor Paul Horgan (Surgery, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Dr David Morrison (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Self-funding
Award year 2010
Student KASHIF SHAFIQUE
Degree PhD
Title Analysis of the incidence and patient survival for prostate cancer in the West of Scotland
Supervisor 1 Dr David Morrison (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Dow University,Pakistan
Award year 2012
Student ALISON TEYHAN
Degree PhD
Title The impact of neighbourhood and school environments on ethnic differences in body size in adolescence
Supervisor 1 Dr Seeromanie Harding (MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit,University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Dr Alastair Leyland (MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit,University of Glasgow)
Funding MRC
Award year 2012