Public Health Doctoral Students
CURRENT
Name NADIA AHMED H ALGHAMDI
Degree PhD
Title PhD in Social and Public Health Sciences (Research)
Supervisor 1 Craig Andrew Melville (Mental Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Kirsty Dawn Dunn (Mental Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Danny Mackay (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Embassy of the State of Kuwait
Start year 2017
Intended finish year 2020
Name SALEH ALI M ALMAZAM
Degree PhD
Title Understanding sub-groups in clinical trial
Supervisor 1 David McAllister (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Claire Niedzwiedz (Mental Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 James Lewsey (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia
Start year 2019
Intended finish year 2022
Name KHALID ALSALLUMI
Degree PhD
Title Clinical Epidemiology
Supervisor 1 David McAllister (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Claire Niedzwiedz (Mental Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 James Lewsey (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia
Start year 2019
Intended finish year 2022
Name ELAINE BUTTERLY
Degree MD
Title Understanding multimorbidity in diabetes
Supervisor 1 David McAllister (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Robert Lindsay (Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow)
Funding Wellcome Trust
Start year 2019
Intended finish year 2022
Name MOHYUDIN DINGLE
Degree MD
Title Identifying the effects of Acceleration and Deceleration forces sustained by Critically unwell and injuries patients during aeromedical retrieval by the Scottish Ambulance Service
Supervisor 1 Danny Mackay (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Jill Pell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Scottish Ambulance Service - ScotSTAR
Start year 2018
Intended finish year 2022
Name PETER HANLON
Degree PhD
Title Understanding prevalence and impact of frailty in chronic illness and implications for clinical management
Supervisor 1 Frances Mair (General Practice & Primary Care, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 David McAllister (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 James Lewsey (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding Medical Research Council
Start year 2019
Intended finish year 2022
Name VICTORIA HARKINS
Degree PhD
Title Long-term healthcare outcomes of paediatric STEC-HUS and AKI
Supervisor 1 David McAllister (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Ben Reynolds (Medicine, University of Glasgow)
Funding Kidney Research UK
Start year 2018
Intended finish year 2020
Name MOHAMMAD ABDU A JAREEBI
Degree PhD
Title Smoking, genetics and health in UK Biobank
Supervisor 1 Donald Lyall (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Danny Mackay (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Michael Fleming (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia
Start year 2019
Intended finish year 2022
Name KIRSTIN LESLIE
Degree PhD
Title Adherence to cardiovascular medication across Scotland
Supervisor 1 Jill Pell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Colin McCowan (Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow)
Funding Medical Research Council
Start year 2016
Intended finish year 2020
Name ALEX MARSHALL
Degree PhD
Title Development and validation of novel data science tools for quantifying drug exposure using routinely collected data
Supervisor 1 Jill Pell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Colin McCowan (Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow)
Funding Medical Research Council
Start year 2016
Intended finish year 2020
Name PHILIP McLOONE
Degree PhD
Title Haematological cancer patients admitted to Intensive Care in the West of Scotland
Supervisor 1 John Kinsella (Anaesthesia, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 David Morrison (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Niger Delta Development Commission
Start year 2014
Intended finish year 2020
Name CHRIS MOULTRIE
Degree MD
Title Process and demand mapping for emergency and transport medicine
Supervisor 1 Danny Mackay (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Jill Pell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Scottish Ambulance Service
Start year 2014
Intended finish year 2020
Name UDUAK NTUK
Degree PhD
Title Epidemiological study on cardiovascular risk using UK Biobank data
Supervisor 1 Jill Pell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Naveed Sattar (Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow)
Funding Niger Delta Development Commission
Start year 2013
Intended finish year 2020
Name MARIAN OKON
Degree PhD
Title The role of environmental pollution in urban and rural health inequalities in Nigeria
Supervisor 1 Rich Mitchell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Niamh Shortt (School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh)
Funding Self funding
Start year 2014
Intended finish year 2017
Name SOLANGE LILIANA PARRA SOTO
Degree PhD
Title Modifiable and genetic risk factors of Cancer mortality
Supervisor 1 Carlos Celis (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Jill Pell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Frederick Ho (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding CONICYT - Chile
Start year 2019
Intended finish year 2022
Name FANNY PETERMANN ROCHA
Degree PhD
Title Contribution of modifiable risk factors towards a healthy ageing
Supervisor 1 Jill Pell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Carlos Celis (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Frederick Ho (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding CONICYT - Chile
Start year 2018
Intended finish year 2021
Name DAVID ROSS
Degree PhD
Title UK Women in Ground & Close Combat
Supervisor 1 Danny Mackay (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Beverley Bergman (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Evi Germeni (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Funding WGCC Research Team, Ministry of Defence
Start year 2018
Intended finish year 2021
Name EMMA RUSSELL
Degree PhD
Title Football’s influence on lifelong health and dementia risk
Supervisor 1 William Stewart (Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology Administration, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Danny Mackay (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding FIELD
Start year 2018
Intended finish year 2021
Name IOANA STANCIU
Degree PhD
Title PhD Public Health (Research)
Supervisor 1 Donald Lyall (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Stefan Siebert (Immunology, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Danny Mackay (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding MVLS Graduate School DTP Studentship
Start year 2019
Intended finish year 2022
Name RACHANA TANK
Degree PhD
Title Understanding associations between cardiometabolic and brain health using Mendelian randomization in UK Biobank
Supervisor 1 Donald Lyall (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Kristin Flegal (Stroke & Brain Imaging, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Jonathan Cavanagh (Immunology, University of Glasgow)
Funding Baillie Gifford Doctoral Training Programme studentship
Start year 2018
Intended finish year 2021
Name ADELE WARRILOW
Degree PhD
Title Development of a global neurodevelopment risk score predictive of later life adversity
Supervisor 1 Jill Pell (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 Geoff Der (MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 3 Anna Cooper (Mental Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow)
Funding Medical Research Council
Start year 2013
Intended finish year 2021
Name LILI WEI
Degree PhD
Title Use clinical trials and routine health care data to re-estimate treatment effectiveness in the real-world populations
Supervisor 1 James Lewsey (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 David McAllister (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Self funding
Start year 2018
Intended finish year 2021
Name LISONG ZHANG
Degree PhD
Title Tracking is not enough: a user-friendly platform of wearable self-monitoring for healthcare
Supervisor 1 James Lewsey (HEHTA, University of Glasgow)
Supervisor 2 David McAllister (Public Health, University of Glasgow)
Funding Self funding
Start year 2019
Intended finish year 2022
RECENTLY COMPLETED
Name NASSER ALDEKHAIL
Degree PhD
Year of award October 2017
Name MOHANNAD AL NSOUR
Degree PhD
Year of award 2014
Colorectal cancer survival in Jordan 2003-2007.
Name JESS BAKER
Degree PhD
Year of award 2015
Ethnicity and cardiovascular disease prevention.
Name BEVERLY BERGMAN
Degree PhD
Year of award 2016
Name DAVID BLANE
Degree PhD
Year of award 2018
Name WILLINGS BOTHA
Degree PhD
Year of award 2016
A broader economic evaluative space for public health interventions: an integrated approach
Name BREDA CULLEN
Degree PhD
Year of award 2017
Cognitive Function in People with Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in UK Biobank
Name GORDON DANIELS
Degree PhD
Year of award 2014
Underlying influences on health and mortality trends in post-industrial regions of Europe.
Name SHADRACH DARE
Degree PhD
Year of award 2017
A multilevel mixed methods study of neonatal mortality in Ghana
Name EFE EGHAREVBA
Degree PhD
Year of award 2016
Name AMY FERGUSON
Degree PhD
Year of award 2018
Identification of novel endophenotypes for bipolar disorder using genetic risk score analysis
Name MIKE FLEMING
Degree PhD
Year of award 2016
Name ALLAN GILLIES
Degree PhD
Year of award 2015
Name SHAZA HAMMED
Degree PhD
Year of award 2016
An evaluation of family engagement with a family-based paediatric obesity intervention programme
Name CATHY JOHNMAN
Degree PhD
Year of award 2015
Chronological and biological ageing in coronary artery disease.
Name VITTAL KATIKIREDDI
Degree PhD
Year of award 2013
Name LIYA LU
Degree PhD
Year of award 2016
Association between active smoking, secondhand smoke and peripheral arterial disease
Name DANIEL MARTIN
Degree MD
Year of award 2017
Investigating the associations, outcomes and treatment of cardiometabolic diseases in affective disorder
Name CLAIRE NIEDZWIEDZ
Degree PhD
Year of award 2014
Name JOHN O’DOWD
Degree MD
Year of award 2013
Name RAYMOND OLIPHANT
Degree MD
Year of award 2013
Colorectal cancer and socio-economic circumstances in the West of Scotland.
Name KATHERINE ORD
Degree PhD
Year of award 2013
Physical activity in green space: a mechanism for reducing health inequalities?
Name NORAH PALMATEER
Degree PhD
Year of award 2014
Name KATHRYN ANN PUXTY
Degree MD
Year of award 2017
Name KASHIF SHAFIQUE
Degree PhD
Year of Award 2011
Analysis of the incidence and patient survival for prostate cancer in the West of Scotland
Name AILSA STEWART
Degree PhD
Year of award 2016
The implementation of Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act (2007).
Name JOANNA STEWART
Degree PhD
Year of award 2016
Name SARAH TAYLOR
Degree PhD
Intended finish year 2016
Caring at the edge: a synthesis of new paradigm insights and a case study of care for older people
Name ZIA-UL-HAQ
Degree PhD
Year of award 2014
Adiposity and subjective well-being.
Name JESSICA WAINMAIN-LEFLEY
Degree PhD
Year of award 2016
Allostatic Load and Heterogeneity of Outcome After Head Injury
Name DAVID WALSH
Degree PhD
Year of award 2014
Name CLAIRE WILLIAMS
Degree PhD
Year of award 2017
Exploring multi-state modelling in an epidemiological and health economics context
Name MEGAN YATES
Degree PhD
Year of award 2017
Inequalities in Mortality Amenable to Healthcare Intervention in Scotland