Dr Alice MacLachlan

  • Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager (MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit)

Biography

I am an Executive Officer and Portfolio Manager at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit (SPHSU), working across Prof. Petra Meier’s portfolio of research. This includes: 

  • The Systems Science in Health research group within the SPHSU. 
  • The £10.3 million NERC-funded GALLANT (Glasgow as a Living Lab Accelerating Novel Transformation 2022-2027), which aims to deliver a Climate Resilient City through City-University Partnership.  
  • The £7.5 million UKRI Population Health Improvement investment Policy Modelling for Health (2024-2028), a multi-institution consortium to develop public health computational modelling that provides timely and effective support to real-life policy processes.  

I graduated with BSc(Hons) in Neuroscience from the University of Edinburgh and then completed a PhD in the School of Psychology at Cardiff University in 2012. Before joining the SPHSU, I worked in Medical Communications developing publications  for pharmaceutical industry clients in the area of inflammatory diseases. I joined the SPHSU in 2018 as a project manager and since then I have worked across a number of different research projects focussed on addressing health inequalities including, the Trial for Healthy Initiatives in the Very Early years (THRIVE), the UKRI-funded Transdisciplinary Research for the Improvement of Youth Mental Public Health (TRIUMPH) network and the UKPRP-funded Population Health Agent-based Simulation nEtwork (PHASE). 

Research interests

My research interests include:

  • Health inequalities
  • Complexity in public health
  • Project management

 

Publications

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Number of items: 11.

2025

Henderson, M. et al. (2025) Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components. Public Health Research, 13(4), pp. 1-138. (doi: 10.3310/KYMT5407) (PMID:40351091)

2024

MacLachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221, Pemmasani, Praveena, Jamieson-MacKenzie, Isla, McMellon, Christina, Cunningham, Emily, Lewis, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-6188 and Tisdall, E. Kay (2024) Applying co-production principles in research: reflections from young people and academics. Childhood, 31(3), pp. 309-328. (doi: 10.1177/09075682241269692) (PMID:39404694) (PMCID:PMC7616617)

Martin, Jack G., Stewart, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4447-9522, Lodge, Heather and MacLachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221 (2024) Research Manifesto Guidance & Template. Project Report. UK Prevention Research Partnership.

Martin, Jack G., Stewart, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4447-9522, Lodge, Heather and MacLachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221 (2024) Stakeholder Engagement Activities of UKPRP Funded Projects. Project Report. UK Prevention Research Partnership.

2023

Inchley, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-8817, Cunningham, Emily, McMellon, Christina and Maclachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221 (2023) New mental health research goals are an important step forward for child and adolescent mental health. Journal of Mental Health, 32(6), pp. 1014-1015. (doi: 10.1080/09638237.2021.1898560) (PMID:33966573)

Maclachlan, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221, McMellon, C. and Inchley, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-8817 (2023) Public mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: impacts on children’s rights. International Journal of Human Rights, 27(9-10), pp. 1406-1425. (doi: 10.1080/13642987.2022.2057958)

2022

Buston, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4162-8868, MacLachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221 and Henderson, Marion ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7582-9516 (2022) How do pregnant women with additional health or social care needs experience parenting groups: Evidence from delivery of Enhanced Triple P for Baby and Mellow Bumps as part of the Trial of Healthy Relationships Initiatives in the Very Early Years (THRIVE). Child Care in Practice, 28(4), pp. 721-738. (doi: 10.1080/13575279.2021.1933902)

Taylor, Andrea, McMellon, Christina, French, Tara, Maclachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221, Evans, Rhiannon, Lewis, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-6188, McCann, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Moore, Laurence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-823X, Simpson, Sharon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768 and Inchley, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-8817 (2022) Defining research priorities for youth public mental health: reflections on a coproduction approach to transdisciplinary working. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20, 72. (doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00871-w) (PMID:35725482) (PMCID:PMC9207849)

2021

McMellon, Christina and Maclachlan, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221 (2021) Young people's rights and mental health during a pandemic: an analysis of the impact of emergency legislation in Scotland. Young, 29(4_supp), S11-S34. (doi: 10.1177/11033088211032783)

MacLachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221, Crawford, Karen, Shinwell, Shona, Nixon, Catherine and Henderson, Marion ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7582-9516 (2021) Recruiting hard-to-reach pregnant women at high psychosocial risk: strategies and costs from a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 22, 402. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05348-9) (PMID:34134724) (PMCID:PMC8207826)

2019

Henderson, M. et al. (2019) Trial of healthy relationship initiatives for the very early years (THRIVE), evaluating Enhanced Triple P for Baby and Mellow Bumps for those with additional social and care needs during pregnancy and their infants who are at higher risk of maltreatment: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 20, 499. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3571-5) (PMID:31412902) (PMCID:PMC6694522)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 20:16:49 2025 BST.
Jump to: Articles | Research Reports or Papers
Number of items: 11.

Articles

Henderson, M. et al. (2025) Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components. Public Health Research, 13(4), pp. 1-138. (doi: 10.3310/KYMT5407) (PMID:40351091)

MacLachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221, Pemmasani, Praveena, Jamieson-MacKenzie, Isla, McMellon, Christina, Cunningham, Emily, Lewis, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-6188 and Tisdall, E. Kay (2024) Applying co-production principles in research: reflections from young people and academics. Childhood, 31(3), pp. 309-328. (doi: 10.1177/09075682241269692) (PMID:39404694) (PMCID:PMC7616617)

Inchley, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-8817, Cunningham, Emily, McMellon, Christina and Maclachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221 (2023) New mental health research goals are an important step forward for child and adolescent mental health. Journal of Mental Health, 32(6), pp. 1014-1015. (doi: 10.1080/09638237.2021.1898560) (PMID:33966573)

Maclachlan, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221, McMellon, C. and Inchley, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-8817 (2023) Public mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: impacts on children’s rights. International Journal of Human Rights, 27(9-10), pp. 1406-1425. (doi: 10.1080/13642987.2022.2057958)

Buston, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4162-8868, MacLachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221 and Henderson, Marion ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7582-9516 (2022) How do pregnant women with additional health or social care needs experience parenting groups: Evidence from delivery of Enhanced Triple P for Baby and Mellow Bumps as part of the Trial of Healthy Relationships Initiatives in the Very Early Years (THRIVE). Child Care in Practice, 28(4), pp. 721-738. (doi: 10.1080/13575279.2021.1933902)

Taylor, Andrea, McMellon, Christina, French, Tara, Maclachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221, Evans, Rhiannon, Lewis, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-6188, McCann, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Moore, Laurence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-823X, Simpson, Sharon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768 and Inchley, Joanna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-8817 (2022) Defining research priorities for youth public mental health: reflections on a coproduction approach to transdisciplinary working. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20, 72. (doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00871-w) (PMID:35725482) (PMCID:PMC9207849)

McMellon, Christina and Maclachlan, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221 (2021) Young people's rights and mental health during a pandemic: an analysis of the impact of emergency legislation in Scotland. Young, 29(4_supp), S11-S34. (doi: 10.1177/11033088211032783)

MacLachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221, Crawford, Karen, Shinwell, Shona, Nixon, Catherine and Henderson, Marion ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7582-9516 (2021) Recruiting hard-to-reach pregnant women at high psychosocial risk: strategies and costs from a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 22, 402. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05348-9) (PMID:34134724) (PMCID:PMC8207826)

Henderson, M. et al. (2019) Trial of healthy relationship initiatives for the very early years (THRIVE), evaluating Enhanced Triple P for Baby and Mellow Bumps for those with additional social and care needs during pregnancy and their infants who are at higher risk of maltreatment: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 20, 499. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3571-5) (PMID:31412902) (PMCID:PMC6694522)

Research Reports or Papers

Martin, Jack G., Stewart, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4447-9522, Lodge, Heather and MacLachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221 (2024) Research Manifesto Guidance & Template. Project Report. UK Prevention Research Partnership.

Martin, Jack G., Stewart, Emma ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4447-9522, Lodge, Heather and MacLachlan, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221 (2024) Stakeholder Engagement Activities of UKPRP Funded Projects. Project Report. UK Prevention Research Partnership.

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 20:16:49 2025 BST.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • PHASE: The Population HeAlth Simulation nEtwork
    Medical Research Council
    2019 - 2023
     

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