Dr Amanda Vettini

  • Research Associate (Public Health)

Biography

Dr Amanda Vettini is a sociologist and seasoned social and public health researcher with over 17 years of experience across academia, government, and consultancy. Her work bridges disciplines and sectors, with a strong focus on health equity, innovative research methods, and the lived experiences of marginalised groups.

Amanda is currently a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow, contributing to the qualitative branch of the ASSIST Global feasibility trial — a peer-led, school-based smoking prevention programme for young people in Indonesia and the Philippines. She plays a key role in the qualitative process evaluation, helping shape the study’s logic model and programme theory, and supporting international partners in managing a large and complex dataset.

Her previous research at the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, explored acute cardiac care for people with severe mental illness, including GPs' barriers to prescribing cardioprotective medication and patient hospital experiences following heart attacks. Amanda has led qualitative fieldwork with patients, GPs, paramedics, and hospital staff, and published on the intersection between mental and physical health.

Amanda’s academic journey includes a PhD in Sociology from the University of Edinburgh, where she examined the role of research methods training in UK social science doctorates. She is passionate about creative qualitative methods, such as walking interviews and video diaries, and has published on their ethical and practical applications.

 She is an active member of qualitative research networks and regularly presents at national conferences. Amanda’s work is united by a commitment to amplifying marginalised voices, improving healthcare experiences, and making research more inclusive and impactful.

Research interests

Patient healthcare experiences; Multimorbidity/Disease and exercise-based rehabilitation; Smoking/Tobacco Control; Chronic disease; Mental health / wellbeing; Cardiovascular disease / heart attacks/strokes; Research methods especially innovative methods e.g. video diaries, walking interviews.

Research groups

Publications

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2024

Fleetwood, K., Nolan, J., Cavers, D., Mercer, S., Padmanabhan, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Smith, D., Vettini, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-1360 and Jackson, C. (2024) The Association Between Severe Mental Illness and Receipt of Acute Cardiac Care for Myocardial Infarction, and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study of 95,125 Adults with Myocardial Infarction. Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2024, Glasgow, Scotland, 04-06 Sep 2024. A4.1-A4. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2024-SSMabstracts.7)

Vettini, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-1360, Brennan, Gearóid K., Mercer, Stewart W. and Jackson, Caroline A. (2024) Severe mental illness and cardioprotective medication prescribing: a qualitative study in general practice. BJGP Open, 8(2), BJGPO.2023. (doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0176) (PMID:38355146) (PMCID:PMC11300976)

Vettini, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-1360, Cavers, Debbie, Padmanabhan, Sandosh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Smith, Daniel and Jackson, Caroline (2024) Acute Cardiac Care for People With Severe Mental Illness Following a Myocardial Infarction Among People With a Severe Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study. RCPsych International Congress 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland, 17-20 Jun 2024. S7-S7. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.87)

2023

Williams, Jane, Lord-Watson, Kat and Vettini, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-1360 (2023) The impact of parental complaints on teachers working within Scottish schools during Covid-19. Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie, 43(1), pp. 47-70. (doi: 10.1515/zfrs-2023-2003)

2021

Vettini, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-1360 and Bartlett, Ruth (2021) Using video diaries in social science research: reflections on past, current, and future ethical trends. In: Punziano, Gabriella and Delli Paoli, Angela (eds.) Handbook of Research on Advanced Research Methodologies for a Digital Society. IGI Global: Hershey, Pennsylvania, pp. 442-460. ISBN 9781799884743 (doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6.ch027)

This list was generated on Wed Oct 15 01:27:56 2025 BST.
Number of items: 5.

Articles

Vettini, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-1360, Brennan, Gearóid K., Mercer, Stewart W. and Jackson, Caroline A. (2024) Severe mental illness and cardioprotective medication prescribing: a qualitative study in general practice. BJGP Open, 8(2), BJGPO.2023. (doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0176) (PMID:38355146) (PMCID:PMC11300976)

Williams, Jane, Lord-Watson, Kat and Vettini, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-1360 (2023) The impact of parental complaints on teachers working within Scottish schools during Covid-19. Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie, 43(1), pp. 47-70. (doi: 10.1515/zfrs-2023-2003)

Book Sections

Vettini, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-1360 and Bartlett, Ruth (2021) Using video diaries in social science research: reflections on past, current, and future ethical trends. In: Punziano, Gabriella and Delli Paoli, Angela (eds.) Handbook of Research on Advanced Research Methodologies for a Digital Society. IGI Global: Hershey, Pennsylvania, pp. 442-460. ISBN 9781799884743 (doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6.ch027)

Conference or Workshop Item

Fleetwood, K., Nolan, J., Cavers, D., Mercer, S., Padmanabhan, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Smith, D., Vettini, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-1360 and Jackson, C. (2024) The Association Between Severe Mental Illness and Receipt of Acute Cardiac Care for Myocardial Infarction, and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study of 95,125 Adults with Myocardial Infarction. Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2024, Glasgow, Scotland, 04-06 Sep 2024. A4.1-A4. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2024-SSMabstracts.7)

Vettini, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-1360, Cavers, Debbie, Padmanabhan, Sandosh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-5808, Smith, Daniel and Jackson, Caroline (2024) Acute Cardiac Care for People With Severe Mental Illness Following a Myocardial Infarction Among People With a Severe Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study. RCPsych International Congress 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland, 17-20 Jun 2024. S7-S7. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.87)

This list was generated on Wed Oct 15 01:27:56 2025 BST.

Teaching

In addition to her research, Amanda has taught sociology and research methods at multiple universities, including Edinburgh Napier (Sociology Module Leader), Queen Margaret University, and the University of Edinburgh, where she was a senior tutor and guest lecturer.