Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences
Honorary Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Lecturer in Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences
Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences
Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences
Lecturer in Education Leadership, Education
Research Assistant, Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Principal Emeritus, Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor of Ageing, Faculty of Social Sciences
Honorary Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Project Coordinator, Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor in Substance Use, Faculty of Social Sciences
Honorary Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Tutor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Honorary Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Honorary Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences
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Macgregor A, McCormack B, Spilsbury K, Hockley J, Rutherford A, Ogden M, Soulsby I, McKenzie M, Hanratty B & Forbat L (2023) Supporting care home residents in the last year of life through ‘Needs Rounds’: Development of a pre-implementation programme theory through a rapid collaborative online approach. Frontiers in Health Services, 2, Art. No.: 1019602. https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2022.1019602
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Schofield J, Parkes T, Mercer F, Foster R, Hnízdilová K, Matheson C, Steele W, McAuley A, Raeburn F, Skea L & Baldacchino A (2023) Feasibility and acceptability of an overdose prevention intervention delivered by Community Pharmacists for patients prescribed opioids for chronic non-cancer pain. Pharmacy, 11 (3), Art. No.: 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy11030088
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Doyle L, Montgomery L, Donnelly S, Mackay K & Penhale B (2023) Assessment tools used in adult safeguarding practice within the UK and Ireland: results from a small-scale qualitative study. The Journal of Adult Protection, 25 (2), pp. 67-81. https://doi.org/10.1108/jap-10-2022-0021
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Serpa R, Rolfe S, Gibson G, lawrence J & McCall V (2023) Agency and the limits of responsibility: co management of technology enabled care in supported housing.. Social Sciences, 12 (4), Art. No.: 248. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12040248
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Forbat L, Sedgley T & Bellussi L (2023) Multiple Myeloma in People of Working Age: A Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis of Experiences of Paid and Unpaid Work. European Journal of Cancer Care, 2023, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6292479
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Dangerous care: developing theory to safeguard older adults in caring relationships in the UK
Sherwood-Johnson F, Rummery K, Lawrence J, Mackay K, Ramsay K & McGregor R (2023) Dangerous care: developing theory to safeguard older adults in caring relationships in the UK. Journal of Adult Protection. https://doi.org/10.1108/jap-10-2022-0023
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Connell C, Birken M, Carver H, Brown T & Greenhalgh J (2023) Effectiveness of interventions to improve employment for people released from prison: systematic review and meta-analysis. Health and Justice, 11, Art. No.: 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00217-w
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Five changes needed to Scottish cancer policy to support necessary transformation of services
Ward AL & Forbat L (2023) Five changes needed to Scottish cancer policy to support necessary transformation of services. Journal of Cancer Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2023.100420
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Overdose Alert and Response Technologies: State-of-the-art Review
Oteo A, Daneshvar H, Baldacchino A & Matheson C (2023) Overdose Alert and Response Technologies: State-of-the-art Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25. https://doi.org/10.2196/40389
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Lizzio-Wilson M, Thomas EF, Louis WR, Crane MF, Kho M, Molenberghs P, Wibisono S, Minto K, Amiot CE, Decety J, Breen LJ, Noonan K, Forbat L & Allen F (2023) Using Latent Profile Analysis to Understand Health Practitioners’ Attitudes Toward Voluntary Assisted Dying. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, p. 003022282211494. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221149453
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Arakelyan S, Brown T, McCabe L, McGregor L, Comerford D, Dawson A, Bell D, Douglas C, Houston J & Douglas E (2023) The social, health and economic impact of COVID-19 – Healthy Ageing In Scotland (HAGIS): a protocol for a mixed-methods study. BMJ Open, 13 (2), Art. No.: e061427. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061427
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Macgregor A (2022) Meaningful participation or tokenism for individuals on community based compulsory treatment orders? Views and experiences of the mental health tribunal in Scotland. Journal of Mental Health, 31 (2), pp. 158-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2020.1818708
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Tweed EJ, Miller RG, Schofield J, Barnsdale L & Matheson C (2022) Why are drug-related deaths among women increasing in Scotland? A mixed-methods analysis of possible explanations. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 29 (1), pp. 62-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2020.1856786
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Miler JA, Foster R, Hnizdilova K, Murdoch H & Parkes T (2022) 'It maybe doesn't seem much, but to me it's my kingdom': staff and client experiences of Housing First in Scotland. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 29 (3), pp. 231-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2021.1926429
Help-seeking for substance use and mental health challenges among justice-involved people in Scottish community contexts: An analysis of the influence of social networks
PI: Dr Catriona Connell
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Understanding mental health and substance use service utilisation by people released from prison: A mixed-methods study
PI: Dr Catriona Connell
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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GOALD: Connectivity and Digital Design for Health and Well-being Across Generations, Places and Spaces
PI: Professor Catherine Hennessy
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Welfare access, assets and debts of LGBT+ people in the UK
PI: Dr Peter Matthews
Funded by: The Nuffield Foundation
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Overdose detection and responder alert technologies: transforming preventative care for those most at risk of drug-related death
PI: Professor Catriona Matheson
Funded by: Scottish Government
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See beyond, see the lives Scotland
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems
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Drugs Research Network Scotland Phase 2
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: Scottish Funding Council
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ODART : Responder Application Pilot study for the Brave app
PI: Dr Hadi Daneshvar
Funded by: Scottish Government
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A System Approach to Exploring Syndemic Health and Social Condition Clustering Among Individuals Who Experience A Drug Related Death: Developmental Work For Co-Produced Interventions
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Researching and developing key components of a new Scottish Drug Checking service
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: CORRA Foundation
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Ambulance Call-Outs to Drug Overdoses in Scotland: Patterns and Practice
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Digital inclusion for the prevention of drug deaths proposal
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Improving end of life care: supporting the workforce and reducing hospitalisations through an implementation study in care homes
PI: Professor Liz Forbat
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services and treatments
PI: Dr Emma France
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Exploring the utility and safety of benzodiazepine prescribing among people receiving Opiate Replacement Therapy in Scotland: a multicentre retrospective cohort study
PI: Mr Joe Schofield
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Understanding the contextual factors that impact on the effective provision of opiate substitution therapy (OST) and needle and syringe programmes (NSP) in the UK: a multi-method study and realist evaluation of what works, for whom and under what circumstances
PI: Professor Catriona Matheson
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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The impact of COVID-19 Fear: evidence to inform social, health and economic recovery - a Healthy Ageing In Scotland (HAGIS) study
PI: Dr Elaine Douglas
Funded by: UK Research and Innovation
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Water and Fire: Understanding and reducing risk with 15 “Best Bets” for enhancing capacity for transformative adaptation with vulnerable township residents on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa.
PI: Professor Derek McGhee
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Assessing prescription opioid overdose risk (POOR) via a quality improvement process led by Fife Pharmacy and scoping the feasibility of a specific overdose prevention intervention (distribution of and training in administration of intrasnasal take home naloxone) delivered by Community Pharmacists in NHS Fife.
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: NHS Fife
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Feasibility and acceptability of an overdose prevention intervention delivered by Community Pharmacists for patients prescribed opioids for chronic non cancer pain
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Funded by: Scottish Government
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