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Ms Lianna Angel
Teams and roles for Lianna Angel
Operational Manager, School Health Research Network (SHRN) DECIPHer
Overview
I have worked as a researcher at Cardiff University since 2012. Prior to this I worked for 6 years as a project manager at a market research company focusing mainly on visitor and trend surveys.
I am currently a Research Associate at DECIPHer (2019 - present), following 6 years working as a Data Manager at the Centre for Trials Research (CTR) (2013 - 2019).
I have a strong project management background, and as such my research experience at Cardiff University has been broad and eclectic, ranging from school-based intervention, data linkage projects and various drug RCTs.
I am currently working on a sexual health intervention within secondary schools and FE colleges across England and Wales.
My research interests lie in mental health interventions and resilience narratives.
Publication
2025
- Liu, S. et al. 2025. Learner health and well-being in Wales: Key findings from the SHRN Student Health and Wellbeing Survey in primary schools 2024. Project Report.The School Health Research Network.
- Page, N. et al. 2025. Emotional and behavioural difficulties in gender minority compared to cisgender adolescents: identity specific findings from a contemporary national study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (10.1111/jcpp.70050)
2024
- Donaldson, C. et al. 2024. Mental health, bullying and school connectedness: a comparative analysis of school transition at age 11 from within the Welsh education system. British Educational Research Journal 50 (3), pp.1533-1555. (10.1002/berj.3985)
- Hughes, K. et al. 2024. Long-term consequences of urinary tract infection in childhood: an electronic population-based cohort study in Welsh primary and secondary care. British Journal of General Practice 74 (743), pp.e371-e378. (10.3399/BJGP.2023.0174)
- Moore, G. et al. 2024. School and family level socioeconomic status, school connectedness and health and wellbeing among 9-11 year olds: cross sectional analysis of the Student Health and Wellbeing Survey in Wales. Child Indicators Research (10.1007/s12187-024-10179-6)
- Page, N. et al. 2024. Data Resource Profile: The School Health Research Network (SHRN) Student Health and Well-being (SHW) survey of 11-16-year-olds (2017-2023). International Journal of Epidemiology 53 (6) dyae161. (10.1093/ije/dyae161)
2023
- Page, N. et al. 2023. Student Health and Wellbeing in Wales: Report of the 2021/22 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey and School Health Research Network Student Health and Wellbeing Survey. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.shrn.org.uk/national-data/.
2022
- Moore, G. et al. 2022. Mental health and life satisfaction among 10–11-year-olds in Wales, before and one year after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health 22 379. (10.1186/s12889-022-12752-6)
- Robling, M. et al. 2022. A nurse-led home-visitation programme for first-time mothers in reducing maltreatment and improving child health and development (BB:2-6): longer-term outcomes from a randomised cohort using data-linkage. BMJ Open 12 (2) e049960. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049960)
2021
- Hallingberg, B. et al. 2021. Changes in childhood experimentation with, and exposure to, tobacco and e-cigarettes and perceived smoking norms: a repeated cross-sectional study of 10-11 year olds' in Wales. BMC Public Health 21 (1) 1924. (10.1186/s12889-021-12004-z)
- Moore, G. et al. 2021. Socio-economic status, mental health difficulties and feelings about transition to secondary school among 10-11 year olds in Wales: multi-level analysis of a cross sectional survey. Child Indicators Research 14 , pp.1597-1615. (10.1007/s12187-021-09815-2)
- Robling, M. et al. 2021. The Family Nurse Partnership to reduce maltreatment and improve child health and development in young children: the BB:2 6 routine data-linkage follow-up to earlier RCT. Public Health Research 9 2. (10.3310/phr09020)
2020
- Brown, R. et al. 2020. Ecological exploration of knowledge and attitudes towards tobacco and e-cigarettes among primary school children, teachers and parents in Wales: a qualitative study. Tobacco Use Insights 13 , pp.1-12. (10.1177/1179173X20938770)
- Moore, G. F. et al. 2020. Associations of socioeconomic status, parental smoking and parental e-cigarette use with 10-11-year-old children's perceptions of tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes: Cross sectional analysis of the CHETS Wales 3 Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (3) 683. (10.3390/ijerph17030683)
2019
- Lugg-Widger, F. V. et al. 2019. Long-term outcomes of urinary tract infection (UTI) in Childhood (LUCI): protocol for an electronic record-linked cohort study. BMJ Open 9 e024210. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024210)
2018
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2018. Challenges in accessing routinely collected data from multiple providers in the UK for primary studies: Managing the morass. International Journal of Population Data Science 3 (3) 2. (10.23889/ijpds.v3i3.432)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2018. Assessing the impact of specialist home visiting upon maltreatment in England: a feasibility study of data linkage from a public health trial to routine health and social care data. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4 98. (10.1186/s40814-018-0294-4)
2017
- Chestnutt, I. G. et al. 2017. Fissure seal or fluoride varnish? A randomised trial of their relative effectiveness. Journal of Dental Research 96 (7), pp.754-761. (10.1177/0022034517702094)
- Chestnutt, I. G. et al. 2017. Seal or Varnish? A randomised controlled trial to determine the relative cost and effectiveness of pit and fissure sealant and fluoride varnish in preventing dental decay. Health Technology Assessment 21 (21), pp.1-256. (10.3310/hta21210)
- McNamara, R. et al. 2017. A pilot randomised controlled trial of community-led ANtipsychotic Drug REduction for Adults with Learning Disabilities. Project Report.[Online].Health Technology Assessment. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta21470.
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adaptation of the ASSIST peer-led smoking intervention to deliver information from the Talk to FRANK drug education website (ASSIST+FRANK): a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 390 (S3), pp.S1. (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32936-7)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to FRANK drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST?+FRANK): intervention development, refinement and a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Public Health Research 5 (7), pp.1-126. (10.3310/phr05070)
2016
Articles
- Brown, R. et al. 2020. Ecological exploration of knowledge and attitudes towards tobacco and e-cigarettes among primary school children, teachers and parents in Wales: a qualitative study. Tobacco Use Insights 13 , pp.1-12. (10.1177/1179173X20938770)
- Chestnutt, I. G. et al. 2017. Fissure seal or fluoride varnish? A randomised trial of their relative effectiveness. Journal of Dental Research 96 (7), pp.754-761. (10.1177/0022034517702094)
- Chestnutt, I. G. et al. 2017. Seal or Varnish? A randomised controlled trial to determine the relative cost and effectiveness of pit and fissure sealant and fluoride varnish in preventing dental decay. Health Technology Assessment 21 (21), pp.1-256. (10.3310/hta21210)
- Donaldson, C. et al. 2024. Mental health, bullying and school connectedness: a comparative analysis of school transition at age 11 from within the Welsh education system. British Educational Research Journal 50 (3), pp.1533-1555. (10.1002/berj.3985)
- Hallingberg, B. et al. 2021. Changes in childhood experimentation with, and exposure to, tobacco and e-cigarettes and perceived smoking norms: a repeated cross-sectional study of 10-11 year olds' in Wales. BMC Public Health 21 (1) 1924. (10.1186/s12889-021-12004-z)
- Hughes, K. et al. 2024. Long-term consequences of urinary tract infection in childhood: an electronic population-based cohort study in Welsh primary and secondary care. British Journal of General Practice 74 (743), pp.e371-e378. (10.3399/BJGP.2023.0174)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2018. Challenges in accessing routinely collected data from multiple providers in the UK for primary studies: Managing the morass. International Journal of Population Data Science 3 (3) 2. (10.23889/ijpds.v3i3.432)
- Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2018. Assessing the impact of specialist home visiting upon maltreatment in England: a feasibility study of data linkage from a public health trial to routine health and social care data. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 4 98. (10.1186/s40814-018-0294-4)
- Lugg-Widger, F. V. et al. 2019. Long-term outcomes of urinary tract infection (UTI) in Childhood (LUCI): protocol for an electronic record-linked cohort study. BMJ Open 9 e024210. (10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024210)
- Moore, G. et al. 2021. Socio-economic status, mental health difficulties and feelings about transition to secondary school among 10-11 year olds in Wales: multi-level analysis of a cross sectional survey. Child Indicators Research 14 , pp.1597-1615. (10.1007/s12187-021-09815-2)
- Moore, G. et al. 2022. Mental health and life satisfaction among 10–11-year-olds in Wales, before and one year after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health 22 379. (10.1186/s12889-022-12752-6)
- Moore, G. et al. 2024. School and family level socioeconomic status, school connectedness and health and wellbeing among 9-11 year olds: cross sectional analysis of the Student Health and Wellbeing Survey in Wales. Child Indicators Research (10.1007/s12187-024-10179-6)
- Moore, G. F. et al. 2020. Associations of socioeconomic status, parental smoking and parental e-cigarette use with 10-11-year-old children's perceptions of tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes: Cross sectional analysis of the CHETS Wales 3 Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (3) 683. (10.3390/ijerph17030683)
- Page, N. et al. 2025. Emotional and behavioural difficulties in gender minority compared to cisgender adolescents: identity specific findings from a contemporary national study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (10.1111/jcpp.70050)
- Page, N. et al. 2024. Data Resource Profile: The School Health Research Network (SHRN) Student Health and Well-being (SHW) survey of 11-16-year-olds (2017-2023). International Journal of Epidemiology 53 (6) dyae161. (10.1093/ije/dyae161)
- Randell, E. et al. 2016. The use of everolimus in the treatment of neurocognitive problems in tuberous sclerosis (TRON): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 17 398. (10.1186/s13063-016-1446-6)
- Robling, M. et al. 2022. A nurse-led home-visitation programme for first-time mothers in reducing maltreatment and improving child health and development (BB:2-6): longer-term outcomes from a randomised cohort using data-linkage. BMJ Open 12 (2) e049960. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049960)
- Robling, M. et al. 2021. The Family Nurse Partnership to reduce maltreatment and improve child health and development in young children: the BB:2 6 routine data-linkage follow-up to earlier RCT. Public Health Research 9 2. (10.3310/phr09020)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adaptation of the ASSIST peer-led smoking intervention to deliver information from the Talk to FRANK drug education website (ASSIST+FRANK): a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 390 (S3), pp.S1. (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32936-7)
- White, J. et al. 2017. Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to FRANK drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST?+FRANK): intervention development, refinement and a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Public Health Research 5 (7), pp.1-126. (10.3310/phr05070)
Monographs
- Liu, S. et al. 2025. Learner health and well-being in Wales: Key findings from the SHRN Student Health and Wellbeing Survey in primary schools 2024. Project Report.The School Health Research Network.
- McNamara, R. et al. 2017. A pilot randomised controlled trial of community-led ANtipsychotic Drug REduction for Adults with Learning Disabilities. Project Report.[Online].Health Technology Assessment. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta21470.
- Page, N. et al. 2023. Student Health and Wellbeing in Wales: Report of the 2021/22 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey and School Health Research Network Student Health and Wellbeing Survey. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.shrn.org.uk/national-data/.