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Nicholas Page

Dr Nicholas Page

Research Associate, DECIPHer

School of Social Sciences

Overview

I am a Research Associate at the Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), a UKCRC Public Health Centre of Excellence, based at Cardiff University.

I have a particular interest in researching population health and wellbeing through the use of quantitative methodologies, including statistical modelling and GIS. My most recent published works include exploring change over time in youth smoking and cannabis use, investigating short term effects of introducing e-cigarette regulation on youth vaping, and examing sources of potential bias when combining routine data linkage and a national survey of secondary school children.

Publication

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2015

2014

2013

Articles

Monographs

Thesis

Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Quantitative methods
  • Adolescent health and wellbeing
  • School health research

FUNDED PROJECTS

  • (Apr-Sep 2023) Segrott, J (co-PI), Page, N (co-PI), Reed, H (co-PI), Rice, F, Shenderovich, Y, Eyre, O, Bevan-Jones, R, Murphy, S, Boffey, M, Ogada, E. Understanding the role of secondary school environments and policies as drivers of school connectedness to prevent anxiety and depression. Wellcome Trust Mental Health Data Prize (Phase 2): £100,000
  • (2022-2023) Segrott, J (co-PI), Page, N (co-PI), Reed, H (co-PI), Rice, F, Shenderovich, Y, Eyre, O, Bevan-Jones, R, Murphy, S. Understanding the role of secondary school environments and policies as drivers of school connectedness to prevent anxiety and depression. Wellcome Trust Mental Health Data Prize (Phase 1): £40,000
  • (Apr-Dec 2022) Page, N (PI), Young, H and Murphy, S. Maximising the impact and reach of evidence from Wales's Student Health and Wellbeing Survey by improving accessibility and interpretability among schools and students. Cardiff University Innovation for All grant: £12,264.80
  • (2022-2027) Hodges, H (PI), Forrester, D, Page, N, Vaughn, R. Linking survey and administrative data to enhance undertanding of risky behaviours and potential protective factors in children receiving social care: A feasibility study. HCRW Social Care Fellowship: £362,855
  • (2020-2021) Evans, R (PI), Murphy, S, Copeland, L, Edwards, A, Gee, P, Hewitt, G, et al. Review of statutory school and community-based counselling services and research and design of a pilot for primary aged children. Welsh Government: £149,982.30

Teaching

TEACHING

2019-present

  • Experiments in knowing (Undergraduate, SOCSI), lecturer
  • Evaluation: Developing and evaluating interventions in complex social systems (Postgraduate, SOCSI), lecturer
  • Health improvement (Postgraduate, School of Medicine), module convenor
  • Developing and evaluating complex public health interventions (DECIPHer short course), lecturer

SUPERVISION

I have supervised postgraduate dissertations in the School of Medicine.

Biography

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 2015: PhD Public Health, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University
  • 2011: MSc Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Glamorgan (now University of South Wales), Distinction
  • 2010: BSc (Hons) Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Glamorgan, 2:1

CAREER OVERVIEW

  • 2019-present: Research Associate, DECIPHer, Cardiff University
  • 2016-2018: Senior Research Assistant, WISERD, University of South Wales
  • 2015: Research Associate, Violence Research Group, Cardiff University