Dr Adam Holland
FFPH Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, MSc Public Health, MA Philosophy, iBSc Medical Sciences with Philosophy, Medicine an, MBBS Medicine and Surgery
Current positions
Honorary Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
Interested in the evidence for and ethical implications of different approaches to reduce drug-related harm. Undertaking a PhD exploring how to reduce stigma towards people who use drugs, and the ethical dimensions of stigma in drug use deterrence.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
8544 The ‘RESPECT’ Study – reducing stigma towards people who use controlled drugs MR/X018636/1
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychology and NeuroscienceDates
05/06/2023 to 30/06/2026
Understanding the experiences of people who inject drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
What we found and what this means
Service access
People who inject drugs appreciated the efforts made by services to continue providing support during the pandemic. While not all the changes were…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2020 to 31/12/2021
Publications
Recent publications
09/07/2026Barriers and facilitators to making an alcohol reduction attempt and strategies used among people who drink at risky levels in the United Kingdom
International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research
Improving opioid substitution therapy in the acute hospital setting
BMJ Open Quality
Is nitazene-related mortality underestimated?
Clinical Toxicology
Tracing Structural Stigma in Health Care Towards People With Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections: Stigma Power, Societal Norms and Hidden Processes
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
Exclusion of LGBTQ+ people from the UK's alcohol and other drug-related death response
International Journal of Drug Policy
Related people
Professor Matthew Hickman
Professor in Public Health and Epidemiology
Professor Angela Attwood
Professor of Psychological Science
School of Psychological Science
Dr Olivia Maynard
Associate Professor in Psychological Science
School of Psychological Science
Dr Vicky Carlisle
Research Fellow in Qualitative and Behavioural Science
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Jenny Scott
Senior Lecturer
Bristol Medical School (PHS)