Dr Alexandra Creavin
MBChB (Hons), MSc, PhD
Expertise
I am an NIHR clinical lecturer and an acting Consultant in Public Health at UKHSA. My research interests are vaccination uptake and policy and health protection information. I am founding co-chair of the FPH Vaccination SIG.
Current positions
Academic Clinical Lecturer in Public Health
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Biography
VACCiNE: A mixed methods realist evaluation of community-led initiatives to increase vaccine uptake across BNSSG
Role: Co-PI
Funder: NIHR 3-schools prevention grant
https://hpruebs.nihr.ac.uk/projects/the-bristol-vaccine-study-mmr/
The MMRV study: A qualitative co-production study to understand the opinions of communities with low MMR uptake, on the new MMRV vaccine and co-produce recommendations for information resources
Role: Co-PI
Funder: BNSSG ICB Research Capability Funding
Welcome Health: A qualitative study of health information needs of asylum seekers and refugees
Role: PI
Funder: Academy of Medical Sciences
CLEAR: A qualitative co-production study to generate diphtheria and other health protection resources for asylum seekers and refugees
Role: Co-PI
Funder: UKHSA pump priming grant
StatinWISE: A mixed methods implementation study of novel methods for prescribing statins to reduce inequalities.
Role: Co-PI
Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit grant
In my clinical time I am an acting Consultant in Public Health at the National UK Health Security Agency in the Evaluation and Epidemiological Sciences Division. Among other programmes, I lead a national department of health mixed methods evaluation of use of Community Pharmacies to deliver RSV vaccine:
https://hpruebs.nihr.ac.uk/projects/exploring-how-pharmacies-can-support-rsv-vaccination-for-people-75/
I am founding co-chair of the Vaccination Special Interest Group at the Faculty of Public Health.
Research interests
I am an NIHR clinical lecturer at Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol and an acting Consultant in Public Health at UKHSA. My research interests are vaccination uptake and policy and health protection information including for the general public and for vulnerable migrant groups. I am leading the following research studies:
VACCiNE: A mixed methods realist evaluation of community-led initiatives to increase vaccine uptake across BNSSG
Role: Co-PI
Funder: NIHR 3-schools prevention grant
https://hpruebs.nihr.ac.uk/projects/the-bristol-vaccine-study-mmr/
The MMRV study: A qualitative co-production study to understand the opinions of communities with low MMR uptake, on the new MMRV vaccine and co-produce recommendations for information resources
Role: Co-PI
Funder: BNSSG ICB Research Capability Funding
Welcome Health: A qualitative study of health information needs of asylum seekers and refugees
Role: PI
Funder: Academy of Medical Sciences
CLEAR: A qualitative co-production study to generate diphtheria and other health protection resources for asylum seekers and refugees
Role: Co-PI
Funder: UKHSA pump priming grant
StatinWISE: A mixed methods implementation study of novel methods for prescribing statins to reduce inequalities.
Role: Co-PI
Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit grant
In my clinical time I am an acting Consultant in Public Health at the National UK Health Security Agency in the Evaluation and Epidemiological Sciences Division. Among other programmes, I lead a national department of health mixed methods evaluation of use of Community Pharmacies to deliver RSV vaccine:
https://hpruebs.nihr.ac.uk/projects/exploring-how-pharmacies-can-support-rsv-vaccination-for-people-75/
I am founding co-chair of the Vaccination Special Interest Group at the Faculty of Public Health.
Publications
Selected publications
01/09/2022Inequalities in the uptake of bowel cancer screening across BNSSG since COVID-19
Inequalities in the uptake of bowel cancer screening across BNSSG since COVID-19
The overlooked challenges facing Out-of-Hours primary care in the NHS
BJGP Open
Optic disc parameters and associations with early life exposures in over 3000 12-year-old children: findings from the ALSPAC cohort
Eye
Recent publications
01/03/2026Dynamics of public health messaging and healthcare activity in children during the 2022 iGAS surge
Journal of Public Health
Optic disc parameters and associations with early life exposures in over 3000 12-year-old children: findings from the ALSPAC cohort
Eye
The overlooked challenges facing Out-of-Hours primary care in the NHS
BJGP Open
Inequality in uptake of bowel cancer screening by deprivation, ethnicity and smoking status: cross-sectional study in 86 850 citizens
Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)
Clinical judgement by primary care physicians for the diagnosis of all‐cause dementia or cognitive impairment in symptomatic people
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews




