Dr Annie Herbert
BSc, MSc, PhD
Expertise
Current positions
Sir Henry Wellcome Research Fellow
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
Contact
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Research interests
I'm a statistical epidemiologist with expertise in analysing observational data, including electronic health records. My research has generally focussed on health consequences of adverse childhood experiences (e.g. maltreatment or witnessing intimate partner violence) and risk-taking behaviours (e.g. substance misuse), and on diagnostic timeliness of cancer, particularly among adolescents and young adults.
I currently hold a Sir Henry Wellcome postdoctoral fellowship, supporting me to study patterns of social transitions during young adulthood (e.g. leaving the parental home, starting employment, parenthood) and how they affect health. This work involves several large UK and Finnish cohorts, and is being carried out in collaboration with researchers from Imperial College London, University College London, University of Glasgow, University of Oulu, and Penn State University.
I supervise MSc and PhD students in the above areas. I teach on MScs in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics and Health Data Science, and co-lead Bristol Medical School's 'Introduction to Rates and Survival Analysis' short course.
I supervise MSc and PhD students in the above areas. I teach on MScs in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics and Health Data Science, and co-lead Bristol Medical School's 'Introduction to Rates and Survival Analysis' short course.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) & Gambling
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
A mixed-methods study of the relationship between ACEs and subsequent gambling disorder, with an aim to inform intervention development. Funded by the Gambling Commission's Regulatory Settlement fund.Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2023 to 31/12/2024
Understanding social transitions in emerging adulthood and pathways to later health outcomes
Principal Investigator
Description
As adolescents become adults, they transition out of education and into work and family relationships. In previous generations, if these transitions happened early or closely together, they were often related…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2022 to 30/09/2027
Establishing associations between diagnostic timeliness and clinical outcomes, quality of life and patient experience in young people with cancer: analysis of the BRIGHTLIGHT Cohort
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Diagnosing cancer in young people aged 13-24 often takes a long time compared to adults. Research in adult cancer has shown that the time taken to be diagnosed with cancer…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
02/03/2020 to 01/09/2021
Young Adult Relationships and Health
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2019 to 30/09/2022
Publications
Recent publications
04/04/2026Longitudinal associations between adverse childhood experiences with moderate-risk to problem gambling in young adulthood: A prospective UK cohort study
Longitudinal Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences and ‘NEET’ (Not in Education, Employment or Training) Status in Young Adulthood
Exploring adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among those seeking treatment for gambling problems
Addictive Behaviors
Exploring genetic confounding of the associations between screen time and depressive symptoms in adolescence and early adulthood
International Journal of Epidemiology
Descriptive estimands, causal estimands, and avoiding the jungle of adjusted associations ‘in between’
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Related people
Professor Gene Feder
Professor of Primary Care
Applied Health Research
Dr Eszter Szilassy
Senior Research Fellow
Applied Health Research
Professor Jon Heron
Professor of Medical Statistics
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
Professor Laura Howe
Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
Professor Abigail Fraser
Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Health Data Science