Dr Annie Herbert
BSc, MSc, PhD
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Current positions
Sir Henry Wellcome Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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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.
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
01/01/2024Better support is needed for young people vulnerable to abuse in intimate relationships
Data Note: Social role transitions (further/higher education, employment, living situation, parenthood, and being a carer) in the G1s of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
Wellcome Open Research
The relationship between type, timing and duration of exposure to adverse childhood experiences and adolescent self-harm and depression
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Family structure and multisite musculoskeletal pain in adolescence: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 Study
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Young People and Intimate Partner Violence
Journal of Family Violence
Related people
Professor Gene Feder
Professor of Primary Care
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Jon Heron
Associate Professor in Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Laura Howe
Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Professor Abigail Fraser
Professor of Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Maria Barnes
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)