Dr Gemma Hammerton
Expertise
My research explores the long-term consequences of childhood behavioural problems using data from the ALSPAC birth cohort and Pelotas 1993 birth cohort. I have expertise in structural equation modelling and mediation analysis.
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
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Biography
Following a degree in Psychology and PhD in Psychological Medicine from Cardiff University I was awarded a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship which began in 2018 at the University of Bristol.
Research interests
I am a Research Fellow in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics in Population Health Sceinces at the University of Bristol, and a Sir Henry Wellcome Post-doctoral Fellow. My current research is exploring the long-term consequences of childhood behavioural problems using data from the ALSPAC birth cohort and Pelotas 1993 birth cohort.
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2026Longitudinal Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences and ‘NEET’ (Not in Education, Employment or Training) Status in Young Adulthood
Adolescents’ Relationships With Their Parents and Peers as Mediators Between Economic Circumstances and Emotional Symptoms: A Multicountry Longitudinal Analysis
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Educational pathways and outcomes for care-experienced children: A 16-year longitudinal study
British Educational Research Journal
Maternal and paternal depressive symptoms from pregnancy to late childhood in a UK-birth cohort: reciprocal and bidirectional effects
Journal of Affective Disorders
Mental health problems as mediators between childhood trauma and cardiometabolic risk behaviours in the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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