Dr Mark McCann

Senior Research Fellow (Mental Health & Wellbeing)

telephone: 0141 353 7588
email: Mark.McCann@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB

Biography

Mark's research focuses on network analysis, systems science, co-production methods and working with peer researchers, and how these approaches help to understand and improve health.

His current research looks at relationships and adolescent health. Mark was co-lead for the Social connections and relationships theme of the UK TRIUMPH network; and is Principal Investigator for SOCITS, a project developing new methods for understanding and measuring adolescent mental health, and Net4health, a study of how social relationships and health behaviour have changed over the past 20 years.

He also conducts research on substance use, with recent studies looking at the effect of COVID19 on interactions with substance use treatment services (ICAROS), Understanding the complex system surrounding Drug Related Deaths in Scotland, the evaluation of Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol. Evaluating how health and social care staff collaborate to provide care in relation to early years care, obesity prevention, and delivering sexual health, blood borne virus and substance use treatment.

Mark has a keen interest in developing his own and other's skills in research methods. He convenes an annual "Introduction to Networks and Health Improvement" short course; and provides methodological advice and support for projects looking at social connections and healthy ageing, Trans healthcare pathways, fear of relapse in psychosis, and whole system approaches to healthy weight.

Research interests

Please get in touch if you're interested in discussing collaborations or studentships. Some areas of research interest are listed below

Methodological areas

Social Network Analysis: Studying the formation of social networks, and how networks influence health outcomes and health behaviours.

Complex systems science: Understanding the interaction of individuals with each other, their environment, or with organisations leads to complex structures and patterns at the system level, and methods for understanding systems. Systems mapping and group model building.

Mixed methods and methods development: Using multiple data collection and analysis approaches to better understand complexity and complex causal processes.

Substantive topics

Social relationships, social support and health.

Systems thinking methods and visualising complex systems.

How organisations collaborate to improve health and provide care.

Susbtance use, mental health and health promoting behaviours.

Publications

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Number of items: 58.

2025

Kwasnicka, Dominika, O’Gorman, Aileen, Anderson, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-9942, Bowman, Louise and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2025) A N-of-1 social network approach to study the social dynamics of alcohol consumption. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 13(1), 2465616. (doi: 10.1080/21642850.2025.2465616) (PMID:40066105) (PMCID:PMC11892041)

Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471, Aminu, Abodunrin, Letina, Srebrenka, Goodfellow, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8150 and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2025) Mental health discussions among rural residents: a social network approach. Rural and Remote Health, 25(3), 9450. (doi: 10.22605/RRH9450) (PMID:40639968)

Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471, Aminu, Abodunrin Q., Letina, Srebrenka, Goodfellow, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8150 and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2025) Mental health discussions amongst rural residents: a social network approach. Rural and Remote Health, 25, 9450.

Anderson, M. et al. (2025) Social network characteristics associated with mid-to-older aged adults’ co-engagement in physical activity. PLoS ONE, 20(5), e0319981. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319981) (PMID:40333665) (PMCID:PMC12057854)

2024

Allan, S. et al. (2024) Co-designing a low-intensity psychological therapy for fear of recurrence in psychosis using translational learning from fear of recurrence in oncology: protocol for intervention development for future testing in a feasibility study. BMJ Open, 14(12), e090566. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090566) (PMID:39732497) (PMCID:PMC11683982)

Olsen, J. R. et al. (2024) Individual, social and area level factors associated with older people’s walking: analysis of an UK household panel study (Understanding Society). Social Science and Medicine, 358, 117083. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117083) (PMID:39226800)

Allen, James, Elsenbroich, Corinna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1153-4326, Ncube, Nadia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3785-1784, Goodfellow, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8150, Riddell, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8084-4566, White, C., Cairns, Deborah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-1554 and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2024) SOCITS: Using a Coproduced Agent-based Model to Improve School Interventions for Mental Health. Society for Social Medicine & Population Health 68th Annual Scientific meeting, Glasgow, UK, 04-06 Sep 2024. A74.2-A74. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2024-SSMabstracts.154)

Ncube, Nadia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3785-1784, Goodfellow, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8150, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Allen, James, Cameron, Julie, White, C., Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471, Riddell, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8084-4566 and Elsenbroich, Corinna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1153-4326 (2024) Stress, Loneliness & Mental Health stigma: a SOCITS Approach to School Interactions. Society for Social Medicine & Population Health 68th Annual Scientific Meeting, Glasgow, UK, 04-06 Sep 2024. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2024-SSMabstracts.62)

Letina, Srebrenka, Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471, Mccrorie, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-6926, Mitchell, Kirstin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-6601, Zucca, Claudia, Riddell, Julie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8084-4566, Simpson, Sharon Anne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768, Moore, Laurence ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-823X and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2024) Cross-sectional social network study of adolescent peer group variation in substance use and mental wellbeing: the importance of the meso-level. Social Networks, 78, pp. 119-137. (doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2023.12.002)

McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Bianchi, Federica, Letina, Srebrenka, Stewart, Samantha, McLeod, Katy and Tranmer, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-1570 (2024) A social network analysis approach to assess COVID19-related disruption to substance use treatment and informal social interactions among people who use drugs in Scotland. Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 19, 42. (doi: 10.1186/s13722-024-00469-3) (PMID:38778422) (PMCID:PMC11110318)

Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471, Thomson, Meigan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-9159, Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, Goodfellow, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8150, Letina, Srebrenka, Bradley, Sarah and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2024) Loneliness, social support, and social networks: Urban-rural variation and links to wellbeing in Scotland. Journal of Public Health, (doi: 10.1007/s10389-024-02236-9) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Griffiths, C. et al. (2023) A complex systems approach to obesity: a transdisciplinary framework for action. Perspectives in Public Health, 143(6), pp. 305-309. (doi: 10.1177/17579139231180761) (PMID:37395317) (PMCID:PMC10683338)

Anderson, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-9942, Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471 and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2023) Social Network Characteristics Associated with Physical Activity in Adults Aged 55-75 Living in Two Deprived Communities in Scotland. 7th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2023), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 04-08 Sep 2023.

Littlecott, H. J. et al. (2023) Perceptions of friendship, peers and influence on adolescent smoking according to tobacco control context: a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative research. BMC Public Health, 23, 424. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14727-z) (PMID:36869343) (PMCID:PMC9983235)

2022

Taylor, Andrea, McMellon, Christina, French, Tara, Maclachlan, Alice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-4221, Evans, Rhiannon, Lewis, Ruth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6768-6188, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Moore, Laurence ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-823X, Simpson, Sharon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768 and Inchley, Joanna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-8817 (2022) Defining research priorities for youth public mental health: reflections on a coproduction approach to transdisciplinary working. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20, 72. (doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00871-w) (PMID:35725482) (PMCID:PMC9207849)

Moriarty, John, Maguire, Aideen, Edgar-Fitzsimons, Nicole and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2022) Health costs and benefits associated with economic transitions: linking records of address change, property value, and self-reported health. Population, Space and Place, 28(3), e2466. (doi: 10.1002/psp.2466)

Long, E. et al. (2022) COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(2), pp. 128-132. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2021-216690) (PMID:34413184) (PMCID:PMC8380476)

Littlecott, H. J., Moore, G. F., McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Melendez-Torres, G. J., Mercken, L., Reed, H., Mann, M., Dobbie, F. and Hawkins, J. (2022) Exploring the association between school-based peer networks and smoking according to socioeconomic status and tobacco control context: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 142. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12333-z) (PMID:35057769) (PMCID:PMC8772141)

2021

Zucca, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4448-8389, Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471, Hilton, Jeremy and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2021) Appraising the implementation of complexity approaches within the Public Health Sector in Scotland. An assessment framework for pre-implementation policy evaluation. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 653588. (doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.653588) (PMID:34631638) (PMCID:PMC8492954)

Anderson, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-9942, Devlin, Alison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9407-6465, Pickering, Lucy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-4059, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 and Wight, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1234-3110 (2021) 'It’s not 9 to 5 recovery': the role of a recovery community in producing social bonds that support recovery. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 28(5), pp. 475-485. (doi: 10.1080/09687637.2021.1933911) (PMID:34675456) (PMCID:PMC8522802)

Higgins, Kathryn, O'Neill, Nina, O’Hara, Leeanne, Jordan, Julie-Ann, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, O’Neill, Tara, Clarke, Mike, O’Neill, Tony, Kelly, Grace and Campbell, Anne (2021) New psychoactives within polydrug use trajectories—evidence from a mixed‐method longitudinal study. Addiction, 116(9), pp. 2454-2462. (doi: 10.1111/add.15422) (PMID:33506985)

Milicev, Jelena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-7495, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Simpson, Sharon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768, Biello, Stephany M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-5215 and Gardani, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971 (2021) Evaluating mental health and wellbeing of postgraduate researchers: prevalence and contributing factors. Current Psychology, 42(14), pp. 12267-12280. (doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02309-y)

Smith, Marissa J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5017-6085, Baxter, Andrew J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7654-9687, Skivington, Kathryn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3571-1561, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Hilton, Shona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0633-8152 and Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 (2021) Examining the sources of evidence in e-cigarette policy recommendations: a citation network analysis of international public health recommendations. PLoS ONE, 16(8), e0255604. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255604) (PMID:34347823) (PMCID:PMC8336794)

Silverman, Eric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0147-6118, Gostoli, Umberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2394-3613, Picascia, Stefano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5070-5824, Almagor, Jonatan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1781-8533, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Shaw, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-6066 and Angione, Claudio (2021) Situating agent-based modelling in population health research. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 18, 10. (doi: 10.1186/s12982-021-00102-7) (PMID:34330302) (PMCID:PMC8325181)

Kwasnicka, Dominika, Boroujerdi, Massoud, O’Gorman, Aileen, Anderson, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-9942, Craig, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7653-5832, Bowman, Louise and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2021) An N-of-1 study of daily alcohol consumption following minimum unit pricing implementation in Scotland. Addiction, 116(7), pp. 1725-1733. (doi: 10.1111/add.15382) (PMID:33372333) (PMCID:PMC8248017)

Mitchell, K. R. et al. (2021) Feasibility study of peer-led and school-based social network Intervention (STASH) to promote adolescent sexual health. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, 125. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-021-00835-x) (PMID:34127082) (PMCID:PMC8201683)

Broccatelli, Chiara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1289-174X, Wang, Peng, McDaid, Lisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7711-8723, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Simpson, Sharon Anne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-1768, Elliott, Lawrie, Moore, Laurence ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-823X and Mitchell, Kirstin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-6601 (2021) Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention. Scientific Reports, 11, 12244. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90852-w) (PMID:34112848) (PMCID:PMC8192897)

2020

Mitchell, K. et al. (2020) A peer-led intervention to promote sexual health in secondary schools: the STASH feasibility study. Public Health Research, 8(15), (doi: 10.3310/phr08150) (PMID:33252893)

Vo, Dong-Bach ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2391-5583, Lazarova, Kristina, Purchase, Helen C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6994-4446 and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2020) Visual Causality: Investigating Graph Layouts for Understanding Causal Processes. In: 11th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams (Diagrams 2020), Tallinn, Estonia, 24-28 Aug 2020, pp. 332-347. ISBN 9783030542481 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-54249-8_26)

Higgins, Kathryn, Perra, Oliver, Jordan, Julie-Ann, O'Neill, Tara and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2020) School bonding and ethos in trajectories of offending: results from the Belfast Youth Development Study. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(2), pp. 424-448. (doi: 10.1111/bjep.12303) (PMID:32065389) (PMCID:PMC7317740)

Long, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-4471, Gardani, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-5971, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Sweeting, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3321-5732, Tranmer, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-1570 and Moore, Laurence ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-823X (2020) Mental health disorders and adolescent peer relationships. Social Science and Medicine, 253, 112973. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112973) (PMID:32283352) (PMCID:PMC7248572)

Ferguson, Karl D., McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Thomson, Hilary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948, Green, Michael J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3193-2452, Smith, Daniel J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2267-1951 and Lewsey, James D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165 (2020) Evidence synthesis for constructing directed acyclic graphs (ESC-DAGs): a novel and systematic method for building directed acyclic graphs. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(1), pp. 322-329. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz150) (PMID:31325312) (PMCID:PMC7124493)

Sinclair, Julia M.A., Dutey-Magni, Peter F., Anderson, Annie S., Baird, Janis, Barker, Mary E., Cutress, Ramsey I., Kaner, Eileen F.S., McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Priest, Caspian K. and Copson, Ellen R. (2020) A context-specific digital alcohol brief intervention in symptomatic breast clinics (Abreast of Health): development and usability study. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(1), e14580. (doi: 10.2196/14580) (PMID:32012091)

2019

Anderson, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-9942, Devlin, A.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9407-6465, McCann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Pickering, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-4059 and Wight, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1234-3110 (2019) It’s Not Nine-to-Five Recovery: How Recovery Communities Help Sustain Long-Term Recovery From Problem Alcohol and Other Drug Use. Faculty of Public Health (Scotland) Annual Conference, Dunblane, Scotland, 28-29 Nov 2019.

McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Jordan, Julie-Ann, Higgins, Kathryn and Moore, Laurence ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-823X (2019) Longitudinal social network analysis of peer, family and school contextual influences on adolescent drinking frequency. Journal of Adolescent Health, 65(3), pp. 350-358. (doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.03.004) (PMID:31196786) (PMCID:PMC6710020)

Higgins, Kathryn, O’Neill, Nina, O’Hara, Leeanne, Jordan, Julie-Ann, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, O’Neill, Tara, Clarke, Mike, O’Neill, Tony and Campbell, Anne (2019) Evidence for public health on novel psychoactive substance use: a mixed-methods study. Public Health Research, 7(14), pp. 1-150. (doi: 10.3310/phr07140)

Sinclair, Julia, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Sheldon, Ellena, Gordon, Isabel, Brierley-Jones, Lyn and Copson, Ellen (2019) The acceptability of addressing alcohol consumption as a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer: a mixed method study within breast screening services and symptomatic breast clinics. BMJ Open, 9, e027371. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027371) (PMID:31209091) (PMCID:PMC6609127)

Jordan, Julie-Ann, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092 and Higgins, Kathryn (2019) Harmonising alcohol consumption, sales and related outcomes data across the UK and Ireland: an insurmountable barrier to policy evaluation? Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 26(5), pp. 385-393. (doi: 10.1080/09687637.2018.1488948)

2018

Forsyth, R. et al. (2018) Peer-led intervention to prevent and reduce STI transmission and improve sexual health in secondary schools (STASH): protocol for a feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4, 180. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-018-0354-9) (PMID:30519482) (PMCID:PMC6264037)

Mccann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Broccatelli, Chiara, Moore, Laurence ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-823X and Mitchell, Kirstin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4409-6601 (2018) Distribution of Sexual Health Knowledge and Attitudes in Adolescent Social Networks: Social Network Analysis of Data from the STIs and Sexual Health Feasibility Study. Lancet Public Health Science 2018, Belfast, UK, 23 Nov 2018. S60. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32047-6)

Higgins, Kathryn, McLaughlin, Aisling, Perra, Oliver, McCartan, Claire, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Percy, Andrew and Jordan, Julie Anne (2018) The Belfast Youth Development Study (BYDS): A prospective cohort study of the initiation, persistence and desistance of substance use from adolescence to adulthood in Northern Ireland. PLoS ONE, 13(5), e0195192. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195192) (PMID:29791433) (PMCID:PMC5965826)

Tay Wee Teck, Joseph and Mccann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2018) Tracking internet interest in anabolic-androgenic steroids using Google Trends. International Journal of Drug Policy, 51, pp. 52-55. (doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.11.001) (PMID:29197722) (PMCID:PMC5788329)

Yerima, S. Y. et al. (2018) MobiQ: a modular Android application for collecting social interaction, repeated survey, GPS and photographic data. SoftwareX, 7, pp. 143-149. (doi: 10.1016/j.softx.2018.04.006)

Inchley, J. et al. (2018) TRIUMPH. Transdisciplinary Research for the Improvement of Youth Mental Public Health. [Website]

2017

Maguire, Aideen, Moriaty, John, O'Reilly, Dermot and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2017) Education as a predictor of antidepressant and anxiolytic medication use after bereavement: a population-based record linkage study. Quality of Life Research, 26(5), pp. 1251-1262. (doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1440-1) (PMID:27770330) (PMCID:PMC5376389)

2016

Vanderbloemen, L., Minton, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1207-6259, Green, M., Mccann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 and Shaw, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-6066 (2016) Visualising Age-Period-Cohort Patterns in Health Data Using Lexis Surfaces. 60th Anniversary of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine, York, UK, 14-16 Sep 2016. (Unpublished)

Maguire, Lisa K., Niens, Ulrike, Mccann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 and Connolly, Paul (2016) Emotional development among early school-age children: gender differences in the role of problem behaviours. Educational Psychology, 36(8), pp. 1408-1428. (doi: 10.1080/01443410.2015.1034090) (PMID:27570322) (PMCID:PMC4975098)

Mccann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Perra, Oliver, McLaughlin, Aisling, McCartan, Claire and Higgins, Kathryn (2016) Assessing elements of a family approach to reduce adolescent drinking frequency: parent-adolescent relationship, knowledge management, and keeping secrets. Addiction, 111(5), pp. 843-853. (doi: 10.1111/add.13258) (PMID:26638189) (PMCID:PMC4949705)

2015

Moriarty, John, Maguire, Aideen, O’Reilly, Dermot and McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 (2015) Bereavement following informal care-giving: assessing mental health burden using linked population data. American Journal of Public Health, 105(8), pp. 1630-1637. (doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302597) (PMID:26066918) (PMCID:PMC4504303)

Dunne, L., Mccann, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Millen, S., Wilson, J. and Macdonald, G. (2015) Overconfidence, sexual health awareness and sexual health risk among young female users of sexual health clinics. International Journal of Educational Research, 71, pp. 26-31. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2015.02.007)

Hintsa, Taina, Kouvonen, Anne, McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Jokela, Markus, Elovainio, Marko and Demakakos, Panayotes (2015) Higher effort-reward imbalance and lower job control predict exit from the labour market at the age of 61 years or younger: evidence from the English longitudinal study of ageing. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 69(6), pp. 543-549. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-205148) (PMID:25631860) (PMCID:PMC4453492)

2014

McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Grundy, Emily and O’Reilly, Dermot (2014) Urban and rural differences in risk of admission to a care home: a census-based follow-up study. Health and Place, 30, pp. 171-176. (doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.09.009) (PMID:25299173)

Mccann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Higgins, Kathryn, Perra, Oliver, McCartan, Claire and McLaughlin, Aisling (2014) Adolescent ecstasy use and depression: cause and effect, or two outcomes of home environment? European Journal of Public Health, 24(5), pp. 845-850. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cku062)

2012

McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Donnelly, Michael and O'Reilly, Dermot (2012) Gender differences in care home admission risk: partner's age explains the higher risk for women. Age and Ageing, 41(3), pp. 416-419. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afs022)

McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Grundy, Emily and O'Reilly, Dermot (2012) Why is housing tenure associated with a lower risk of admission to a nursing or residential home? Wealth, health and the incentive to keep 'my home'. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 66(2), pp. 166-169. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2011-200315)

2011

McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416 and Wheeler, Sally (2011) Gender diversity in the FTSE 100: the business case claim explored. Journal of Law and Society, 38(4), pp. 542-574. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2011.00558.x)

McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, Donnelly, Michael and O'Reilly, Dermot (2011) Living arrangements, relationship to people in the household and admission to care homes for older people. Age and Ageing, 40(3), pp. 358-363. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afr031)

2009

McCann, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6100-1416, O'Reilly, Dermot and Cardwell, Chris (2009) A Census-based longitudinal study of variations in survival amongst residents of nursing and residential homes in Northern Ireland. Age and Ageing, 38(6), pp. 711-717. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afp173)

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Articles

Mitchell, K. et al. (2020) A peer-led intervention to promote sexual health in secondary schools: the STASH feasibility study. Public Health Research, 8(15), (doi: 10.3310/phr08150) (PMID:33252893)

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Inchley, J. et al. (2018) TRIUMPH. Transdisciplinary Research for the Improvement of Youth Mental Public Health. [Website]

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

Evaluation of the Whole Systems Approach to Obesity
Public Health Wales
2023 - 2025
Physical Activity, Social Connectedness and Healthy Ageing (PACES)
Medical Research Council
2023 - 2024
Collaboration network analysis for Child and Family Healthy Weight system interventions
Public Health Wales
2023 - 2023
SOCITS: A SOCial sITuational Systems approach to measuring and modelling relational influences on adolescent mental health
UK Research and Innovation
2022 - 2025
MRC Block award MRC UNIT: MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Medical Research Council
2022 - 2023
Socioemotional well-being as an individual factor in the assessment and amelioration of hearing loss
Medical Research Foundation
2022 - 2024
SPHSU/MRC EU - Participatory Systems Mapping
Medical Research Council
2021 - 2021
A systems approach to exploring syndemic health and social condition clustering among individuals who experience a drug-related death: developmental work for co-produced intervention(s)
Chief Scientist Office
2020 - 2022
Quinquennial Funding for Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Medical Research Council
2020 - 2025
PHASE: The Population HeAlth Simulation nEtwork
Medical Research Council
2019 - 2023
Transdisciplinary Research for the Improvement of Youth Mental Public Health (TRIUMPH) Network
Economic and Social Research Council
2018 - 2022
An N of 1 study of the psychosocial determinants of `stopping, `switching and `seeking treatment behaviour following MUP implementation
Alcohol Research UK
2017 - 2018
Exploring the teachable moment for alcohol reduction in breast clinics: formative work to inform intervention design, development, and process evaluation 516776101 and MR/P016960/1
Medical Research Council
2017 - 2018
Harmonising alcohol-related outcomes data across the UK & Ireland
Public Health Agency
2015 - 2016
Variation and Determinants of Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) Use: Potential Implications for Policy and Practice
National Institute for Health Research
2015 - 2016
Know your own numbers (KYON): Adding primary prevention to the NHS Breast Screening Programme
Cancer Research UK
2014 - 2015
Scoping study for Deaf BSL User's cancer risks and prevention
Cancer Research UK
2014 - 2015
ESRC-IAA: Developing complex systems methods capacity in NHS Health Scotland
Economic and Social Research Council
2014 - 2019
MRC SPHSU/GU Transfer Fellowships
Medical Research Council
2013 - 2021

Supervision

Milicev, Jelena
Using social network analysis to understand social support, wellbeing and academic progress of postgraduate researchers - a mixed method approach
Omiridou, Eleni
How do peers influence adolescent health behaviour? Using social network analysis to understand mechanisms in peer-led interventions.

Karl Ferguson - Evidence Synthesis methods for constructing Directed Acyclic Graphs

Sebastián Martinez Bustos - Causal Inferential Dynamic Network Analysis

Martin Anderson - Social networks and identity in Scotland's first 'recovery village' for Alcohol or other Drug (AOD) addiction.

Paul Schuler - New perspectives on the interplay of place and networks in the provision of social support: Using cross-classified multilevel approaches on population level data of young adults in Switzerland

Teaching

Mark teaches social network and systems science methods, regularly delivering short courses and methods seminars to public health bodies. He also runs an annual 'Introduction to Networks and Health Improvement' short course.

Research datasets

Jump to: 2021

Number of items: 1.

2021

Mitchell, K. , Purcell, C. , Forsyth, R., Barry, S., Hunter, R., Simpson, S. , McDaid, L. , Elliot, L., McCann, M. , Wetherall, K., Broccatelli, C., Bailey, J. V. and Moore, L. (2021) A peer-led intervention to promote sexual health in secondary schools: the STASH feasibility study. [Data Collection]

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