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Staff Member Biography

Catherine Ferrell

Catherine Ferrellposition: Survey Managerprogramme: Cross-Programme

Contact Details

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phone: 0141 357 7561

Address

MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit
4 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RZ

Biography and Interests

Catherine Ferrell is Survey Manager. She holds an MA and Diploma in Management Studies from Glasgow University. Following initial experience in commercial market research, she has administered both epidemiological studies and clinical trials at Glasgow University before joining the Unit in 2002.

Publications

Benzeval M, Green M, Ferrell C, Macdonald L, Wilson R, Der G, Ellaway A, Hunt K, Sweeting H, West P, Macintyre S. West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study: Health in the Community: Wave 5 fieldwork Protocol. Glasgow: MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit Working Paper no. 20, 2007.

Petticrew M, Semple S, Hilton S, Creely K, Eadie D, Ritchie D, Ferrell C, Christopher Y, Hurley F. Covert observation in practice: Lessons from the evaluation of the prohibition of smoking in public places in Scotland. BMC Public Health 2007; 7:204.
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Kearns A, Petticrew M, Hoy C, Mason P, Ferrell C. The effects of social housing on health and wellbeing: initial findings from the SHARP study. Research from Communities Scotland.  Report No 75. Edinburgh: Communities Scotland, 2006.
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Petticrew M, Cummins S, Ferrell C, Findlay A, Higgins C, Hoy C, Kearns A, Sparks L. Natural experiments: an underused tool for public health? Public Health 2005; 119:751-757.
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