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Dr Sharon Cruise

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Dr Sharon Cruise

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Dr Cruise’s broad research area is the epidemiology of mental health in an ageing population, with a specific focus on older adults with associated co-morbidities (e.g., disability resulting from chronic illness; cognitive/sensory impairments).  She also has a particular interest in the social determinants of health, and in exploring the impact of early life factors on later life health outcomes.

The majority of Dr Cruise’s research involves secondary analysis of cohort study data, thereby maximising the utility of existing longitudinal datasets.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 1607, +44 (0)28 906 33956

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Mental health
  • Ageing
  • Co-morbidity/multi-morbidity
  • Social determinants of health/social environment.
  • Subjective well-being

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Key speaker at the launch of the first report from Wave 1 of the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal study of Ageing (NICOLA)
  • Lead editor for the NICOLA Wave 1 report, “Early key findings from a study of older people in Northern Ireland: The NICOLA Study”

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PhD Title Harmful and hazardous alcohol consumption among older adults: risk and protective factors
Country Northern Ireland
   

 


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