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Angela Niven serves as a Senior Research Fellow and Project Manager at the Centre for Population Health Sciences within the Usher Institute, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, focusing on public health interventions for adolescent gambling prevention and aging-related fracture management.
Her academic foundation includes a Master of Public Health awarded by the University of Edinburgh in 2019.
Dr. Niven's research critically examines adolescent vulnerability to gambling harms through school-based social network interventions and investigates quality-of-life outcomes in orthogeriatrics, particularly for odontoid fracture patients. Her methodological expertise centers on designing and implementing complex randomized controlled trials across diverse clinical and community settings.
Analysis of her publication portfolio reveals a dual trajectory: gambling prevention studies employ cluster-randomized school trials with embedded process evaluations, while fracture management research pioneers pragmatic comparative effectiveness approaches for elderly trauma care, directly influencing clinical collar protocols.
Her grant portfolio demonstrates active leadership in population health:
- PRoGRAM-A (2023-2024): NIHR-funded trial as Researcher investigating adolescent gambling interventions
- E-cigarette Prevention (2024-2026): MRC-funded Co-investigator role developing school-based vaping interventions
Dr. Niven operates within the Usher Institute's collaborative ecosystem, partnering with multidisciplinary teams spanning public health specialists, orthopedic clinicians, statisticians, and social scientists to address complex health challenges through evidence-based interventions.
