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Dr. Orla McBride is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Ulster University, affiliated with the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences and School of Psychology. She holds editorial roles at Addiction and Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, and has secured over £7 million in research funding from ESRC and NIHR. Her research focuses on administrative data analysis, mental health epidemiology, and longitudinal health surveys. She leads the School’s Mental Health Research Theme and coordinates the Annual Research Methods and Statistics Summer School.
- Educated at Ulster University (BSc, PhD) with additional training in epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
- Recipient of the 2021-22 Distinguished Research Fellowship and 2023 Clarivate Highly Cited Award.
- Supervises PhD students in quantitative analysis of large-scale health datasets.
Key projects include the ESRC-funded Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study and leadership in the Northern Ireland Youth Wellbeing Survey. Her work emphasizes collaboration with organizations like the National Children’s Bureau and First 1001 Days Movement to translate research into public health policy.
