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Cassey Muir

Research Assistant and PhD Researcher

  • Email: cassey.muir@ncl.ac.uk
  • Address: Population Health Sciences Institute
    Newcastle University
    Baddiley-Clark Building
    Richardson Road
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE2 4AX
Background

I am a Research Assistant and an NIHR School for Public Health Research (NIHR SPHR) Doctoral Student at the Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University.

My research aims to improve both health and social needs of vulnerable children and families. I am interested in co-production and intervention development linked to adverse childhood experiences, mental health, resilience and stigma.

I am a research assistant on a project called ORACLE: OveRcoming Adverse ChiLdhood Experiences. This project is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NIHR and is a collaboration between King's College London, Newcastle University, University of Liverpool and National Children's Bureau. We are interested in how we might improve outcomes for children, young people and families who have experienced adverse childhood circumstances, such as having parents with mental health problems or where there has been domestic abuse, or substance misuse at home (or a combination of these experiences).

My doctoral work aims to co-produce an intervention to promote social and emotional resilience in children and young people affected by parental substance misuse. 

Research

Selected Publications:

Muir, C., Graye, A., Scott, S., Kaner, E., Wrieden, W., & Adamson, A. (2018) A03: Developing a co-designed intervention for young adults, supporting healthier eating and safer alcohol use, to reduce risks associated with obesity and risky drinking. International Journal of Obesity Supplements, 8, 4–5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41367-018-0002-0

 

Scott, S., Muir, C., Stead, M., Fitzgerald, N., Kaner, E., Bradley, J., Wrieden, W., Power, C., & Adamson, A. (2020). Exploring the links between unhealthy eating behaviour and heavy alcohol use in the social, emotional and cultural lives of young adults (aged 18-25): a qualitative research study. Appetite, 144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2019.104449  

 

Scott, S., Beyer, F., Parkinson, K., Muir, C., Kaner, E., Stead, M., Power, C., Fitzgerald, N., Bradley, J., Wrieden, W., & Adamson, A. (2018). Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce unhealthy eating and risky drinking in young adults aged 18-25 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrients, 10, 1538. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101538 

 

Protocols:

Muir, C., McGovern, R., Kaner, E., Geijer-Simpson, E., Smart, D., Kidger, J., Winstone, L., Evans, V., Phillips, S., Salonen, D., and Adams, E. (2019) A systematic review of qualitative studies exploring lived experiences, impacts and coping strategies of children and young people affected by parental substance misuse. PROSPERO CRD42019137486. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42019137486

                                

Salonen, D., McGovern, R., Kaner, E., Sabo-Allen, L., Bourne, J., Adams, E., Muir, C., and Herlihy. J. (2021) Fathers' lived experiences of heavy drinking and other substance use, how these habits affect on their engagement in family life, and enablers of health behaviour change. Qualitative evidence synthesis to identify and explore emerging narratives in applied health and social care research. PROSPERO CRD42021258493. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021258493

 

Research Funding:

Muir, C. (2021). Enterprise scholarship to develop impact from doctoral studies alongside third sector organisation, Adfam. Wellcome Trust and HEFCE Higher Education Innovation Funding. £3750.

 

Adams, E. A., Muir, C., Smiles, C., Dotsikas, K., Crosby, L., Widnall, E., Ramsay, S., Kaner, E., O’Donnell, A., Burrows, M., Broadbridge, A., and Reed, C. (2020). Exploring and understanding access to community-based mental health and addiction services for severe and multiple disadvantage service users and providers in Newcastle and Gateshead in times of extreme adversity. NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) – ResNet ECR Funding. £25,627.44.

 

McGovern, R., Alderson, H., Kaner, E., Smart, D., Geijer-Simpson, E., and Muir, C. (2019). Bottled up: Children of Alcoholic Parents Innovation Fund Local Evaluation. Public Health England. £45,000.

Publications