Staff Profile

Amy O’Donnell is Professor of Applied Health and Social Care Research at the Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University. She leads a programme of research focused on optimising health and social care systems to better support people with multiple long term conditions, specifically co-occurring substance use, mental and physical ill-health. She has published over 90 papers to date and been awarded £20+m in grant income.

She recently completed a NIHR Advanced Fellowship, which examined the potential of using digital technology to better coordinate care for co-morbid alcohol use disorder and depression. She is currently Co-I on several evaluations of new models of care in the substance use and mental health fields, including the £1.7m NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research-funded Alcohol Care Teams evaluation, the Sunderland Council funded co-design and evaluation of their Plus Programme for alcohol and substance using populations, and an ESRC-funded project exploring opportunities to better integrate health and criminal justice systems.

Additionally, Professor O'Donnell is co-lead for Project 3 of the NIHR Mental Health Implementation Network, focussed on integrated treatment strategies for substance use with mental and physical ill-health, part of a Newcastle University collaboration with the University of Edinburgh’s Advanced Care Research Centre (funded by Legal & General) and Co-I on the recently awarded NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Specialist Centre for Social Care (SCSC) led by the University of York and the Newcastle-led NIHR Policy Research Unit for Behavioural and Social Sciences.

Professor O'Donnell is Co-Director of Education for the Population Health Sciences Institute and teaches on the Public Health and Health Services Research Masters programme. She is currently supervising one MPhil, two MD and three PhD students, has examined PhDs nationally and internationally, and acted as an internal and external assessor. Professor O'Donnell is also Associate Editor for the journals Alcohol and Alcoholism and Advances in Dual Diagnosis and Deputy Theme Lead: Prevention, early intervention & behaviour change, NIHR ARC North East & North Cumbria.

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Wilberforce M, Weatherly H, Gridley K, Graham K, Webber M, Whitehead P, Birks Y, Rand S, Rogers M, Hamblin K, Hughes N, Devi R, Bennett M, McGovern R, O’Donnell A, Abbott D, Cameron A, Macdonald G, Hewitt C, Mcdaid C, Case W, Lambat A, Mallick M. NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Specialist Centre for Social Care (SCSC) 2025-2028. NIHR

£4,929,800

Trebacz A, Christie- de Jong F, Jackson K, O’Donnell A. Development and implementation of an evidence-based pathway in the North East and North Cumbria for the early identification of liver disease using Fibroscan®: A qualitative evaluation. North East and North Cumbria Alcohol Programme (Durham County Council)

£49,992

 Ramsay S, Adams E, Adamson A, O’Donnell A, Kaner E, Sinclair D. Reducing inequalities related to substance use and mental health. Public Health Policy Research Unit 2024-26, NIHR206127. 

£379,071

Kaner E, McGovern R, O’Donnell A, Whitehead P, Hackett S, McGee O. NIHR Applied Research Collaborations Social Care Capacity Building NIHR200173-SC, 2023-25.

£259,819

Whitehead O, Haining S, O’Donnell A, Hanratty B. (2023-2024) SHARP- Spiritual Health Assessment and Referral in Primary Care. John Templeton Foundation. 

£288,477

Scott S, Addison M, Jackson K, Munford L, King H, Macdonald S, Jobe A, O’Donnell A, Stockdale K, Ramsey S Bambra C. (2023-2027) Disentangling involvement in and the impact of integrated health and criminal justice systems: A North of England Research Consortium. ESRC

£1,640,997

Sniehotta F, Oliver E, Chater A, Craig D, Vale L, O’Donnell A, Bonnell C, Osborn D, Lorencatto F, Bambra C, Michie S, Kelly M, Vlaev I, Lecouturier J, Green D (2024-2028) NIHR Policy Research Unit (PRU-02-04) Behavioural and Social Sciences. NIHR.

£5,499,989

O’Donnell A, Jackson K, Vale L, Adams E, Hosseinijebeli S (2023-25) Co-design and evaluation of the Plus Programme for alcohol and substance using populations. Sunderland City Council. 

£147,548

Anand A, Underwood I, Kerby T, Guthrie B, O’Donnell A, Robertson J, Angus C (2023-2024) NIHR SEISMIC: Systems Engineering and Thinking To Transform Transitions (SET4) in health and care for people with multiple long-term conditions

£199,982

Jackson K, Mair L, O’Donnell A, Howes K, Scott S, Sikka T, Hopkins P (2023-2024) Improving the allocation and transparency of institutional responsibilities to improve fieldworker wellbeing and research outcomes – a cross faculty project

£8,000

Parkes J, Ruchanan R, Glyn-Own K, Aspinall R, Bradbury K, O’Donnell A, Worsfold J, Cook A, Knott S. (2023) Building a collaboration to deliver a high quality study to test a Liver Health Champions intervention in under-served populations living in deprived coastal areas. NIHR Research Partnerships - Liver Disease

£98,746

Rowe, I, Rowlands G, Ells L, Farrin A, Richards S, Shinkins B, Parker R, Driver R, Cuthbertson D, Hydes T, Jarvis H, O’Donnell A, Hazlehurst H, Koutoukidis D, Britton E, Armstrong M, Ker S, Carder M, Clare K, (2023-24) Addressing liver disease in persons living with multiple long-term conditions (ALPINE). NIHR Research Partnerships - Liver Disease

£97,152

Parker R, Abouda G, Harrison L, Masson S, Richardson P, Cohen J, Goodwin L, Phillips T, Kaner E, O’Donnell A, Finnikin S, Rowe I, Holmes J, Lally J, Vazri R, Bedlington K (2022-24) North of England Alcohol Team (NEAT). NIHR Research Partnerships - Liver Disease

£86,774

Goodwin L, Drummond C, McKnight J, O’Donnell A, Angus C, Irizar P, Lobban F, Parkes P (2023-24) NIHR Programme Development Grant: Improving treatment pathways and outcomes for people with co-occurring mental health problems and alcohol use disorders

£149,925

Sinclair J, Phillips T, Coulton S, Cohen J, Canvin K, Angus C, Kaner E, O’Donnell A, Drummond C, Kalk N, Kefford P (2022-2025) Programme of Research for Alcohol Care Teams: Impact, Value and Effectiveness. NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme (ProACTIVE -2)

£1,727,079

Graham F, Kaner E, Coates J, Edwards S, Heslop-Marshall K, McGee O, O'Donnell A, Riding H, Sturrock A, Yee Tang M, Vale L, Wildman J. (2022-2025) Shared medical appointments (SMA) in primary care for improving self-management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease amongst underserved groups: feasibility randomised control trial in North East and North Cumbria. NIHR Research for Patient Benefit

£247,394

Jackson K, Howes K, O’Donnell A, Scott S (2022) Supporting Sensitive and Emotionally Demanding Research: Development of a Framework to Inform Future Guidelines and Activities for the Faculty of Medical Sciences. QR Enhancing Research Culture Fund.

£7,720

Hulse S, Kaner E, O’Donnell A, Swiers R, Pickford A, Floor C, Crosbie J. Coulton S, Hickman M, Macleod J. (2022-2024) NIHR Three Research Schools Mental Health Practice Evaluation Scheme. NIHR School for Primary Care Research

£249,338

Kaner E, Hackett S, Oliver E, Aujla N, McGovern R, O’Donnell A, Ramsey S, Ekers D, Wearn A, Haining S, Price C, Rowlands G, Scott J, Shenton F, Whitty P. on behalf of ARC NENC mSIG (2021-2024) Additional infrastructure funding to support mental health research. NIHR/DHSC

£750,212

Bareham B, Pidd L, Kaner E, Hanratty B, O’Donnell A, Liddle J, Hulse S.. (2021-2022) Understanding co-occurring alcohol and mental health problems amongst older people, and developing holistic, age-tailored and integrated approaches in local primary care and community alcohol and mental health services. NIHR NENC ARC

£41,759

Prady S/Blower S, O’Donnell A, Ramsay S & Mumford L. (2021-2023) Evaluation of the Mental Health Navigator Scheme. NIHR ARC National Priority Area: Health and Care Inequalities.

£299,564

Robinson L, Hanratty B, O’Donnell A, Kaner EFS, Brittain K, Kingston A, with Guthrie B, Mercer S, Shenkin S. Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC), Work Package 7 – New Models of Care. Edinburgh University and Legal & General, 2020-23.

£769,644

O’Donnell A, Hanratty B, Crossley N, Yardley L, Kaner E. (2020-24) ADEPT: Using complexity science and digital technology to improve co-morbid Alcohol use disorder and DEpression Prevention and Treatment. NIHR Advanced Career Fellowship.

£662,242

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. (2020-2022) 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 SPHR: ResNet ECR Funding 

£25,627

Kaner E, O’Donnell A, Riding H & Martin H. Perceived barriers to Shared Medical Appointments in Primary Care. (2018-2019) North East Commission Service Research Capability Funding

£33,062

Broadbridge A, Ramsey S, O’Donnell A, McGeechan G, Giles E, McGovern R, Cooper L, Ells L, Howlett H, Stevens R. Multiple and complex needs: understanding high mortality rates and identifying opportunities to intervene. (2018-2019) Involving ‘experts by experience’ in public health research. Public Health England.

£2,500

O’Donnell A, Kaner E, Rowlands G & Anderson P. SCALA: Scale-up of Prevention and Management of Alcohol Use Disorders and Comorbid Depression in Latin America (2017-2021) Horizon 2020 (Call: H2020-SC1-2016-2017, Personalised Medicine).

£240,086

Rowlands G, Kaner EFS & O’Donnell A. Evidence synthesis of national and regional health literacy policies in Europe. World Health Organisation Europe.

£10,000

Brown J, Michie S, Beard E, Shahab L, West R, Hickman M, de Vocht F, Kaner E, O’Donnell A, McGovern R, Holmes J, Angus C, Buykx P, Gillespie D, Brennan A, Meier P, Beynon C, Greaves F, Walmsley M. Extending The Alcohol Toolkit Study: Understanding the population context of alcohol use. (2017-18) NIHR SPHR2 Early Phase Project 2.

£91,907

O’Donnell A, Nilsen P & Carlfjord S. Assessing the implementation of alcohol and smoking interventions in health care from the patient perspective: a population survey in the UK & Sweden. (2017-19) Linkoping University.

£80,000

Kaner E, O’Donnell A, Gilvarry E & McGovern R. ATTUNE (Understanding Pathways to Stimulant Use: a mixed-methods examination of the individual, social and cultural factors shaping illicit stimulant use across Europe) (2016-19) ERANID (European Research Area Network on Illicit Drugs) / UK Department of Health

£268,311

Angus C, O’Donnell A, Sadler S, Gillespie D, Meier P & Brennan A. Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) programmes: do they improve or worsen health inequalities? (2016-17) Alcohol Research UK

£59,269

Newbury-Birch D, Giles E, O’Donnell A, Shorter G, Holloway A & Heather N. Alcohol Research UK. Measuring change from alcohol brief interventions: Development of a consensus core outcome set. (2016-17) Alcohol Research UK

£59,977

O’Donnell A, Kaner E & Hanratty B. National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Fellowship (2015-17) NIHR SPCR

£135,000

Kaner E & O’Donnell A. Evidencing the impact of the UK screening and brief intervention for alcohol research programme on English primary health care. (2014) Newcastle University Strategic Development Fund

£5,000

Stobbart L, O’Donnell A, Craig D, Vale L, Kaner E, Rushmer R, Scott J & Brown H (in collaboration with NHS North of England Commissioning Unit) (2014-2015) NHS 111 Service Evaluation. Department of Health

£298,491

O’Donnell A, Newbury-Birch D & Kaner E. (2014) How effective are brief interventions in reducing alcohol consumption: does place, practitioner group and content matter? London School of Hygiene

£10,000

Kaner E, Parkinson K, Vale L, Graybill E, McGovern R, O'Donnell A & Stamp E. (2014-17) Sunderland Liaison Psychiatry Service Evaluation. Sunderland NHS CCG.

£101,757

Kaner E, Newbury-Birch D, O’Donnell A. (2012-15) BISTAIRS (Good Practice on Brief Interventions to Address Alcohol Use Disorders in Relevant Settings). European Union

£14,286

Kaner E & O'Donnell A. (2011) Expert Testimony: Social Marketing and Alcohol Interventions, National Social Marketing Centre.

£5,000

O'Donnell A & Biddle P. (2009) Joint Strategic Needs Assessment research report on Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Learning Disability. Newcastle City Council.

£5,000

O’Donnell A, Biddle P, Bailey-Smith M & Dobbs L. (2009-10) Schools and Regeneration. Schools North East.

£45,000

O'Donnell A & Welamedage L. (2007-08) Equality in the North East. One NorthEast.

£36,260

O'Donnell A & Moore C. (2007-08) Differences in political participation between ethnic groups in Scotland. Commission for Racial Equality Scotland.

£14,990

O'Donnell A. (2007) Healthy prisons research (in partnership with the University of Central Lancashire). Higher Education Funding Council for England.

£14,882

Dobbs L, Cunningham R & O'Donnell A. (2006-208) Enhancing vocational training opportunities for women in Northumberland. Learning and Skills Council / European Social Fund.

£49,576

O'Donnell A, Biddle P & Smith L. (2006-08) Evaluation of the Women into Work Programme (Actions 2 & 3). SOVA (Supporting Others through Volunteer Action).

£125,394

O'Donnell A, Dodgson M & Smith L. (2006) Evaluation of the Equality Assurance Process Pilot Project. Big Lottery Fund.

£7,808

Dobbs L, Cunningham R & O'Donnell A. (2004-06) The use of evidence to tackle gender discrimination in employment. European Social Fund.

£288,328

Experience of undergraduate /masters level dissertation and doctoral supervision; internal and external PhD assessor; external PhD examiner.

Undergraduate Teaching

• Health promotion and disease prevention (MBBS Year 1)

• Medicine in the Community (social science) stages 1 and 2

• Essential junior rotation in Public Health (alcohol project) 

Postgraduate Teaching 

• MSc. Public Health and Health Services Research: Evaluative methods in health research

• MSc. Public Health and Health Services Research: Public health intervention

• MSc. Public Health and Health Services Research: Introduction to systematic reviewing and critical appraisal

• MSc. Public Health and Health Services Research: Fundamentals of research

• Articles

  • Jackson K, Baker R, O'Donnell A, Loughran I, Hartrey W, Hulse S. Understanding the challenges of identifying, supporting, and signposting patients with alcohol use disorder in secondary care hospitals, post COVID-19: a qualitative analysis from the North East and North Cumbria, England. BMC Health Services Research 2024, 24, 772.
  • Jackson K, Kaner E, Hanratty B, Gilvarry E, Yardley L, O'Donnell A. Understanding people's experiences of the formal health and social care system for co-occurring heavy alcohol use and depression through the lens of relational autonomy: A qualitative study. Addiction 2024, 119(2), 268-280.
  • Frost H, Tooman TR, Aujla N, Guthrie B, Hanratty B, Kaner E, O'Donnell A, Ogden ME, Pain HG, Shenkin SD, Mercer SW. New models of health and social care for people in later life: mapping of innovation in services in two regions of the United Kingdom using a mixed method approach. BMC Health Services Research 2024, 24(1), 812.
  • Adams EA, Hunter D, Kennedy J, Jablonski T, Parker J, Tasker F, Widnall E, O'Donnell AJ, Kaner E, Ramsay SE. Exploring perspectives on living through the COVID-19 pandemic for people experiencing homelessness and dealing with mental ill-health and/or substance use: qualitative study. Advances in Dual Diagnosis 2024, 17(1), 1-13.
  • Karlsson N, Skagerström J, O'Donnell A, Abidi L, Thomas K, Nilsen P, Gilje Lid T. Relationship between educational level and attitudes towards alcohol conversations in healthcare: A cross-sectional survey conducted in four European countries. International Journal of Public Health 2023, 68, 1605634.
  • Smiles C, O'Donnell A, Jackson K. Needle exchange practitioners accounts of delivering harm reduction advice for chemsex: implications for policy and practice. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 2023, 30(3), 250-258.
  • Adams EA, Yang JC, O'Donnell A, Minot S, Osborn D, Kirkbride JB. Investigating social deprivation and comorbid mental health diagnosis as predictors of treatment access among patients with an opioid use disorder using substance use services: a prospective cohort study. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2023, 18, 59.
  • Rosenkranz M, O'Donnell A, Martens M, Zurhold H, Degkwitz P, Liebregts N, Barták M, Rowicka M, Verthein U. Individual, social and environmental factors associated with different patterns of stimulant use: a cross-sectional study from five European countries. European Addiction Research 2023, 29(3), 182-193.
  • Adley M, Alderson H, Jackson K, McGovern W, Spencer L, Addison M, O'Donnell A. Ethical and practical considerations for including marginalised groups in quantitative survey research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 2023, 27(5), 559-574.
  • Kokole D, Mercken L, Anderson P, Mejia-Trujillo J, Perez-Gomez A, Bustamante I, Piazza M, Natara Rey G, Arroyo M, Perez A, Bautista N, Medina P, Schulte B, O'Donnell A, de Vries G, Jane-Llopis E. Country and policy factors influencing the implementation of primary care-based alcohol screening: a comparison of Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Global Public Health 2023, 18(1), 2207410.
  • Aujla N, Frost H, Guthrie B, Hanratty B, Kaner E, O'Donnell A, Ogden M, Pain H, Shenkin S, Mercer S. A comparative overview of health and social care policy for older people in England and Scotland, United Kingdom (UK). Health Policy 2023, 132, 104814.
  • Kotz D, O'Donnell A, McPherson S, Thomas K. Using primary care databases for addiction research: an introduction and overview of strengths and weaknesses. Addictive Behaviors Reports 2022, 15, 100407.
  • Kokole D, Jane-Llopis E, Natera Rey G, Bautista Aguilar N, Medina Aguilar P, Mejia-Trujillo J, Mora L, Restrepo R, Bustamente I, Piazza M, O'Donnell A, Solovei A, Mercken L, Schmidt C, Llopez-Pelayo H, Matrai S, Braddick F, Gual A, Rehm J, Anderson P, de Vries H. Training primary health care providers in Colombia, Mexico and Peru to increase alcohol screening: mixed-methods process evaluation of implementation strategy. Implementation Research and Practice 2022, 3.
  • Anderson P, O'Donnell A, Jane Llopis E, Kaner E. The impact of lower-strength alcohol products on alcohol purchases: ARIMA analyses based on 4 million purchases by 69,803 households, 2015-2019. Journal of Public Health 2022, 44(4), e567-e577.
  • Anderson P, O'Donnell A, Jane-Llopis E, Kaner E. The COVID-19 alcohol paradox: British household purchases during 2020 compared with 2015-2019. PLoS ONE 2022, 17(1), e0261609.
  • O'Donnell A, Anderson P, Schmidt C, Braddick F, Lopez-Pelayo H, Mejia-Trujillo J, Natera G, Arroyo M, Bautista N, Piazza M, Bustamante I, Kokole D, Jackson K, Jane-Llopis E, Gual A, Schulte B. Tailoring an evidence-based clinical intervention and training package for the treatment and prevention of comorbid heavy drinking and depression in middle-income country settings: the development of the SCALA toolkit in Latin America. Global Health Action 2022, 15(1), 2080344.
  • Adams EA, Spencer L, Addison M, McGovern W, Alderson H, Adley M, McGovern R, Gilvarry E, Kaner E, O'Donnell A. Substance Use, Health, and Adverse Life Events amongst Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Users in North East England: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022, 19(12), 6996.
  • Graham F, Martin H, Lecouturier J, O'Donnell A, Tang MY, Jackson K, Sniehotta FF, Kaner E. Shared medical appointments in English primary care for long-term conditions: a qualitative study of the views and experiences of patients, primary care staff and other stakeholders. BMC Primary Care 2022, 23(1), 180.
  • Potthoff S, O'Donnell A, Karlsen AT, Brendryen H, Gilje Lid T. Pragmatic approaches for addressing alcohol in general practice: Development of a tailored implementation intervention. Frontiers in Health Services 2022, 2, 940383.
  • Liebregts N, McGovern W, Spencer L, O'Donnell A. No Thanks! A Mixed-Methods Exploration of the Social Processes Shaping Persistent Non-Initiation of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants. Contemporary Drug Problems 2022, 49(2), 228-247.
  • Solovei A, Jane-Llopis E, Mercken L, Bustamante I, Kokole D, Mejia-Trujillo J, Medina Aguilar P, Natara Rey G, O'Donnell A, Piazza M, Schmidt C, Anderson P, de Vries H. Effect of Community Support on the Implementation of Primary Health Care-Based Measurement of Alcohol Consumption. Prevention Science 2022, 23, 224-236.
  • Rehm J, O'Donnell A, Kaner EFS, LLopis EJ, Manthey J, Anderson P. Differential impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol consumption between Scottish men and women: controlled interrupted time series analysis. BMJ Open 2022, 12(7), e054161.
  • Killian C, O'Donnell A, Potapova N, Lopez-Pelayo H, Schulte B, Miquel L, Paniello Castillo B, Schmidt C, Gual A, Rehm J, Manthey J. Changes in alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: a meta-analysis of observational studies. Drug and Alcohol Review 2022, 41(4), 918-931.
  • Jane Llopis E, O'Donnell A, Kaner E, Anderson P. Are lower strength beers gateways to higher strength beers? Time series analyses of household purchases from 64,280 British households, 2015-2018. Alcohol and Alcoholism 2022, 57(4), 520-528.
  • Adams EA, Parker J, Jablonski T, Kennedy J, Tasker F, Hunter D, Denham K, Smiles C, Muir C, O'Donnell A, Widnall E, Dotsikas K, Kaner E, Ramsay SE. A Qualitative Study Exploring Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Support among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness during COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022, 19(6), 3459.
  • Alderson H, Kaner E, O'donnell A, Bate A. A Qualitative Exploration of Stakeholder Involvement in Decision-Making for Alcohol Treatment and Prevention Services. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022, 19(4), 2148.
  • Manthey J, Kilian C, Carr S, Bartak M, Bloomfield K, Braddick F, Gual A, Neufeld M, O'Donnell A, Petruzelka B, Rogalewicz V, Rossow IM, Schulte B, Rehm J. Use of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and other substances during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Europe: A survey on 36,000 European substance users. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2021, 16, 36.
  • Shorter GW, Bray J, Heather N, Berman A, Giles E, Clarke M, Barbosa C, O'Donnell A, Holloway A, Riper H, Daeppen J, Monteiro M, Saitz R, McNeely J, McKnight-Eily K, Cowell A, Toner P, Newbury-Birch D. The 'Outcome Reporting in Brief Intervention Trials: Alcohol' (ORBITAL) core outcome set: international consensus on key outcomes in efficacy and effectiveness trials of alcohol brief interventions. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2021, 82(5), 638-646.
  • Spencer L, Addison M, Alderson H, McGovern W, McGovern R, Kaner E, O'Donnell A. 'The Drugs Did For Me What I Couldn't Do For Myself': A Qualitative Exploration of the Relationship Between Mental Health and Amphetamine-Type Stimulant (ATS) Use. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment 2021, 15, 1-8.
  • Karlsson N, Skagerstrom J, O'Donnell A, Abidi L, Thomas K, Nilsen P, Lid T. Public perceptions of how alcohol consumption is dealt with in Swedish and Norwegian health care. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2021, 38(3), 243-255.
  • O'Donnell A, Schulte B, Manthey J, Schmidt C, Piazza M, Chavez I, Natera G, Aguilar N, Sanchez Hernandez G, Mejia-Trujillo J, Perez-Gomez A, Gual A, de Vries H, Solovei A, Kokole D, Kaner E, Kilian C, Rehm J, Anderson P, Jane-Llopis E. Primary care-based screening and management of depression amongst heavy drinking patients: Interim secondary outcomes of a three-country quasi-experimental study in Latin America. PLoS ONE 2021, 16(8), e0255594.
  • Kokole D, Mercken L, Jane-Llopis E, Natera Rey G, Arroyo M, Medina P, Perez-Gomez A, Mejia-Truijillo J, Piazza M, Bustamante I, O'Donnell A, Kaner E, Gual A, Lopez-Pelayo H, Schulte B, Manthey J, Rehm J, Anderson P, de Vries H. Perceived appropriateness of alcohol screening and brief advice programmes in Latin American context and barriers to its implementation in primary health care – a cross-sectional Survey. Primary Health Care Research & Development. Primary Health Care Research & Development 2021, 22, e4.
  • Anderson P, O'Donnell A, Kokole D, Jane-Llopis E, Kaner E. Is buying and drinking zero and low alcohol beer a higher socio-economic phenomenon? Analysis of British survey data, 2015-2018 and household purchase data 2015-2020. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18(19), 10347.
  • Anderson P, Manthey J, Llopis EJ, Rey GN, Bustamante IV, Piazza M, Aguilar PSM, Mejía-Trujillo J, Pérez-Gómez A, Rowlands G, Lopez-Pelayo H, Mercken L, Kokole D, O'Donnell A, Solovei A, Kaner E, Schulte B, de Vries H, Schmidt C, Gual A, Rehm J. Impact of Training and Municipal Support on Primary Health Care–Based Measurement of Alcohol Consumption in Three Latin American Countries: 5-Month Outcome Results of the Quasi-experimental Randomized SCALA Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2021, 36, 2663-2671.
  • Jane Llopis E, O'Donnell A, Anderson P. Impact of price promotion, price, and minimum unit price on household purchases of low and no alcohol beers and ciders: Descriptive analyses and interrupted time series analysis of purchase data from 70, 3030 British households, 2015-2018 and first half of 2020. Social Science & Medicine 2021, 270, 113690.
  • Anderson P, O'Donnell A, Kaner E, Jane-Llopis E, Manthey J, Rehm J. Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland and Wales: controlled interrupted time series analyses. The Lancet Public Health 2021, 6(8), e557-e565.
  • Scoppetta O, Anderson P, Perez-Gomez A, Mejia-Trujillo J, Solovei A, O'Donnell A, Jane-Llopis E, Rowlands G. Feasibility of implementing alcohol health literacy tests in Colombia. Journal of Drug and Alcohol Education 2021, 65(2), 61-85.
  • Kokole D, Jane-Llopis E, Mercken L, Piazza M, Bustamante I, Natera Rey G, Medina P, Perez-Gomez A, Mejia-Trujillo J, O'Donnell A, Kaner E, Gual A, Schmidt C, Schulte B, Candel M, de Vries H, Anderson P. Factors associated with primary health care providers' measurement of their patients' alcohol consumption in Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Substance Abuse 2021, 42(4), 1007-1015.
  • Addison M, Kaner E, Spencer L, McGovern W, McGovern R, Gilvarry E, O'Donnell A. Exploring pathways into and out of amphetamine type stimulant use at critical turning points: a qualitative interview study. Health Sociology Review 2021, 30(2), 111-126.
  • Perry R, Adams EA, Harland J, Broadbridge A, Giles EL, McGeechan GJ, O'Donnell A, Ramsay SE. Exploring high mortality rates among people with multiple and complex needs: A qualitative study using peer research methods. BMJ Open 2021, 11(6), e044634.
  • O'Donnell A, Schmidt C, Beyer F, Schrietter M, Anderson P, Jane-Llopis E, Kaner E, Schulte B. Effectiveness of digital interventions for people with comorbid heavy drinking and depression: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Journal of Affective Disorders 2021, 298(Part B), 10-23.
  • Kilian C, Rehm J, Allebeck P, Braddick F, Gual A, Bartak M, Bloomfield K, Gil A, Neufeld M, O'Donnell A, Petruzelka B, Rogalewicz V, Schulte B, Manthey J. Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: a large-scale cross-sectional study in 21 countries. Addiction 2021, 116(12), 3369-3380.
  • Gilje Lid T, Karlsson N, Thomas K, Skagerstrom J, O'Donnell A, Abidi L, Nilsen P. Addressing patients’ alcohol consumption – A population-based survey of patient experience. International Journal of Public Health 2021, 6, 1604298.
  • Martens M, Zurhold H, Rosenkranz M, ODonnell A, Addison M, Spencer L, McGovern W, Gabrhelík R, Petruzelka B, Rowicka M, Liebregts N, Degkwitz P, Kaner E, Verthein U. Using life course charts to assess and compare trajectories of amphetamine type stimulant consumption in different user groups – a cross-sectional study. Harm Reduction Journal 2020, 17, 8.
  • Jané-Llopis E, Anderson P, Piazza M, O'Donnell A, Gual A, Schulte B, Pérez Gómez A, de Vries H, Natera Rey G, Kokole D, Bustamante IV, Braddick F, Trujillo JM, Solovei A, Pérez De León A, Kaner EFS, Matrai S, Manthey J, Mercken L, López-Pelayo H, Rowlands G, Schmidt C, Rehm J. Implementing primary healthcare-based measurement, advice and treatment for heavy drinking and comorbid depression at the municipal level in three Latin American countries: final protocol for a quasiexperimental study (SCALA study). BMJ Open 2020, 10, e038226.
  • O'Donnell A, Angus C, Hanratty B, Hamilton F, Petersen I, Kaner E. Impact of the introduction and withdrawal of financial incentives on the delivery of alcohol screening and brief advice in English primary health care: an interrupted time-series analysis . Addiction 2020, 115(1), 49-60.
  • O'Donnell A, Addison M, Spencer L, Zurhold H, Rosenkranz M, McGovern R, Gilvarry E, Martens M, Verthein U, Kaner E. Which individual, social and environmental influences shape different pathways of amphetamine type stimulant use over the life course? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature. Addiction 2019, 114(1), 24-47.
  • Shorter G, Bray J, Giles E, ODonnell A, Berman A, Holloway A, Heather N, Barbosa C, Stockdale K, Scott S, Clarke M, Newbury-Birch D. The variability of outcomes used in efficacy and effectiveness trials of alcohol brief interventions: A systematic review. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2019, 80(3), 286-298.
  • Schulte B, Kaner EFS, Beyer F, Schmidt CS, O'Donnell A. Study protocol for a systematic review of evidence for digital interventions for comorbid excessive drinking and depression in community-dwelling populations. BMJ Open 2019, 9(10), e031503.
  • Shorter GW, Heather N, Bray JW, Berman AH, Giles EL, ODonnell AJ, Barbosa C, Clarke M, Holloway A, Newbury-Birch DA. Prioritization of outcomes in efficacy and effectiveness alcohol brief intervention trials: International Multi-stakeholder e-Delphi Consensus Study to inform a core outcome set. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2019, 80(3), 299-309.
  • O'Donnell A, Anderson P, Jané-Llopis E, Manthey J, Kaner E, Rehm J. Immediate impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland: controlled interrupted time series analysis for 2015-18. British Medical Journal 2019, 366, l5274.
  • Karlsson N, O'Donnell A, Abidi L, Skagerstrom J, Nilsen P. Addressing alcohol in routine healthcare in Sweden - population-based surveys in 2010 and 2017. European Journal of Public Health 2019, 29(4), 748-753.
  • O'Donnell A, Kaner E, Shaw C, Haighton C. Primary care physicians' attitudes to the adoption of electronic medical records: a systematic review and evidence synthesis using the clinical adoption framework. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2018, 18, 101.
  • O'Donnell A, Abidi L, Brown J, Karlsson N, Nilsen P, Roback K, Skagerstrom J, Thomas K. Beliefs and attitudes about addressing alcohol consumption in health care: A population survey in England. BMC Public Health 2018, 18(1), 391.
  • ODonnell A, Addison M, Spencer L, Zurhold H, Rosenkranz M, McGovern R, Gilvarry E, Martens M, Verthein U, Kaner E. A systematic review of qualitative research on the factors shaping amphetamine type stimulant use over the life course (abstract). The Lancet 2018, 390(S64).
  • Haighton C, Kidd J, O'Donnell A, Wilson G, McCabe K, Ling J. ‘I take my tablets with the whiskey’: A qualitative study of alcohol and medication use in mid to later life. PLoS ONE 2018, 13(10), e0205956.
  • Shorter GW, Heather N, Bray JW, Giles EL, Holloway A, Barbosa C, Berman AH, O'Donnell AJ, Clarke M, Stockdale KJ, Newbury-Birch D. The 'Outcome Reporting in Brief Intervention Trials: Alcohol' (ORBITAL) framework: Protocol to determine a core outcome set for efficacy and effectiveness trials of alcohol screening and brief intervention. Trials 2017, 18, 611.
  • Kaner EFS, Beyer FR, Garnett C, Crane D, Brown J, Muirhead C, Redmore J, O'Donnell A, Newham JJ, de Vocht F, Hickman M, Brown H, Maniatopoulos G, Michie S. Personalised digital interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in community-dwelling populations. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, (9), CD011479.
  • McParlin C, O'Donnell A, Robson SC, Beyer F, Moloney E, Bryant A, Bradley J, Muirhead CR, Nelson-Piercy C, Newbury-Birch D, Norman J, Shaw C, Simpson E, Swallow B, Yates L, Vale L. Treatments for Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Medical Association 2016, 316(13), 1392-1401.
  • Schmidt C, Schulte B, Seo H, Kuhn S, O'Donnell A, Kriston L, Verthein U, Reimer J. Meta-analysis on the effectiveness of alcohol screening with brief interventions for patients in emergency care settings. Addiction 2016, 111(5), 783-794.
  • O'Donnell A, Haighton C, Chappel D, Shevills C, Kaner E. Impact of financial incentives on alcohol intervention delivery in primary care: a mixed methods study. BMC Family Practice 2016, 17, 165.
  • O'Donnell A, Wallace P, Kaner E. From efficacy to effectiveness and beyond: what next for brief interventions in primary care?. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2014, 5, 00113.
  • Schmidt C, McGovern R, Schulte B, O'Donnell A, Lehmann K, Kuhn S, Schafer I, Newbury-Birch D, Anderson P, Kaner E, Reimer J. Brief Alcohol Interventions in Social Service and Criminal Justice Settings: A Critical Commentary. British Journal of Social Work 2014, 9.
  • Schulte B, O'Donnell A, Kastner Sinja, Schmidt C, Schäfer I, Reimer J. Alcohol screening and brief intervention in workplace settings and social services: A comparison of literature. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2014, 5(131).
  • Newbury-Birch D, Scott S, O'Donnell A, Coulton S, Howel D, McColl E, Stamp E, Graybill E, Gilvarry E, Laing K, McGovern R, Deluca P, Drummond C, Harle C, McArdle P, Tate L, Kaner E. A pilot feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of screening and brief alcohol intervention to prevent hazardous drinking in young people aged 14-15 in a high school setting (SIPS JR-HIGH). Public Heath Research 2014, 2(6), 1-207.
  • O'Donnell A. Gendered choices: Young women's perspectives on non-traditional training and careers in Northumberland. Education + Training 2008, 50(6), pp 474 – 488.

• Book Chapters

  • O'Donnell A, Kaner E. Screening of high-risk drinkers. In: Boyle, P., Boffetta, P., Lowenfels, A.B., Burns, H., Brawley, O., Zatonski, W., Rehm, J, ed. Alcohol: Science, Policy and Public Health. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp.317-324.
  • Kaner E, O'Donnell A. Brief intervention: does it work?. In: Boyle, P., Boffetta, P., Lowenfels, A.B., Burns, H., Brawley, O., Zatonski, W., Rehm, J, ed. Alcohol: Science, Policy and Public Health. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp.325-331.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Adams EA, Perry R, Harland J, Broadbridge A, Giles EL, McGeechan GJ, O'Donnell A, Ramsay SE. Using peer research methods: to explore high mortality rates among people with multiple complex needs. In: SSM Annual Scientific Meeting 2021. 2021, Virtual: BMJ Group.
  • Adams EA, Parker J, Jablonski T, Kennedy J, Hunter D, Tasker F, Smiles C, Muir C, Widnall E, Dotsikas K, Reed C, Burrows M, O'Donnell A, Kaner E, Ramsay SE. "It's been up and down" - perspectives on living through COVID-19 for individuals who experience homelessness: a qualitative study. In: UK Public Health Science: Conference. 2021, Virtual: The Lancet.
  • O'Donnell A, Haighton C, Chappel D, Shevills C, Hanratty B, Kaner E. Impact of financial incentives on the implementation of screening and brief alcohol interventions by primary healthcare professionals. In: International Congress of Behavioral Medicine. 2016, Melbourne, Australia: Springer.
  • McParlin C, O'Donnell A, Robson S, Beyer F, Moloney E, Bryant A, Bradley J, Muirhead C, Nelson-Peircey C, Newbury-Birch D, Norman J, Simpson E, Swallow B, Yates L, Vale L. A systematic review of the clinical-effectiveness of interventions for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. In: British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Society (BMFMS) 17th Annual Conference 2015. 2015, London, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Haighton C, Kidd J, O'Donnell A. A qualitative interview study of concurrent alcohol and medication use among older adults in the UK. In: GSA 68th Annual Scientific Meeting. 2015, Orlando, Florida: Oxford University Press.
  • Newbury-Birch D, O'Neil S, O'Donnell A, Coulton S, Howel D, McColl E, Stamp E, Graybill E, Gilvarry E, Laing K, McGovern R, Deluca P, Drummond C, Harle C, McArdle P, Tate L, Kaner E. A pilot feasiblity c-RCT of screening and brief alcohol intervention in young people aged 14–15 in a high school setting: sips jr-high. In: 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research-Society-on-Alcoholism (RSA) / 17th Congress of the International-Society-for-Biomedical-Research-on-Alcoholism (ISBRA). 2014, Bellevue, WA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
  • O'Donnell A, Haighton K, Chappel D, Shevills C, Kaner E. Can routine data help evaluate the implementation of brief alcohol intervention in primary health care? A mixed-methods investigation of the use of routinely collected information to evaluate the delivery of screening and brief interventions (sbis) for alcohol. In: 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. 2013, Orlando, Florida: Research Society on Alcoholism.
  • Newbury-Birch D, O'Neil S, Gilvarry E, Howel D, Stamp E, Laing K, McColl E, McGovern R, Harle C, O'Donnell A, Tate L, Coulton S, Deluca P, Drummond C, McArdle P, Kaner E. A feasibility trial of alcohol screening and brief interventions for risky drinking in young people in a high school setting in the UK: SIPS JR-HIGH. In: 36th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. 2013, Orlando, Florida, USA: Wiley-Blackwell.

• Letter

  • Carvallaro F, Lugg-Widger F, Cannings-John R, Harron K, McNally R, Pollock AM, Blakey K, Sharp L, O’Donnell A, Hayes L, Pearce M, Harbron R, Slack E. Open letter to the ICO, CMOs and UK data providers: Reducing barriers to data access for research in the public interest - lessons from covid-19. British Medical Journal 2020, 1-13.

• Note

  • O'Donnell AJ. Commentary on Tanner-Smith et al.: Complexity matters—why we need to move beyond ‘what works’ when evaluating substance use interventions. Addiction 2022, 117(4), 890-891.

• Reports

  • Rowlands GP, Russell S, O'Donnell A, Kaner E, Trezona A, Rademakers J, Nutbeam D. What is the evidence on existing policies and linked activities and their effectiveness for improving health literacy at national, regional and organizational levels in the WHO European Region?. Copenhagen, Denmark: World Health Organisation (Europe), 2018. Health Evidence Network (HEN) synthesis reports.
  • O'Donnell A, McParlin C, Robson SC, Beyer F, Moloney E, Bryant A, Bradley J, Muirhead C, Nelson-Piercy C, Newbury-Birch D, Norman J, Simpson E, Swallow B, Yates L, Vale L. Treatments for hyperemesis gravidarum and nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: a systematic review and economic assessment. London: NIHR Journals Library, 2016. Health Technology Assessment.
  • Stobbart L, O'Donnell A, Akor W, Albani V, Brown H, Craig D, Fattakhova G, Harrison S, Kaner E, Kirkman S, Lally J, Little M, Mott D, Rice S, Robinson T, Scott J, Shaw C, Spencer L, Tandogdu Z, Vaittinen A, Watson N, Whalley E, Vale L. Phase Two of the NHS 111 Learning and Development Pilot Programme: Final Report. NHS England, 2015.
  • Casebourne J, Gloster R, Purvis A, Culshaw S, O'Donnell A, Mavra L. Evaluation of Lone Parent Obligations. London: Department for Work and Pensions, 2009.
  • O'Donnell A, Dobbs L, Moore C, Biddle P. What works in the workplace? Using evidence to tackle gender discrimination in employment. Newcastle upon Tyne: Northumbria University, 2004.

• Reviews

  • Graham F, Tang MY, Jackson K, Martin H, O'Donnell A, Ogunbayo O, Sniehotta FF, Kaner E. Barriers and facilitators to implementation of shared medical appointments in primary care for the management of long-term conditions: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies. BMJ Open 2021, 11(8), e046842.
  • Anderson P, O'Donnell A, Kaner E. Managing Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Health Care. Current Psychiatry Reports 2017, 19, 79.
  • O'Donnell A, Anderson P, Newbury-Birch D, Schulte B, Schmidt C, Reimer J, Kaner E. The Impact of Brief Alcohol Interventions in Primary Healthcare: A Systematic Review of Reviews. Alcohol and Alcoholism 2014, 49(1), 66-78.