Publications

Bradford, D., Brown, D., McCartney, G., Douglas, M., Dundas, R., & Walsh, D. (2026). Excess mortality in England and Scotland in 2022: The long shadow of austerity and the return to an unacceptable pre-pandemic baseline. Journal of Critical Public Health, 3(2), 57–76. https://doi.org/10.55016/8kkpa186

Bradford, D. R. R., Allik, M., McMahon, A. D., & Brown, D. (2023). Assessing the risk of endogeneity bias in health and mortality inequalities research using composite measures of multiple deprivation which include health-related indicators: A case study using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and population health and mortality data. Health & Place, 80, Article 102998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102998

Bradford, D. R. R., Allik, M., McMahon, A. D., & Brown, D. (2022). Physical health of care-experienced young children in high-income countries: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(9), Article e063648. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063648

Bradford, D. R. R., Biello, S. M., & Russell, K. (2022). Defeat and entrapment mediate the relationship between insomnia symptoms and suicidal ideation in young adults. Archives of Suicide Research, 26(3), 1632–1643. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2021.1885537

Bradford, D. R. R., Biello, S. M., & Russell, K. (2021). Insomnia symptoms mediate the association between eveningness and suicidal ideation, defeat, entrapment, and psychological distress in students. Chronobiology International, 38(10), 1397–1408. https://doi.org/10.1080/07420528.2021.1931274

White, N., Milicev, J., Bradford, D. R. R., Rodger, A., & Gardani, M. (2024). The mental labyrinth of postgraduate research: A qualitative study of postgraduate mental health and wellbeing and the impact of the supervisory relationship. Higher Education, 87(5), 1211–1226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01061-5

Gardani, M., Bradford, D. R. R., Russell, K., Allan, S., Beattie, L., Ellis, J. G., & Akram, U. (2022). A systematic review and meta-analysis of poor sleep, insomnia symptoms and stress in undergraduate students. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 61, Article 101565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101565

Bradford, D. R. R., Abou Saab, Y., McMahon, A. D., Leyland, A. H., Allik, M., & Brown, D. (2026). Psychosocial health inequalities and socioeconomic deprivation gradients among preschool children in care and not in care: An administrative health data study. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.25.26361327

Bradford, D. R. R., Swift, A., Allik, M., McMahon, A. D., & Brown, D. (2025). Physical health of care-experienced young children in high-income countries: A scoping review. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.15.25325761

Bradford, D., Brown, D., McCartney, G., Douglas, M., Dundas, R., & Walsh, D. (2025). Excess mortality in England and Scotland in 2022: The long shadow of austerity and the return to an unacceptable pre-pandemic baseline. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.03.25323230

Bradford, D. R. R., Allik, M., McMahon, A. D., & Brown, D. (2022). Assessing the risk of endogeneity bias in health and mortality inequalities research using composite measures of multiple deprivation which include health-related indicators: A case study using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and population health and mortality data. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.01.22282961

2024. Excess mortality in England and Scotland in 2022. Oral presentation (OP40), Society for Social Medicine and Population Health Annual Scientific Meeting.

2023. Endogeneity bias in the use of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation in health inequalities research. Oral presentation (OP108), Society for Social Medicine and Population Health Annual Scientific Meeting.

2023. Scoping review of the physical health of care-experienced young children. Poster, UK Public Health Science Conference.

2023. Health of care-experienced young children. Poster, ADR UK conference.

2023. Health of care-experienced young children. Poster, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde paediatrics research meeting.

2019. Sleep and suicidal ideation. Poster, NHS Scotland Mental Health conference.