Leeanne O’Hara

Leeanne O’Hara has a background in applied psychology, a Masters in social research methods and a PhD from the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen’s University, which focused on social factors that influence substance use and anti-social behaviour in adolescence. Since completing her PhD, Leeanne has worked across multiple research centres at Queen’s University Belfast including the Institute of Child Care Research, the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation (CESI) and more recently the Centre for Public Health. She has continued to develop research interests in the area of children, young people and families through evaluative research (process and implementation studies; randomised control trials), mixed methods studies, quantitative studies (longitudinal; cross-sectional), qualitative studies (narratives; interviews; focus groups) and systematic reviews.