Dr Abigail Stevely

BSc, MPH, PhD

School of Medicine and Population Health

Research Fellow

Population Health Staff Profile - Abigail Stevely
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a.stevely@sheffield.ac.uk
G033, Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Dr Abigail Stevely
School of Medicine and Population Health
G033
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

I am currently a Research Fellow working in the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG), funded by the NIHR SPHR Post-doctoral Launching Fellowships scheme. I am also working on a project evaluating the public health impact of no- and low-alcohol drinks.

My background is in biomedical science and public health. I completed my BSc, MPH and PhD at the University of Sheffield. My PhD thesis applied theories of practice to develop alcohol epidemiology and policy analysis. I used data on how people drink alcohol (eg drinking beer in a pub or relaxing on the sofa) to identify contexts associated with heavy alcohol consumption within drinking occasions and to evaluate the effects of the Licensing Act 2003. I joined SARG in 2020 as a Research Associate. 

Research interests

My research focuses on alcohol epidemiology, public health policy evaluation, and reducing health inequalities. I am interested in how complex social systems produce and interact with population health and inequalities, and in using this knowledge to inform intervention development, evaluation and refinement.

My recent projects have focused on changes in the clustering of health and wellbeing indicators among adolescents in high-income countries since the early 2000s, and the evaluation of major alcohol policies including minimum unit pricing in Scotland.

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Stevely AK, Holmes J & Meier PS (2021) . Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 45(3), 630-637.
  • Stevely AK, Vocht F, Neves Lic RB, Holmes J & Meier PS (2021) . Addiction, 116(9), 2348-2359.
  • Holmes J, Beard E, Brown J, Brennan A, Meier PS, Michie S, Stevely AK, Webster L & Buykx PF (2020) . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 74(11), 942-949.
  • Stevely AK, Holmes J, McNamara S & Meier PS (2020) . Drug and Alcohol Review, 39(4), 309-320.
  • McNamara S, Holmes J, Stevely AK & Tsuchiya A (2020) . The European Journal of Health Economics, 21(2), 275-285.
  • Stevely AK, Holmes J & Meier PS (2020) . Addiction, 115(2), 218-229.
  • Stevely AK, Buykx P, Brown J, Beard E, Michie S, Meier PS & Holmes J (2018) . BMC Public Health, 18.
  • Stevely A, Dimairo M, Todd S, Julious SA, Nicholl J, Hind D & Cooper CL (2015) . PLoS One, 10(11).

All publications

Journal articles

  • Buss V, Kale D, Oldham M, Shahab L, Stevely A, Kersbergen I & Brown J (2025) . BMJ Public Health, 3(2).
  • Moolla A, Holmes J, Wilson L, Brown J, Kersbergen I & Stevely A (2025) . International Journal of Drug Policy, 145.
  • Wilson L, Stevely AK, Kersbergen I, McGrane E, Moore EC, Pryce RE, Brown J & Holmes J (2025) . Addiction, 120(8), 1655-1665.
  • Vieira E, Taylor N, Stevely A, Pennay A, Raninen J, Holmes J, Vashishtha R & Livingston M (2025) . Addiction, 120(8), 1551-1570.
  • Meier PS, Holmes J, Stevely A, Boyd JE, Alava MH, Hardie I, Warde A & Sasso A (2025) . Drug and Alcohol Review, 44(1), 144-156.
  • Wilson LB, Bain M, Hernandez-Alava M, Holmes J, Pryce R, Sasso A, Stevely AK, Warde A & Meier PS (2025) . Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 86(1), 39-47.
  • Dunphy J, Vieira E, Stevely AK, Livingston M, Vashishtha R, Rivelin K & Holmes J (2025) . Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 32(1), 15-28.
  • Stevely A, Garnett C, Holmes J, Jones A, Dinu L & Oldham M (2024) . JMIR Formative Research, 8.
  • Morris D, Angus C, Gillespie D, Stevely A, Pryce R, Wilson L, Henney M, Meier P, Holmes J & Brennan A (2024) . The Lancet Public Health, 9(10), e719-e728.
  • Oldham M, Okpako T, Leppin C, Garnett C, Dina L-M, Stevely A, Jones A & Holmes J (2024) . PLOS Digital Health, 3(8).
  • Stevely AK, Gray LA, Fairbrother H, Fenton L, Henney M, Kersbergen I & Holmes J (2024) . PLoS ONE, 19(6).
  • Holmes J, Sasso A, Hernández Alava M, Borges Neves R, Stevely AK, Warde A & Meier PS (2024) . International Journal of Drug Policy, 127.
  • Fenton L, Fairbrother H, Whitaker V, Henney M, Stevely AK & Holmes J (2024) . Drug and Alcohol Review, 43(3), 675-684.
  • Holmes J, Sasso A, Hernández Alava M, Stevely AK, Warde A, Angus C & Meier PS (2023) . SSM - Population Health, 24.
  • Stevely AK, Gray LA, Fairbrother H, Fenton L, Henney M & Holmes J (2023) . Preventive Medicine Reports, 36.
  • Stevely AK, Mackay D, Alava MH, Brennan A, Meier PS, Sasso A & Holmes J (2023) . Public Health, 220, 43-49.
  • Fenton L, Fairbrother H, Whitaker V, Henney M, Stevely A & Holmes J (2023) . Journal of Youth Studies, 27(7), 1006-1022.
  • Warde A, Sasso A, Holmes J, Hernandez Alava M, Stevely A & Meier P (2023) . Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 40(3), 301-318.
  • Holmes J, Sasso A, Alava MH, Neves RB, Stevely AK, Warde A & Meier PS (2022) . Lancet, 400 Suppl 1, S50.
  • Stevely A, Vashishtha R, Fairbrother H, Fenton L, Henney M, Livingston M & Holmes J (2022) . European Journal of Public Health, 32(3), 354-359.
  • Hardie I, Stevely AK, Sasso A, Meier PS & Holmes J (2022) . Addiction, 117(6), 1622-1639.
  • Holmes J, Angus C, Sasso A, Stevely A & Meier P (2021) . Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 82(5), 602-609.
  • Stevely AK, Holmes J & Meier PS (2021) . Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 45(3), 630-637.
  • Stevely AK, Vocht F, Neves Lic RB, Holmes J & Meier PS (2021) . Addiction, 116(9), 2348-2359.
  • Holmes J, Beard E, Brown J, Brennan A, Meier PS, Michie S, Stevely AK, Webster L & Buykx PF (2020) . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 74(11), 942-949.
  • Holmes J, Beard E, Brown J, Brennan A, Kersbergen I, Meier PS, Michie S, Stevely AK & Buykx P (2020) . Public Health Research, 8(14).
  • Stevely AK, Holmes J, McNamara S & Meier PS (2020) . Drug and Alcohol Review, 39(4), 309-320.
  • McNamara S, Holmes J, Stevely AK & Tsuchiya A (2020) . The European Journal of Health Economics, 21(2), 275-285.
  • Stevely AK, Holmes J & Meier PS (2020) . Addiction, 115(2), 218-229.
  • Holmes J, Beard E, Brennan A, Brown J, Gillespie D, Meier PS, Michie S, Stevely AK, Webster L & Buykx P (2019) . The Lancet, 394, S54-S54.
  • Stevely AK, Buykx P, Brown J, Beard E, Michie S, Meier PS & Holmes J (2018) . BMC Public Health, 18.
  • Stevely A, Dimairo M, Todd S, Julious SA, Nicholl J, Hind D & Cooper CL (2015) . PLoS One, 10(11).

Conference proceedings

  • Stevely A, Holmes J, Sasso A, Alava MH, Warde A, Angus C & Meier P (2023) . SSM Annual Scientific Meeting (pp A27.2-A27)
  • Dimairo M, Stevely A, Todd S, Julious S, Nicholl J, Hind D & Cooper C (2015) . Trials, Vol. 16(Supp 2). Glasgow, UK, 16 November 2015 - 16 November 2015.

Reports

  • Wilson L, McGrane E, Angus C, Kersbergen I, Pryce R, Stevely A & Holmes J (2025)
  • Stevely A (2023)
  • Stevely A (2022) Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland on people who are drinking at harmful levels
  • Stevely AK, Sasso A, Alava MH & Holmes J (2021) Changes in alcohol consumption in Scotland during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: Descriptive analysis of repeat cross-sectional survey data

Preprints

  • Holmes J, Sasso A, Alava MH, Neves RB, Stevely AK, Warde A & Meier PS (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Stevely AK, Garnett C, Holmes J, Jones A, Dinu L & Oldham M (2023) , JMIR Publications Inc..
Grants
  • NIHR SPHR Launching Fellowship
  • Evaluating and responding to the public health impact of no and low alcohol drinks: A multimethod study of a complex intervention in a complex system (NIHR PHR Research Grant)
  • Developing contextually specific interventions to reduce alcohol consumption amongst increasing and higher-risk drinkers within the Drink Less App (MRC PHIND Research Grant)
  • Evaluating the effect of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland on harmful drinkers (commissioned by Public Health Scotland)
  • Doctoral studentship (NIHR SPHR and University of Sheffield)