Dr Mary Abed Al Ahad

Associate Lecturer in Population and Health Geography

Researcher profile

Email

maaa1@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Selected publications

• Compounding associations of air pollution and heat exposure with cognitive health among Chinese adults aged 45+

  Hu, K., Abed Al Ahad, M. & He, Q., 18 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Applied Gerontology. OnlineFirst, p. 1-14

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  First-time homeownership across immigrant groups and generations in Sweden

  Abed Al Ahad, M., Andersson, G. & Kulu, H., 10 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Housing Studies. Latest Articles, 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Obesity and the experienced cultural, economic, and climate variations among immigrants to high-income countries: an umbrella review of the literature

  Abed Al Ahad, M. & Fenyk, M. K., 28 May 2026, In: Public Health Nutrition. 29, 1, 30 p., e123.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access

  Immigrant and refugee mobility across the urban–rural continuum in three European countries

  Lacroix, J., Liu, C., Abed Al Ahad, M., Kulu, H. & Andersson, G., 21 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Migration Review. Online First, 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  In-utero exposure to PM_2.5 and adverse birth outcomes in India: geostatistical modelling using remote sensing and demographic health survey data 2019–21

  Jana, A., Pramanik, M., Maiti, A., Chattopadhyay, A. & Abed Al Ahad, M., 2 Jul 2025, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 5, 7, p. 1-20 20 p., e0003798.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Residential mobility and housing tenure among immigrants and their descendants: a cross-national analysis of five European countries

  Harrison, J., Delaporte, I., Kulu, H., Mikolai, J., Liu, C., Abed Al Ahad, M., Lacroix, J., Andersson, G. & Pailhé, A., 1 Dec 2026, In: European Journal of Population. 42, 43 p., 2.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  The timing of critical life events among descendants of immigrants in Sweden: which comes first, homeownership, marriage, or childbirth?

  Abed Al Ahad, M., Andersson, G. & Kulu, H., Jul 2025, St Andrews: MigrantLife, 41 p. (MigrantLife working papers; no. 27).

  Research output: Working paper

• Open access

  Air pollution reduces the individuals’ life satisfaction through health impairment

  Abed Al Ahad, M., Jun 2024, In: Applied Research in Quality of Life. 19, p. 1049–1073 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Long term exposure to ambient air pollution and hospital admission burden in Scotland: 16 year prospective population cohort study

  Abed Al Ahad, M., Demsar, U., Sullivan, F. & Kulu, H., 18 Dec 2024, In: BMJ Open. 14, 12, 12 p., e084032.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  The interconnection of homeownership, marriage and childbearing in the life courses of young adults, by country of origin and generation in Sweden

  Abed Al Ahad, M., Andersson, G. & Kulu, H., Aug 2024, St Andrews: MigrantLife, 17 p. (MigrantLife working papers; no. 22).

  Research output: Working paper

 

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