Dr Mary Abed Al Ahad

Associate Lecturer in Population and Health Geography

Researcher profile

Email

maaa1@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

PhD supervision

• Adarsh -

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

  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

• Open access

  Treatment seeking behaviours, antibiotic use and relationships to multi-drug resistance: a study of urinary tract infection patients in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

  Sado, K., Keenan, K., Manataki, A., Kesby, M., Mushi, M. F., Mshana, S. E., Mwanga, J. R., Neema, S., Asiimwe, B., Bazira, J., Kiiru, J., Green, D. L., Ke, X., Maldonado-Barragán, A., Abed Al Ahad, M., Fredricks, K. J., Gillespie, S. H., Sabiiti, W., Mmbaga, B. T. & Kibiki, G. & 6 others, Aanensen, D., Smith, V. A., Sandeman, A., Sloan, D. J., Holden, M. T. G. & Consortium, O. B. O. H., 16 Feb 2024, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 4, 2, 20 p., e0002709.

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

 

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