School of Health & Wellbeing

Dr Emma Russell

  • Research Associate - Data Science (Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health)
  • Affiliate (School of Health & Wellbeing)

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Number of items: 16.

2026

Behrens, Silvia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-0169, Treanor, Morag ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4377-4092, Troncoso, Patricio ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2204-1893, Lee-Shield, Bethany, Russell, Emma, Williamson, Lee and Macintyre, Cecilia (2026) Predictors of authorised, unauthorised and persistent absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland. British Educational Research Journal, (Accepted for Publication)

Mantyla, Mia, Russell, Emma, Zhu, Xingxing, McCabe, Thomas, Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 and Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 (2026) Depression is both a risk factor for and outcome from traumatic brain injury in UK Biobank (N=502,356). Journal of Affective Disorders, (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121629) (PMID:41833613) (In Press)

2025

Mantyla, Mia, Russell, Emma, Zhu, Xingxing, McCabe, Thomas, Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 and Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 (2025) Depression is both a risk factor for and outcome from traumatic brain injury in UK Biobank (N=502,356). PsyArXiv, (doi: 10.31234/osf.io/v74ks_v2)

Jareebi, M. A. et al. (2025) Associations and interactions between premorbid cognitive health, apolipoprotein e4 genotype, and incident Alzheimer’s disease in UK Biobank (N=252,340). npj Dementia, 1, 8. (doi: 10.1038/s44400-025-00013-3)

2024

Russell, Emma R., Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Cronin, Kirstie, Stewart, Katy, MacLean, John A., Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2024) Health and lifestyle factors and dementia risk among former professional soccer players. JAMA Network Open, 7(12), e2449742. (doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.49742) (PMID:39652348)

Ward, J. et al. (2024) Head motion in the UK Biobank imaging subsample: longitudinal stability, associations with psychological and physical health, and risk of incomplete data. Brain Communications, 6(4), fcae220. (doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae220)

Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Russell, Emma R., Ward, Joey ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2024) A history of traumatic brain injury is associated with poorer cognition and imaging evidence of altered white matter tract integrity in UK Biobank (n = 50 376). Brain Communications, 6(6), fcae363. (doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae363) (PMID:39670110) (PMCID:PMC11635360)

2023

Russell, Emma R., Spencer, S.J., Atherton, C.M., Lyall, D.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Mackay, D.F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Stewart, K., MacLean, J.A., Pell, J.P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2023) Increased risk of lower limb osteoarthritis among former professional soccer (football) players. Occupational Medicine, 73(9), pp. 547-553. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqad132) (PMID:38070190) (PMCID:PMC10824258)

Stewart, W. et al. (2023) Risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in rugby union is associated with length of playing career. Acta Neuropathologica, 146(6), pp. 829-832. (doi: 10.1007/s00401-023-02644-3) (PMID:37872234) (PMCID:PMC10627955)

Russell, Emma R., Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2023) HEalth And Dementia outcomes following Traumatic Brain Injury (HEAD-TBI): protocol for a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 13(7), e073726. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073726) (PMID:37491097) (PMCID:PMC10373748)

2022

Russell, Emma R., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Lyall, Donald ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Stewart, Katy, MacLean, John A., Robson, James, Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2022) Neurodegenerative disease risk among former international rugby union players. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 93(12), pp. 1262-1268. (doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-329675) (PMID:36195436)

2021

Russell, Emma R., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Stewart, Katy, MacLean, John A., Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2021) Association of field position and career length with risk of neurodegenerative disease in male former professional soccer players. JAMA Neurology, 78(9), pp. 1057-1063. (doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.2403) (PMID:34338724) (PMCID:PMC8329793)

Russell, Emma R., McCabe, Thomas and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2021) Not all adverse health outcomes in former contact sports athletes are concussion related. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 92(3), p. 229. (doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-324672) (PMID:33188135)

2020

Russell, Emma R., McCabe, Thomas, Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Stewart, Katy, MacLean, John A., Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2020) Mental health and suicide in former professional soccer players. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 91(12), pp. 1256-1260. (doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-323315) (PMID:32694163)

2019

Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Russell, Emma R., Stewart, Katy, MacLean, John A., Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2019) Neurodegenerative disease mortality among former professional soccer players. New England Journal of Medicine, 381(19), pp. 1801-1808. (doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1908483) (PMID:31633894)

Russell, Emma R., Stewart, Katy, Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, MacLean, John, Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2019) Football’s InfluencE on Lifelong health and Dementia risk (FIELD): protocol for a retrospective cohort study of former professional footballers. BMJ Open, 9(5), e028654. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028654) (PMID:31123003) (PMCID:PMC6538057)

This list was generated on Sat Apr 4 03:34:06 2026 BST.
Jump to: Articles
Number of items: 16.

Articles

Behrens, Silvia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2719-0169, Treanor, Morag ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4377-4092, Troncoso, Patricio ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2204-1893, Lee-Shield, Bethany, Russell, Emma, Williamson, Lee and Macintyre, Cecilia (2026) Predictors of authorised, unauthorised and persistent absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland. British Educational Research Journal, (Accepted for Publication)

Mantyla, Mia, Russell, Emma, Zhu, Xingxing, McCabe, Thomas, Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 and Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 (2026) Depression is both a risk factor for and outcome from traumatic brain injury in UK Biobank (N=502,356). Journal of Affective Disorders, (doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121629) (PMID:41833613) (In Press)

Mantyla, Mia, Russell, Emma, Zhu, Xingxing, McCabe, Thomas, Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 and Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 (2025) Depression is both a risk factor for and outcome from traumatic brain injury in UK Biobank (N=502,356). PsyArXiv, (doi: 10.31234/osf.io/v74ks_v2)

Jareebi, M. A. et al. (2025) Associations and interactions between premorbid cognitive health, apolipoprotein e4 genotype, and incident Alzheimer’s disease in UK Biobank (N=252,340). npj Dementia, 1, 8. (doi: 10.1038/s44400-025-00013-3)

Russell, Emma R., Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Cronin, Kirstie, Stewart, Katy, MacLean, John A., Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2024) Health and lifestyle factors and dementia risk among former professional soccer players. JAMA Network Open, 7(12), e2449742. (doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.49742) (PMID:39652348)

Ward, J. et al. (2024) Head motion in the UK Biobank imaging subsample: longitudinal stability, associations with psychological and physical health, and risk of incomplete data. Brain Communications, 6(4), fcae220. (doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae220)

Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Russell, Emma R., Ward, Joey ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2024) A history of traumatic brain injury is associated with poorer cognition and imaging evidence of altered white matter tract integrity in UK Biobank (n = 50 376). Brain Communications, 6(6), fcae363. (doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae363) (PMID:39670110) (PMCID:PMC11635360)

Russell, Emma R., Spencer, S.J., Atherton, C.M., Lyall, D.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Mackay, D.F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Stewart, K., MacLean, J.A., Pell, J.P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2023) Increased risk of lower limb osteoarthritis among former professional soccer (football) players. Occupational Medicine, 73(9), pp. 547-553. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqad132) (PMID:38070190) (PMCID:PMC10824258)

Stewart, W. et al. (2023) Risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in rugby union is associated with length of playing career. Acta Neuropathologica, 146(6), pp. 829-832. (doi: 10.1007/s00401-023-02644-3) (PMID:37872234) (PMCID:PMC10627955)

Russell, Emma R., Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2023) HEalth And Dementia outcomes following Traumatic Brain Injury (HEAD-TBI): protocol for a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 13(7), e073726. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073726) (PMID:37491097) (PMCID:PMC10373748)

Russell, Emma R., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Lyall, Donald ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487, Stewart, Katy, MacLean, John A., Robson, James, Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2022) Neurodegenerative disease risk among former international rugby union players. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 93(12), pp. 1262-1268. (doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-329675) (PMID:36195436)

Russell, Emma R., Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Stewart, Katy, MacLean, John A., Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2021) Association of field position and career length with risk of neurodegenerative disease in male former professional soccer players. JAMA Neurology, 78(9), pp. 1057-1063. (doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.2403) (PMID:34338724) (PMCID:PMC8329793)

Russell, Emma R., McCabe, Thomas and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2021) Not all adverse health outcomes in former contact sports athletes are concussion related. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 92(3), p. 229. (doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-324672) (PMID:33188135)

Russell, Emma R., McCabe, Thomas, Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Stewart, Katy, MacLean, John A., Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2020) Mental health and suicide in former professional soccer players. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 91(12), pp. 1256-1260. (doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-323315) (PMID:32694163)

Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Russell, Emma R., Stewart, Katy, MacLean, John A., Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2019) Neurodegenerative disease mortality among former professional soccer players. New England Journal of Medicine, 381(19), pp. 1801-1808. (doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1908483) (PMID:31633894)

Russell, Emma R., Stewart, Katy, Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, MacLean, John, Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 and Stewart, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-2582 (2019) Football’s InfluencE on Lifelong health and Dementia risk (FIELD): protocol for a retrospective cohort study of former professional footballers. BMJ Open, 9(5), e028654. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028654) (PMID:31123003) (PMCID:PMC6538057)

This list was generated on Sat Apr 4 03:34:06 2026 BST.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • UK TBI REpository and data PORTal Enabling discoveRy
    Medical Research Council
    2023 - 2028
     
  • Health and dementia outcomes following traumatic brain injury
    Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
    2022 - 2025