Dr Kenneth Mullen

MA; MLitt (University of Aberdeen); PhD (University of Glasgow)
Lecturer in Behavioural Science
E-mail k.mullen@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Tel 0141 211 3932

Dr Mullen is a medical sociologist whose research has ranged from studying alcohol problems in the Western Isles to work on the effects of unemployment upon health. His more recent research has focused on men's lay health beliefs, on the factors leading to the cessation of heroin use, and on young men's attitudes towards alcohol treatment services. He is currently analysing data and publishing articles from projects on the influence of ethnic background on oral health ideas and practices, and on the views and knowledge that asylum seekers have of health services.

Dr Mullen makes regular conference contributions at National and International level: He presents yearly at the UK Medical Sociology Conference.  He has also made presentations to the European Medical Sociology Conferences in Vienna and Budapest. 

Dr Mullen reviews research proposals for the ESRC and the AERC.  He has refereed articles for numerous academic journals: Addiction; Addiction Research; Drug and Alcohol Dependence; The Sociological Review; Social Sciences in Health; Mortality; Mental Health, Religion and Culture; European Journal of Dental Education; Health Education Journal; Sociology of Health and Illness; and Ethnicity and Health.  He was also invited to review books in the fields of medical sociology, social psychology and religion and mental health.

Publications
Recent grants and current projects