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Personal Statement
Dr Fiona Muirhead is a Senior Lecturer, Principal and Co- Investigator on multiple interdisciplinary research projects spanning disability health, digital wellbeing, and inclusive heritage. She is co-applicant on the STRIDE initiative, submitted to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2025, which explores how Scottish libraries can foster community support, trusted information, inclusive spaces, heritage discovery, and wellbeing.
She is also leading a funded project on 24-hour movement behaviours in youth with Learning Disabilities, which is the first UK-based study to examine adherence to integrated physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep guidelines in this population. This work contributes vital data to an under-researched area.
Fiona also supervises PhD projects in the areas of disability health, digital wellbeing and chronic pain and PA and health in vulnerable populations.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Social Science, Changes in experiences and engagement of adolescent girls in Physical Education classes, during a school- based physical activity programme: a qualitative longitudinal study , The University of Edinburgh
1 Jan 2009 → 31 Dec 2011
Award Date: 2 Apr 2012
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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STRIDE: Supporting Communities, TRusted Information, Inclusive spaces, heritage Discovery, and wEllbeing in Scottish Libraries
Innocenti, P. (Principal Investigator) & Muirhead, F. (Co-investigator)
3/11/25 → 2/05/27
Project: Research
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£15k Diamond Jubilee Research Scholarship Award. Investigating the Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport experiences and engagement of women with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Kirk, A. (Co-investigator) & Muirhead, F. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/25 → 30/09/28
Project: Internally funded project
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Group-based physical activity interventions for fibromyalgia: a systematic scoping review
Pursley, M., Muirhead, F., Donnachie, C., Kennedy, D. & Mavroeidi, A., 4 Dec 2025, In: Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia & Falls . 10, 4, p. 279-294 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Perspectives on group-based physical activity interventions for fibromyalgia: a qualitative study
Pursley, M., Muirhead, F., Donnachie, C. & Mavroeidi, A., 8 Nov 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia & Falls . 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Data for: "Effectiveness of a walking programme to support adults with intellectual disabilities to increase physical activity: walk well cluster-randomised controlled trial"
Melville, C. A. (Creator), Mitchell, F. (Creator), Stalker, K. (Creator), Matthews, L. (Contributor), McConnachie, A. (Creator), Murray, H. M. (Creator), Melling, C. (Creator) & Mutrie, N. (Creator), figshare, 5 Apr 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3641918.v1
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Prizes
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Chancellor's Fellowship
Mitchell, F. (Recipient), 30 Sept 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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screenomics: a new approach for observing and studying individuals' digital lives
Muirhead, F. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Other distinction