JW

James White

Cardiff University

Research areas: Medicine · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · School Health and Nursing Education · Japanese History and Culture

ORCID iD 0000-0001-8371-8453
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About

I am a Professor and Director in the Centre for Trials Research, DECIPHer (Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement) and WAVU (Wales Applied Virology Unit) in Cardiff University as well as the CYP-GHRIP (Children and Young People Gambling Harm Research and Innovation Partnership) a multi-institutional award. I sit on research funding panels for the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Wellcome Trust and Health and Care Research Wales. I mentor mid-career researchers for the NIHR Academy and have an honorary contract with Public Health Wales. My methodological expertise spans randomised controlled trials, cluster randomised trials, pilot and feasibility studies, natural experiments, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, linked routine data studies and real-world evidence generation. The focus of my research is to understand how social, psychological, biological, behavioural and genetic factors from across the life course, influence behaviours which affect health and chronic diseases of major public health importance: cardiovascular disease and mental illness. The ultimate aim of this body of research is disease prevention.

I have published over 110 papers in peer reviewed journals and secured £42M (£5.2 as chief investigator) in competitive grant funding.

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Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

  • Wales Applied Virology Unit (WAVU) Health and Care Research Wales
    2025 - 2030
  • Centre for Trials Research Health and Care Research Wales
    2025 - 2030
  • Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer). Health and Care Research Wales
    2025 - 2030
  • Effectiveness of text messages from general practice to increase testing for sexually transmitted infections via an online postal testing platform (Texting for Testing). Health and Care Research Wales
    2025 - 2026
  • Outreach services with a health specialism for people sleeping rough - optimisation and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities via the Centre for Homelessness Impact
    2023 - 2025
  • PRoGRAM-A (Preventing Gambling Related Harm in Adolescents): a pilot cluster randomised control trial to prevent gambling harm in young people. National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2023 - 2024
  • The perspectives, experiences and perceived impacts of social policies in relation to the inclusion or marginalisation of gender minority students: a mixed methods case study in Wales ESRC
    2023 - 2027
  • Evaluability assessment of Child Poverty Pathfinders Scottish Government
    2023 - 2023
  • Mortality among homeless and marginally housed individuals in high income countries: protocol for a systematic review Centre for Homelessness Impact
    2023 - 2024
  • Centre for Trials Research Health and Care Research Wales
    2023 - 2025
  • PHaCT Trial: Preventing Homelessness, improving health for prison leavers: a pilot randomised controlled trial of a Critical Time intervention. National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2022 - 2024
  • Cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of placing social workers in schools on referrals to child social services. Department for Education, UK Government
    2020 - 2022
  • COVID-19 and rough sleepers: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate models of housing and support to reduce infection and homelessness. ESRC
    2020 - 2023
  • Centre for Trials Research Health and Care Research Wales
    2020 - 2023
  • Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer) Health and Care Research Wales
    2020 - 2025
  • Optimisation, feasibility testing and a pilot randomised trial of SaFE: a sexual health and healthy relationships intervention for Further Education National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2020 - 2023
  • A multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an environmental nutrition and physical activity intervention in nurseries (Nutrition and Physical Activity Self Assessment for Child Care - NAP SAC… National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2019 - 2023
  • A multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a school-based peer-led drug prevention intervention (The FRANK friends study). National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2019 - 2022
  • Preconception Health Improvement: Intervention development to target multiple modifiable risk factors for multiple adverse perinatal outcomes. Medical Research Council
    2018 - 2021
  • Centre for Trials Research Health and Care Research Wales
    2018 - 2020
  • Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research Health and Care Research Wales
    2018 - 2020
  • Green-blue space exposure changes and impact on individual-level wellbeing and mental health: a population-wide record-linked natural experiment. National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2017 - 2020
  • Increasing physical activity in pre-school aged children: systematic review, individual participant meta-analysis and intervention pilot. Medical Research Council
    2017 - 2020
  • “The JACK Trial” A multi-site cluster randomised trial of an interactive film-based intervention to reduce teenage pregnancy and promote positive sexual health. National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2017 - 2020
  • Evaluation of the Outcomes of the Family Nurse Partnership Programme in Scotland Scottish Government
    2016 - 2018
  • Development of a school-based peer-led alcohol, tobacco and drugs intervention. ESRC
    2015 - 2018
  • NISCHR Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research (NCPHWR) Health and Care Research Wales
    2014 - 2017
  • The Filter FE Challenge: pilot trial and process evaluation of a multi-level smoking prevention intervention in further education settings National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2014 - 2016
  • A process evaluation of the implementation of ASSIST Scotland Scottish Government
    2014 - 2017
  • A feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial in child care settings using the NAP SACC intervention to increase physical activity and healthy eating in 2-4 year olds National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2014 - 2017
  • Adapting and piloting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to Frank drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST+Frank): an exploratory trial National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2014 - 2016
  • Did the Communities First regeneration programme improve mental health and enhance social cohesion? A natural experiment Health and Care Research Wales
    2013 - 2014
  • Managing overweight and obesity among children and young people: lifestyle weight management services National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
    2012 - 2012
  • Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol related harm to population health National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2011 - 2015
  • Risk of hospital admission and cause-specific mortality associated with common mental disorder: the Caerphilly Health and Social Needs electronic cohort study. Health and Care Research Wales
    2010 - 2013
  • BESI - From theories to interventions: the conceptualisation and development of interventions for supporting behaviour change for people with long term medical conditions. The Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
    2010 - 2013

Publications (169)