05 March 2021
The Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) President’s Medal recognises achievement and celebrates the impact of geographers’ work on wider society. Niamh will also receive an Honorary Fellowship with her medal.
Niamh is a Professor of Health Geographies and co-director of the Centre for Environment, Society and Health (CRESH) at the University of Edinburgh. She is an active member of the SPECTRUM Consortium, working across Work Package 5: Shaping the local environment to change behaviour and prevent harm.
Niamh’s research explores the relationship between health and place, with a focus on health inequalities between social groups and between neighbourhoods. Niamh has a particular interest in how features of the retail environment, including the sale of alcohol and tobacco, are unevenly distributed. Her research has demonstrated that the availability of outlets selling alcohol and tobacco are highest in our most deprived communities and that this has a disproportionate impact on low-income groups.