Andy MacGregor

Andy leads ScotCen’s Policy Research Team which conducts qualitative and mixed methods research in a broad range of topic areas including public health, social inequalities, tobacco control, education, mental health and benefits devolved to Scotland. He has been the Principal or Co-Investigator on over 10 grant-funded studies for NIHR, Cancer Research UK, CSO Scotland and UKRI. Andy is currently leading on the qualitative component of a study exploring young people’s views and use of vapes and New Nicotine Products (NNPs) in four communities in Scotland as well as a mixed methods study exploring the views of parents in relation to the expansion of government-funded Early Learning and Childcare (ELC).

Andy has been a member of the Cross Party Group on Improving Scotland’s Health since 2021 and is also a member of the Scottish Coalition on Tobacco (SCOT). He graduated MBChB in medicine in 1990 and MSc in Health Promotion and Health Education in 1993, and has worked at ScotCen since its establishment in 2004.