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My Wellcome Trust-funded PhD examines stigmatised health issues in post-devolution Scottish literature, in the context of neoliberalism and the so-called ‘Glasgow Effect’ (the phenomenon of poor health and high mortality in Scotland, even after accounting for socioeconomic factors). It focuses on mental ill-health/madness, alcohol use/alcoholism, and obesity/fatness, as these are commonly (and negatively) associated with Scottish public health, and indeed Scottishness itself, in the press and popular culture. I am Associate Editor of medical humanities website The Polyphony and a founding member of the University of Glasgow's Medical Humanities ECR group. @_sspence