UKCTCS Research Fellows

Currently funded 

Dr Sally Adams, University of Bristol
Sally was appointed in March 2011 and is studying the effects of varenicline and cognitive bias modification on neural response to smoking-related cues.

Dr Maciej Goniewicz, Queen Mary University of London
Maciej was appointed in January 2011 and is studying the safety and efficacy of electronic cigarettes.

Dr Abraham Brown, University of Stirling
Abraham was appointed in 2009 to the post of UKCTCS Research Fellow to work on a four country ITC study that investigates the effects of tobacco control policies in these countries. More about the International Tobacco Control project can be found on the ITC website .

Dr Rosemary Hisock, University of Bath
Rosemary was appointed in 2009 and is studying smoking related inequalities in health.

Dr Catriona Rooke, University of Edinburgh
Catriona was appointed in February 2011 and is currently undertaking secondary analysis of longitudinal qualitative data collected as part of the Evaluation of Smokefree England community study. She continues to pursue research and publications building on her PhD which utilised concepts from science and technology studies to investigate the development and impacts of nicotine regulatory regimes.

Previously funded  

Dr Laura Jones, University of Nottingham 
Laura has obtained funding from the National Institute for Health Research as part of the programme grant to study reducing children's environmental tobacco smoke exposure in the home. Funding will last from March 2010 - February 2015.

Dr Hayden McRobbie, Queen Mary University of London 
Hayden has been assessing the effects of an extended period of varenicline use prior to quitting smoking and how this affects urges to smoke after this time.  

UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies

Epidemiology & Public Health
University of Nottingham

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