Archives: Speakers

Prof Sanjay Agrawal

Professor Agrawal is a Consultant in Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, National Specialty Advisor for Tobacco to NHS England, and Special Advisor on Tobacco to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) . Sanjay has supported the implementation of new tobacco dependency treatment services across hospitals and maternity… Read more »

Prof Lion Shahab

Dr Shahab is a Professor of Health Psychology at University College London, Head of the Research Department of Behavioural Science and Health and co-Director of the University College London Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group. He is past President of the European Chapter of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), elected fellow of… Read more »

Prof Martin Jarvis

Martin Jarvis is Emeritus Professor of Health Psychology at the Department of Behavioural Science & Health, University College London. He has been researching tobacco and nicotine use for the past 40 years. He has served as a trustee of ASH, was Chair of the UK government’s Technical Advisory Group on Tobacco and Health, and was Specialist Adviser… Read more »

Dr Karl E. Lund

Dr. Karl Erik Lund is currently senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. He was Research Director at the Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research from 2006-2018. He has been involved in tobacco control work since the mid-1980s. Dr Lund has been a member of several expert committees including WHO’s International Agency… Read more »

Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce is an Associate Professor of Evidence-Based Policy and Practice at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. Her particular interests lie in evidence synthesis (both quantitative and qualitative) and the communication of complex information and data to inform policy and public action. Her research mainly consists of complex evidence… Read more »

Prof Jacob George

Professor Jacob George is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine & Therapeutics at the University of Dundee Medical School. Professionally, he is a Consultant Physician qualified in Clinical Pharmacology and General Internal Medicine and is an accredited European Hypertension Specialist. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, European Society of Cardiology and the… Read more »

Tom Sheldon

The Science Media Centre a UK charity set up in 2002 to help scientists communicate the evidence on controversial issues to the public through the national news media.  Tom has degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics, and he joined the SMC in April 2008.  In that time he has worked on a number of high… Read more »

Prof Alan Boobis, OBE

Alan Boobis is emeritus Professor of Toxicology, Imperial College London. He retired from his chair at the College in June 2017, after over 40 years.  His main research interests lie in mechanistic toxicology, mode of action and chemical risk assessment.  He has published over 250 original research papers (H-factor 80).  He is or has been… Read more »

Louise Ross

Louise Ross has worked in stop smoking settings since 2004. Having launched the first vape-friendly Stop Smoking Service in 2014, she has continued to advocate for tobacco harm reduction, wearing a number of different hats. She is a freelance clinical consultant at the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training, Vice Chair and mental health… Read more »