Dr Andy McEwen

Chief Executive

National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) 

Biography

Andy worked as a mental health nurse in acute and forensic psychiatry before specialising in the field of substance misuse treatment. In 1997 he completed an MSc in Addictive Behaviour at St George’s Hospital Medical School before beginning his clinical and then academic career in smoking cessation there with Professor Robert West. In 2003 he took up post as Assistant Director of Tobacco Studies and Senior Research Nurse at the Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London and in 2005 completed his PhD on smoking cessation. Andy was co-founder of the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training and is proud to be its Chief Executive leading a team of experts that translate research into practice through training programmes, guidance documents, and consultancy.