Dr Emma Beard

Associate Professor in Statistics & Quantitative Methods, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

University College London (UCL)

Biography

Dr Emma Beard is an Associate Professor in Statistics and Quantitative Methods in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London (UCL), with a focus on tobacco, alcohol and public health. She has authored more than 160 peer-reviewed publications and is Senior Statistics and Methodology Editor for Addiction. Emma’s research spans tobacco use, vaping, smoking cessation and population health, including work using the Smoking and Alcohol Toolkit Studies to monitor trends and evaluate changes in policy and practice. More recently, her work has focused on health inequalities and inclusion health, including developing novel approaches to account for hidden and under-represented populations in national estimates. Her research and methodological expertise have contributed to national tobacco-control policy and evidence, including the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) reports. She has worked closely with organisations including ASH, the Office for National Statistics, UK Health Security Agency and NICE. Emma is a Chartered Psychologist, Graduate Statistician of the Royal Statistical Society and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.