Speaker Group: Speaker 2026

Dr Nathan Davies is a specialty registrar in public health at Lincolnshire County Council and honorary assistant professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His research broadly focuses on the commercial determinants of health, with a particular focus on translating research into public health practice. His PhD at the University of Nottingham focused… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

Dr Ailsa Butler is a researcher at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford, with research interests in smoking cessation and the evaluation of effective approaches to help people quit smoking and vaping. She is an author of the Cochrane living systematic review ‘Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation’ and joint first author of the… Read more »

Tord Finne Vedoy’s career has been dedicated to advancing knowledge of substance abuse and tobacco use in Norway. His research has significantly advanced understanding of the impact of e-cigarettes, snus, and nicotine replacement therapy products on smokers and non-smokers alike. Vedoy’s work has been pivotal in shaping public health policies and addressing the challenges posed… Read more »

Euan was elected in 2024 as the Member of Parliament for Falkirk, following a 2-year stint as a councillor for the Falkirk South ward. Euan is chair of the APPG for responsible vaping, in that role he has called for evidence-based regulation on vapes as the Tobacco and Vapes Act is implemented. A member of the bill committee… Read more »

Dr. Jonathan Foulds has spent most of his career finding ways to help smokers beat their addiction to tobacco. He has been a principal investigator on grants totaling well over $27 million and has been invited to speak on smoking cessation in more than 15 countries. Dr Foulds trained as a clinical psychologist at the… Read more »

Tessa Langley is a health economist specialising in the field of tobacco control. She graduated with an Honours degree in Economics and Economic History from the University of Warwick in 2007 and went on to work as a Junior Researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Health Technology Assessment in Vienna and as a trainee… Read more »

Hayden McRobbie is a public health medicine specialist. He is Professor of Population Health at Queen Mary University of London, where he leads the Centre for Public Health and Policy and the Health and Lifestyle Research Unit, and holds clinical oversight of commissioned stop smoking and weight management services across several East London boroughs. He… Read more »