Dr Sophia Papadakis

Academic and Health Systems Consultant

National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT)

Biography

Sophia Papadakis is the Academic and Health System Consultant with the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) where her portfolio includes development of national guidance and training with a focus on embedding latest evidence into practice. Sophia is lead author of the newly published (2024) NHS Standard Treatment Program for Inpatient Tobacco Dependence and the Stop Smoking Service Delivery and Monitoring Guidance (2024) for England. Sophia has worked in tobacco control since 2004 and is interested in the design, delivery and evaluation of stop smoking interventions in clinical and community settings. Prior to joining NCSCT was Programme Director for the “Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation” in Primary Care and Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa. Her work has included the development and scale-up of the “Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation” in primary care; a Canadian and international best practice. Sophia has published more than 85 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on tobacco dependence treatment and disease prevention.