Katie is a resident doctor, currently working as a Clinical Teaching Fellow at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. She divides her time between undergraduate medical education, and working clinically in both the Respiratory and Care of the Elderly departments. Over the past year she has worked on a project to improve nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) prescribing… Read more »
Pippa works as a researcher for the Addiction Research Group at the University of East Anglia, with a focus on tobacco smoking cessation, harm reduction and relapse prevention. Recent studies include the COSTED trial (an opportunist smoking cessation intervention delivered in emergency departments, incorporating provision of a vape); the ‘eSupport’ project (developing and testing smartphone-based… Read more »
Professor Caitlin Notley leads the Lifespan Health Research Centre and the Addiction Research Group at the University of East Anglia. She is a social scientist, with research expertise in clinical trials and applied mixed methods. Her particular areas of expertise are tobacco smoking cessation, relapse prevention and harm reduction, with a focus on vulnerable populations…. Read more »
Andrew has been the Regional Director for OHID North West (previously Public Health England) and Regional Director of Public Health for NHS NW since May 2020 and Honorary Professor of Public Health Practice at the University of Manchester. He was previously Centre Director for Public Health England (PHE) in Yorkshire and Humber. He originally trained… Read more »
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… Read more »
Mim has worked in Public Health for over 22 years, leading on providing smoking cessation in Wigan for the last 9 years.
Sue Mountain is a smokefree campaigner from South Shields. She became involved in the smokefree campaign after being diagnosed with cancer of the larynx 3 times because of smoking. Sue started smoking at the age of 11 because she wanted to fit in and feel grown up. Sue never thought about cancer when she began… Read more »
With a background as a certified lawyer in Brazil and Portugal and over ten years in the legal sector, I began a new career in England in 2021 within the smoking cessation department, initially as an administrative clerk. Since then, I have developed expertise in project management, data analysis, and smoking cessation strategies, becoming a… Read more »
Respiratory consultant at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust. I am Clinical Lead for the Hub and Spoke inpatient smoking cessation service (CURE Liverpool) which provides support to patients admitted to 5 different hospitals in the City. I am a former Chair of the Tobacco Specialist Advisory Group of the British Thoracic Society & currently Clinical Lead for… Read more »
Amy Watling-Cash has been working in Smoking Cessation for over a decade. Starting her career as a Stop Smoking Advisor as part of her role as a Wellbeing Support Worker with Mental Health Charity Mind, she soon realised her passion for smoking cessation and went on to work with Quit51 in the West Midlands. Keen… Read more »