Worked on a project funded by Alcohol Research UK, focusing on exploring the 'active ingredients' in recovery using photovoice method and was also part of a baseline epidemiological study on alcohol's involvement in injury cases in rural Sri Lanka. I also supported wider work around prison health research and collaborated on a study mapping Scottish prison health research and defining research priorities. I also led on a mixed methods study funded by the Institute for Alcohol Studies, aimed at… Show more Worked on a project funded by Alcohol Research UK, focusing on exploring the 'active ingredients' in recovery using photovoice method and was also part of a baseline epidemiological study on alcohol's involvement in injury cases in rural Sri Lanka. I also supported wider work around prison health research and collaborated on a study mapping Scottish prison health research and defining research priorities. I also led on a mixed methods study funded by the Institute for Alcohol Studies, aimed at exploring the implementation of the Chief Medical Officers' drinking guidelines among UK midwives. Show less

Consultant for the Alcohol, Illicit Drugs and Prison Health Programme at World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. Primarily assisted the Programme Manager in work relating to screening and brief interventions for alcohol in primary health care, data monitoring, policy developments in the Region, and particular focus areas such as alcohol use during pregnancy. I also supported work on the Prisons and Health programme, including setting up a database on public health indicators for… Show more Consultant for the Alcohol, Illicit Drugs and Prison Health Programme at World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe. Primarily assisted the Programme Manager in work relating to screening and brief interventions for alcohol in primary health care, data monitoring, policy developments in the Region, and particular focus areas such as alcohol use during pregnancy. I also supported work on the Prisons and Health programme, including setting up a database on public health indicators for prison health. Show less

I worked primarily on a project on the different ways alcohol is framed in a variety of contexts by different actors, and how this may influence policy making. I am also working on a number of projects including alcohol and gender, remuneration of alcohol screening and brief intervention in primary care, perceptions of pregnancy drinking guidelines, and screening for alcohol use in pregnancy.

Internship with the ADU division at the Regional Office for Europe where the primary task was to assist the programme manager on a review of the evidence for interventions to prevent Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. This review focused on three main areas; I) interventions to non-pregnant women to prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies, II) interventions targeting pregnant women to reduce or cease drinking, and III) public health interventions to raise awareness and promote reduction or… Show more Internship with the ADU division at the Regional Office for Europe where the primary task was to assist the programme manager on a review of the evidence for interventions to prevent Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. This review focused on three main areas; I) interventions to non-pregnant women to prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies, II) interventions targeting pregnant women to reduce or cease drinking, and III) public health interventions to raise awareness and promote reduction or abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy. Show less