Dr Emmert Roberts
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Addiction Psychiatry
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Biography
Emmert is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Addiction Psychiatry at the National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) and a Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist at the South London and the Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust.
He graduated with distinctions in Medicine (BMBCh) from the University of Oxford, and Epidemiology (MSc) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He holds a PhD in Addiction Sciences from KCL, his thesis exploring how specialist drug and alcohol treatment provision in England impacts on hospitalisation and mortality.
He is currently an NIHR Advanced Fellow and a Commonwealth Fund Senior Harkness Fellow and holds membership at both the Royal College of Physicians and Psychiatrists.
During the COVID-19 outbreak he founded the Homeless Hotel Drug and Alcohol Service (HDAS) the first pan-London service to provide drug, alcohol and tobacco support to the population of people experiencing rough sleeping who were temporarily housed in emergency accommodation across the capital.
Research Interests
Emmert has a strong interest in substance misuse, sexual and reproductive health and the overlap of physical and mental health conditions. His NIHR Advanced fellowship focuses on developing methods to harness the potential of nationally collected administrative data to reduce harm due to drug and alcohol use.
Research Groups
Expertise & Public Engagement
Emmert is an honorary analyst at the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) in the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry (BJPsych), and a trustee of the Faculty of Sexual Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) and Alcohol Change UK
Research
Alcohol Research Group
Based in the Addictions Department, the Alcohol Research Group is led by Professor Colin Drummond and comprises a multidisciplinary research team.
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Drugs Research Group
Substance misuse research within the Addictions Department is led by Professors John Strang and John Marsden.
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Five IoPPN researchers receive Fellowship awards
Five researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience have received Fellowship awards.
No convincing scientific evidence that hangover cures work
A new systematic review has found only very low-quality evidence that substances claiming to treat or prevent alcohol-induced hangover work.
IoPPN and SLaM receive awards at 2020 RCPsych Awards Ceremony
Several colleagues working across IoPPN and South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) received awards at the Royal College of Psychiatrists virtual...
Growing numbers of alcohol-related hospital admissions linked to local spending cuts
A new study by King’s College London has shown an association between increases in alcohol related hospital admissions and decreases in spending on alcohol...
Research
Alcohol Research Group
Based in the Addictions Department, the Alcohol Research Group is led by Professor Colin Drummond and comprises a multidisciplinary research team.
Status not setDrugs Research Group
Substance misuse research within the Addictions Department is led by Professors John Strang and John Marsden.
Status not setNews
Five IoPPN researchers receive Fellowship awards
Five researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience have received Fellowship awards.
No convincing scientific evidence that hangover cures work
A new systematic review has found only very low-quality evidence that substances claiming to treat or prevent alcohol-induced hangover work.
IoPPN and SLaM receive awards at 2020 RCPsych Awards Ceremony
Several colleagues working across IoPPN and South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) received awards at the Royal College of Psychiatrists virtual...
Growing numbers of alcohol-related hospital admissions linked to local spending cuts
A new study by King’s College London has shown an association between increases in alcohol related hospital admissions and decreases in spending on alcohol...