
Dr Katherine Sawyer
Research Associate
Research interests
- Psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience
Contact details
Biography
Katherine Sawyer is a Research Associate at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London. She works with Professor Leonie Brose in the Policy Research Unit in Addictions and the Nicotine Research Group conducting research evaluating tobacco control policy.
Katherine completed her PhD in the Addiction and Mental Health Group at the University of Bath, supervised by Professor Tom Freeman. Her thesis is titled "Harnessing mental health and neuroscience evidence for tobacco and cannabis health messaging".
Research interests
- Tobacco
- Nicotine
- Vaping
- Tobacco control
- Smoking cessation
- Smoking and mental health
- Cannabis
- Policy focused research
- Neuroscience
Research
NIHR Policy Research Unit in Addictions
Addictive products, behaviours and systems

Nicotine Research Group
The Nicotine Research Group leads and collaborates on a variety of projects on tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes.
Research
NIHR Policy Research Unit in Addictions
Addictive products, behaviours and systems

Nicotine Research Group
The Nicotine Research Group leads and collaborates on a variety of projects on tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes.