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Dr Katherine Sawyer

Research Associate

Research interests

  • Psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience

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

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    NIHR Policy Research Unit in Addictions

    Addictive products, behaviours and systems

    Cigarette
    Nicotine Research Group

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

      Research

      NIHR 780x440 Thumbnail
      NIHR Policy Research Unit in Addictions

      Addictive products, behaviours and systems

      Cigarette
      Nicotine Research Group

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