Dr Katie East
Research Fellow
- Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Griffith Edwards Academic Fellow
Contact details
Biography
Katie is a Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Griffith Edwards Academic Fellow and Research Associate working on projects relating to nicotine and tobacco product perceptions and use, with a focus on youth and young adults. Katie’s Fellowship is based within KCL’s Nicotine Research Group (NRG) but also involves collaborations with KCL’s Department of Biostatistics and Heath Informatics, University of Waterloo’s School of Public Health Sciences (Canada), and University of Bristol’s MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU).
Katie joined the NRG in 2015, after completing her MSc at University College London, and completed her PhD on social norms towards smoking and vaping with the NRG in 2019. From 2020 to 2021, Katie worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Public Health & Health Systems, University of Waterloo, in Canada.
Katie co-leads the England arm of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Policy Evaluation Project (http://www.itcproject.org/) and is Operations Coordinator for the international Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Policy Research Network.
Katie also has an interest in open science and statistical methods. She was co-ordinator of the IoPPN’s Volunteer Electronic Helpdesk on Research Methods and Statistics from 2017-2019 and is now involved in ReproducibiliTea, a journal club initiative allowing for discussions about reproducibility and improving science. She founded and led the ReproducibiliTea journal club at The University of Waterloo.
Research Interests
- Harm perceptions of vaping, smoking, and other nicotine products (e.g., IQOS)
- The impact of vaping policies on vaping behaviours and perceptions (e.g., health warning labels, age of sale)
- Social norms towards vaping and smoking
- Trends in youth nicotine and tobacco product use
- Use of national and international survey data (e.g., Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS), International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project)
- Retail/market scans
Research Groups
- Nicotine Research Group
- Department of Addictions
- School of Public Health & Health Systems, University of Waterloo (Canada)
- Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT, US)
- Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA, UK)
Teaching
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Risk factors for addiction
Research
Nicotine Research Group
Our research is translational, collaborative, impactful and truly international, and you can find out more about the various areas of our work via the project links below.
The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study
Predicting and Understanding the Use of nicotine products in a rapidly evolving marketplace: The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study
Project status: Ongoing
Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States
Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States
Project status: Ongoing
Vaping evidence reviews for Public Health England
The NRG leads the annual reviews of the evidence on e-cigarettes commissioned by Public Health England (now Office for Health Improvement and Disparities).
Project status: Ongoing
Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Fellowship Projects
Society for the Study of Addiction SSA Fellowship Projects at King's College London KCL
Project status: Ongoing
News
Standardised packaging on vapes reduces appeal to teenagers
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Action on Smoking and Health has found that...
Winners of the 2022 Addictions Clinical Academic Group Early Career Research Prize announced
Dr Katie East, Dr Basak Tas, Alice Bowen, Eileen Brobbin, and Dr Will Lawn have been announced as Addictions Clinical Academic Group (CAG) Early Career...
Vaping substantially less harmful than smoking, largest review of its kind finds
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that the use of vaping products rather...
Spotlight
Clearing the smoke: the evidence behind vaping
Cigarettes kill over half of their long-term users. The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers the tobacco epidemic to be one of the biggest public health...
Research
Nicotine Research Group
Our research is translational, collaborative, impactful and truly international, and you can find out more about the various areas of our work via the project links below.
The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study
Predicting and Understanding the Use of nicotine products in a rapidly evolving marketplace: The International Nicotine Product, Policy and Market (INPAM) Study
Project status: Ongoing
Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States
Youth responses to e-cigarettes, e-cigarette retailing, and e-cigarette packaging in England, Canada and the United States
Project status: Ongoing
Vaping evidence reviews for Public Health England
The NRG leads the annual reviews of the evidence on e-cigarettes commissioned by Public Health England (now Office for Health Improvement and Disparities).
Project status: Ongoing
Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Fellowship Projects
Society for the Study of Addiction SSA Fellowship Projects at King's College London KCL
Project status: Ongoing
News
Standardised packaging on vapes reduces appeal to teenagers
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and Action on Smoking and Health has found that...
Winners of the 2022 Addictions Clinical Academic Group Early Career Research Prize announced
Dr Katie East, Dr Basak Tas, Alice Bowen, Eileen Brobbin, and Dr Will Lawn have been announced as Addictions Clinical Academic Group (CAG) Early Career...
Vaping substantially less harmful than smoking, largest review of its kind finds
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that the use of vaping products rather...
Spotlight
Clearing the smoke: the evidence behind vaping
Cigarettes kill over half of their long-term users. The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers the tobacco epidemic to be one of the biggest public health...