Sophie joined King's College London in September 2025 as an MSc student on the Addictions course. Following course completion, she has joined the IoPPN Addictions Department as a Research Assistant on the NIHR-funded MEDications for Cocaine Use disorder (MEDCO) study, with Professor John Marsden.

For her MSc research project, Sophie worked with Professor Leonie Brose on an evaluation of the National Smoke-free Pregnancy Incentive Scheme (NSPIS), the findings of which informed a wider evaluation report for the Department of Health and Social Care and were presented at the 2026 SRNT-E Conference.

Prior to joining King's, Sophie worked in Clinical Data Management at the clinical research organisation Medpace, for three years. Sophie lead data management activities on a number of clinical trials from start-up, through maintenance and database lock. Sophie worked on studies from phase I to III and long-term follow-up for a variety of therapeutic areas including oncology, metabolic disorders and rare disease.

Sophie holds a first class BSc in Neuroscience from the University of Glasgow and was part of the Psychedelic Research Society and Positive Minds (a peer-support network) during her studies.

Research Interests

• Addiction healthcare
• Novel approaches to addiction treatment
• Mental health and substance use comorbidity
• Tobacco and nicotine