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Closing remarks
Andy McEwen
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Biography
Andy McEwen graduated with a social sciences degree in
1986 and qualified as a registered mental health nurse
in 1990. He worked in acute and forensic psychiatry before
specialising in the field of substance misuse treatment.
In 1997 he completed an MSc in Addictive Behaviour at
St George's Hospital Medical School before beginning his
clinical and then academic career in smoking cessation
there with Professor Robert West. In 2003 he took up post
as Senior Research Nurse at the Cancer Research UK Health
Behaviour Unit, University College London. He referees
for a variety of academic journals and also acts as a
consultant to the Department of Health, Health Development
Agency and to a number of smoking cessation services on
the delivery of treatment services. He retains an interest
in nursing research and is lead research nurse for St
George's NHS Trust. His current research includes surveys
of smokers and health professionals, pharmacokinetic studies
on nicotine delivery systems and clinical trials of behavioural
treatments.
Andy McEwen
Senior Research Nurse,
Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit
andy.mcewen@ucl.ac.uk
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