Professor Michael Ussher Professor of Behavioural Medicine, Institute of Population Health Research, St George's, University of London
Biography
Michael Ussher is a Professor of Behavioural Medicine at St George’s University of London. He acts as a consultant on tobacco control for the DoH and is a member of the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, acting as co-lead for the Pregnancy Research Theme. He is a Senior Editor for the journal Addiction.
He is in the expert group responsible for updating NICE guidance on ‘How to stop smoking in pregnancy and following childbirth’. Professor Ussher has published over 70 peer reviewed articles and has been awarded substantial research funding, including an NIHR grant of £1.2 million for the trial presented at UKNSCC