Research Assistant (Wellcome)

A major new national effort to tackle gambling harms and shape future policy, prevention and treatment across the UK is being led by researchers from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group.

Questionnaire completed by 10,000 people finds sobriety on rise, with women slightly more abstemious than men

In this modeling paper, John Holmes and colleagues analyzed the effects on public health of changing the minimum unit price of alcohol in Scotland.

A philosopher advocates for a more humane and context-informed approach

Background and aims The tension reduction hypothesis suggests that people consume alcohol to alleviate stress. While previous studies showed stress increases alcohol's absolute value, alcohol's valu.....

Dr Amber Copeland from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust fellowship worth £591,755 over five years. The funding will support a new project to...

Background Prior research has demonstrated substantial inequities in alcohol consumption, alcohol-related harms, and mortality. These inequities arise from a complex interplay of factors, unlikely a.....

Background Minimum tobacco pricing would set a legal price floor. This study aimed to estimate how five minimum price thresholds could impact smoking behaviour, health and economic outcomes alongside ...

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Amber Copeland shares findings from her recent study which used computer modelling to explore the links between mood and smoking choices.

Induction of negative mood increases tobacco choice in dependent smokers; however, less is known about the mechanisms behind this. This study addressed this gap by applying a computational model of va...

Addiction isn’t a brain disease – but substance use is rarely a free choice either.

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Thank you for your interest in our study. We are currently looking for volunteers who are at least 21 years old and who currently consume 28 or more units of alcohol per week (this is equivalent to ar...