Rob is a PhD student studying how online dissemination of research can be optimised for use by addiction treatment staff. This is a mixed methods study funded by the IoPPN Prize Studentship. 

Rob has worked with Professor McNeill on tobacco policy contributing to reports for Cancer Research UK and Public Health England, as well as giving a presentation for the Department of Health. 

Rob has over ten years’ experience working in substance misuse and mental health services as a client worker and as a manager. He completed the MSc in Addiction Studies at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) in 2014, gaining prizes for his research project and overall scores.