Sharon Cox
Sharon Ann Cox is a British psychologist specialising in the psychology of addictive behaviour. Her research focuses on the social determinants of drug use, specifically tobacco, nicotine and alcohol, on which she has published many scientific works.[1]. She works at University College London as a Principal Research Fellow within the Department of Behavioural Science and Health. She is a known critic of the Conservative party. Sharon has published several open access thought pieces on the impact of financial cuts to stop smoking services[2].
Education
Sharon completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at the University of Kent in 2007, she then spent some time working within NHS addiction services before pursuing a Masters of Science degree in Addiction Psychology and Treatment at London Metropolitan University, completing this in 2010. In 2014 she was awarded her PhD, her thesis sought to understand how alcohol dependence impacts social cognition. Sharon was awarded a Vice Chancellor's Scholarship for her PhD, an award offered in recognition of new and developing talent.
Research
Since completing her PhD, the majority of her work has focused on nicotine and tobacco use, with a specific focus on health inequalities. Sharon is a prolific public speaker, speaking on how to reduce smoking amongst adults experiencing homelessness and those with other health needs, for which she leads several studies and trials.[3] Her work in this area has been funded by Cancer Research UK, the Medical Research Council and the National Institute of Health Research. She is a senior editor for the journal Addiction. In 2016 she was given a Vice Chancellor's recognition award for "research which aims to impact people's lives" from London South Bank University. In 2022, she was announced as President-Elect for the Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research European chapter.
E-cigarettes and vaping
She has argued for a reframing of nicotine as dependence forming rather than addictive when decoupled from combustible tobacco.[4][5] In moving these ideas forward, she led the development of an ontology for nicotine and tobacco research, which aims to improve the use of scientific language within the field.[6] She has said she does not work for or have any links to the tobacco industry[7]
Public engagement
In 2018, along with Professor Sally Marlow, she wrote, produced and presented a series of short films on Women in Addiction, exploring the difficulties and triumphs of women working within addiction science [8]. In 2019 she was a guest expert contributing to BBC Radio 4'sThe Science of Addiction[9]. Sharon has become one of the UK's main e-cigarette researchers, contributing to public debates on their benefits for reducing population level harms caused by tobacco smoking[10][11], as well as the importance of reducing tobacco related inequalities among people experiencing homelessness[12].
Personal life
Sharon lives in Kent with her two daughters, Carrie and Maya.
References
- ↑ "Iris View Profile".
- ↑ "Are we ready to achieve a smoke free future?". BMJ Opinion. BMJ. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ↑ Cox, Sharon; Bauld, Linda; Brown, Rachel; Carlisle, Matthew; Ford, Allison; Hajek, Peter; Li, Jinshuo; Notley, Caitlin; Parrott, Steve; Pesola, Francesca; Robson, Deborah; Soar, Kirstie; Tyler, Allan; Ward, Emma; Dawkins, Lynne (July 2022). "Evaluating the effectiveness of e‐cigarettes compared with usual care for smoking cessation when offered to smokers at homeless centres: protocol for a multi‐centre cluster‐randomized controlled trial in Great Britain". Addiction. 117 (7): 2096–2107. doi:10.1111/add.15851. PMC 9313612 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 35194862 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Cox, Sharon; Jakes, Sarah (1 June 2017). "Nicotine and e-cigarettes: Rethinking addiction in the context of reduced harm". International Journal of Drug Policy. 44: 84–85. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.03.009. ISSN 0955-3959. PMID 28454011.
- ↑ West, Robert; Cox, Sharon (August 2022). "The 1988 US Surgeon General's report Nicotine Addiction : how well has it stood up to three more decades of research?". Addiction. 117 (8): 2346–2350. doi:10.1111/add.15754. PMID 34817099 Check
|pmid=value (help). Unknown parameter|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Cox, Sharon; West, Robert; Notley, Caitlin; Soar, Kirstie; Hastings, Janna (15 August 2022). "Toward an ontology of tobacco, nicotine and vaping products". Addiction: add.16010. doi:10.1111/add.16010. PMID 35971622 Check
|pmid=value (help). Unknown parameter|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Cox, Sharon. "Dr". LinkedIn. LinkedIn. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ↑ "Women in Addiction". Society for the Study of Addiction. SSA. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ↑ "The Science of Addiction". BBC Radio 4. BBC Sounds. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ↑ "Street Drug Discussions: E-cigarette use in England". YouTube. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ↑ "Vaping Demystified". Youtube. Yorkshire Cancer Research. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ↑ "January 2021 with Dr Sharon Cox, Episode 12". podcasts.ox.ac.uk. University of Oxford. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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