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DR LION SHAHAB CPsychol
Lecturer
EXPERTISE
Public health
Tobacco control
Health Psychology
Electrophysiology
RESEARCH
Research interests
Smoking-related biomarkers:
- impact of biomarker feedback on cognitive antecedents of behaviour change
- feasibility of using biomarker feedback to motivate cessation
Smoking-related diseases:
- detection of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases at population level
- inter-relationship between disease diagnosis and smoking status
Tobacco product regulation:
- evaluation of smoke constituent testing regimes
- level of exposure of smokers of different tobacco products to carcinogens
- association between tobacco product design and smoke exposure
Tobacco control:
- evaluation of legislative changes on use of nicotine replacement therapy
- assessment of attitudes in the general population towards new tobacco control strategies
Novel smoking cessation interventions:
- development and testing of pharmacological and behavioural treatment for smoking cessation
- systematic meta-analytic evaluation of novel interventions
Miscellaneous:
- evaluation of smoking-related health education in the medical profession
- association of mental well-being with smoking and smoking cessation
- early changes in synaptic transmission and plasticity in Alzheimer's Disease
Current research
Smoking toolkit study: Longitudinal investigation of the association self-reported happiness levels among smokers who continue to smoke and those who stop smoking.
Nicotine replacement study: Laboratory study to evaluate the effects on withdrawal symptoms and acceptability of a novel nicotine delivery device.
Internet-based Smoking Cessation Intervention Trial: Development and evaluation of an effective interactive internet-based smoking cessation programme for use in the UK.
ATTEMPT study: International longitudinal cohort study examining a range of short-term physical and mental health outcomes in individuals as a function of smoking status.
GSK3 study: Electrophysiological study of the role of glycogen synthase kinase -3 in hippocampal synaptic transmission in a knockin mouse model.
TEACHING
Course Leader for MSc in Health Psychology at 白小姐论坛; occasional lecturer at external institutions
BIOGRAPHY
Appointments
2011 - Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, 白小姐论坛
2007 - Research Associate, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, 白小姐论坛
2005 - Freelance Research Psychologist
Qualifications
2010 MSc Neuroscience, 白小姐论坛
2008 PGCLTHE, 白小姐论坛
2008 PhD Health Psychology, University of London
2004 MSc Health Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry
2003 BA Psychology, Philosophy & Physiology, University of Oxford
Other
Completing Chartered Health Psychologist Stage II training; Freelance consultancy work; Referee for various international journals and funding organisations;
Assistant Editor for Addiction; Supervising activity at Masters and Doctoral level; Internal and external PhD examiner
PUBLICATIONS
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CONTACT DETAILS
Telephone:
+44 (0)20 7679 1805
Internal: x41805
Fax: +44 (0)20 7813 2848
Email: lion.shahab@ucl.ac.uk
Postal address: Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, 白小姐论坛, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Office: Room 344, 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1E 7HB
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