Katie Cole (nee Garman)MBChB BSc MScPH DFPH
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I am an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, appointed to the North London Public Health training programme in 2009.
After graduating in Medicine from University of Birmingham and completing an intercalated BSc in International Health from UCL, I entered clinical practice in the UK Foundation Programme. I completed an MSc in Public Health at LSHTM and worked at NHS Tower Hamlets Public Health Directorate and North East and Central London Health Protection Unit.
Affiliation
Teaching
- Seminar leader on MSc in Public Health module Issues in Public Health.
- Designed seminars for the MScPH Principles and Practice of Public Health module.
- Supervision of BSc student dissertation.
Research
My primary research interest is alcohol marketing. I've also conducted research relating to childhood obesity, alcohol and tobacco. This included a European research collaboration to develop an online health impact assessment tool (DYNAMO-HIA) which we used to assess the health impacts of increasing alcohol prices in 11 EU countries.
Research areas
- Alcohol
- Public health
- Smoking
- Social and structural determinants of health
- Substance abuse
- Tobacco control
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
Disease and Health Conditions
- Chronic disease
- Non-communicable diseases
Regions
- Euro area
- European Union
Countries
- United Kingdom
Other interests
- Adolescence
- Adolescents
- Health Surveys
- Human Behaviour
- Information Science
- Marketing
- Networking
- Networks
- Population Health Science
- Social Epidemiology
- Social Networks
- social determinants of health
- young people
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Selected publications
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The Evolution of Public Health Education and Training in the United Kingdom
Cole, K; Sim, F; Hogan, H;
Public Health Reviews, In Press;
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The other Twitter revolution: how social media are helping to monitor the NHS reforms.
McKee, M. ; Cole, K. ; Hurst, L. ; Aldridge, R.W. ; Horton, R. ;
BMJ, 2011; 342:d948
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Lancet UK Policy Matters: better evidence for better health.
Aldridge, R.W. ; Cole, K.J. ; Hurst, L. ; McKee, M. ; Horton, R. ;
Lancet, 2011; 377(9778):1631-3
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UK: price-based promotions target poor.
Garman, K. ; Tavakoly, B. ; Gilmore, A. ;
Tob Control, 2010; 19(4):264-5
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The role of CT-PET in staging junctional oesophagogastric adenocarcinomas
Singhal, R.; Garman, K.; Vamvakopoulos, J.; Guest, P.; Alderson, D.
British Journal of Surgery, 2008; 95(S3):56
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Medicine, Medsin, and global health.
Garman, K.; Hughes, R.;
Lancet, 2006; 368(9530):103-4
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The Commission for Africa: a recipe for success?
Kiely, S.; Global Health Monitoring Network, (inc. Garman, K)
Lancet, 2005; 365(9469):1461
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