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Dr Greg Hartwell

Clinical Assistant Professor - Consultant

United Kingdom

I’m a Clinical Assistant Professor within the Department of Public Health, Environments & Society at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and a Consultant in Public Health. After several years working at the Department of Health and Cabinet Office, I trained in public health within London before joining LSHTM. My PhD examined influences on the attendance of e-cigarette users at local stop smoking services, before I co-led an SPHR study focused on secondary school culture and pupil mental health in London. More recently, I have been involved in an NIHR project to systematically review evidence for the impact on public mental health of six major industries (tobacco, social media, alcohol, gambling, ultra-processed foods and fossil fuels) and undertaken an NIHR Three Schools fellowship examining specific influences on adolescent mental health from the social media and vaping industries.

Affiliations

Department of Public Health, Environments and Society
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Teaching

I am a deputy module organiser on 'Principles & Practice of Public Health', the final core module on the MSc in Public Health, and have supported teaching on this module for several years. Previously, I have taught on the modules 'Alcohol, Tobacco & other Drugs' and 'Issues in Public Health'.

Research

My ongoing research interests include adolescent mental health, addiction, health inequalities and the commercial determinants of health.
Research Area
Health inequalities
Public health
Disease and Health Conditions
Mental health
Addiction

Selected Publications

Alcohol, Cardiovascular Disease, and Industry Influence: A Meta-review
Golder, S; Lau, O; HARTWELL, G; BLANCHARD, L; GIBSON, A; Crookes, C; Foster Davies, L; GLOVER, RE;
2026
openRxiv
Prevention and postvention guidance relating to self-harm and suicide for UK educational and youth organisations: a systematic review of grey literature.
Widnall, E; Robinson, H; Wang, L; HARTWELL, G; Davis, RS; Mathews, F; Mughal, F; Spencer, L; O'Keeffe, S; Russell, A; Biddle, L; Kidger, J;
2026
BMC public health
Vaping and harm in young people: umbrella review.
Golder, S; HARTWELL, G; Barnett, LM; Nash, SG; Petticrew, M; GLOVER, RE;
2025
Tobacco Control
Feeling lonely in the online crowd: what TikTok tells us about young people and loneliness.
Harries, B; Zenone, M; HARTWELL, G;
2025
Health promotion international
Vaping and harm in young people
HARTWELL, G;
2025
The Promotion of Oral Nicotine Pouches for Non-Smoking Cessation Purposes on TikTok.
Zenone, M; Harries, B; HARTWELL, G;
2025
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
Ethical challenges confronted in non-clinical, public health research with young people in England
BARKER, R; Plackett, R; Price, A; Canvin, K; HARTWELL, G; BONELL, C;
2025
Qualitative Research
Google allows advertisers to target the sensitive informational queries of cancer patients
Zenone, M; Marcon, A; Kenworthy, N; Van Schalkwyk, M; Caulfield, T; HARTWELL, G; Maani, N;
2024
Harvard Kennedy School misinformation review
Addressing the commercial determinants of mental health: an umbrella review of population-level interventions.
TOMPSON, A; ALKASABY, M; CHOUDHURY, T; Dun-Campbell, K; HARTWELL, G; Körner, K; Maani, N; Van Schalkwyk, MC I; PETTICREW, M;
2024
Health promotion international
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