Dr Katherine Severi
Chief executive
Katherine Severi (née Brown) is chief executive of the Institute of Alcohol Studies. Before joining IAS, Katherine worked for the UK Civil Service promoting public health information campaigns. Read more »
Jennifer Keen
Head of policy
She joined IAS in January 2018, from Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, where she campaigned for disabled people’s rights, securing legislation in the UK and EU to improve accessibility for people with sight loss. Read more »
Dr Sadie Boniface
Head of research
Sadie is an experienced alcohol researcher who joined IAS in August 2019. Her research interests relate to health inequality, young people, and measuring alcohol consumption. Read more »
Jem Roberts
Communications manager
Jem joined IAS in May 2021 after taking a sabbatical to study carpentry. Before that he developed healthcare campaigns at a communications agency. Read more »
Lucy Bryant
Research and policy officer
Lucy joined IAS in October 2016, having previously worked in marketing for the private and non-profit sectors. Read more »
Sarah Schoenberger
Policy and advocacy manager (AHA UK)
Sarah joined Alcohol Health Alliance UK in April 2018. She previously worked for Guide Dogs and Age UK, where she campaigned for disability rights and the rights of older people. Read more »
Siân Smith
Campaigns admin assistant (AHA UK)
Siân Smith is campaigns admin assistant for Alcohol Health Alliance UK, starting in November 2020. Siân has previously worked in the office of an MP and for the British Pregnancy Advisory Service. Read more »
Kellie Donaldson
Office manager
Kellie Donaldson provides PA support to the directors of AHF & IAS. Read more »
Professor Gerard Hastings OBE
Expert advisor
Gerard Hastings is the founder/director of the Institute for Social Marketing and Centre for Tobacco Control Research at Stirling and the Open University. Read more »
Dr Gillian W Shorter
Expert advisor
Gillian Shorter is currently a reader in Psychology in the Institute of Mental Health Sciences at Ulster University and has been a researcher in the alcohol and drug use field for over 15 years. Read more »
Professor Jonathan Shepherd CBE
Expert advisor
Jonathan Shepherd CBE FMedSci is professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, founder of the Violence Research Group. Read more »
Professor Petra Meier
Expert advisor
Petra Meier is professor of Public Health at the MRC/CSO Social Science and Public Health Unit at the University of Glasgow, where she leads a programme on systems science in public health. Read more »
Crispin Acton
Expert advisor
A graduate in Modern History from Oxford University, Crispin Acton joined the Department of Health (and Social Security, as it was then named) in 1976, retiring in 2017, adopting a specialist interest in alcohol policy over the years. Read more »
Professor Jeff Collin
Expert advisor
Jeff Collin PhD is a professor of Global Health Policy and head of Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh. A political scientist, his research focuses on globalisation, health governance and corporate strategies to influence public policy. Read more »
Professor David Jernigan
Expert advisor
David Jernigan PhD is a professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. Read more »
Dr Phil Hadfield
Expert advisor
Dr Phil Hadfield is director of www.philhadfield.co.uk, an independent research consultancy based in Leeds, UK. Read more »
Michael Carr
Chair
Michael Carr, chairman of the Institute of Alcohol studies, enjoyed a long career in senior management posts in Higher Education until 2007. Read more »
Reverend Dr Janet Tollington
Vice chair
A minister of religion and an academic (retired but still active), Janet is vice chair of the Institute of Alcohol Studies. Read more »
Reverend Professor Stephen Orchard
Trustee
Stephen was director of Christian Education Movement for 14 years before becoming principal of Westminster College, Cambridge from 2000. Read more »
Dr Marsha Morgan
Trustee
Dr Morgan maintains clinical interests in alcoholic liver disease, hepatic encephalopathy and the nutritional aspects of chronic liver disease. Read more »
Professor Linda Bauld
Trustee
Linda Bauld is ‘Bruce and John Usher Chair in Public Health’ in the Usher Institute, College of Medicine, University of Edinburgh. Read more »
Dr Peter Rice
Trustee
Peter Rice is an addiction psychiatrist based in Scotland. He graduated from Glasgow University and his post graduate training was in Glasgow, Perth and Dundee. Read more »