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Professor Niamh Fitzgerald is affiliated with the University of Stirling, where she contributes to alcohol policy research through the Institute for Social Marketing. She serves as Deputy Director of the SPECTRUM Consortium, a UK Prevention Research Partnership-funded initiative addressing commercial determinants of health in alcohol, tobacco, and food sectors.
- Specializes in mixed-method alcohol policy research, including studies like ELEPHANT (NIHR-funded) on premises opening hours and ExILEnS on public health engagement in licensing.
- Leads the IDEA project (funded by CRUK) to develop a typology of arguments in alcohol policy literature.
- Former pharmacist with experience in community pharmacy, addiction services, and the pharmaceutical industry; PhD from Robert Gordon University (2003) on school-based drug education.
- Board member of ICARA (International Confederation of ATOD Research Associations), focusing on capacity building in low- and middle-income countries.
Her work emphasizes knowledge exchange, public engagement, and ethical challenges such as financial conflicts of interest in public health (e.g., nalmefene research).
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