Eileen Kaner

I am the Director of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for the North East and North Cumbria and an NIHR Senior Investigator. I am also an applied behavioural scientist and my research programme aims to improve health and well-being across the life-course by promoting evidence-based interventions to reduce risks due to alcohol, substance use and linked mental health problems. A key strand of work is the development, evaluation and implementation of screening and brief intervention approaches in a wide range of health and social care settings. I am a founding member of Fuse - a UKCRC centre of excellence in translational public health research and a lead investigator in the NIHR School of Public Health Research, the NIHR School of Primary Care Research and NIHR Policy Unit in Behavioural Sciences.