Petra Meier is Professor of Public Health at the School of Health and Related Research in the University of Sheffield and Head of the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, whose research has been has been influential in informing current debate on alcohol policy. Her team developed the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model, which has provided a key evidence base for debates around minimum unit pricing in the UK and beyond. Petra studied psychology at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, before completing an MSc by Research in Child Health (University of Hertfordshire), followed by a PhD in Epidemiology & Health Sciences at the University of Manchester. She was a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University prior to ?moving to the University of Sheffield in 2006. Her recent research interests include alcohol policies and their effectiveness, especially pricing, marketing and availability policies; determinants of substance use, misuse and addiction; substance misuse treatment evaluation and outcome, as well as interventions tackling health inequalities.? She is Director of the Wellcome Trust-funded DTC in Public Health Economics and Decision Science, and serves on the NIHR Public Health Research Research Funding Board.
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Leung J, Casswell S, Parker K, Huckle T, Romeo J, Graydon‐Guy T, Byron K, Callinan S, Chaiyasong S, Gordon R, Harker N, MacKintosh AM, Meier P, Paraje G & Parry CD (2022) Effective alcohol policies and lifetime abstinence An analysis of the International Alcohol Control policy index. Drug and Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13582
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Huckle T, Romeo JS, Wall M, Callinan S, Holmes J, Meier P, MacKintosh AM, Piazza M, Chaiyasong S, Cuong PV & Casswell S (2018) Socio-economic disadvantage is associated with heavier drinking in high but not middle-income countries participating in the International Alcohol Control Study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (S2), pp. S63-S71. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12810
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Chaiyasong S, Huckle T, Mackintosh AM, Meier P, Parry C, Callinan S, Pham C, Kazantseva E, Gray-Phillip G, Parker K & Casswell S (2018) Drinking patterns vary by gender, age and country-level income: Cross-country analysis of the International Alcohol Control Study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (S2), pp. S53-S62. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12820
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The International Alcohol Control Study: Methodology and implementation
Huckle T, Casswell S, MacKintosh AM, Chaiyasong S, Cuong PV, Morojele N, Parry CDH, Meier P, Holmes J, Callinan S, Piazza M, Kazantseva E, Bayandorj T, Gray-Phillip G & Haliday S (2018) The International Alcohol Control Study: Methodology and implementation. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (S2), pp. S10-S17. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12650
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Cuong PV, Casswell S, Parker K, Callinan S, Chaiyasong S, Kazantseva E, Meier P, MacKintosh AM, Piazza M, Gray-Phillip G & Parry CDH (2018) Cross-country comparison of proportion of alcohol consumed in harmful drinking occasions using the International Alcohol Control Study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (S2), pp. S45-S52. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12665
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Gray-Phillip G, Huckle T, Callinan S, Parry CDH, Chaiyasong S, Cuong PV, MacKintosh AM, Meier P, Kazantseva E, Piazza M, Parker K & Casswell S (2018) Availability of alcohol: Location, time and ease of purchase in high- and middle-income countries: Data from the International Alcohol Control study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (S2), pp. S36-S44. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12693
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Li J, Lovatt M, Eadie D, Dobbie F, Meier P, Holmes J, Hastings G & MacKintosh AM (2017) Public attitudes towards alcohol control policies in Scotland and England: Results from a mixed-methods study. Social Science and Medicine, 177, pp. 177-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.037
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Buykx P, Li J, Gavens L, Hooper L, Lovatt M, Gomes de Matos E, Meier P & Holmes J (2016) Public awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer in England in 2015: a population-based survey. BMC Public Health, 16, Art. No.: 1194. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3855-6
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Ally AK, Lovatt M, Meier P, Brennan A & Holmes J (2016) Developing a social practice-based typology of British drinking culture in 2009-2011: Implications for alcohol policy analysis. Addiction, 111 (9), pp. 1568-1579. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13397
Research Report
A new approach to measuring drinking cultures in Britain
Holmes J, Lovatt M, Ally AK, Brennan A & Meier P (2016) A new approach to measuring drinking cultures in Britain. Alcohol Research UK. Alcohol Insights, 133. University of Sheffield. http://alcoholresearchuk.org/downloads/finalReports/FinalReport_0133.pdf
Book Chapter
Discussion and integration of key findings
Gell L, Buhringer G, Room R, Allamani A, Eiroa-Orosa FJ, Forberger S, Holmes J, Lingford-Hughes A, McLeod J, Meier P & Stead M (2016) Discussion and integration of key findings. In: Gell L, Bühringer G, McLeod J, Forberger S, Holmes J, Lingford-Hughes A & Meier P (eds.) What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours?. Governance of Addictive Substances and Behaviours Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 157-186. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/what-determines-harm-from-addictive-substances-and-behaviours-9780198746683?cc=gb?=en&
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Determinants of risky substance use and risky gambling
McLeod J, Gell L, Holmes J, Allamani A, Bjerge B, Buhringer G, Forberger S, Frank V, Lingford-Hughes A, Meier P, Neumann M, Room R, Baumberg B, Eiroa-Orosa FJ & Stead M (2016) Determinants of risky substance use and risky gambling. In: Gell L, Bühringer G, McLeod J, Forberger S, Holmes J, Lingford-Hughes A & Meier P (eds.) What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours?. Governance of Addictive Substances and Behaviours Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 35-75. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/what-determines-harm-from-addictive-substances-and-behaviours-9780198746683?cc=gb?=en&#
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Determinants of harmful substance use and harmful gambling
Gell L, McLeod J, Holmes J, Allamani A, Baumberg B, Bjerge B, Buhringer G, Eiroa-Orosa FJ, Forberger S, Frank V, Lingford-Hughes A, Meerkerk G, Meier P, Neumann M & Stead M (2016) Determinants of harmful substance use and harmful gambling. In: Gell L, Bühringer G, McLeod J, Forberger S, Holmes J, Lingford-Hughes A & Meier P (eds.) What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours?. Governance of Addictive Substances and Behaviours Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 77-111. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/what-determines-harm-from-addictive-substances-and-behaviours-9780198746683?cc=gb?=en&#
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Determinants of transitions from harmful to low-risk substance use and gambling
McLeod J, Gell L, Holmes J, Allamani A, Baumberg B, Bjerge B, Buhringer G, Eiroa-Orosa FJ, Forberger S, Frank V, Lingford-Hughes A, Meerkerk G, Meier P, Neumann M & Stead M (2016) Determinants of transitions from harmful to low-risk substance use and gambling. In: Gell L, Bühringer G, McLeod J, Forberger S, Holmes J, Lingford-Hughes A & Meier P (eds.) What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours?. Governance of Addictive Substances and Behaviours Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 113-156. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/what-determines-harm-from-addictive-substances-and-behaviours-9780198746683?cc=gb?=en&#
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Lovatt M, Eadie D, Meier P, Li J, Bauld L, Hastings G & Holmes J (2015) Lay epidemiology and the interpretation of low-risk drinking guidelines by adults in the United Kingdom. Addiction, 110 (12), pp. 1912-1919. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13072
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The International Alcohol Control (IAC) Study- Evaluating the impact of alcohol policies
Casswell S, Meier P, MacKintosh AM, Brown A, Hastings G, Thamarangsi T, Chaiyasong S, Chun S, Huckle T, Wall M & You RQ (2012) The International Alcohol Control (IAC) Study- Evaluating the impact of alcohol policies. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36 (8), pp. 1462-1467. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01738.x