Listed below are key contacts who can provide expert media comment for matters relating to the New Year. The University also offers expertise across a very wide range of subjects and can offer further suggestions as required; please contact the main press office numbers for further information or help in setting up interviews.
General University of Birmingham Communications Office contacts:
Head of Communications:
Rachel Burrows: 07799 656649
Academic Contacts:
Dr Paul Aveyard
Smoking prevention and smoking cessation (stopping smoking)
Dr Jackson C Kirkman-Brown
Fertility, conception
Prof. Stephen McKay
Family finances; families in debt
Prof. Isabelle Szmigin
January sales; consumer behaviour and shopping: consumption; consumer innovations; older consumers; ethical consumption; alcohol consumption; credit and debt; relationship marketing
Dr Frank Eves
Physical activity; lifestyle physical activity; Exercise Psychology
Professor Jim Orford
Addiction; alcohol, gambling, drugs, etc; resolving to make a change and how to get help; how addiction/excessive alcohol or drug use affects the family and how the family can cope
Dr Gary Wood
Life coaching; goals and New Year's resolutions