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.
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
