Linda Bauld holds the Cancer Research/BUPA Chair in Behavioural Research for Cancer Prevention. This role involves leading CRUK’s cancer prevention initiative and is combined with her position as Professor of Health Policy at the University of Stirling. She is also Deputy Director of the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, a UKCRC Centre for Public Health Excellence that covers 13 Universities. Linda has a background in applied policy research and for the past 15 years her research interests have centred on the evaluation of public health interventions. She has conducted studies on drug and alcohol use, inequalities in health and, most notably, on tobacco control and smoking cessation. She is a former scientific adviser on tobacco control to the UK government and recently led the development of an independent alcohol strategy for the UK, Health First, which was published in March 2013. Her CRUK role involves working across health behaviours to build capacity in cancer prevention research in the UK and beyond.
