Professor John Holmes
PhD, MA, BA (Hons) (York)
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Professor of Alcohol Policy
Director of the 91直播 Addictions Research Group
Lead Director of the Wellcome Doctoral Training Centre in Public Health Economics and Decision Science
Co-Director of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Addictions.
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Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
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Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
91直播
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I am a Professor of Alcohol Policy and Director of the . SARG is a multidisciplinary team of around 25 researchers and doctoral students who do public health, health economic and health psychology research on alcohol, tobacco and nicotine, gambling, and addiction more generally. As Director, I lead a wide range of research projects, and particularly focus on epidemiological and policy research related to alcohol and public health.
I am also the Lead Director of the Wellcome Doctoral Training Centre in Public Health Economics and Decisions Science (PHEDS) and co-Director of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Addictions.
My background is in social policy and applied social science. I completed by Bachelors, Masters and PhD at the University of York. My doctoral thesis explored inequalities, risks and opportunities associated with young people's use of the internet in the mid-2000s, with a particular focus on online communication. During and after my PhD, I also undertook research on the determinants of child poverty and development. I joined ScHARR in 2010 as a Research Fellow within SARG and I took over as Director of the group in 2020.
- Qualifications
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BA (hons) in Applied Social Science, University of York
MA in Social Policy, University of York
PhD in Social Policy, University of York
- Research interests
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My research focuses on patterns, trends and inequalities in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm, as well as using evaluation methods and mathematical modelling to analyse and appraise alcohol policies. I also contribute to qualitative research studies in related areas.
My recent studies focus on the rise of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks, the sharp decline in youth drinking across high-income countries, event-level analysis of drinking practices and contexts, and the evaluation of major alcohol policies including minimum unit pricing in Scotland and reforms to UK alcohol taxation. Much of my past work focuses on the development of the 91直播 Alcohol Policy Model and its use to inform alcohol policy debate in the UK and internationally, particularly around alcohol taxation and minimum unit pricing. I am also interested in analyses of the clustering of health-related behaviours within individuals, analyses of alcohol-related health risks, critical perspective on alcohol and public health, and processes of alcohol policy-making.
- Publications
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Edited books
Journal articles
- . Social Science & Medicine, 117561-117561.
- . JMIR Formative Research, 8.
- . International Journal of Drug Policy, 133, 104615-104615.
- . The Lancet Public Health.
- . PLOS Digital Health, 3(8).
- . Drug Alcohol Rev.
- . PLoS ONE, 19(6).
- . Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
- . Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy.
- . International Journal of Drug Policy, 127, 104414-104414.
- . Addiction.
- . Drug Alcohol Rev.
- . PLoS ONE, 19(1).
- . SSM - Population Health, 101548-101548.
- Longitudinal clustering of risk behaviours and their association with multimorbidity in older adults. European journal of public health, 33(Suppl 2).
- . Preventive Medicine Reports.
- . Addiction, 118(9), 1622-1623.
- . Public Health, 220, 43-49.
- . SSM - Population Health, 23.
- . Journal of Youth Studies.
- . BMC Public Health, 23.
- . Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
- . New Media & Society.
- . Lancet, 400 Suppl 1, S50.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Addiction.
- . International Journal of Drug Policy, 108.
- . Social Science & Medicine, 115280-115280.
- . Addiction.
- . International Journal of Drug Policy, 102.
- . International Journal of Drug Policy, 100.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Addiction.
- . Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 227.
- . Addiction.
- . Addiction (Abingdon, England).
- . Addiction.
- . BMC Public Health, 21(1).
- . Social Science & Medicine.
- . Public Health Research, 8(14).
- . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
- . Alcohol and Alcoholism, 55(3), 315-322.
- . Addiction.
- . Addiction.
- . Addiction.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 207.
- . Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6.
- . Population Health Metrics, 18(1).
- . Addiction Research & Theory.
- . Wellcome Open Research, 4.
- . Addiction.
- . The European Journal of Health Economics.
- . Addiction.
- . Addiction Research & Theory.
- . Oral Presentations.
- . Addiction.
- . Addiction Research & Theory.
- . Addiction.
- . Addiction, 114(4), 607-608.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . BMC Public Health, 18(1).
- . BMC Public Health, 18(1).
- . BMC Public Health, 18(1), 251-251.
- . Addiction, 113(12), 2225-2232.
- . Alcohol and Alcoholism.
- . Addiction, 113(11), 2051-2059.
- . Addiction.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review, 37(S2), S10-S17.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review, 37, S63-S71.
- . Addiction, 113(8), 1381-1381.
- . The Lancet, 391(10127), 1258-1259.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Addiction, 113(2), 217-219.
- . Addiction, 113(2), 203-204.
- . Addiction, 113(2), 372-373.
- . Alcohol and Alcoholism, 53(4), 453-460.
- . Addiction, 113(2), 206-213.
- . Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79(1), 58-67.
- . Journal of Public Health, 40(3), 549-556.
- . New Scientist, 236(3153), 24-24.
- . BMJ, 359.
- . Addiction.
- . Health & Place.
- . Addiction, 112(7), 1286-1289.
- . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 4.
- . Addiction, 112(5), 808-817.
- . Journal of Public Health.
- . Social Science & Medicine, 177, 177-189.
- . Alcohol And Alcoholism, 52(2), 264-265.
- . Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 12(S1).
- . JMIR Research Protocols, 5(4), e243-e243.
- . BMJ Open, 6.
- . BMC Public Health, 16.
- . PLoS One, 11(9), e0160666-e0160666.
- . Addiction, 111(9), 1568-1579.
- . BMC Public Health, 16:535.
- . PLOS Medicine, 13(2), e1001963-e1001963.
- . British Journal of General Practice, 66(642), e1-e9.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review, 35(1), 40-54.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review, 35(1), 58-60.
- . Addiction, 110(12), 1912-1919.
- . Addiction, 110(12), 1910-1911.
- . Health Economics, 24(10), 1368-1388.
- . Children and Young People Now, 2015(13), 28-28.
- . BMC Public Health, 15(1).
- . BMC Public Health, 15(1).
- . Addiction, 109(12), 1994-2002.
- . The Lancet, 384, S52-S52.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review, 33(6), 596-603.
- . BMJ, 349.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review, 33(5), 515-525.
- . Lancet, 383(9929), 1655-1664.
- . Addiction, 109(4), 568-569.
- . J Health Econ, 34, 96-103.
- . Addiction, 109(2), 206-215.
- Effects of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on different income and socioeconomic groups: a modelling study (vol 383, pg 1655, 2014). LANCET, 383(9929), 1636-1636.
- Erratum: Effects of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on different income and socioeconomic groups: A modelling study (The Lancet (2014) 383 (1655-1664)). The Lancet, 383(9929), 1636.
- . Health Economics, 23(10), 1281-1283.
- . Drug Alcohol Depend, 134, 136-143.
- . NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, 30(5), 445-447.
- . Alcohol Alcohol, 48(2), 241-249.
- . Policy and politics, 41(1), 19-42.
- . Journal of Social Policy, 42(1), 39-56.
- . Emergency Medicine Journal, 30(4), 263-268.
- . Lung, 190(6), 597-603.
- . Journal of Acute Disease, 1(2), 144-145.
- . Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 123(1-3), 7-14.
- . New Media and Society, 13(7), 1104-1122.
- . British Journal of General Practice, 60(573), e144-e155.
- . Information, Communication and Society, 12(8), 1174-1196.
- . International Review of Psychiatry, 21(1), 4-7.
- . International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(9), 984-986.
- . Age and Ageing, 35(4), 350-364.
- . Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 22(4), 124-127.
- . International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(8), 716-721.
- . Psychiatric Bulletin, 26(11), 433-435.
- . Age and Ageing, 29(6), 537-546.
- . Psychological Medicine, 30(4), 921-929.
- . Addiction.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Addiction.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Addiction.
- . Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 1-10.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Addiction.
- . Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 145507252311603-145507252311603.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Alcohol and Alcoholism.
- . International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(2), 1634-1634.
- . Addiction.
- . Drug and Alcohol Review.
- . Addiction.
- . European Journal Of Public Health.
- . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(11), 6025-6025.
- . BMJ, n607-n607.
- . BMJ, h1301-h1301.
- . Addiction.
- . Addiction.
- Trends in the psychosocial characteristics of 11-15 year olds who still drink, smoke, take drugs and engage in poly-substance use in England.. Drug and Alcohol Review.
- Combinations of drinking occasion characteristics associated with units of alcohol consumed among British adults: An event-level decision tree modelling study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
- . Public Health Research, 9(4), 1-106.
- What proportion of on-trade alcohol is served to those who are already potentially intoxicated? An analysis of event-level data. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
- . Addiction.
- Exploring the implementation of public involvement in local alcohol availability policy: the case of alcohol licensing decision-making in England. Addiction.
Chapters
- , Handbook on Demographic Change and the Lifecourse (pp. 122-140). Edward Elgar Publishing
- , What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours? (pp. 19-34). Oxford University Press
- , What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours? (pp. 1-18). Oxford University Press
- , What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours? (pp. 157-186). Oxford University Press
- , What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours? (pp. 113-156). Oxford University Press
- , What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours? (pp. 77-112). Oxford University Press
- , What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours? (pp. 35-76). Oxford University Press
- , What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours? (pp. 187-196). Oxford University Press
- , Children of the 21st century (Volume 2)The first five years (pp. 12-28). Policy Press
- Child poverty in the first five years of life In Hansen K, Joshi H & Dex S (Ed.), Children of the 21st Century: First Five Years v. 2 (pp. 13-32). Bristol: Policy Press.
- Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in South Africa In Roberts B, Kivilu MW & Davids YD (Ed.), South African Social Attitudes: 2nd Report: Reflections on the Age of Hope HSRC Press
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Conference proceedings papers
- . SSM Annual Scientific Meeting
- Understanding what strategies Dry January participants use to temporarily abstain from alcohol. ADDICTION SCIENCE & CLINICAL PRACTICE, Vol. 18(SUPPL 1)
- . The Lancet, Vol. 394 (pp S54-S54). London, UK, 29 November 2019 - 29 November 2019.
- THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL HEALTH WARNING LABELS ON DRINKING BEHAVIOURS: AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY. DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, Vol. 38 (pp S39-S40)
- . Drug and Alcohol Review, Vol. 37 (pp S4-S4), 4 November 2018 - 7 November 2018.
- . BMC Public Health, Vol. 17(1)
- . The Lancet, Vol. 388 (pp S31-S31)
- . The Lancet, Vol. 386 (pp S23-S23)
- . The Lancet, Vol. 384 (pp S13-S13)
- . The Lancet, Vol. 384 (pp S17-S17)
- . The Lancet, Vol. 384 (pp S44-S44)
- . The Lancet, Vol. 384 (pp S51-S51)
- Minimum unit pricing for alcohol: policy appraisal modelling of income and socioeconomic group-specific effects on consumption, spending, and health harms. LANCET, Vol. 382 (pp 47-47)
- Development of a comparative cost-effectiveness appraisal instrument for local alcohol policies: a modelling study. LANCET, Vol. 382 (pp 75-75)
- . Population Medicine, Vol. 5(Supplement)
Reports
- Changes in alcohol consumption in Scotland during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: Descriptive analysis of repeat cross-sectional survey data
- Model-based appraisal of the comparative impact of Minimum Unit Pricing and taxation policies in Scotland. An adaptation of the 91直播 Alcohol Policy Model version 3,
- Mortality and morbidity risks from alcohol consumption in the UK: Analyses using the 91直播 Alcohol Policy Model (v.2.7) to inform the UK Chief Medical Officers鈥 review of the UK lower risk drinking guidelines
Scholarly editions
Posters
- Comparing socioeconomic gradients in alcohol-related harm between the four UK countries (PHE Applied Epidemiology Scientific Meeting 18-19 March 2015).
Preprints
- Research group
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91直播 Addictions Research Group
- Grants
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2024-2028: Policy Research Unit in Addictions. NIHR Policy Research Programme (拢5.0m). Co-Director with Ann McNeill (King's College London).
2024-2027: Reducing alcohol harms during a cost-of-living crisis: Evaluating the impact of alcohol duty reforms across Great Britain. NIHR Public Health Research (拢2.0m). Joint Principal Investigator with Colin Angus (91直播).
2022-2026: Evaluating and responding to the public health impact of no and low alcohol drinks: A multi-method study of a complex intervention in a complex system. NIHR Public Health Research (拢2.2m). Principal Investigator.
2018-2023: Why is youth alcohol consumption falling? A mixed methods investigation of changing drinking cultures across recent generations. Wellcome Investigator Award (拢0.6m). Principal Investigator
2018-2021: Understanding stability and change in British drinking: A multilevel investigation of consumer panel data. ESRC (拢0.5m). Co-Investigator.
2018-2021: Integrated evidence synthesis for joint appraisal of tobacco and alcohol tax interventions for harm reduction in England (SYNTAX). NIHR Public Health Research (拢0.8m). Co-Investigator
2017-2021: Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing in Scotland on harmful drinkers. NHS Health Scotland (拢0.6m). Principal Investigator.
2015-2018: The effectiveness of promotional campaigns associated with revised UK drinking guidelines: A prospective evaluation. NIHR Public Health Research (拢0.6m). Principal Investigator.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Senior Editor and Strategy Advisory Group member for Addiction