Tim is Professor of Substance Use and Addictions in the Centre for Mental Health & Safety in the Division of Psychology and Mental Health within the School of Health Sciences. He is a member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-council-on-the-misuse-of-drugs) and leads an MRC Addiction Research Cluster with a focus on quantifying addiction harms; see: http://www.britac.ac.uk/events/2010/addres/index.cfm

Tim’s research focuses on addiction harm and the effectiveness of interventions designed to ameliorate harm. His research includes work to: evaluate the impact of Payment by Results as a commissioning model for addiction treatment; explore drug user mortality and the effect that treatment may have in reducing mortality risk; consider how drug use may be associated with crime and the impact of interventions to reduce drug-related crime; evaluate drug-treatment effectiveness; integrate secondary, health and criminal justice datasets on substance misuse; estimate the prevalence of opiate and crack cocaine use.

Collaborators

• Professor Sheila Bird (OBE) - MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge
• Professor Anothy Ades - University of Bristol
• Professor Iain Buchan - University of Manchester
• Professor Linda Davies - University of Manchester
• Dr Daniela De Angelis - MRC Biostatstics Unit, Cambridge
• Dr Micheal Donmall - University of Manchester
• Professor Graham Dunn - University of Manchester
• Dr Gordon Hay - University of Glasgow
• Professor Matthew Hickman - University of Bristol
• Dr Sharon Hutchinson - University of Strathclyde
• Dr Ruth King - University of St Andrews
• Charlie Lloyd - University of York
• Dr John Marsden - Institiute of Psychiatry
• Professor Toby Seddon - University of Manchester
• Dr Nicky Welton - University of Bristol
   

• B.Sc. (Hons) Psychology, (Dept of Psychology, University of Manchester)
• M.Sc. by research (Dept of Psychiatry, University of Manchester)
• Ph.D. (Epidemiology & Health Sciences, University of Manchester)