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      Dr Rachel Herring

      ROLE: Senior Research Fellow
      SCHOOL: Health & Education
      DEPARTMENT: Mental Health & Social Work
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 5281
      EMAIL: R.Herring@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

         

        Dr. Rachel Herring is a Senior Research Fellow with a particular interest in social and policy aspects of alcohol and drug use. Prior to joining Middlesex University she has worked as a researcher at a a number of insitutions including the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College (at the Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour). She is Co-Director of the Drug and Alcohol Research Centre  and also a Co-Editor in Chief of the peer-reviewed international journal Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

        Qualifications

        • PhD, Middlesex University
        • PGCERT (Research Methods), Middlesex University
        • MSc Sociology (Health and Illness), South Bank University
        • BSc (Hon) Social Policy and Sociology, Bristol University
        • RGN 

        Languages Spoken

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        • Programme Leader MSc Mental Health and Substance Use (Dual Diagnosis) (Distance Learning)
        • Module Leader for CRM 4601/4501 Addiction and substance use theories (Distance Learning) and Module Leader CRM 4609 Cultural and social aspects of drug and alcohol use (Distance Learning) 
        • Teacher on MA Comparative Drug and Alcohol Studies (Distance Learning)
        • Supervises MA/MSc dissertation students and MPhil/PhD students across a range of topics. 

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Dr Herring is a social scientist with a particular interest in the social and policy aspects of alcohol use, including alcohol consumption across the life course, licensing and the implementation of alcohol policy at the local level.

        Publications

        Thom, B., Beccaria, F., Bjerge, B., Duke, K., Eisenbach-Stangl, I.,Herring, R., Holmila, M., Houborg, E., Asmussen Frank, V., Moskalewicz, J., Rolando, S., Thickett, A., Warpenius, K. and Welbel, M. (2015). Stakeholder ownership: a theoretical framework for cross national understanding and analyses of stakeholder involvement in issues of substance use, problem use and addiction. Addiction and Lifestyles in Contemporary Europe: Reframing Addictions Project (ALICE RAP).

        Herring, R., Bayley, M. and Hurcombe, R. (2014) "But no one told me it's okay to not drink": a qualitative study of young people who drink little or no alcohol, Journal of Substance Use: 19(1-2), 95-102.

        Thom, B., Herring, R., Luger, L. and Annand, F. (2014) Delivering Alcohol IBA broadening the base from health to non-health contexts: Review of the literature and scoping. Report submitted to Alcohol Research UK.

        Toner, P., Lloyd, C, Thom, B., MacGregor, S., Godfrey, C, Herring, R. and Tchilingirian, J. (2014) Perceptions on the role of evidence: an English policy case study, Evidence and Policy, 10(1), 93-112.

        Duke, K., Herring, R., Thickett, A. and Thom, B. (2013) Substitution Treatment in the Era of "Recovery": An Analysis of Stakeholder Roles and Policy Windows in Britain, Substance Use and Misuse, Aug 2013, 48 (11), 966-976.

        Thom, B. ,Herring, R., Bayley, M, Waller, S. and Berridge, V. (2013) Partnerships: survey respondents' perceptions of inter-professional collaboration to address alcohol-related harms in England, Critical Public Health,  23 (1), March 2013, 62-76

        Thom, B., MacGregor, S., Godfrey, C., Herring, R. , Lloyd, C., Tchilingirian, J. and Toner, P. (2013) The Alcohol Improvement Programme: Evaluation of an Initiative to Address Alcohol-Related Health Harm in England, Alcohol and Alcoholism,  48 (5), 585–591.

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        Publication Feed

        Drinking in pregnancy: shifting towards the 'precautionary' principle

        Thom, Betsy and Herring, Rachel and Milne, Emma (2020) Drinking in pregnancy: shifting towards the 'precautionary' principle. In: Risk and substance use: framing dangerous people and dangerous places. MacGregor, Susanne and Thom, Betsy , eds. Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness . Routledge, pp. 66-87. ISBN 9781138491243

        Translation and transferability of approaches and intervention programmes: cross country report WP7

        Herring, Rachel and Thom, Betsy and Duke, Karen L. (2020) Translation and transferability of approaches and intervention programmes: cross country report WP7. Project Report. Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Middlesex University.

        Why is adolescent drinking declining? A systematic review and narrative synthesis

        Vashishtha, Rakhi and Livingston, Michael and Pennay, Amy and Dietze, Paul and MacLean, Sarah and Holmes, John and Herring, Rachel and Caluzzi, Gabriel and Lubman, Daniel I. (2019) Why is adolescent drinking declining? A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Addiction Research & Theory . ISSN 1606-6359 (Published online first)

        Exploring pathways through and beyond alcohol treatment among Polish women and men in a London Borough

        Herring, Rachel and Gleeson, Helen and Bayley, Mariana (2019) Exploring pathways through and beyond alcohol treatment among Polish women and men in a London Borough. Project Report. Alcohol Change UK.

        Drug education in schools: the Daniel Spargo-Mabbs programme

        Annand, Fizz and Duke, Karen L. and Herring, Rachel and Syreti, Nikoleta and Thom, Betsy and Tzimopoulou, Kalliopi (2019) Drug education in schools: the Daniel Spargo-Mabbs programme. Project Report. Middlesex University.

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

        'The role of IBA training in non-medical settings', Thom, B. and Herring, R. Alcohol Research UK, July 2013 – June 2015 (£54,500)

        'Evaluation of The Healthy Drinking Choices Online Tool', Thom B. and Herring R. Funded by Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals, 2013-4 (£14,997)

        'Asses the feasibility and potential effectiveness of IBA in a range of workplaces', Thom,B. and Herring, R.  Alcohol Education and Research Council  Academy,  2012 (£8,000).

        'Identifying promising approaches and initiatives for developing multi-component programme', Herring, R. Bayley. M and Alcohol Concern, Alcohol Education and Research Council  and Joseph Rowntree Foundation, June 2010-Dec 2010 (£35,223)

        'Being young and 'dry' in a drinking culture' (project on young adults who drink little/not all): Herring R. and Bayley, M., Joseph Rowntree Foundation May 2010-Sept 2011 (£67,374).

        ' Evaluation of the Alcohol Improvement Programme', Thom B., Herring R., MacGregor S. (LSHTM), Godfrey C., Lloyd C. (York), Department of Health, March 2010- Sept 2011 (£297,506).'Evaluating the impact of Regional Alcohol Managers/Offices', Lloyd C. (York), Thom B., MacGregor S., Herring R. Hurcombe R. Funded by the Department of Health. March 2010-Sept 2010, (£30,000).

        Herring, R. and Bayley, M.' Being young and 'dry' in a drinking culture', Joseph Rowntree Foundation, £67,374, May 2010-Aug 2011.

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        One of the Editors-in-Chief of the peer reviewed journal Drugs: education, prevention and policy.

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