Michael Donmall
Chair
Health and Society
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Biography
Professor of Health & Society at the University of Manchester and Director of the National Drug Evidence Centre, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care. He also currently holds the position of UK Expert at the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction, Lisbon and has been an advisor at the United Nations. From a background as Anthropologist at University College London (1975-84), Mike has a teaching qualification from King's and a PhD from the University of London’s Institute of Child Health, awarded in 1984 for research into cardiovascular precursors in children. He has published in anthropology, child health and drug addiction research. He was appointed to the Government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs in 1992 and made a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians in 2006.
Research Interest
Population Health & Ecosystems
Publications
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The Clinical and Cost Effectiveness of Diversion and Aftercare Programmes for Offenders using Class A Drugs: a systematic review and economic evaluation
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Do marketing and alcohol treatment/ public health experts think televised alcohol advertisements abide by Code of Broadcast Advertising guidelines?
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Short-Term Outcomes for Opiate and Crack Users Accessing Treatment: The Effects of Criminal Justice Referral and Crack Use
