Biographical Statement

Dr. Gemma Taylor is an epidemiologist and behavioural scientist with over 15 years of experience in research methods, statistics, and epidemiology, working across NHS, private sector, and academic sectors. Dr. Taylor is well-known for her pioneering and internationally renowned work in tobacco epidemiology, evidencing the mental health benefits of smoking cessation, and implementing smoking cessation interventions in psychology services.

Dr. Taylor has developed and applied rigorous methods and innovative tools to generate and synthesise real-world and clinical evidence to inform health policy and practice. She specialises in causal inference, randomised controlled trials, behavioural science, real world data and evidence synthesis. Dr. Taylor has received multiple awards and prizes for her research excellence and impact and has published over fifty peer-reviewed articles in journals such as World Psychiatry, BMJ, Lancet Psychiatry, and the Cochrane Database.

Research Funding

Dr. Taylor has secured research funding totalling ~£1.5 million as a Principal Investigator and ~£35 million as a Co-Investigator. This funding encompasses a broad spectrum of research topics and is sourced from competitive funders such as the Medical Research Council (MRC), the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), and Cancer Research UK (CRUK).

Teaching 

Dr. Taylor’s teaching responsibilities extend to various academic programmes, where she teaches statistics and research methods, nurturing the next generation of data and clinical scientists. Dr. Taylor teaches and supervises on Psychology BSc and MSc, Clinical Psychology Doctorate DClinPsy, and Mathematics BSc and MMath at the University of Bath. Dr. Taylor has previously taught on Biomedical Sciences (BSc) and Public Health (MSc) at the Universities of Bristol and Birmingham.

Awards and Commendations

Dr. Taylor's dedication to the field of epidemiology and public health has resulted in multiple distinguished awards: 

• Most Read Paper Award, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2024
• Most Read Paper Award, Addiction, 2024
• High-Impact Award, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour, 2023 
• Recognising Excellence Award, University of Bath, 2022
• International Society of Behavioral Medicine, Early Career Award, 2021 
• Society for the Study of Addiction, Fred Yates Prize, 2020 
• UK Society for Behavioral Medicine, Early Career Award, 2018 
• Cancer Research UK, Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, 2017 
• Welcome Trust, Public Engagement Prize, 2015 
• BMJ, Best Research Paper of the Year Award, 2014 
• NIHR Coordinating Centre for Research, Capacity Development Scholarship, 2011 

Research Interests and Contribution

For more insights we invite you to explore Dr Taylor’s research outputs on Google Scholar, YouTube channel, or to connect with her directly on LinkedIn. 

Statistics and research methods

I'd be delighted to supervise research students who have research interests aligned with mine.