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Dr Paul Toner

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Dr Paul Toner

Dr Paul Toner

School Of Psychology

I lead research which aims to prevent and alleviate the suffering and economic burden caused by addictive behaviours and common mental health difficulties. Through rigorous development work, experimental and mediation testing utilising innovative methods my research attempts to improve ways of preventing, assessing and treating these issues at individual, family, community and population levels. Implementation fidelity from research to the real-world context is also an important consideration, ensuring impact outside of the University environment.

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  • P.Toner@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9097 4229
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Research Interests

I am open to PhD projects on addictive behaviours (with a particular focus on alcohol) and mental health research adopting psychosocial approaches to prevention, assessment and intervention. These can utilise quantitative (for example, I have expertise in psychometrics for questionnaire development/validation) or mixed methods.

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Public outreach & key achievements

Provided a comprehensive review of all the available diagnostic and psychometric research evidence on alcohol screening and assessment for young people. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.030
Informed the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) guidance in the USA on how best to screen for alcohol use and problems in girls and women.

Expert adviser on alcohol screening for World Health Organisation (WHO) alcohol brief intervention training manual for primary care http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/351294/Alcohol-training-manual-final-edit-LSJB-290917-new-cover.pdf

Founding member of the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) committee Department of Health Sciences, University of York which is now a University-wide network: Involvement@York

Received personal awards from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) for doctoral and post-doctoral research

Rewarding Research Excellence Award winner and Visiting Research Fellow appointment, University of York

Founding member of the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) committee Department of Health Sciences, University of York which is now a University-wide network Involvement@York.

Grant reviewer for all major UK research funders including the Medical Research Council (MRC), the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Cross-border Healthcare Intervention Trials in Ireland Network (CHITIN). Article reviewer for leading academic journals including Addiction, Drug and Alcohol Dependence and International Journal of Drug Policy

Panel member – SSA PhD Studentship scheme

Trustee – Addiction and the Family International Network (AFINet)

Invited member of the Alcohol and Families Alliance, a joint initiative from Alcohol Change UK and Adfam, which acts as a resource for influencing policy on alcohol and families

Conference organiser for SSA PhD symposia and AFINet 1st International Conference

Expert consensus member for International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INEBRIA) on outcome reporting in trials

Expert adviser on alcohol screening for World Health Organisation (WHO) alcohol brief intervention training manual for primary care http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/351294/Alcohol-training-manual-final-edit-LSJB-290917-new-cover.pdf 

Addiction and the family social support assessment measure I developed is used in a research/practice capacity in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Italy, USA, Canada, Australia, Iran, India and China


Research students

PhD area Assessing alcohol-related problems in young people
Name Andrew Dyer
Years of study 2019-2022
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD area The development of a Post-Incarceration Syndrome (PICS) Questionnaire.
Name Orla Gormley
Years of study 2020-
Country Northern Ireland


 


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