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Professor Kyla H. Thomas is a leading expert in Public Health Medicine at the University of Bristol, where she serves as Clinical Director for the NIHR Clinical Research Network West England and Network Director of the NIHR South West Central Regional Research Delivery Network. She graduated with MBBS with Distinction from the University of the West Indies in 2003, followed by two MSc degrees in Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health Science (Distinction) from Oxford University, awarded through a Rhodes scholarship. In 2014, she obtained her PhD from the University of Bristol with commendation. Her research primarily focuses on nicotine dependence and the problematic use of pharmaceutical opioids. Thomas utilizes pharmacoepidemiological methods to assess the effectiveness and safety of smoking cessation medicines and e-cigarettes. Her postdoctoral fellowship was centered on developing interventions in primary care to prevent and reduce opioid dependence among patients with chronic non-cancer pain. Additionally, her work has informed public health guidelines regarding smoking cessation medicines. She was recognized as a joint winner of the Society Study of Addiction's Fred Yates prize for researcher of the year in 2019.
Department of Physics research themes include Astrophysics, Materials and Devices, Particle Physics, and Quantum and Soft Matter.