Dr Emma Hock
BSc (Leeds), MSc (Leeds), PhD (ºù«Ӱҵ), FHEA, MEd (ºù«Ӱҵ)
School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 5205
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School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
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S1 4DA
- Profile
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I have a track record of research in preventative health behaviour, with a specific research interest in smoking cessation and physical activity, multiple health behaviour change and physical activity and mental health.
I completed my PhD in physical activity and smoking abstinence in young smokers at ºù«Ӱҵ Hallam University in 2007, and also worked on a two-year MRC-funded research contract at the University of Exeter, investigating walking as an aid to cessation: a feasibility study within the NHS stop smoking service (Walk-2-Quit).
I joined SCHARR in 2008 as a systematic reviewer on the NICE Public Health Collaborating Centre, and have been involved systematic reviews on looked after children and young people, smoking in pregnancy and the prevention of pre-diabetes.
I have been working as a systematic reviewer for the Technology Assessment Group (ScHARR-TAG) since 2011 and also for the Public Health Reviews Team since 2019. I have been involved in systematic reviews into the clinical effectiveness of varicose vein management methods, bevacizumab for eye conditions, cytisine for smoking cessation, biologic therapies for rheumatoid arthritis, exercise referral schemes, ultrasound, prognosis and treat-to-target therapy in rheumatoid arthritis, inequalities in access to social care, the impact of working from home on health and wellbeing, and the impact of housing insecurity on the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
- Research interests
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- Systematic review
- Systematic review methodology
- Realist review
- Health behaviour change
- Physical activity and wellbeing
- Smoking and tobacco use
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- Research group
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Supervisions
- Clare Timblin
- Brenda Oulo
- Teaching interests
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- Public health
- Systematic review methods
- Health psychology
- Exercise psychology
I am interested in supervising research students in topics/areas such as health behaviour and health behaviour change, exercise psychology and addiction. I am particularly interested in mixed methods projects examining physical activity and wellbeing and/or addiction in specific subpopulations.
- Teaching activities
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Module co-ordinator for HAR6047: Key Issues in National and Global Public Health, and HAR680: Contemporary Health Psychology and Behaviour Change.
Deputy programme lead for the MSc, PGDip and PGCert in International Health Technology Assessment and Reimbursement