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Research

MICHAEL USHER

Current research projects:

  1. Physical activity as an aid for smoking cessation. Swiss National Science Foundation (co-applicant), 2001-2005, 545, 000 Swiss francs.

    Unfunded:

  2. Barriers to attending smoking cessation clinics among pregnant smokers, 2004.
  3. Barriers and benefits of exercise among the obese and overweight, 2004-05 (see: survey results
  4. A comparison of five measures of tobacco withdrawal, 2004.
  5. Relationship between physical activity and emotional wellbeing in the Ten Towns Study, 2004-05.
  6. Effects of exercise on smoking withdrawal among adolescents, 2004-05.

Collaborations

Michael Ussher currently collaborates on research with:

Professor Robert West, Professor Andrew Steptoe and Andy McEwen, University College London; Dr. Jean-Francois Etter, University of Geneva; Professor Bess Marcus, Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital; Dr. Mark Cropley, University of Surrey; Dr. Adrian Taylor, University of Exeter; Dr. Amanda Daley, University of Birmingham.

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