Dr Emma Hock
BSc (Leeds), MSc (Leeds), PhD (91Ö±²¥), FHEA, MEd (91Ö±²¥)
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 5205
Full contact details
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
91Ö±²¥
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 91Ö±²¥ 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
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
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Journal articles
- . BMJ Public Health, 2024(2).
- . BMJ Public Health, 2(1), e000533-e000533.
- . NIHR Open Research, 3(28).
- . Evidence and Policy.
- . Public Health Research, 11(4).
- . SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, 3(3), 838-854.
- . European Psychiatry, 63(1).
- . JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 7(5), e13645-e13645.
- . International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care.
- . PharmacoEconomics.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 22(66), 1-294.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 22(20).
- . Health Technology Assessment , 21(71), 1-258.
- . Systematic Reviews, 6.
- . Journal of Rheumatology, 44(7), 973-980.
- . Journal of Public Health.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 20(35), 611-614.
- . Public Health, 139, 79-87.
- . Journal of Public Health, 38(2), 343-351.
- . Acta Haematologica, 136(1), 23-42.
- . Public Health Research, 4(4), 1-354.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 20(35), 1-610.
- . International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 13(1), 12-12.
- . Health Technology Assessment, 19(60).
- Clinical and cost-effectiveness of minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of varicosis: Systematic review and economic evaluation. Vasomed, 26(4), 210-211.
- . BMJ Open, 4.
- . Health Technol Assess, 18(33), 1-120.
- . Psychopharmacology, 1-9.
- . Health Technol Assess, 18(13), 1-210.
- . BMJ Open, 3(10), e003509.
- . Health Technol Assess, 17(48), i-141.
- . Preventive Medicine, 56(5), 265-272.
- . Addiction, 108(1), 26-37.
- . Child: Care, Health and Development, 38(2), 162-174.
- . Child Care Health Dev, 37(6), 767-779.
- . Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 93(2), 150-158.
- . Child Care Health Dev, 37(5), 613-622.
- . Health Educ Res, 26(2), 265-282.
- . BMC Health Serv Res, 10, 317.
- . Nicotine Tob Res, 12(7), 685-694.
- . Patient Educ Couns, 79(2), 156-159.
- . Patient Educ Couns, 78(1), 53-56.
- . Journal of Smoking Cessation, 5(1), 7-14.
- . Mental Health and Physical Activity, 2(2), 86-94.
- . Mental Health and Physical Activity, 1(1), 26-31.
- . J Adolesc, 30(2), 347-351.
- . Addict Behav, 31(9), 1547-1558.
- . BMC Public Health, 24(1).
- . Public Health Research, 11(13), 1-71.
- . Families, Relationships & Societies, 1(1), 71-85.
Conference proceedings papers
- . SSM Annual Scientific Meeting (pp A78.1-A78)
- . SSM Annual Scientific Meeting (pp A24.1-A24)
- . SSM Annual Scientific Meeting
- . SSM Annual Scientific Meeting
- . Value in Health, Vol. 19(7) (pp A508-A508)
- . Blood, Vol. 124(21) (pp 1934-1934)
- . The Lancet, Vol. 384 (pp S13-S13)
- . Value in Health, Vol. 17(7) (pp A380-A380)
- Walk-2-Quit: Translating theory and evidence to practice through collaborative action research. PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH, Vol. 23 (pp 115-115)
- Promoting physical activity to aid smoking cessation: A qualitative perspective on multiple health behaviour change. PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH, Vol. 23 (pp 115-115)
Reports
Posters
- PMS4 - RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS TREATED WITH SIX-MONTHS OF FIRST-LINE BIOLOGIC OR BIOSIMILAR THERAPY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND NETWORK META-ANALYSIS.
- Addressing challenges in the conduct of a systematic review of clinical prediction models in rheumatoid arthritis. 25th Cochrane Colloquium, Edingurgh.
- Clinical prediction models for patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and evidence synthesis. MEMTAM (Methods for Evaluation of medical prediction Models, Test And Biomarkers), Utecht, The Nethe.
- Safety of intravitreal bevacizumab as a monotherapy in ophthalmic conditions: systematic review. Health Technology Assessment International.
- Widening Engagement with HTA through Online Learning.
- Ultrasound to Guide Treatment Decisions in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Preprints
- 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