By Natasha Clarke – Research Associate, UCL Imagine you went up to a bar, ordered a large glass of wine and it was served to you in a pint glass. People would look at you funny. The wine might not Read More …
By Craig Gunn – PhD student, University of Bath We’ve all been there – the headache, the fatigue, and the sickness – the inevitable hangover that follows after heavy alcohol consumption on a night out. Trying to work the next Read More …
By David Troy – Research Associate, Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol In 2016, the UK chief medical officers revised their low-risk drinking guidelines, which followed a review of the latest evidence of the health effects related to alcohol consumption. Read More …
By Krystian Przydzial – 3rd year Experimental Psychology undergraduate student, University of Bristol During my second year of university, I was considering different summer opportunities to gain valuable work experience in a field that I may want to work in. Read More …
By Dr Inge Kersbergen – Postdoctoral researcher, University of Liverpool If you drink alcohol, you’ve seen them many times, but probably don’t pay too much attention to them: Warning labels. The UK’s current warning labels were introduced in 2011, when Read More …
By Alison Douglas – Chief Executive, Alcohol Focus Scotland Although Scotland’s problems with alcohol are well known, most of us don’t think the way we personally drink is an issue. But it can be easy to slip into the habit of Read More …
By Olivia Maynard – Senior Research Associate, Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group, University of Bristol Over the past two years we’ve invited hundreds of people into the lab to drink beer. Unfortunately, we weren’t there to socialise; this was in the Read More …
Members of the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group (TARG) spent last Thursday night (27th April) hosting a ‘Bar to the Future’ at a superheroes themed At-Bristol After Hours event. Four beers were showcased in the bar with novel labels that Read More …
Watch our new animated video here, which explores how technology could be used to help us understand how much we’re drinking and think about the health impacts of alcohol.