Catherine Haighton is a Professor of Public Health at Northumbria University. She has a PhD (2005) in brief alcohol interventions from Newcastle University and is an experienced applied health researcher. She is committed to translational research and works closely with policy and practice partners in the NHS, local and regional government, and other public and voluntary organisations to facilitate evidence-informed practice and policy. Her research on alcohol screening and brief intervention is nationally and internationally recognised and she has significant methodological expertise in the development (through systematic reviews) and evaluation of complex interventions, using natural experiments, feasibility studies, and pilot and full trials. She is a member of Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, the Applied Research Collaboration North East and North Cumbria, and the National Institute for Health and Care Research School for Public Health.