Emily is an Associate Professor and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellow, based at The Matilda Centre, The University of Sydney. She is program lead for the ‘Smoking, Vaping & Mental Health’ research stream. Emily has dual expertise in mental health and tobacco control, with 15 years’ experience in designing, testing and evaluating behavioural programs for smoking cessation and vaping prevention. She has a special interest in smoking and vaping among vulnerable populations, and the mental health and social outcomes of young people. She is a co-lead of the OurFutures Vaping prevention program – the first RCT-evaluated vaping prevention program in Australia – and is an expert advisor on vaping to the WHO, the UN and local and federal government agencies. She is a keen science communicator and often features in national digital media.