As a Research Director within the Health and Lifestyles Department, Heather's main interests lie in public health research. She specialises in the areas of gambling research and tobacco control. Currently Heather is Project Director of the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010, which will be assessing how gambling behaviour has changed in Britain in the last three years. Heather also has a strong interest in methodological issues, in particular the effective design and implementation of web surveys.