Jim McVeigh
Head of Substance Use, Reader in Substance Use Epidemiology,
Research Directorate, Faculty of Health and Applied Social
Sciences, Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University
Jim McVeigh is Head of Substance Use at the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University. In 2005 he was awarded the title of Reader in Substance Use Epidemiology. He has experience as a harm reduction nurse and since the mid 1990s he has worked at the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University in public health research. He has a wide range of drug related research interests including drug treatment, drug prevention and the criminal justice system. However, issues relating to the use of anabolic steroids, injecting drug use, harm reduction and service provision have remained key areas of interest.