Dr. Gemma Taylor is a British-Canadian academic based in Bristol, UK. She received an upper first-class degree in Psychology and Biology and completed her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Birmingham, focusing on smoking cessation and mental health. Dr. Gemma Taylor has over 15 years of experience working across NHS, private, and academic sectors. Dr. Taylor is well-known for her internationally renowned work in tobacco epidemiology, evidencing the mental health benefits of smoking cessation, and integrating smoking cessation interventions into psychology services. Dr. Taylor specialises in causal inference, randomised controlled trials, behavioural science, real world data and evidence synthesis. Dr. Taylor has received multiple awards and prizes for her research excellence and impact, and has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles. @gemmamjtaylor.bsky.social