Profile
I am a Research Fellow with experience of behaviour change interventions. I completed my PhD in 2014 at the Wolfson Institute and have continued to work there since, developing and conducting research on smoking cessation, and novel weight management approaches such as intermittent fasting. My work forms part of the Health & Lifestyle Research Unit at the Centre for Public Health & Policy, and my background is in Health Psychology.
Publications
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Featured publications
Przulj, D., Ladmore, D., Smith, K. M., Phillips-Waller, A., & Hajek, P. (2021). Time restricted eating as a weight loss intervention in adults with obesity. PLoS One, 16(1), e0246186. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246186
HAJEK, P., PHILLIPS-WALLER, A., PRZULJ, D., Pesola, F., MYERS SMITH, K. E., BISAL, N., . . . MCROBBIE, H. (n.d.). A Randomised Trial of E-Cigarettes Versus Nicotine Replacement Therapy. New England Journal of Medicine.
Hajek, P., Przulj, D., Phillips, A., Anderson, R., & MCROBBIE, H. J. (n.d.). Nicotine delivery to users from cigarettes and from different types of e-cigarettes. Psychopharmacology.
McRobbie, H., Phillips, A., Goniewicz, M. L., Smith, K. M., Knight-West, O., Przulj, D., & Hajek, P. (2015). Effects of switching to electronic cigarettes with and without concurrent smoking on exposure to nicotine, carbon monoxide, and acrolein. Cancer Prevention Research, 8(9), 873-878. doi:10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-15-0058
Przulj, D., Wehbe, L., McRobbie, H., & Hajek, P. (2019). Progressive nicotine patch dosing prior to quitting smoking: feasibility, safety and effects during the pre-quit and post-quit periods. Addiction, 114(3), 515-522. doi:10.1111/add.14483