Dr Eric Carlin is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, where he is Convenor of ‘Sociology of Health and Illness’, part of the Masters in Public Health. This includes a focus on health and illness across the lifecourse, mental health issues, disability and inequalities.
Eric is also employed as a Consultant, Public Health Expert, Alcohol Policies with the World Health Organisation.
Eric is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Health and Life Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University. From 2012 – 2021, Eric was Chief Executive of SHAAP (Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems). From 2008-2010 he was a member of the UK Government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD). He also served for six years each as Vice Chair of the UN NGO Committee on Drugs and as Chair of the Drugs Education Forum (England).
