Selected Publications

• Cahill Kate, Stead Lindsay, and Lancaster Tim (2009) A preliminary benefit-risk assessment of varenicline in smoking cessation. Drug Saf, 32(2):119-35.

• Cahill Kate and Perera Rafael (2008) Competitions and incentives for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(3):CD004307.

• Cahill Kate and Perera Rafael (2008) Quit and Win contests for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(4):CD004986.

• Lancaster Tim, Stead Lindsay, and Cahill Kate (2008) An update on therapeutics for tobacco dependence. Expert Opin Pharmacother, 9(1):15-22.

• Cahill K, Stead L F, and Lancaster T (2007) Nicotine receptor partial agonists for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(1):CD006103.

Kate Cahill

Kate Cahill graduated in English Literature from Sydney University, and worked for some years in publishing.  In 1984 she joined  the Unit of Health Care Epidemiology as a research assistant,  and from 1997 worked in the ICRF General Practice Research Group as a data manager and clinical trials administrator.

Since 2004 Kate has been the full-time joint Review Group Co-ordinator of the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction group, working with Tim Lancaster and Lindsay Stead to produce and update systematic reviews for the Cochrane Library. This combines writing in-house reviews with supporting a global team of collaborative authors.