Dr Lynne Dawkins is a Tobacco Harm Reduction Consultant and Director of Dawkins Analytics Ltd. Through her primary role as Senior Scientific Advisor at Pinney Associates Inc. she oversees the work of a team of behavioral scientists who in turn support JUUL Labs Inc. in their regulatory and scientific endeavors. Prior to her consultancy work, Dr Dawkins spent over 30 years in academia and was a former Professor of Nicotine and Tobacco Science at London South Bank University where she led the Nicotine, Tobacco and Vaping research group. She has spent her career focusing on smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction research and has published over 80 scientific articles on the subject.
The award is presented in recognition of the excellence of her extensive research in the field of tobacco harm reduction.