Jeff Collin is the director of the Global Public Health Unit at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. A political scientist by background, he was previously based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

His research currently focuses on globalisation and tobacco control. Using corporate documents disclosed following litigation, this work analyses attempts by transnational tobacco companies to influence the public policy process, particularly in developing countries.

Additional research interests include developments in global health governance and the health impacts of population mobility and of trade liberalisation.

(copied from profile on Edinburgh University website)