I joined Liverpool John Moores University as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology, in September 2023. I previously worked at the university from September 2020 till August 2021, upon which I took up a post as a civil servant. I have previously worked at King's College London as a post-doc and retain links with the university and colleagues.
My research focuses on substance use, decision making and perinatal mental health, with a particular interest in substance use in the perinatal period and disclosure of use. My research primarily uses quantitative methods, primarily with routinely collected healthcare records, RCT's or cohort datasets. Recently my work has used cohort datasets to examine child substance use and mental health outcomes as a result of maternal substance use. I am developing a line of work to examine stigma of women who use alcohol during the perinatal period, with an aim to improve access to care, to reduce alcohol-harm in person-focused manner.
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer, Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2023 - present
Research associate, King's College London, 2022 - present
Research assistant, Liverpool John Moores University, 2020 - 2021
Journal article
Jones A, Sharples D, Burton S, Montgomery C, Rose AK. 2024. The Associations among Perceived Courtesy Stigma, Health and Social Behaviours in Family Members and Friends of People Who Use Substances: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study Substance Use & Misuse, :1-6 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Halsall L, Irizar P, Burton S, Waring S, Giles S, Goodwin L, Jones A. 2023. Hazardous, harmful, and dependent alcohol use in healthcare professionals: a systematic review and meta-analysis Frontiers in Public Health, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Silverio SA, Lyons M, Burton S. 2023. Dangerously intelligent: A call for re-evaluating psychopathy using perceptions of intelligence. Journal of Intelligence, 11 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Bussu A, Burton S. 2022. Higher education peer mentoring programme to promote student community using Mobile Device Applications Groupwork, 30 :53-71 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Saini P, Martin A, McIntyre J, Balmer A, Burton S, Roks H, Sambrook L, Shetty A, Nathan R. 2022. COMplex mental health PAThways (COMPAT) Study: A mixed methods study to inform an evidence-based service delivery model for people with complex needs: Study protocol. PLoS One, 17 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Saini P, Martin A, McIntyre JC, Sambrook L, Roks H, Burton S, Balmer A, Shetty A, Nathan R. 2021. PP447 Informing The Development And Evaluation Of An Evidence-Based Service Delivery Model For Mental Health Patients With Complex Needs International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 37 :37-38 DOI Publisher Url
Burton S, Hayes JA, Morrell-Scott NE, Sanders J, Walthall H, Wright DJ, Jones ID. 2021. Should I stay or should I go? An exploration of the decision-making behavior of acute cardiac patients during the COVID-19 pandemic Heart and Lung: the journal of acute and critical care, 52 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Burton S, Hayes JA, Morrell-Scott NE, Sanders J, Walthall H, Wright DJ, Jones ID. 2021. Should I stay or should I go? An exploration of the decision-making behaviour of acute cardiac patients during the COVID-19 pandemic European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 20 :151-151 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Burton S, Knibb G, Jones A. 2021. A meta-analytic investigation of the role of reward on inhibitory control Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74 :1818-1828 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Burton S, Puddephatt JA, Baines L, Sheen F, Warren JG, Jones A. 2021. Limited Evidence of Associations between Executive Functioning and Alcohol Involvement in UK Adolescents Alcohol and Alcoholism, 56 :754-762 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Hardman CA, Jones A, Burton S, Duckworth JJ, McGale LS, Mead BR, Roberts CA, Field M, Werthmann J. 2020. Food-related attentional bias and its associations with appetitive motivation and body weight: A systematic review and meta-analysis Appetite, 157 :104986 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Robinson E, Burton S, Gough T, Jones A, Haynes A. 2019. Point of choice kilocalorie labelling in the UK eating out of home sector: A descriptive study of major chains BMC Public Health, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Report
Roks H, Balmer A, Sambrook L, Burton S, Tait J, Ashley-Mudie P, Shetty A, Nathan R, Saini P, McIntyre JC. 2022. Descriptive analysis of complex mental health service users using routinely collected data Public Url
Chapters
Burton SP, Shepard KC, Silverio SA. 2022. What’s Your Poison? On the identity crises faced by healthcare professionals who (ab)use drugs and alcohol Addison M, McGovern W, McGovern R. Drugs, Identity and Stigma :99-119 Palgrave Macmillan 978-3-030-98285-0 DOI Publisher Url
Conference publication
Saini P, Nathan R, Sambrook L, Burton S, Roks H, Balmer A, McIntyre J, Martin A, Shetty A. 2021. The use of coproduction to inform an evidence-based service delivery model for mental health service users with complex needs BJPSYCH OPEN, 7 :S286-S286 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
preprint
Hardman C, Jones A, Burton S, Duckworth J, McGale L, Mead B, Roberts C, Field M, Werthmann J. 2020. Food-related attentional bias and its associations with appetitive motivation and body weight: A systematic review and meta-analysis PsyArXiv DOI Publisher Url
Saini P, Martin A, McIntyre J, Balmer A, Burton S, Roks H, Sambrook L, Shetty A, Nathan R. COMplex mental health PAThways (COMPAT) Study: a mixed methods study to inform an evidence-based service delivery model for people with complex needs: Study protocol DOI Publisher Url
Conference presentation:
Cross-sectional analysis of a cohort of 50,225 pregnant women using a third-party pregnancy support app, for predictors of antenatal alcohol use, UK Marce Society, Oral presentation. 2025
Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Cohort of 50,225 Pregnant Women Using a Third-Party Pregnancy Support App, for Predictors of Antenatal Alcohol Use, The International Marce Society, Oral presentation. 2024
Relationship Between Routine Antenatal Enquiry for Mental Health Illness and Access to Mental Healthcare During Pregnancy in a South London Data-Linkage Cohort, The International Marce Society, Oral presentation. 2024
Analysis of routinely collected data of access to mental health care in the antenatal period, BMFMS, Poster presentation. 2024
Research Grants Awarded:
NIHR, Pre-birth assessments for women who use substances in pregnancy: women and social work views and experiences, Dr Shirley Lewis, Dr Louise Roberts, Dr Polly Radcliffe, Grant value (£): £244,203, Duration of research project: 24 months. 2024
NIHR, Long-term health and social outcomes of women and children with no recourse to public funds and irregular migrant status, Dr Hannah Rayment-Jones (PI: King's College London), Grant value (£): 628,752, Duration of research project: 1 year. 2024
King's College London, Understanding and supporting antenatal alcohol use: a mixed methods approach, Dr Abigail Easter (KCL), Professor Jane Sandall (KCL), Dr Claire Wilson (KCL), Dr Polly Radcliffe (KCL), Grant value (£): 19,878, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2023
Faculty of Health, LJMU, Photovoice to better understand women’s experiences of No-Lo alcohol products during pregnancy, Dr Abi Rose, Dr Amanda Atkinson, Dr Lorna Porcelato, Ms Jessie Smith, Grant value (£): 4162.