{{short description|British psychologist and epidemiologist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Suzi Gage | birth_name = Suzanne H. Gage | image = Suzi Gage on Decipher My Data.jpg | caption = Gage in 2012 | education = Dr Challoner's High School | alma_mater = University College London (BSc, MSc)<br />University of Bristol (PhD) | awards = I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here! (2011) | workplaces = University of Liverpool | field = Psychology<br />Public awareness of science | known_for = Science communication | thesis_title = Investigating associations of cannabis and cigarette use with mental health outcomes | thesis_year = 2014 | thesis_url = https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682685 | website = {{URL|https://suzigage.co.uk}} }}
'''Suzanne H. Gage''' is a British psychologist and epidemiologist who is interested in the nature of associations between lifestyle behaviours and mental health.<ref name=twitter>{{twitter}}</ref> She is a senior lecturer at the Liverpool John Moores University and has a science podcast and accompanying book, ''Say Why to Drugs'', which explores substance use.
== Education == Gage is from Missenden, Buckinghamshire, where she completed GCE Advanced Levels in Maths, Biology, Music and English at Dr Challoner's High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.themilelongbookshelf.com/2017/03/wonder-women-psychologist-and.html#.Wm29BpM-eMI|title=WONDER WOMEN: Psychologist and Epidemiologist Suzi Gage on Making STEM Careers More Accessible, and Getting Started as a Scientist|website=themilelongbookshelf.com|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.aengd.org.uk/news/news-releases/science-grrll-calendar-launch/|title=AEngD :: EngD features in Science Grrll Calendar|website=aengd.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in 2004 and Master of Science degree in cognitive neuropsychology from University College London in 2005.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://ukctas.wordpress.com/category/suzi-gage/|title=Suzi Gage {{!}} UKCTAS|website=wordpress.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> Prior to her PhD, Gage concentrated on language, specifically the impact of early language learning on later ability.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/expsych/people/suzanne-h-gage/expertise.html|title=Dr Suzanne Gage expertise|author=Anon|publisher=University of Bristol|website=bris.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> Her PhD, which she completed at the University of Bristol in 2014, used the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children to investigate associations of adolescent tobacco and cannabis use with mental health.<ref name=soozaphd>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Bristol|url=https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?q=Investigating%20associations%20of%20cannabis%20and%20cigarette%20use%20with%20mental%20health%20outcomes&rn=1|title=Investigating associations of cannabis and cigarette use with mental health outcomes|first= Suzanne H.|last=Gage|date=2014|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.682685}}|website=jisc.ac.uk|oclc=1064651700}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
== Career and research == After her PhD, Gage remained in Bristol as a postdoctoral researcher in Marcus Munafo's Integrative Epidemiology Unit investigating causality in the associations between lifestyle behaviours and mental health outcomes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/expsych/people/suzanne-h-gage/index.html|title=Dr Suzanne Gage - Experimental Psychology|last=Bristol|first=University of|website=bris.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> Here Gage taught a short course "Appraising Epidemiological Studies" and delivered lectures on Science Communication to MSc psychologists.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/expsych/people/suzanne-h-gage/teaching.html|title=Dr Suzanne Gage teaching|last=Bristol|first=University of|website=bris.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> Whilst at Bristol, she became a prominent voice in the public debate about recreational drug use.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://senseaboutscience.org/activities/response-to-stories-suggesting-that-cannabis-is-a-casual-mechanism-for-developing-schizophrenia/|title=Response to stories suggesting that "cannabis is a causal mechanism" for developing schizophrenia. – Sense about Science|website=senseaboutscience.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> Suzi Gage was also keyboardist and vocalist in the Bristol-based band [https://www.discogs.com/artist/1608672-You-The-Atom-Bomb You & the Atom Bomb] who released [https://www.discogs.com/release/3877745-You-The-Atom-Bomb-Shake-Shake-Hello Shake Shake Hello!?] (2006) and [https://www.discogs.com/release/12285120-You-The-Atom-Bomb-The-Spirit-Of-Things The Spirit of Things] (2007) before disbanding.
Gage joined the University of Liverpool as a lecturer in 2017.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/psychology-health-and-society/staff/suzanne-gage/|title=Suzanne Gage - University of Liverpool|website=liverpool.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129080635/https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/psychology-health-and-society/staff/suzanne-gage/|archive-date=2018-01-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is a member of the Society for the Study of Addiction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.addiction-ssa.org/profiles/suzi-gage|title=Suzi Gage {{!}} Society for the Study of Addiction|website=addiction-ssa.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/what-i-seek-when-i-need-laugh|title=What I seek when I need a laugh |publisher=The Psychologist|website=thepsychologist.bps.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> She is the Social Media Editor for the journal ''Addiction.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.addictionjournal.org/pages/editorial-board|title=Addiction Journal - Editorial Board|website=addictionjournal.org|access-date=2018-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327152340/http://www.addictionjournal.org/pages/editorial-board|archive-date=2019-03-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2025, she is a Senior Lecturer at the Liverpool John Moores University. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Suzi Gage profile, Liverpool John Moores University |url=https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/20039-suzi-gage/about |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=profiles.ljmu.ac.uk}}</ref>
=== Public engagement === Gage began writing for ''The Guardian'' as a PhD student at the University of Bristol.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/suzi-gage|title=Suzi Gage|website=theguardian.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> Since, she has written for ''The Economist'', ''The Conversation'', ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Lancet Psychiatry''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/suzi-gage-92920|title=Suzi Gage|website=theconversation.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gage|first=Suzi|date=2015|title=The family way|journal=The Lancet Psychiatry|language=en|volume=2|issue=1|pages=28|doi=10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00143-6|issn=2215-0366|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10378299/Ada-Lovelace-Day-Where-are-the-women-in-science-Right-here-...-My-top-10-female-scientists.html|title=Ada Lovelace Day: Where are the women in science? Right here ... My top 10 female scientists|website=telegraph.co.uk|last=Gage|first=Suzi|date=2013-10-15|access-date=2018-01-28|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> In June 2011 she won the science engagement activity I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here!.<ref name=ima>{{Cite news|url=https://brainj11.imascientist.org.uk/2011/06/im-a-scientist-and-the-winner-is-2|date=2017-01-25|website=imascientist.org.uk|publisher=I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here|access-date=2018-02-13|title=And the winner is…|language=en-US}}</ref> Gage started blogging in 2011, and her blog "Sifting the Evidence", focused on research and ideas in epidemiology and public health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2012/8975.html|title=2012: Science blog award {{!}} News {{!}} University of Bristol|last=Bristol|first=University of|website=bristol.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> In 2013 she appeared in the Science Grrl calendar, and in 2014 she appeared in their video "She Blinded Me with Science".<ref name=":0" /> She is an advocate for creativity within the sciences, and has argued "science and the arts don’t exist in silos".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/Blog/the-importance-of-earnestly-studying-science|title=The importance of earnestly studying science|website=britishscienceassociation.org|publisher=British Science Association|access-date=2018-01-28|language=en}}</ref> Gage was a keynote speaker at the 2017 March for Science in Bristol.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bristol247.com/opinion/your-say/bristol-scientific-discovery-woven-core/|title=Bristol has scientific discovery woven into its very core|date=2017-04-22|work=Bristol 24/7|access-date=2018-01-28|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Gage's podcast, ''Say Why to Drugs'', explores the science around substance use.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.acast.com/saywhytodrugs|title=Say Why To Drugs on acast|last=acast|work=acast|access-date=2018-01-28|language=en}}</ref> It is on Scoobius Pip's ''Distraction Pieces Network'', and the rapper has co-hosted many of the episodes. The podcast has over 750,000 listeners, and won Gage the 2016 AAAS Award for Public Engagement with Science Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/news/suzanne-gage-wins-2016-aaas-early-career-public-engagement-award|title=Suzanne Gage Wins 2016 AAAS Early Career Public Engagement Award|date=2017-02-06|website=aaas.org|publisher=AAAS|access-date=2018-01-28|language=en}}</ref> She has also appeared in the University of Liverpool podcast series.<ref>{{Citation|last=University of Liverpool Online|title=Suzi Gage on 'Say Why to Drugs'|date=2017-11-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ConS0WIQAVQ|access-date=2018-01-28|website=youtube.com}}</ref>
=== Awards and honours === * 2016 Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science)<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> * 2015 Ockham Award - Best Podcast (The Skeptic Magazine)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/expsych/research/brain/targ/news/2016/gageskeptic.html|year=2016 |title=gageskeptic: School of Experimental Psychology |publisher= University of Bristol|author=Anon|website=bristol.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> * 2015 Basic Science Network Travel Award (Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/aaft-sgr020617.php|title=Suzanne Gage receives 2016 AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science|website=eurekalert.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> * 2013 Media Fellowship with BBC Science (Competitive Fellowship, British Science Association)<ref name=":3" /> * 2013 Public Communication Award (British Association for Psychopharmacology)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bap.org.uk/docsbycategory.php?docCatID=1&page=4|title=The British Association for Psychopharmacology {{!}} BAP Newsletter|website=bap.org.uk|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> * 2012 UK Science Blog Prize (Good Thinking Society)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goodthinkingsociety.org/winners-of-2012-uk-science-blog-prize/|title=David Colquhoun and Suzi Gage Joint Winners of 2012 UK Science Blog Prize|date=2012-11-25|website=goodthinkingsociety.org|access-date=2018-01-28|language=en-GB}}</ref> * 2012 Convocation Award (University of Bristol Alumni Network)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bristol.ac.uk/expsych/news/2012/83.html|year=2012|title=Convocation Award: School of Experimental Psychology |publisher= University of Bristol|author=Anon|website=bristol.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref> * 2011 I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here!<ref name=ima/>
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