Prof Sheron runs the liver unit at Southampton General Hospital and is actively involved in a clinically based programme of research in various aspects of alcohol-related problems Together with Ian Gilmore  President of the Royal College of Physicians  he co-founded the Alcohol Health Alliance UK  an umbrella body bring together 27 different organisations including Royal Colleges  NGOs and charities with the aim of lobbying for evidence-based policies to reduce alcohol-related harm in the UK