Global Alcohol: Key Takeaways from our conversation with Dr. Marjana Martinic, Founder and CEO of MM Science & Policy Advisors

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Global Alcohol: Key Takeaways from our conversation with Dr. Marjana Martinic, Founder and CEO of MM Science & Policy Advisors

29 July 2026

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Global Alcohol: Key Takeaways from our conversation with Dr.

Marjana Martinic, Founder and CEO of MM Science & Policy

Advisors

Last month, we hosted Dr. Marjana Martinic (Founder and CEO of MM Science & Policy Nadine Sarwat, CFA

+44 20 7676 6849 Advisors) for a fireside chat as part of our Bernstein Alcohol, Health & Public Policy series.

nadine.sarwat@bernsteinsg.com MM Science & Policy Advisors is consultancy specializing in global health, lifestyle risk

factors, and evidence-based policy development (clients include Diageo and industry trade

Trevor Stirling associations, amongst others). In this note, we offer our key takeaways from the discussion

+44 20 7676 7521

trevor.stirling@bernsteinsg.com (as well as a full transcript).

Matthew Cheung MM Science & Policy Advisors believes the NASEM report (and its findings) is

+44 20 7676 6809 the highest quality evidence review. Dr. Martinic believes that the best work on the

matthew.cheung@bernsteinsg.com relationship between alcohol and health was published by the US National Academics

of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), confirming the J-curve relationship

Asavari Paluskar, CFA, CA (India) “that compared to non-drinkers, moderate drinkers as a population were at lower risk of +44 20 7676 7291

asavari.paluskar@bernsteinsg.com premature death”. Dr. Martinic provide a very clear explanation of the recently published

‘Alcohol Intake and Health Study’ by the authors of the previous ICCPUD report. The study

Specialist Sales concludes that there is “no protective effect at low levels, with mortality increasing to 1 in