Our team
Our team comprises of researchers, educators and postgraduate researchers.
Team members
Shenitta Anderson, postgraduate researcher, PhD title “Spiritual Care, Faith, and Psychosis: A Mixed-Methods Study of Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders among Black African and Caribbean Communities in the UK, Using Photo Elicitation”
Professor Chris Armitage, Professor of Health Psychology, Behaviour change intervention and theory
Dr Ayse Aslan, Research Assistant
Dr Kiera Bartlett, Lecturer in Psychology, digital health, self-management and smoking
Dr Jack Benton, ISSF Pump Priming Fellow, natural experiments, green infrastructure, physical activity and wellbeing
Dr Madeline Benton, Honorary Research Associate, Perinatal mental health, women’s health and maternity care
Dr Joanna Beaumont, Research Associate, perinatal death, partner wellbeing and maternity care
Dr Kelly Birtwell, Research Associate and NIHR Research Support Service Advisor, mindfulness and wellbeing
Kathryn Booth, Postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Improving treatment support for children and young people waiting for access to specialist chronic pain management”
Professor Belinda Borrelli, Professor of Health Psychology, Digital behaviour change interventions and smoking
Professor Audrey Bowen, Professor of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Neuropsychological rehabilitation and stroke
Hannah Brennan (nee Talbot), postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “How can midwives utilise the teachable moment of pregnancy for women: A focus on the role of language”
Dr Joanna Brooks, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Mental Health, Chronic health, palliative care and qualitative methods
Dr Laura Brown, Senior Lecturer, Psychological functioning in later life
Dr Eleanor Bull, Honorary Senior Lecturer (teaching), Behaviour change and Health Psychologist
Professor Lucie Byrne-Davis, Professor of Health Psychology, Health professional education and workforce
Beth Callander, postgraduate researcher
Natalie Carr, NIHR Research Associate
Dr Nia Coupe, Research Fellow, Behaviour change, Public health and healthcare workforce
Catrin Mair Duggan, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Enhancing Quality of Life through Behaviour changes: Designing an intervention”
Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity, Mental Health and inclusivity
Dr Tracy Epton, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Mental Health, Behaviour change, systematic reviews and inclusive research
Professor David French, Professor of Health Psychology, Prevention, screening and behaviour change interventions
Diana Gamboa Renteria, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Investigating developmentally and culturally appropriate language and diverse representation in education for children with chronic pain conditions”
Dominic Gately, postgraduate researcher
Dr Daniela Ghio, Lecturer in Psychology, Pain, long term conditions, Children and young people
Dr Joanna Goldthorpe, Honorary Research Fellow, health services research, behaviour change interventions
Dr Rebecca Goulding, Qualitative Research Associate, Health services research, access to health care, patient and public Involvement and multimorbidity
Sophie Griffiths, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Understanding how NHS Health Checks support behaviour changes: Implications for reducing health inequalities”
Jack Hamer, postgraduate researcher and graduate teaching assistant. PhD Title – “How effective are credible sources in changing behaviour”
Emily Hanley, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Improving the Communication of Healthcare Professionals Assessing and Managing Pain in Children and Young People: Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Changing Communication Approaches in the Clinical Context”
Sophie Harkness (nee Chalmers), postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Laryngeal hypersensitivity in medically unexplained dsyphagia”
Verity Harrison, Research Assistant. Health inequities in lung cancer screening.
Professor Joanne Hart, Health Professional Education, Communication
Qianyu (Ivy) He, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Enhancing Health Behaviour Change in Older Adults: Can Cognitive Function Influence the Enactment of Behaviour Change Techniques?”
Kerry Hozhabrafkan, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title –”Optimising communication about mental health and suicidal experiences in the perinatal period”
Lucy Hulme, postgraduate researcher and graduate teaching assistant. PhD Title – “Capitalising on teachable moments within six-to-eight-week postnatal check to facilitate health behaviour change in women”
Rosie Horton, Research Associate (early cancer detection) and Health Psychologist
Dr Anna Hood, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Pain, Children and young people, Anti-racism in research
Sanaa Hyder, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Culturally informed communication in primary care consultations between General Practitioners and ethnic minority patients in the United Kingdon: A meta-synthesis and conversation analysis”
Dr Faye Johnson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, genetics, genomics, bioethics, paediatrics, screening, clinical trials, qualitative methods.
Dr Georgios Kitsaras, Lecturer in behavioural science, Behavioural Science in dentistry
Emese Lambing, postgraduate researcher and graduate teaching assistant. PhD Title – “Navigating the cognitive– emotional complexities of working with chronic pain: perspectives of health professional trainees”
Dr Jacqueline Lavallee, Lecturer, Behaviour Science in medical education
Gill Lever, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Exploring social workers implementation of national guidelines on self-harm with children in care”
Dr Penny Lewis, Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Patient safety, Pharmacy
Dr Stephanie Lyons, Lecturer in Health Psychology, Breastfeeding, GBS, Qualitative methods
Ashgan Mahyoub, Research Assistant, health psychology, public health/mental health
Lauren Martin, postgraduate researcher and graduate teaching assistant. PhD Title – “Supporting Older Care Home Residents to Maintain a Sense Purpose in Life”
Sophie Matherson, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “What is the psychological impact of personalised breast cancer screening? Comparison with standard breast screening in sic countries in the “My Personal Breast Screening” (MyPeBS) randomised clinical trial”
Dr Lorna McWilliams, Research Fellow and Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellow, breast screening, cervical cancer screening
Lisa Meadows, postgraduate researcher
Lauren Moore, Research Assistant (health psychology)
Helen Morley, postgraduate researcher and research assistant. PhD Title – “Improving equity of access to national breast screening programmes for ethnic minority women”
Dr Lucy O’Malley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Health Science, Oral health, Evidence synthesis
Molly Parfett, Research Assistant (intervention)
Dr Emma Patchwood, Research Fellow, long term support services for stroke survivors and their families / informal caregivers, service user collaboration and co-development
Professor Sarah Peters. Professor of Health Psychology. Healthcare communication and qualitative methods
Sarah Plant, postgraduate researcher
Madhusudan Pokharel, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Implementing Non- Specialist-Delivered Caregiver-Mediated Support for Children with Neurodevelopmental Delays in Nepal”
Dr Rachael Powell, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Psychological preparedness for medical procedures
Rubina Qasim, postgraduate researcher.
Dr Holly Reid, Associate Lecturer, perinatal psychology, suicidal thoughts
Dr Amber Ruigrok, Lecturer, neurodiversity and reproductive health
Dr Christine Rowland, Lecturer in Psychology, Quality of life and palliative care
Dr Rachele Salvatelli, Research Associate, Health inequalities, lived experience, qualitative methods
Charlotte Sharp, postgraduate researcher
Dr Sarah Shepherd, Lecturer, Communication skills in medical education
Zoyah Sheikh, postgraduate researcher. “What support and care do Pakistani and Bangladeshi women require in maternity journeys subsequent to perinatal loss”
Karabo Sibasa, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Communication training in medical education: student and educator perspectives on needs and challenges in equality, diversity and inclusion”
Emeritus Professor Suzanne Skevington, Quality of life
Dr Debbie Smith, Lead of MCHP, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Health Psychologist, maternal disparities and maternity care following pregnancy loss
Dr Susan Speer, Senior Lecturer, Conversation analysis, clinical communication
Professor Chris Todd, Professor of Primary Care & Community Health, Nursing, older adults
Dr Fiona Ulph, Reader in Qualitative Research Methods, Rare diseases, Genomics, Children, Qualitative Methods
Amy Waghorn, postgraduate researcher. PhD Title – “Understanding the conditions for organisations to contribute to behavioural research”
Emeritus Professor Alison Wearden, Professor, Fatigue, Relatives and Partners
Abigail Williams, Research Associate (urban Farming),
Victoria Woof, Research Associate (cancer screening),
Anisa Yaseen, postgraduate researcher
