Centre for Clinical and Community Applications of Health Psychology
Centre for Clinical and Community Applications of Health Psychology

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Learn more about our researchers and their expertise.

Dr Ben Ainsworth

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • My research can be (roughly!) divided into two main areas:
  • Digital Health and Behaviour Change.   I co-lead the Digital Intervention Group (DIG) at the University of Southampton, which has 60 research staff and postgraduate students across Psychology, Medicine and Primary Care, and Computer Science. DIG focuses on developing, evaluating and implementing digital behaviour change interventions (you can see all of our research here). I’m an expert at using the Person-Based Approach. I am particularly interested in using cutting-edge models of 'engagement' to understand why and how people use digital technology, and how it can be effectively implemented within healthcare settings. I lead the Germ Defence project, a digital tool to reduce the spread of infections like COVID-19, which was used by over 600,000 people in 183 countries. I’ve published research with mental health tech companies like Headspace and Medito.
  • The Psychology of Asthma and Allergy.I lead the Psychology of Asthma and Allergy Research Group in the School – which includes post-doctoral researchers and PhD students. I’m an active member of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Southampton (in the Respiratory and Allergy Theme) and I sits on the UK Taskforce for Lung Health which advises on national policy for respiratory disease research and treatment. We do all sorts of exciting research in this group, ranging from studying how digital tools may affect societal inequality, understanding how people’s partners can help their disease management, or using cutting edge neuroimaging tools to examine how our brains perceive disease symptoms.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ben

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 788900218

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Professor Christina Liossi

Professor of Paediatric Psychology

Research interests

  • Understanding adjustment to chronic illness from both the patient and family perspectives
  • Developing and evaluating CBT based interventions for people with chronic illnesses
Connect with Christina

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 4645

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Dr Daniel Schoth

Lecturer
Connect with Daniel

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 4518

Dr Emma Teasdale

Qualitative Research Fellow
Connect with Emma

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 0740

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Professor Flis Bishop

Professor of Health Psychology

Research interests

  • Placebo effects and context effects in healthcare
  • Complementary and integrative medicine utilisation
  • Treatment decision-making and adherence

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Flis

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 9020

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Dr Heather Armstrong

Lecturer in Sexual Health

Research interests

  • LGBTQ+ Sexual Health and Well-Being
  • Sexual Fluidity
  • Sexual Motivation

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Heather

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 4433

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Dr James Denison-Day BSc, MSc, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Digital Health (Developing and testing digital behaviour change interventions)
  • Digital Engagement and Adherance
  • The Use of Digital Technology in Research
Connect with James

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 4287

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Miss Jenny Corser MSc

Senior Research Assistant
Connect with Jenny

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 4215

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Dr Judith Joseph BSc, MSc, PhD

Senior Research Enterprise Fellow

Research interests

  • Developing and implementing digital health interventions
  • Behaviour change
  • Patient and Public Involvement
Connect with Judith

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 8558

Dr Kate Greenwell

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Intervention development and evaluation
  • Digital Health
  • Supporting carers, families, and couples

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Kate

Email: [email protected]

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