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Associate Professor of Health Psychology, University of Leeds

After graduating with a BA in Social Psychology from the University of Sussex, Ian undertook a D.Phil. entitled “Evaluating Brief Theory-Based Interventions to Promote Health Behaviours”, supervised by Professor Charles Abraham, and funded by an ESRC studentship award. Ian then accepted a post as Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Care Research at the University of Brighton, co-authoring a scoping exercise for the National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D, entitled “Concordance, Adherence and Compliance in Medicine Taking” with Professor Rob Horne.

Ian subsequently joined the Primary Care Unit at the University of Cambridge in the role of research psychologist, developing behaviour change interventions on a series of randomised controlled trials related to diabetes screening, medication adherence, and self-monitoring & physical activity. Since 2013, Ian has been in post as Lecturer in Health and Social Psychology, in a joint role between the Bradford Institute for Health Research and the Institute for Psychological Sciences at the University of Leeds.

Ian is interested in the gap between intentions and behaviour in relation to health behaviours, such as medication adherence, diet and exercise, and patient safety. His current activities include research on the role of sleep in patient safety events, the effects of online social support on asthma medication adherence, and the potential for mobile sensiing data to account for differential effects of green space on health and well-being.

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    Associate Professor of Health Psychology, University of Leeds