School of Life & HealthScience Aston University Aston Triangle Birmingham B4 7ET UK
Email: g.heath1@aston.ac.uk Tel: 0121 204 4008 Room: SW513
Applied Health Research Group
Aston Research for Children's and Young people's health (ARCHY)
I joined Aston University in 2014, having completed the Qualification in Health Psychology (Stage 2) and a PhD at the University of Birmingham as part of the Child Health theme of the NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) programme for Birmingham and Black Country.
My current position as a Research Fellow and Health Psychologist is jointly funded by Aston University and Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves carrying out applied health psychology research and practice with children, young people and their families.
The health and care of children, young people and their families
Adherence to treatment
Transition to adulthood
Health care quality and service improvement
Behaviour Change Interventions
Development, implementation and evaluation of psychological interventions to change health and illness related cognitions and behaviours
Qualitative methodologies
Descriptive phenomenology
Lifeworld research
Framework Analysis
Qualitative evidence synthesis
2013: Stage 2 Qualification in Health Psychology (Distinction), British Psychological Society
2013: PhD Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham
2009: Graduate Certificate Mental Health Studies, Birmingham City University
2008: MSc Health Psychology (Distinction), Aston University
2007: Graduate Diploma Psychology, University of Wolverhampton
2005: BA (Hons) Education with Social Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Cardiff University
2014 - present: Research Fellow and Health Psychologist Life & Health Sciences, Aston University & Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
2009 - 2014: Trainee Health Psychologist & NIHR CLAHRC Researcher Research & Development, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
2008 - 2009: Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service, South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust
2008 - 2008: Assistant Psychologist The Cancer Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Registered Health Psychologist, Health and Care Professions Council
Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society
Full Member of the Division of Health Psychology, British Psychological Society
Member of the Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section, British Psychological Society
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