sarah.wilkie-ryan@bristol.ac.uk

Project Title: Development of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention to Support Behaviour Change for Hazardous Drinkers

Supervisors: 

Dr Jon Bird, School of Computer Science

Dr Angela Attwood, School of Psychological Science

Prof Leah Avery, Teesside University

General Profile:

I have an Undergraduate Diploma and a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology from Charles Sturt University in Australia, these were undertaken as conversion courses as my original Bachelors was in Business Management. During my studies I also worked simultaneously in mental health, residential care for looked-after children and substance misuse. I started my MSc in Health Psychology in 2018 just after the birth of my son and completed it in 2020 just after the birth of my daughter making it a busy couple of years. Most recently I worked as an Assistant Psychologist in Neurorehabilitation for the MOD assessing patients after stroke and brain injury. My professional experiences have given me a lot of insight into working with people with co-morbid difficulties and supporting people in changing maladaptive behaviours through difficult life challenges. I am passionate about improving health outcomes for under-represented groups and am looking forward to developing ways of integrating behaviour change theories with adaptable technologies to empower individuals to enact and sustain health behaviour changes.