Professor Lucy Yardley
MSc(Soton.), PhD(Soton.)
Current positions
Professor
School of Psychological Science
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Research interests
I have a longstanding interest in how best to empower patients and people in the community to take control over their illness and treatment. I am addressing this question through the development and evaluation of numerous digital interventions for members of the public and health professionals, including interventions to support weight management, physical activity, reduction of infection transmission and antibiotic over-use, and self-management of numerous long-term health conditions (including cancer, hypertension, diabetes, back pain, asthma, cognitive decline and many other health problems). After carrying out large clinical trials of these interventions showing they are cost-effective (published in Lancet, BMJ and similar journals) they are made available nationally and internationally through partnerships with the public, third and private sector. Through this work I have pioneered the 'Person-Based Approach' (see www.personbasedapproach.org) which combines in-depth mixed methods research with co-design and behavioural analysis to develop and optimise accessible and effective healthcare solutions. In total, I have over 500 publications (Google Scholar), resulting in over 30,000 citations and an h index of 80. I have been chief investigator on grants totalling over £10 million and principal or co-investigator on grants totalling well over £75 million (funding bodies include NIHR, MRC, ESRC, EPSRC, EC and medical charities).
I am a NIHR Senior Investigator and my roles at University of Bristol include behavioural theme lead for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration-West and the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit and co-Director (Research) for the Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Health and Care. I have a continuing role at University of Southampton as Director of the LifeGuide Research Programme and the Behavioural Science theme of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. Previous roles have included Editor-in-Chief of Psychology & Health (journal of the European Society for Health Psychology), core or expert topic member of NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) panels in public health, behaviour change (technology) and antimicrobial stewardship, and member of research funding panels for NIHR, MRC and medical charities.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Adapting online infection control training for care home staff
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The existing online infection control intervention, Germ Defence, will be adapted for care home settings using the Person Based Approach.Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/11/2021 to 30/09/2023
8103 COVID-19 Mapping and Mitigation in Schools (CoMMinS) : MR/V028545/1
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/09/2020 to 31/03/2022
An analytical framework for Test, Trace and Isolate in the UK: optimising and targeting deployment alongside other measures
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/09/2020 to 31/08/2021
COVID-19: A mixed-methods evaluation of advice on isolation and health-seeking to contain transmission
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
30/03/2020 to 29/09/2021
8103 Data Donation: Personal Data for Health Research & Policy Making
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/03/2019 to 28/02/2021
Publications
Recent publications
09/01/2024Cost-effectiveness of two online interventions supporting self-care for eczema for parents/carers and young people
European Journal of Health Economics
Online behavioural interventions for children and young people with eczema
British Journal of General Practice
Understanding people's experiences of the formal health and social care system for co-occurring heavy alcohol use and depression through the lens of relational autonomy
Addiction
A complex ePrescribing-based Anti-Microbial Stewardship (ePAMS+) intervention for hospitals combining technological and behavioural components
Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Applying machine-learning to rapidly analyze large qualitative text datasets to inform the COVID-19 pandemic response
Frontiers in Public Health