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Research interests
Current roles
I am a Principal Lecturer for the University of Hertfordshire's Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
Within my role, I lead the programme's health and wellbeing research stream, I co-lead and teach the research methods curriculum, as well as providing the course’s research supervisor continuing professional development programme, and co-ordinating the research supervisor mentor arrangements.
I am also a registered clinical psychologist, with clinical experience in physical health and medical settings. Currently, I am working as a co-investigator on an NIHR-funded project to develop and validate an experience measure for paediatric kidney patients.
Current research
As an academic, my research primarily focuses on the psychological impact of physical health conditions, including diabetes self-management and the impact of technology on this, and other long-term health difficulties. I supervise clinical doctorate trainees pursuing research in my areas of interest.
Key current projects focus on:
- The impact on eating behaviour of glucose monitoring devices used by people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
- Type 1 diabetes and disordered eating/eating disoders
- Transition in diabetes care
- Bariatric surgery
- Suicide bereavement
Doctoral research completions
I have previously supervised doctoral research in the areas of:
- Bereavement, death, and dying
2024: Unspoken stories: Exploring the narratives of self-defined family members who have experienced suicide bereavement
2024: Understanding the experiences of people who are considering ending their lives by assisted dying: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
2023: Understanding the perspectives of UK-based family members of people who have chosen to end their life by assisted dying
2023: Giving hope to rebuild lives: Practical and emotional support for those bereaved by road traffic collisions
2021: Women’s narratives of miscarriage and their role in identity construction
- Diabetes and disordered eating
2024: If only my glucose monitor knew: A study of letters written to flash and continuous glucose monitors by those who living with co-occurring type 1 diabetes and disordered eating
2022: The impact of flash glucose monitoring on adults with type 1 diabetes with respect to their eating behaviour and their relationship with food
- Eating disorder presentations
2024: Trainee Clinical Psychologists' attitudes and clinical judgements in relation to client weight in eating disorder presentations
2022: Clinicians’ perspective on factors contributing to the development of childhood-onset anorexia
- Physical and mental health conditions impacting individuals and families
2024: Words left unspoken: Exploring the unspoken narratives of self-defined family members supporting somebody who has survived a suicide attempt
2023: The Social Processes Maintaining Engagement in Repetitive Self-Harm
2023: Childhood cancer diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: Parents’ perceptions of the impact on family functioning
2020: Assistant, trainee and qualified psychologists’ personal experiences of caring for others and the influence of caring on clinical practice
- Interventions
2024: What happens at the horses stays at the horses: The impact of Equine Assisted Learning on young people at risk of educational disengagement relationships to education
Teaching specialisms
Research methods and practices
Research mentoring
Education/Academic qualification
Associate Fellow (AFHEA), Teaching and Supporting Learning
Award Date: 21 Sept 2023
Professional Development Course for External Examiners, Advance HE
Jun 2020 → Jul 2020
Applied Psychology, PhD, Peer-informed support for parents of burn-injured children, HEI: University of The West of England, Bristol
Jan 2016 → Jan 2020
IHI Quality Improvement Coach, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
May 2019 → Nov 2019
Consultancy Skills in Health Psychology, HEI: University of The West of England, Bristol
May 2016 → May 2017
Clinical Psychology, DClinPsy, Self-reported quality of life and attitude towards illness of children and young people with chronic kidney disease, HEI: University of Sheffield
Oct 2010 → Jun 2015
Psychological Research Methods, MSc, Attitudes towards deliberate self-harm: A field-based study using vignettes, HEI: University of Nottingham
Oct 2006 → Jul 2007
Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, BSc, The effect of delay on memory-guided reaching movements when using visually defined targets: Is there evidence to support the theory of two separate visual streams?, HEI: University of Nottingham
Oct 2003 → Jun 2006
External positions
Senior Clinical Psychologist offering supervision, NHS - East London NHS Foundation Trust
Nov 2022 → Apr 2023
Bank Senior Clinical Lecturer, NHS - Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT)
Jan 2022 → Jun 2023
Consultant, Road Victims Trust
Jan 2022 → …
External Examiner, HEI: King's College London
Feb 2021 → Dec 2024
External Examiner, HEI: The University of Bradford
Feb 2021 → Nov 2024
Externaml Examiner, The University of Wolverhampton
Feb 2021 → Jan 2025
External Examiner, Teesside University
Nov 2020 → …
Senior Clinical Psychologist, NHS - East London NHS Foundation Trust
Oct 2018 → Sept 2022
Senior Clinical Psychologist, NHS - North Bristol NHS Trust
Sept 2017 → Mar 2018
Clinical Psychologist, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Jul 2017 → Nov 2018
Associate Lecturer, HEI: University of The West of England, Bristol
Sept 2016 → Jun 2017
Clinical Psychologist, NHS - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Feb 2014 → Sept 2015
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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PPREM: Development of a Kidney Paediatric Patient Reported Experience Measure: Developing and validating an experience measure for under 18 year olds
Wellsted, D. (PI), Busby, A. (CoI) & Heath, J. (CoI)
1/04/24 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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An exploration of staff wellbeing and burnout within a UK-based NHS mental health inpatient unit
Juneja, S., Nah, R. & Heath, J., 7 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 14, 2, p. 1-11 11 p., 0034.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Words Left Unspoken: Exploring the unspoken narratives of loved ones supporting a person who has survived a suicide attempt
Brockett, L., High, K., Dauhoo, F. & Heath, J., 15 Apr 2025, In: OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bloomers on the washing line: The use of metaphor in EDI developments at Hertfordshire DClinPsy
Basedau, N., Rishworth, B., Heath, J., Scott, J., Adlington, R., Karwatzki, E., Taiwo, A. O. & Kemp, N., 13 Dec 2024. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Accessing an Assisted Death from the UK: Navigating the Legal ‘Grey’ Area
Knights, M., Dean, H., Dees, M. & Heath, J., 18 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Death Studies. p. 1-10 10 p., 2414264.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How do people story their experience of miscarriage? A systematic review of qualitative literature
Wallis, E., Heath, J. & Spong, A., 13 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. 41, p. 1-7 7 p., 100997.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › peer-review
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