Academic staff
Dr Kerry Wood
woodk6@lsbu.ac.uk
Institute of Health and Social Care
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8523-3182 (unauthenticated)
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I am a registered Health Psychologist combining experience of clinical practice, quality improvement and research. I have a BSC (Hons) in Psychology, a Masters Degree in Health Psychology, a PhD in Psychology and a PG Cert in Health Psychology Practice. I moved to LSBU in 2016 from the University of Surrey, where I am a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Psychology conducting research, teaching on the Health Psychology module and supervise Masters students.
My research interests centre around behaviour change in chronic illness, specifically obesity, diabetes and mental health. I have conducted and published much research investigating eating behaviours (e.g. binge eating and emotional overeating) in patients undergoing bariatric surgery for weight loss, as well as around the role of the Health Psychologist in bariatric services.
I primarily design, deliver and evaluate large trials (process evaluations using mixed methods) and my most recent work have evaluated the Allen Carr's Easyway to stop smoking, Mental Health First Aid in the workplace, and identity transitioning in patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
My current role involves evaluating an artificial intelligence system for appointment management in the NHS. Other projects I am currently involved in include evaluating a NICE approved diabetes structured education programme for patients with Type 2 diabetes, testing the efficacy fo a minimally invasive glucose monitoring device (feasibility), cross-addiction in patients post bariatric surgery for weight loss and evaluating a service to reverse the escalating rates of child obesity and its long-term impact on chronic disease, through improved dietary quality.
University of Surrey
University of Kent
University of Kent
University of Surrey
Providing a Health Psychology 1-1 service to pateints with chronic health conditions
| Funder | Year won | Project | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sava Technologies | 2022 | Sava Technologies Consultancy Project | Principal Investigator |
| Innovate UK | 2021 | X-Pert Health - UK Scaleup programme | Principal Investigator |
| Proposal | Project | Role | Funder | Status | Status last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burden on carers - Hospital at Home | Burden on carers - Hospital at Home | Co-Investigator | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | OPEN In preparation | Mar 2023 |
| X-Pert Health - UK Scaleup programme | X-Pert Health - UK Scaleup programme | Principal Investigator | Innovate UK | OPEN Approved for submission | Nov 2021 |
| X-PERT Diabetes Digital Programme | X-PERT Diabetes Digital Programme | Principal Investigator | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | OPEN Submitted | Nov 2021 |
Multiple group membership, optimistic bias and infection risk in the context of emerging infectious diseases
Frings, D., Wills, J., Sykes, S., Wood, K. and Albery, I. (2023). Multiple group membership, optimistic bias and infection risk in the context of emerging infectious diseases. European Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000127
eHealth literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic: seeking, sharing, suspicion amongst older and younger UK populations
Sykes, S., Wills, J., Trasolini, A., Wood, K. and Frings, D. (2021). eHealth literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic: seeking, sharing, suspicion amongst older and younger UK populations. Health Promotion International. 37 (1), p. daab103. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab103
New converts and seasoned campaigners: the role of social identity at different stages in the addiction recovery journey
Frings, D., Wood, K.V. and Albery, I.P. (2021). New converts and seasoned campaigners: the role of social identity at different stages in the addiction recovery journey. Drugs, Education, Prevention and Policy. 28 (5), pp. 496-503. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2021.1914551
Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid from the Perspective Of Workplace End UseRs-EMPOWER: protocol of cluster randomised trial phase.
Atanda, Opeyemi, Callaghan, Patrick, Carter, Tim, Durcan, Graham, O'Shea, Nick, Brown, Steve D, Reavey, Paula, Vangeli, Eleni, White, Sarah and Wood, K. (2020). Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid from the Perspective Of Workplace End UseRs-EMPOWER: protocol of cluster randomised trial phase. Trials. 21 (1), p. 715. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04636-0
Multidimensional eHealth Literacy for Infertility
Sykes, S., Wills, J., Frings, D., Church, S. and Wood, K. (2020). Multidimensional eHealth Literacy for Infertility. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17 (3), pp. 966-966. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030966
Comparison of Allen Carr's Easyway programme with NHS-standard specialist cessation support: a randomised controlled trial
Frings, D., Albery, I., Moss, A., Brunger, H., Burghelea, M., White, S. and Wood, K. (2020). Comparison of Allen Carr's Easyway programme with NHS-standard specialist cessation support: a randomised controlled trial. Addiction. 115 (5), pp. 977-985. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14897
Tales of hope: Social identity and learning lessons from others in Alcoholics Anonymous: A test of the Social Identity Model of Cessation Maintenance
Frings, D, Wood, K, Lionetti, N and Albery, I (2019). Tales of hope: Social identity and learning lessons from others in Alcoholics Anonymous: A test of the Social Identity Model of Cessation Maintenance. Addictive Behaviors. 93 (2019), pp. 204-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.02.004
Online and face-to-face extended brief interventions for harmful alcohol use: client characteristics, attendance and treatment outcomes
Frings, Daniel, Hogan, Cassandra J., Jn-Pierre, Kerlin H., Wood, K., Holmes, Mark and Albery, Ian P. (2018). Online and face-to-face extended brief interventions for harmful alcohol use: client characteristics, attendance and treatment outcomes. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. 33 (3), pp. 415-426. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2018.1555516
Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Allen Carr’s Easyway programme versus Lambeth and Southwark NHS service for smoking cessation.
Wood, KV, Albery, IP, Moss, AC, White, S and Frings, D (2017). Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Allen Carr’s Easyway programme versus Lambeth and Southwark NHS service for smoking cessation. BMJ Open. 7 (12), p. e016867. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016867