Affiliation 

University of Manchester

Bio 

Lucie Byrne-Davis is a Professor of health psychology at University of Manchester, UK and an HCPC registered Health Psychologist. Her research and practice are about the translation of health psychology to support behaviour change, particularly in health workers. She is responsible for the behavioural and social sciences education of the undergraduate medical students in University of Manchester. She is co-founder of The Change Exchange, a collaborative of health psychology professionals working to understand, drive and evaluate change in health partnerships between the UK and low- and middle-income countries. In response to Covid-19, she co-founded The Health Psychology Exchange, a 150+ strong collaborative supporting public health, health and care during Covid. She co-created The Cards for Change, which help people to learn about using behaviour change techniques in education and training, and in smoking cessation. Lucie is a Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society, a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Chair Elect of the Division of Health Psychology of the British Psychological Society.

Title

Experiences of the evidence to practice pipeline for UK psychology in Covid-19

Abstract 

Covid-19 saw a surge in volunteering across the UK. Inspired by this, Professors Lucie Byrne-Davis, Jo Hart and Angel Chater founded The Health Psychology Exchange: to deliver health psychology expertise into public health, health and care organisations. In this talk, Lucie Byrne-Davis will outline the activities of the exchange, the development of a new network of health psychology professionals, and what its success tells us about how we could improve health psychology in the future.

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