Prof Sue Sherman

I am a Professor of Psychology at the University of Sheffield, having moved there in August 2024 after working at Keele University for 19 years. My main research focus is on understanding the psychosocial barriers and facilitators to immunisation (HPV, COVID-19, varicella) and cancer screening (cervical and HPV self-sampling) uptake. I work closely with patient and charity stakeholders as well as representatives from public health bodies in the UK and New Zealand, and colleagues at other universities to deliver research with demonstrable impact on policy and practice.

Much of my research has a health equity focus and I am interested in the public, patient, and healthcare provider perspectives. I currently lead an NIHR funded research project "Cervical screening for women with physical disabilities: barriers and solutions" and I am supervising a PhD on communication around HPV positive head and neck cancers.