Lucy Yardley is a senior investigator at the National Institute for Health Research and has a continuing role at the University of Southampton as Director of the LifeGuide Research Programme, and the Behavioural Science theme of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre.
13 Facts About Lucy Yardley
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Lucy Yardley then took up an appointment as a research demonstrator in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southampton, which gave her the opportunity to begin a PhD at the interface of audiology and psychology.
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Lucy Yardley's research involved looking at psycho-physiological aspects of vestibular function and dysfunction.
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Lucy Yardley held a professorship at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care and Health Sciences, University of Oxford.
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Lucy Yardley has an international reputation for developing and evaluating health behaviour change and self-care interventions, with a particular focus on internet-based interventions.
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Lucy Yardley specializes in using mixed and qualitative research methods.
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Lucy Yardley developed the person-based approach' to intervention development with her research group, which draws together qualitative research and user-centred design methodology to develop a deep understanding of the views and experiences of potential users and the contexts in which they live.
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Lucy Yardley then led the EPSRC-funded 'UBhave' programme to develop software for creating interventions for mobile phones, known as the 'LifeGuide Toolbox'.
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Lucy Yardley has led MSc and PhD programmes in Health Psychology, served as Head of the School of Psychology for 3 years, and supervised over 20 PhD students.
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Lucy Yardley has been a core member of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence public health committee, topic expert member for other NICE committees, and a member of research funding panels for the National Institute for Health Research, the Medical Research Counsel and medical charities.
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Lucy Yardley was awarded the title of Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2010, and in 2018 she was elected as a Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
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Lucy Yardley has numerous highly cited publications and has won major funding awards as principal investigator and co-investigator across various funding bodies.
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Lucy Yardley was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to the Covid-19 response.