Susan Michie is an advisor to the British Government via the SAGE advisory group on matters concerning behavioural compliance with government regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
23 Facts About Susan Michie
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Susan Michie obtained a BA in experimental psychology from University College, Oxford in 1976, an MPhil in clinical psychology from the Institute of Psychiatry in 1978, and a DPhil in developmental psychology from University College, Oxford in 1982.
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Susan Michie is a chartered clinical psychologist and a chartered health psychologist, and a fellow of the British Psychological Society.
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Susan Michie worked as a clinical psychologist with children and families at the Royal Free Hospital, London.
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Susan Michie developed a psychology service for staff, an organisational consultancy service for managers and taught a variety of professions.
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Susan Michie's research focused on the areas of antenatal care and screening, and occupational stress in health care staff and students.
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In 1993, Susan Michie moved to the Psychology and Genetics Research Group, King's College London where she conducted research into the process and outcome of genetic counselling, public and professional attitudes towards genetic testing, informed choice and decision making about prenatal screening and genetic testing, and the psychological impact of predictive genetic testing.
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Susan Michie continued her clinical work, consultancy and research at the Royal Free Hospital's Occupational Health and Safety Unit part-time.
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In 2002, Susan Michie joined the Psychology Department of University College London, where she is Professor of Health Psychology.
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Susan Michie is director of UCL's Centre for Behaviour Change and of its Health Psychology Research Group.
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Susan Michie leads the Human Behaviour-Change Project funded by the Wellcome Trust.
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Susan Michie has served as president of the European Health Psychology Society and chair of the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology.
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In July 2022, Susan Michie was appointed chair of the WHO's Behavioural Advisory Group.
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Susan Michie will advise the WHO on how to increase adherence to vaccination campaigns and other initiatives that influence national health policy.
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Susan Michie was elected a Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 2001, the Academy of Social Sciences in 2010, the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2017, the British Academy in 2021, the European Health Psychology Society, and the US Society of Behavioral Medicine and Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.
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In 2019, Susan Michie was named winner of the British Psychological Society Research Board's Lifetime Achievement Award for her world-leading work creating a coherent language of behaviour change.
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In 2009, Susan Michie became a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies and convened its subgroup, the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Behaviour group.
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Susan Michie sits on the Independent SAGE committee, chaired by Sir David King.
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Susan Michie frequently contributes to national news media during the COVID-19 pandemic as an expert in behaviour change, notably in May 2020 when a government advisor left the city and thus broke the government's COVID-19 rules.
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Susan Michie was married from 1981 to 1997 to the trade union official Andrew Murray and has three children.
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Susan Michie married psychologist Robert West, Emeritus Professor at University College London, in 2009.
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Susan Michie is a member of the Communist Party of Britain and was a member of its predecessor, the Communist Party of Great Britain.
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Susan Michie has stated that her political positions are unrelated to her scientific advice.