Behaviour Change Meeting Seminar: Dr Rachael Hewitt
| Dates: | 3 April 2025 |
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| Times: | 15:00 - 16:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Dr Rachael Hewitt |
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The Behaviour Change Meeting Group at The University of Manchester has the purpose of bringing together academics and clinicians across several institutes who are working with behaviour change, intervention development and/or implementation theory. We usually meet online on the first Thursday of the month at 3pm, inviting external speakers and internal speakers to discuss and gain feedback on their latest research in the field. We have a range of health and clinical psychologists in the group as well as epidemiologists, nurses and physiotherapists who work with a range of different short-term and long-term conditions in different contexts (public, patient and healthcare professional groups).
If you would like to be added to the email list to hear about future meetings, please contact Rhiannon Hawkes: rhiannon.hawkes@manchester.ac.uk
Our next Behaviour Change Meeting will be held on Thursday 3rd April 2025 at 3pm, where we have Dr Rachael Hewitt presenting on ‘The Think Quit Study: Empowering nurses to address smoking cessation with hospital patients in Wales’
Rach is a Senior Health Behaviour Change Specialist at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (NHS Wales) where she holds a clinical research post and advises the Local Public Health Team on use of Behavioural Science in practice. Rach is also a Trainee Health Psychologist enrolled on the British Psychological Society’s Stage 2 Qualification in Health Psychology.
Previously Rach worked in the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University, conducting applied psychological, inter-disciplinary and international research mainly in the field of medical dermatology. In June 2024, Rach completed her PhD, which involved co-developing a complex digital behaviour change intervention for adults living with skin conditions, with input from patients. In 2023, Rach was awarded a Rising Star Scholarship to deliver an invited presentation at the 25th World Congress of Dermatology in Singapore. To date, she has 20 peer reviewed publications and research funding from industry and charity partners totalling £350K.
Rach has expertise in clinical communication and is an experienced Motivational Interviewing (MI) practitioner. Previously she led the national implementation and evaluation of a specialist training programme called PsoWell™ designed to upskill dermatology specialists in MI to address the psychological impact of psoriatic conditions and support health behaviour change with patients during consultations. She has since led and facilitated MI workshops worldwide and continues to help improve the communication between patients and practitioners.
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Speaker
Dr Rachael Hewitt
Biography: Senior Health Behaviour Change Specialist and Trainee Health Psychologist. Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (NHS Wales)
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