Dr Lynn Williams
Reader
Psychological Sciences and Health
Personal statement
I am a Reader in Psychology within the Department for Psychological Sciences and Health. In teaching and research I specialise in Health Psychology. I have held a number of senior leadership roles, most recently as Head of Department for Psychological Sciences and Health (2021-2024) and previously as Athena SWAN lead and as a Programme Leader. I joined the Department in January 2017, having previously worked at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) for nine years. I completed my PhD in Health Psychology and MSc in Psychological Research Methods at the University of Stirling and undergraduate Psychology degree at the University of Glasgow.
My research and teaching expertise is within the area of health psychology. I am interested in adjustment to chronic health conditions from a strengths-based perspective, with a recent focus on gynaecological health. I am also interested in the barriers and facilitators to health behaviour change, including vaccination behaviour. I have received funding from The Chief Scientist Office in Scotland, the NIHR, and the AHRC.
Publications
- A qualitative investigation into the role of illness perceptions in endometriosis-related quality of life
- Moore Chloe, Cogan Nicola, Williams Lynn
- Journal of Health Psychology Vol 28, pp. 1157-1171 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231183230
- "It's like a constant black cloud" : a qualitative investigation of the impact of endometriosis on quality of life
- Moore Chloe, Williams Lynn, Cogan Nicola
- 15th World Congress on Endometriosis (2023)
- People, plastic, and behaviour change – a comment on drivers of plastic pollution, barriers to change and targeted behaviour change interventions
- MacDonald Anna, Allen Deonie, Williams Lynn, Flowers Paul, Walker Tony R
- Environmental Science: Advances Vol 2, pp. 551-557 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D2VA00248E
- Barriers and enablers to influenza vaccination uptake in adults with chronic respiratory conditions : applying the behaviour change wheel to specify multi-levelled tailored intervention content
- Gallant Allyson J, Flowers Paul, Deakin Karen, Cogan Nicola, Rasmussen Susan, Young David, Williams Lynn
- Psychology and Health Vol 38, pp. 147-166 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2021.1957104
- Barriers and facilitators to the future uptake of regular COVID-19 booster vaccinations among young adults in the UK
- Williams Lynn, Gallant Allyson, Brown Lily, Corrigan Kathleen, Crowe Katrina, Hendry Emma
- Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics Vol 18 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2129238
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health and social care workers during mass vaccination in Scotland
- Cogan Nicola, McInnes Lisa, Lingg Vanissia, Rasmussen Susan, Flowers Paul, Williams Lynn
- Psychology, Health and Medicine , pp. 1-15 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2121975
Teaching
My teaching interests are in Health Psychology and I supervise dissertation students on the MSc Clinical Health Psychology.
Research Interests
- Chronic health conditions
- Health behaviour change
- Gynaecological health
- Vaccination behaviour
Professional Activities
- Strath Methods series of seminars
- Invited speaker
- 1/9/2022
- Measuring Health Related Behaviour Change Workshop
- Participant
- 1/3/2021
- Webinar - Life with the coronavirus vaccine
- Recipient
- 1/12/2020
- Public webinar: 'Improving Vaccine Uptake in Scotland: Implications for COVID-19, influenza and other adult vaccines.'
- Speaker
- 29/7/2020
- Infographic - Factors affecting flu vaccination in adults with chronic respiratory conditions in Scotland
- Recipient
- 2020
- College of Experts - DHSC/UKRI Global Effect on COVID-19 Health Research call
- Recipient
- 2020
Projects
- Moral obligation, epistemology and public health: the case of vaccine hesitancy
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Feb-2022 - 31-Jan-2024
- A mixed-methods investigation of the role of illness perceptions in endometriosis
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator) Moore, Chloe (Post Grad Student) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator)
- 01-Oct-2020
- Strathclyde COVID-19 Research Portfolio: Novel testing, digital health support and third sector collaboration for impact on social care
- Bedford, Tim (Principal Investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Dunlop, Mark (Co-investigator) Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator) Fleming, Leanne (Co-investigator) Flowers, Paul (Co-investigator) Grealy, Madeleine (Co-investigator) Hoskisson, Paul (Co-investigator) Hunter, Iain (Co-investigator) Janssen, Xanne (Co-investigator) Kirk, Alison (Co-investigator) Knifton, Lee (Co-investigator) Lenhart, Otto (Co-investigator) Maguire, Roma (Co-investigator) Morton, Alec (Co-investigator) Quinn, Neil (Co-investigator) Scott, Fraser (Co-investigator) Suckling, Colin (Co-investigator) Ward, Andrew (Co-investigator) Williams, Lynn (Co-investigator)
- 01-May-2020 - 16-Mar-2021
- Improving older adults' vaccination uptake: are existing measures of vaccine hesitancy valid and reliabe for older people?
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator) Brown Nicholls, Louise (Co-investigator) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Feb-2020 - 31-Jul-2020
- Psychological barriers to seasonal influenza vaccination uptake in those with chronic respiratory disease: A mixed methods study
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- Psychological barriers to seasonal influenza vaccination uptake in those with chronic respiratory disease: A mixed methods study
- 01-May-2019 - 30-Apr-2020
- The dyadic effects of personality on health in romantic couples
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Sep-2018 - 31-Aug-2019
Contact
Dr
Lynn
Williams
Reader
Psychological Sciences and Health
Email: lynn.williams@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted