Personal profile
Overview
- Senior Lecturer in Psychology
- Chartered Psychologist
- Member of the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology
- Committee member and past Chair of the British Psychological Society's Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section
My research interests include:
- experiences of receiving and delivering healthcare
- patient and family experiences of living with and managing long-term/palliative illness conditions
- the acceptability of treatment and health-promotion interventions
- communication and collaboration in and across health and social care settings
I specialise in qualitative research/ qualitative evidence synthesis. I have a particular interest in developing inclusive approaches to research across a range of applied (healthcare and community) settings. I have been involved (with Professor Nigel King and colleagues) in the development of the Template Analysis approach to qualitative data analysis and the visual elicitation interview tool, Pictor. In addition to my teaching at the university, I also deliver external (NHS/ university) training on qualitative data collection and analysis.
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The development and validation of a menu healthiness assessment tool (Menu-Health) for small-to-medium sized businesses in the UK out-of-home food sector
Brearley, J., Brooks, J., Colombet, Z., Finlay, A. & Robinson, E., 1 Aug 2026, In: NFS Journal. 43, 100269.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acceptability and implementation of a comprehensive digital diabetes self-management platform (MyWay Diabetes): A qualitative protocol
Hawkes, R., Ashpole, D., Baxter, M., Bickerton, A., Osei-Kwasi, H., Rutter, M., Taylor, D., Wake, D. J., Willis, T. & Brooks, J., 12 Jun 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ Open.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adopting the lens of the COM-B behaviour change model to qualitatively explore and understand public health implications of young adults' attitudes towards death-talk
Morgan-Duggan, C., Brooks, J., Graham-Wisener, L. & Rowland, C., 2 Oct 2025, In: BMC Public Health. 25, 1, 16 p., 3307.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing a Data Note reporting guideline for qualitative health and social care research datasets (the DeNOTE study): A study protocol
Long, H., Toomey, E., Stevenson, F., Brooks, J., Stewart, A. & French, D., 3 Jul 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is There an ‘Equalizing Tendency’ in Temporal Bisection in Humans?
Wearden, J., Bajic, K. & Brooks, J., 21 Feb 2025, In: Timing and Time Perception. p. 1–19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of the clinical impact and cost-utility of a comprehensive digital diabetes self-management platform
Rutter, M. (PI), Kontopantelis, E. (CoI), Brooks, J. (CoI), Rogers, G. (CoI) & Allen, T. (CoI)
1/06/24 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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(MCHP) : Manchester Centre for Health Psychology
Peters, S. (PI), Ulph, F. (PI), Arden Armitage, C. (Researcher), Borrelli, B. (Researcher), Bowen, A. (Researcher), Byrne-Davis, L. (Researcher), Edge, D. (Researcher), French, D. (Researcher), Hart, J. (Researcher), Todd, C. (Researcher), Skevington, S. (Researcher), Wearden, A. (Researcher), Cotterill, S. (Researcher), Brooks, J. (Researcher), Brown, L. (Researcher), Bull, E. (Researcher), Cordingley, L. (Researcher), Epton, T. (Researcher), Smith, D. (Researcher), Speer, S. (Researcher), Powell, R. (Researcher), Bartlett, K. (Researcher), Coupe, N. (Researcher), Shepherd, S. (Researcher), Dienes, K. (Researcher), Ghio, D. (Researcher), Hood, A. (Researcher), Lavallee, J. (Researcher), Rowland, C. (Researcher), Benton, J. (Researcher), Goldthorpe, J. (Researcher), McWilliams, L. (Researcher), Keyworth, C. (Researcher), Goulding, R. (Researcher), Loughran, M. (Researcher), Hawkes, R. (Researcher), Kapadi, A. (Researcher), Hurley, R. (Researcher), Leather, J. (Researcher), Musa, C. (Researcher), Angelakis, I. (Researcher), Reid, C. (Researcher), Reid, H. (PGR student), Hulme, L. (PGR student), Hindmarch, S. (PGR student), Plant, S. (Researcher), Peterson, J. (Researcher), Woof, V. (PGR student), Devereux-Fitzgerald, A. (Researcher), Sawyer, C. (Researcher), Wilkes, J. (Researcher), Birtwell, K. (Researcher), Stringer, G. (Researcher), Tang, M. Y. (Researcher), Coupe, N. (Researcher), Hamnett, C. (Support team), Lyons, S. (Researcher), Hulme, L. (PGR student) & Lee, R. (Researcher)
1/09/10 → …
Project: Research
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Enabling Caribbean People to Live Well with Dementia: Development 'Dementia-Friendly', Community Hubs with Black Majority Churches.
Edge, D. (PI), Brooks, J. (CoI), Brown, L. (CoI) & Keady, J. (CoI)
1/10/21 → 18/07/25
Project: Research
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MAHSC Neuroscience Domain Pump-Priming Awards:
Jones, A. (PI), Bower, P. (CoI), Brooks, J. (CoI), Brown, C. (CoI), Casson, A. (CoI), Charalambous, C. (CoI), Sivan, M. (CoI), Taylor, J. (CoI) & Trujillo-Barreto, N. (CoI)
1/04/21 → 14/06/21
Project: Research
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GM Diabetes My Way.
Rutter, M. (PI), Allen, T. (CoI), Brooks, J. (CoI), Kontopantelis, E. (CoI) & Sutton, M. (CoI)
1/10/18 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
Activities
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Chair, Qualitative Methods in Psychology section, British Psychological Society
Brooks, J. (Other)
4 Jul 2019 → 4 Jul 2021Activity: Internal positions, CPD, programme/unit design, other peer review and other › Other › Research
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British Psychological Society Annual Conference
Brooks, J. (Member of programme committee)
2 May 2018Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Qualitative Psychology and the REF day
Brooks, J. (Discussant)
27 Apr 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Exploring culture and experience: Choosing methodologies in qualitative research
Brooks, J. (Discussant)
26 Apr 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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British Psychological Society Early Career Researcher steering group
Brooks, J. (Other)
2018 → …Activity: Internal positions, CPD, programme/unit design, other peer review and other › Other › Research
Impacts
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Evaluating MyDiabetesMyWay (a data driven platform to enable self-management of diabetes) for suitability to roll out across NHS England
Rutter, M. (Corresponding participant), Allen, T. (Participant), Kontopantelis, E. (Participant), Brooks, J. (Participant), Sutton, M. (Participant), Gittins, M. (Participant), Goldthorpe, J. (Participant) & Rogers, G. (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Policy, Economic, Attitudes and behaviours