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Joint Director, Manchester Centre for Health Psychology (2021 to date)
Co-Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Research Unit (EDI-RU) GMH (2021 to date)
Lead for Greater Manchester qualitative and health psychology stream of the NorthWest NIHR Research Design Service
Editorial board memberships
External Examiner: MSc Health Psychology, St Andrews
Past Academic lead for Postgraduate Researcher Experience (Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health) (2016-2021)
Past Chair of Training and Education committee for Division of Health Psychology, BPS (2009-2013)
My research focuses on healthcare communication, particularly within challenging contexts, such as medically unexplained symptoms, unhealthy behaviours and suicide. The goal of my work is to improve patient care and a key aspect is how to equip health professionals to communicate more effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues.
I use a range of methods but specialise in how to integrate qualitative methods within randomised controlled trials to examine mechanisms of action, acceptability, feasibility and implementation of psychological and educational interventions.
Current Doctoral Students
Sanaa Hyder - Navitaging cultural differences in Primary care consultations (Presidents Doctoral Scholar)
Hannah Talbot - Language of the 'Teachable Moments' in midwifery (MRC funded)
Lucy Hulme - Behaviour change conversations during postnatal clinical encounters (funded by the University of Manchester)
Lauren Lucas - Therapeutic alliance in the context of community stroke services (Funded by Stroke Association)
Danielle Mountain - Pain experience of children and young people with musculoskeletal conditions (Funded by the Pain Relief Foundation)
Chantelle Escobar - Supporting communication between women and GPs during postnatal consulations
Olivia Sonola-Jones. Talking about pain and distress in paediatric pain consultations
Charlotte Huggett - Communication practices to develop therapeutic alliance during suicide-focused psychotherapy
Natalie Berry - Mechanisms for managing suicide thoughts and behaviours in the context of psychosis
Kerry Hozhabrafkan - Developing guidelines for safe and acceptable research into suicide experiences (funded by Mental Health Research UK)
Dalil Alshammari - Facilitating dentist-parent communication to prevent oral health problems in children
Tarnjit Sidhu - Impact of dyadic communication on the illness experience of people with CFS/ME (Funded by MRC)
Completed Doctoral Students
I have supervised 27 students to completion. Examples include:
Maha AlSubhi - Development and trajectory of obesity-related health behaviours in the context of refugee populations (2023)
Lauren Rockcliffe - Developing a theoretical understanding of the concept of 'Teachable Moments' in the context of pregnancy (awarded 2022, MRC-funded)
Rebecca Goulding - Developing an intervention to empower older people with multi-morbidity to communicate more effectively in primary care consultations (awarded 2022, NIHR funded)
Lisa O'Brien - The impact of gastrointestinal dysmotility disorders on relationships (awarded 2021)
Kamelia Harris - Resiliance in psychosis. (awarded 2021, funded by Mental Health Research UK)
Stephanie Lyons - Development and evaluation of a theory-informed intervention to support women with a BMI>30 to breastfeed (awarded 2020, ESRC funded)
Nia Coupe - Weight management in people from economically deprieved settings (awarded 2020, NIHR-CLHARC funded)
Verity Longley - The role of dementia in accessing stroke rehabilitation (awarded 2018, NIHR-CLHARC funded)
Donna Littlewood - The role of sleep in suicidal thoughts/behaviours (awarded 2018, MRC funded)
Katherine Twist - Patients experience of dysmotility disorders (awarded 2017)
Anne Dewhurst - Behaviour change talk about weight mangement in routine primary care consultations (awarded 2017, MRC funded)
Caroline Clements - Multi-methods investigation of suicide in bipolar disorder (awarded 2017)
Samantha Tucker - Clinical communication challenges for men following prostate cancer treatment (awarded 2015)
Anna Chisholm - Training medical students in obesity management (awarded 2013, UoM funded)
Joanna Goldthorpe - Development and evaluation of a cognitive behavioural intervention for chronic oro-facial pain (awarded 2012, NIHR funded)
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):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Peters, S., Ulph, F., Arden Armitage, C., Borrelli, B., Bowen, A., Byrne-Davis, L., Edge, D., French, D., Hart, J., Todd, C., Skevington, S., Wearden, A., Cotterill, S., Brooks, J., Brown, L., Bull, E., Cordingley, L., Epton, T., Smith, D., Speer, S., Powell, R., Bartlett, K., Coupe, N., Shepherd, S., Dienes, K., Ghio, D., Hood, A., Lavallee, J., Rowland, C., Benton, J., Goldthorpe, J., McWilliams, L., Keyworth, C., Goulding, R., Loughran, M., Hawkes, R., Kapadi, A., Hurley, R., Leather, J., Musa, C., Angelakis, I., Reid, C., Alshammari, D., Mountain, D., Hooper, E., Gates, E., Johnson, F., Lomas, F., Kaplan, G., Cross, H., Foote, H., Long, H., Reid, H., Hamer, J., Sibasa, K., Hozhabrafkan, K., Al Abri, K., Lucas, L., Millard, L., Hulme, L., Dhanwani, M., Sonola-Jones, O., Sfakianaki, R., Broadbent, R., Crone, R., Husni, R. R., Mank, S., Booth, S., Hindmarch, S., Plant, S., Mace, S., Sehmbi, T., Macintyre, V., Vidayanti, V., Peterson, J., Woof, V., El-Khani, A., Devereux-Fitzgerald, A., Chisholm, A., Sawyer, C., Hope, H., Wilkes, J., Birtwell, K., Bakur, K., Stringer, G., Mohd Faudzi, F. N. B., Checketts, M., Tang, M. Y., Coupe, N., Crook, R., Hamnett, C., Lyons, S., Longley, V., Hulme, L., Mountain, D., Talbot, H., Lucas, L., Ecob, C., Huggett, C., Hozhabrafkan, K., Hyder, S. & Lee, R.
1/09/10 → …
Project: Research
Morrison, A., Davies, L. & Peters, S.
1/03/20 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
Lee, R., Cordingley, L., Mcdonagh, J., Peters, S. & Thomson, W.
1/01/20 → 31/03/23
Project: Research
Sarah Peters (Assistant editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Sarah Peters (Assistant editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Sarah Peters (Assistant editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Bayliss, K. (Contributor), Riste, L. (Contributor), Band, R. (Contributor), Peters, S. (Contributor), Wearden, A. (Contributor), Lovell, K. (Contributor), Fisher, L. (Contributor) & Chew-Graham, C. (Contributor), figshare , 4 Jun 2016
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3597167.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Implementing_resources_to_support_the_diagnosis_and_management_of_Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome_Myalgic_Encephalomyelitis_CFS_ME_in_primary_care_A_qualitative_study/3597167/1
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Longley, V. (Contributor), Peters, S. (Contributor), Swarbrick, C. (Contributor) & Bowen, A. (Contributor), figshare , 28 Mar 2018
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.4052324.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/What_influences_decisions_about_ongoing_stroke_rehabilitation_for_patients_with_pre-existing_dementia_or_cognitive_impairment_a_qualitative_study_/4052324/1
Dataset
Haddock, G. (Contributor), Davies, L. (Contributor), Evans, E. (Contributor), Emsley, R. (Contributor), Gooding, P. (Contributor), Heaney, L. (Contributor), Jones, S. (Contributor), Kelly, J. (Contributor), Munro, A. (Contributor), Peters, S. (Contributor), Pratt, D. (Contributor), Tarrier, N. (Contributor), Windfuhr, K. (Contributor) & Awenat, Y. (Contributor), figshare , 11 Feb 2016
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3600323.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Investigating_the_feasibility_and_acceptability_of_a_cognitive_behavioural_suicide_prevention_therapy_for_people_in_acute_psychiatric_wards_the_INSITE_trial_study_protocol_for_a_randomised_controlled_trial/3600323/1
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