DHP Scotland Annual Scientific Meeting 2025
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DHP Scotland – Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) 2025
Morning event: Postgraduate Showcase: Celebrating and Inspiring Health Psychology Trainees
Our Postgraduate Showcase and Networking Event will promote, celebrate, and inspire health psychology trainees. We will hear from speakers from different training routes including Professional Doctorate, NES, independent route, and PhD and will have a panel discussion and Q&A session with presenters. We will also have posters from other current or recent trainees.
There will be opportunities to find out more about what different training routes entail, and the benefits and challenges of each. All welcome!
Afternoon event: ASM
The DHP Scotland Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) 2025, held on 19th February at the AK Bell Library in Perth, will feature engaging discussions on applying health psychology to 'real-world' challenges. The event includes networking activities, expert talks, and insights into health behaviour interventions, focusing on topics like cancer screening and other innovative health psychology applications.
Location
AK Bell Library
2 - 8 York Pl, Perth PH2 8EP
Registration
Registration is now closed.
Pricing
- BPS Member £48.00 inc VAT
- DHP Member £36.00 inc VAT
- Non-Member £60.00 inc VAT
- Student £24.00 inc VAT
Contact us: If you have any questions please contact us at [email protected]
Programme
Postgraduate event (Sandeman room)
10:30 | Tea & coffee on arrival
10:45 – 12:50 | A Showcase of Health Psychology Competencies: Celebrating and Inspiring Health Psychology Trainees (open to postgrads and full members)
12:50-13:30 | Lunch (for those attending the morning session only)
16:15 – 16:50 | Speaker 3 | Health psychology and forensic mental health: a perfect fit? (Alison Eadie - The State Hospital)
ASM (Soutar theatre)
13:15 | Tea & coffee on arrival
13:30 – 14:00 | Welcome by Chair
14:00 – 14:45 | Networking Activity (Link & Learn? Connect & Collaborate?)
14:45 – 15:25 | Speaker 1 | Applying health psychology to improve cancer screening uptake (Professor Katie Robb – University of Glasgow)
15:25 – 15:40 | Coffee break
15:40 – 16:15 | Speaker 2 | Prevention is key: Preconception health and health psychology (Dr Sinéad Currie – University of Stirling)
16:15 – 16:50 | Speaker 3 | TBC
16:50 – 17:00 | Closing remarks
Head to dinner
Speaker bios
Prof Katie Robb is Professor of Behavioural Science and Health at the University of Glasgow, UK. The aim of her research is to improve cancer outcomes by the application of behavioural science and multi-disciplinary collaboration, and main areas of research interests include: improving access to cancer screening; reducing inequalities in cancer screening; developing cancer communications that are accessible, engaging and supportive.
Dr Sinéad Currie is a Senior Lecturer and HCPC registered Health Psychologist at the University of Stirling, where she has worked since 2015. Her research focuses on the health of women and their families, before, during and after pregnancy. She is the lead for the Scottish Preconception Health Research Network, which is funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and is an executive committee member of the UK Preconception Partnership. Her work is highly multidisciplinary and she is currently co-leading a working group on preconception health with the Scottish Government.
Alison is a Health Psychologist with a passion for providing compassionate, integrated psychological care. With experience across NHS services and private practice, Alison has developed a special interest in working therapeutically with people who experience gut, bowel and bladder conditions, as well as integrating health psychology practice into NHS services. Alison currently works in The State Hospital in Lanarkshire, a high secure forensic mental health hospital that provides care and rehabilitation for men who present a high risk of violence to others and experience severe mental illness. Here, she has developed a health psychology model of care that is tailored to the unique needs of the patient group. Her talk will explore how this model of care has been grounded in health psychology theory and clinical practice, and propose that it addresses an otherwise unmet need within secure services.
Talks
Professor Katie Robb: Applying health psychology to improve cancer screening uptake Cancer screening can prevent cancer deaths if the people invited participate. In this talk, Katie will discuss how health psychology can be applied to help our understanding of cancer screening behaviour and inform intervention development to improve uptake and reduce inequalities in participation.
Dr Sinéad Currie: Prevention is key: Preconception health and health psychology. Preconception health refers to the health of men and women prior to pregnancy. This can span days, weeks, months and years before conception. Engagement in positive health behaviours in the preconception period can improve fertility, optimise epigenetics, reduce risks of offspring susceptibility to a variety of cardiometabolic diseases and future obesity. Hence, preconception health and behaviours can strongly influence intergenerational cycles of health and have significant societal impact. In this talk, I will discuss key literature and challenges in this research area. I will present the importance, and potential impact, health psychology approaches can have in improving preconception health and outcomes.
Alison Eadie: Health psychology and forensic mental health: a perfect fit?
This talk will explore the application and integration of health psychology theory and clinical practice within the State Hospital, a high secure forensic mental health in Lanarkshire.