Dr Abigail Hucker

• Qualifications:BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, CPsychol, AFHEA
• Position:Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology
• Department:School of Social Sciences
• Telephone:+441179656261
• Email:Abigail.Hucker@uwe.ac.uk

About me

I am a Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology and joined UWE in January 2025. Prior to this I worked as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire where I also completed my PhD in 2020. 

I completed a BSc (Hons) in Psychology at the University of Surrey. As part of this, I undertook a placement year where I worked on a twin study at the Institite of Psychiatry, King's College London. Following my Undergraduate degree, I completed an MSc in Health Psychology at King's College London. As part of the MSc, I completed a placement at King's College Hospital with a Clinical Psychologist in the Paediatric Sickle Cell and Thamassaemia Team. I completed a PhD in Health Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, and my thesis explored non-adherence to immunosuppressants among adult Kidney Transplant recipients. 

At UWE, I am the programme lead for the MSc Health Psychology, and module lead the Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Health module on the programme. I am also the module lead for the Undergraduate third year Health Psychology module. I also supervise Undergraduate and Postgraduate dissertation projects, and Doctoral students within my areas of expertise. 

Area of expertise

I am interested in health-related research, including physical health and wellbeing, understanding and perceptions of health, and experiences of living with long-term health conditions. My research interests fall mainly within Qualitative research with a focus on Thematic Analysis, and Systematic reviews.

I am a member of the Psychological Sciences Research Group (PSRG). 

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