Dr Ella Guest

• Qualifications:BSc Psychology; MSc Health Psychology; Professional Doctorate Health Psychology
• Position:VTCTF Foundation Senior Research Fellow Centre for Appearance Research (CAR)
• Department:Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences (HAS)
• Telephone:+441173287045
• Email:Ella.Guest@uwe.ac.uk

About me

Dr Ella Guest is a Senior Research Fellow, Associate Lecturer, and Registered Health Psychologist at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR), University of the West of England, Bristol. Her mixed-methods research focuses on the psychosocial impact of appearance-altering conditions, with particular interests in skin conditions, psychosocial adjustment, social media, and visual research methods.

Ella has developed and evaluated psychosocial interventions and co-produced educational resources to support individuals with appearance-altering conditions. Her work explores how social media influences psychosocial wellbeing, shapes health-related meaning-making, and can be used to reduce stigma and improve access to health information.

She collaborates with NHS services, national charities, and academic colleagues across Europe.

Ella regularly shares her work at international conferences and meetings and has taught across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in psychology and science communication. She supervises undergraduate, MSc, Professional Doctorate, and PhD students at UWE and University College London. She is also a member of the Editorial Board for the international journal Body Image.

Area of expertise

Health psychology, appearance research, visible difference, positive body image, social media, appearance-related stigma, skin conditions, psychodermatology, visual research methods, psychosocial adjustment, pain

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