charles abraham

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Curriculum Vitae, July 2017

Charles Abraham B.A., D.Phil., C.Psychol., FBPsS., FEHPS., FHEA.

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University of Exeter Medical School,
St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK
http://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/about/profiles/index.php?web_id=Charles_Abraham

CV Contents Page

Overview 2 - 6
Brief Biography 2
Research Expertise 2
Illustrative Research 3
Citations and H Index 4
International Collaboration and Reputation 4
Reviewing Contributions 4
Translating Research in Practice 4
Translating Research into National Policy 5
Professional Leadership 5
Professional Service and Training 5
Administrative Experience 6
Teaching and Training 6

Positions Held, Qualifications, Memberships and Fellowships 7 - 8

Research Funding 9 - 14

Publications 15 - 33

Doctoral supervision, funding and examining 34 - 37

Editorial and reviewing responsibilities 38

Invited and refereed presentations 39 - 52

Teaching experience 52- 54
Overview

Brief Biography

I am an applied social and health psychologist specialising in translational health research. My
research focuses on the design, evaluation and implementation of interventions designed to change
behaviour patterns, especially those with the potential to improve public health and health care
effectiveness. I have has led, and collaborated on, many multidisciplinary, cross-institutional and
international research projects and my research has had practice and policy impact. I have been a
scientific advisor to the UK Department of Health, the UK National Institute for Health and Care
Excellence (NICE) and the UK House of Lords. I was the founding chair of the British Psychology
Society Division of Health Psychology and am registered, practising, health psychologist (UK Health
and Care Professionals Council). I was one of 7 psychologists included in a list of the leading 100
practising scientists in the UK (produced by the UK Science Council in 2014). I am Professor of
Social and Health Psychology at the University of Exeter Medical School and hold honorary chairs at
the Universities of Maastricht, Nottingham, Sussex and Curtin (Australia). Projects on which I have
worked have been funded for more than £23m. I have published 180 peer reviewed journal articles
and have a Google Scholar H Index of 60.

Research Expertise
My work in the University of Exeter Medical School contributes primarily to the university research
themes of (i) “translational medicine, personalised healthcare and public health” but also to (ii)
“climate change and sustainable futures”. My research focuses on:

1) describing and measuring modifiable processes that regulate behaviour patterns
(including explicit and implicit cognitions and affective responses as well as social influence
processes);
2) developing evidence-based, behaviour-change interventions that apply specified
change techniques to (a) disrupt existing behaviour patterns and/or (b) establish new
behaviour patterns;
3) planning feasible, acceptable and sustainable behaviour change interventions in context;
4) conducting evaluations, including process evaluations, of behaviour-change interventions.

I have conducted research on (i) preventive behaviour patterns (e.g., exercise, diet, alcohol use,
smoking and condom use, mainly among young people), (ii) blood and kidney donation (iii) patient help-
seeking (e.g., asthma symptom reporting and uptake of screening), (iv) patient assessment (e.g. pain
measurement), (v) patient adherence (e.g., to malaria prophylaxis and anti-retrovirals), (vi) management
of chronic illness (e.g., diabetes and heart failure) and (vii) staff-client interaction (e.g., care of persons
with learning disabilities).

Methodological Expertise: I employ a range of research methods including experiments (e.g., random
controlled trials), multivariate modelling of longitudinal survey data, systematic reviews (including meta
analyses), behavioural observation, traditional content analysis and qualitative analysis of interview and
group data (including thematic analysis and grounded theory).

Illustrative Research
Below are two illustrations of how my research has developed over time. References can be found in the
publications section below.

Mapping Behaviour-Regulation Processes onto Intervention Design
Understanding the processes that regulate behaviour allows identification of informational, affective,
motivational and self-regulatory change-targets. This facilitates selection of particular change
techniques. Unfortunately, behaviour-change intervention design is often not theory- and evidence-
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based. Abraham et al (1998) reviewed models identifying modifiable components of behavioural
motivation. Michie and Abraham (2004) explored the extent to which health behaviour change
interventions draw upon available evidence. Abraham, Southby et al. (2007) showed that condom
promotion leaflets did not, in general, include evidence-based messages most likely to increase
condom use. This work was highlighted in the government report, “Personal Responsibility and
Changing Behaviour: the state of knowledge and its implications for public policy”. In 2008 Abraham
& Michie (2008) published a standardised, reliable taxonomy of change techniques that could be
reliably identified in descriptions of a variety of behaviour change interventions. Michie, Abraham et al
(2009) showed how, using meta regression, this taxonomy could identify content differences in
behaviour change interventions that explained heterogeneity of effectiveness. de Bruin, Viechtbauer,
Schaalma, Kok, Abraham & Hospers (2010) demonstrated that characterisation of the behaviour
change techniques employed in usual care (control groups) is crucial to interpretation of trail data.
The content of standard care predicts the relative effectiveness of interventions, such that
interventions compared to poor standard care appear more effective. Yet standard care content is not
usually characterised. Recently, I published an extended taxonomy of behaviour change technique
descriptions for healthcare professions in Writing Health Communication: An Evidence-Based Guide
(edited by Abraham & Kools, 2012). In a recent paper we made recommendations for reporting
interventions more fully to facilitate work in this area (Abraham et al., 2014) I am also writing up work
conducted with colleagues at the University of Connecticut on developing a comprehensive and
reliable taxonomy of behaviour change techniques used in interventions designed to prevent
sexually-transmitted (the SHARP taxonomy, Abraham, Huedo-Medina et al., in preparation).

Understanding and Promoting Condom Use
Abraham et al. (1992) provided one of the first tests of the health belief model as a description of the
cognitive antecedents of young people’s condom use. Abraham et al. (1996) extended this work in a
year-long, prospective study. Abraham & Sheeran (1994) reviewed theoretical models and findings
relevant to safer-sex promotion. Sheeran & Abraham (1994) reviewed measures of condom use,
recommending improvements to enhance reliability and validity. Sheeran, Abraham & Orbell (1999)
conducted a comprehensive meta analysis of psychosocial correlates of heterosexual condom use
highlighting the strongest, modifiable correlates. Abraham et al. (1999) explored post-intention,
volitional processes involved in condom negotiation, planning and use recommended use of self-
reported measures of planning in predicting condom use. Wight, Raab, Henderson, Abraham et al
(2002) reported a national randomised controlled trial of a theory-based, sex-education programme
(SHARE) developed for use in Scottish schools. Condom use was a primary outcome measure and
final results were reported by Henderson, Wight, Raab, Abraham et al. (2007). I am working on the
development and evaluation of an HIV-prevention intervention amongst men who have sex with men
on the NIHR-funded, Project PEPSE, see Llewellyn, Abraham et al. (2012) and am currently writing
up the results of a randomised controlled trial of an intervention I helped design and evaluate in
South African schools as part of the EU-funded, Project PREPARE.

Citations and H Index
I have more than 150 papers in press or published in peer reviewed journals and more than 230
publications, excluding abstracts. In July 2017, Google Scholar identified 17,707 citations to my
work and reported an H Index of 60, indicating that 60 of my papers had 60 or more citations.
Google Scholar identified 2 papers cited more than 1,000 times, 10 more than 400 times and 43
more than 100 times.

International Collaboration and Reputation
I have been a visiting researcher at the Universities of Amsterdam and Massey (New Zealand). I have
ongoing, productive collaborations with colleagues at Sussex University, Maastricht University and
Curtin University, Western Australia where I hold visiting chairs as well as at the University of
Connecticut, where I am a Research Associate. I also have ongoing collaborations with colleagues in
Nottingham (where I hold an honorary Chair), Leeds, Sheffield, UCL, Potsdam and Deakin University
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(Melbourne). I am regularly invited to give keynote presentations at national and international
conferences and have been invited to convene international, funded conference symposia.

Media Coverage
My research has also been discussed in psychology texts in newspapers (e.g., The Times Higher
Educational Supplement, The Independent, Daily Mail and Die Zeit) and in popular publications such as
Woman’s Own and Allure. I have provided interviews and discussions on my research on BBC Radio 5,
Radio Five Live, BBC Radio Scotland, London News Radio, Brighton FM, Radio Splash, BBC Devon,
Plymouth Radio.

Reviewing Contributions
I served as UK co-editor of Psychology and Health (the Journal of the European Health Psychology
Society) from 1995 to 1998 editing approximately 40 submissions each year. I have also been a
member of the editorial board and an editorial consultant for the British Journal of Social Psychology and
well as an editorial board member of Annals of Behavioral Medicine. I regularly review manuscripts and
funding bids.

Translating Research into Practice
Most of my research is directed towards improved evidence-based intervention design. For example,
I helped to develop a visual computer-based pain measure which was adopted by clinics in the UK
and Canada (Swanston Abraham et al., 1993). I have also developed a series of safer sex
interventions. Collaborate work with Barbara Krahé (Krahé, Abraham & Scheinberger-Olwig, 2005)
influenced the design of health education materials produced by the Bundeszentrale für
gesundheitliche Aufklärung. More recently I have helped develop school-based, safer sex curricula
for Soutrh African Schools. Work with Aleks Luszczynska (Luszczynska, Sobczyk & Abraham, 2007)
has also demonstrated how the effectiveness of Weight Watchers programmes can be improved.

I am a registered health psychologist and my practice profile was audited and approved by the UK
Health and Care Professional Council in 2013. Part of my professional practice focuses on enhancing
local behaviour change practice. I have provided research, staff training (e.g., for school nurses,
youth workers, GPs and social workers) and consultancy for Brighton and Hove, Southampton and
Liverpool on prevention of teenage pregnancy. I was invited to address teenage pregnancy co-
ordinators from across the South East of England and in 2009.

Translating Research into National Policy
During 2003/4 I worked as a research consultant in the UK Department of Health. During 2005-7 I
was a member of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) group which
provided 2007 guidance on behaviour change for the UK health service.
http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph6
In 2011/12 I was the special (scientific) advisor to House of Lords Select Committee on Science and
Technology, Inquiry into Behaviour Change. The report focused on obesity and sustainable transport
and was published in 2011.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201012/ldselect/ldsctech/179/179.pdf
The House of Lords recommended that NICE update its 2007 guidance on behaviour
change. I was a member of the NICE group developing new guidance in 2013 and provided
expert testimony to this group (see below). http://guidance.nice.org.uk/PHG/55

Professional Leadership
At national level, I have represented my profession and discipline in many roles within the British
Psychological Society, the Department of Health, NICE and the House of Lords. I have given advice to
civil servants drafting parts of the 2004 White Paper “Choosing Health”, evidence to the Wanless’ Inquiry
into the UK National Health Service and evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science
and Technology.
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As the founding chair of the BPS Division of Health Psychology (DHP), I was responsible for
establishing the initial committee structure of the DHP and recruiting appropriate members. I chaired this
national committee of sixteen people and co-ordinating the work of four standing sub-committees for two
years. I also chaired the DHP Training committee as past-chair and led a number of MSc and doctoral
validation visits.

At the University of Exeter Medical School (UEMS), I lead the “Psychology Applied to Health” (PAtH)
group within the Institute of Health Research. The group The PAtH group consists of 5 core faculty,
including myself, 8 research fellows and 10 doctoral students. The group’s primary aim is to ensure
that UEMS research involving behaviour change is designed and evaluated in accordance with state-
of-the art behavioural science. I lead the behaviour change research programme of the UEMS
membership of the UK School of Public Health Research (SPHR). UEMS was selected as one of the
8 centres constituting SPHR in 2011 and awarded £1.6m. I also led the “Healthy People Healthy
Environments” theme (one of five themes) in the successful £10m bid to renew our “Collaboration for
Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care”, of which 13 were awarded in the UK.

At Sussex University, I held various positions at university and school/departmental levels. I was elected
for two two-year terms onto the academic governing body (“Senate”). I founded and co-directed the
Centre for Research in Health and Medicine; a Sussex “Centre of Excellence”. I also represented
Psychology on the Life Sciences Research Committee. At School level, I served for many years on the
Psychology “Strategy and Research” group which advised the Head of School. I was centrally involved
in preparing documentation for two Research Assessment Exercises (RAEs) and acted as a consultant
for two other universities preparing for the 2007 RAE. In March 2000 I was “Chair of the “Curriculum
Design, Content and Organisation” group during a Quality Assurance Assessment review of psychology
degrees at Sussex. This aspect of provision was awarded 4 (out of 4). I also served on university
student disciplinary committees.

Supervision and Management of Doctoral Students
Three of my doctoral students will submit their theses in autumn 2017 when I will also take
on a new full-time doctoral student. Two of my current doctoral students are international
students and two are funded by industry. I am currently co-supervisor of one other doctoral
student. Previously, I have supervised 17 successful doctoral students as main supervisor.
These include, including 6 funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and
one Maastricht University student. I have also been an active second supervisor of four
other students including two awarded by Maastricht University. The vast majority of my
doctoral students submit on time or within one term of submission and nearly all publish
their work ,many in leading journals in their fields (papers marked * in publications below).

At Sussex University I served as Director of Doctoral Studies (DDS) in the School of Psychology and
contributed strongly to the successful bid made by the University of Sussex to become an ESRC
Doctoral Training Centre. This DDS role also involved me in School and University-level management
and policy development. In addition, I was responsible for recruitment, supervision, assessment and
monitoring of about 80 doctoral students.

At Exeter University Medical School, I share this role and am Co-Director of Postgraduate Research
representing one of the School’s two research Institutes (the Health Research Institute). In this role I
have joint responsibility for recruitment, supervision, assessment and monitoring of about 100 doctoral
students.

Professional Service and Training
I was the founding Chair of the Division of Health Psychology (DHP) (1997-1999) which established
and regulated the profession of Health Psychology in the UK, prior to transfer of authority to the
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Health and Care Professionals Council in 2009. I also was a member of the team who finalised the
competence-based national qualifications in Health Psychology in the UK. I was a member of the BPS
governing body (Council) and served as Chair of the DHP Training Committee which initially
accredited professional training courses. I led and participated in many accreditation site visits to
stage 1 (MSc) and stage 2 (doctoral level) health psychology training courses.

I am a qualified stage 2 health psychology supervisor and have personally trained 4 Chartered Health
Psychologists (Kelley, Kellar, Wilkinson and Hill). I co-presented a “CREATE” workshop on behaviour
change interventions for European doctoral students as part of the 2004 European Health
Psychology Society conference. I offer annual one-day workshops on behaviour change for the
British Psychological Society which are accredited as continuing professional development. I updated
my equality and diversity and recruitment and interviewing training in 2013.

Administrative Experience
At UEMS, I co-chaired the UEMS Athena SWAN committee. UEMS received an Athena SWAN
bronze award following the submission I jointly led in 2013 and has now been awarded a silver
award. I am Head of the Psychology Applied to Health group, and a member of the Institute of Health
Research (IHR), Heads of Research Group. I was a member of the IHR REF committee. I am also a
member of the steering committee for the Arts & Social Sciences Strategy “Individual and Social
Change” theme. I have updated my equality and diversity and interviewing and recruitment training in
2013. I have served on the UEMS Postgraduate Degrees Committee for nearly five years and in
October 2015 will became Co-Director of Postgraduate Research for UEMS.

At Sussex University I served in a variety of administrative roles, including Admissions Tutor (1995-
1998; with responsibility for undergraduate UCAS applications, open days, interviewing and final
selection) and Chair of Graduate Studies (processing postgraduate admissions, overseeing
postgraduate progress, assessing doctoral research proposals and organising postgraduate/faculty
seminars). I was also Discipline Leader for Psychology, responsible for the overall organisation of
psychology courses run in Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS). Similarly, while working at
Dundee University Medical School, I was convenor of the Behavioural Science programme for medical
students.

Teaching and Training
I enjoy teaching and have provided quality learning environments for students by developing
innovative, up-to-date learning materials including course websites, textbooks, computer-assisted
learning materials and published reports of innovative teaching methods. I have designed, delivered
and evaluated courses on undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in psychology, social
psychology, medicine, nursing and management. These include introductory psychology, research
methods, the psychology of behaviour change, educational psychology, social psychology including
social cognition, group processes and community psychology and health psychology. I have
supervised research at undergraduate, masters, doctoral and post-doctoral levels. My teaching has
received praise from students and external examiners alike. I have been a guest lecturer at
University College London and at Leeds University and I served as external examiner for the MSc.
Social Psychology and the MSc. Organisational Psychology at the London School of Economics. In
2010, the British Medical Association “highly commended” Alder, Abraham et al. (2009) Psychology
and Sociology: Applied to Medicine (see below). A second edition of the textbook I led on (Abraham,
Conner et al., 2008) was published in 2016.

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Positions, Qualifications, Memberships and Fellowships

Present Positions
Professor of Psychology Applied to Health, University of Exeter Medical School since 2011
Adjunct Professor, University of Curtin, Western Australia, since 2013
Visiting Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Sussex since 2011
Honorary Professor of Health Psychology, University of Nottingham since 2010
Research Associate, University of Connecticut since 2007
Honorary Professor of Psychology, University of Maastricht since 2005

Academic Qualifications
B.A. Social Psychology, First Class Honours, University of Sussex, 1978
D.Phil. Social Psychology, University of Sussex, 1982
(Examiners: Rom Harré, Oxford and Gün Semin, Sussex).

Professional Qualifications
Health & Care Professionals Council - registered “Health Psychologist” 2009-date
Qualified Supervisor of Stage 2 Health Psychology candidates 2003-date
Chartered Health Psychologist with current Practising Certificate 1998-date
Chartered Psychologist (C.Psychol). 1998-date
BPS Statement of Competence in Occupational Testing (Level A) 1993-date

Previous Academic Appointments
Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Sussex 1998 -10
Discipline Leader for Psychology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School 2002- 06
External Examiner, MSc’s Social & Occupational Psychology, LSE, London 2001- 04
Reader in Health and Social Psychology, University of Sussex 1996- 98
Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, University of Sussex 1995- 96
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Dundee 1995- 97
Lecturer in Health Psychology, Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health,
University of Dundee 1991- 94
External Examiner BSc Nursing, Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh 1989- 93
Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Dundee 1988- 94
Lecturer in Social Psychology, Dundee Institute of Technology 1984- 90
Lecturer in Psychology, Roehampton Institute of Higher Education 1983- 84
Research Fellow, Anglian Regional Management Centre 1982- 83

Illustrative Consultant Positions
Special Advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee
on Science and Technology, Sub-Committee investigating Behaviour Change 2010-11
Member of Programme Development Group for National Guidelines
on Evidence-Based Behaviour Change Practice,
National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 2005-07 and 2012
Research Consultant, Division of Public Health, Department of Health 2003-04

I have also provided consultancy to;
Cancer Research UK, Alcohol Concern, the Health Education Board for Scotland, Unilever, Shell,
Johnston & Johnston and Danone.

Professional Positions
Honorary Research Consultant, Public Health England 2014-date
Deputy Chair of the BPS Division of Health Psychology (DHP) 1999- 00
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Chair of the DHP Training Committee 1999- 00
Member of the BPS Membership and Qualifications Board 1999- 00
Member of the BPS Board of Examiners in Health Psychology 1999- 00
Founding Chair of the DHP 1997- 99
BPS Council member (representing the DHP) 1997- 99
Chair of the BPS Special Group in Health Psychology 1996- 97
BPS Special Group in Health Psychology, committee members 1996- 97
Member BPS Standing Committee for Teaching Psychology to Other Professions 1992- 95

Memberships of Learned Societies
British Psychological Society - Division of Health Psychology and Social Section,
European Health Psychology Society,
International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity,
International Association of Applied Psychology.

Fellowships
Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society (FEHPS) 2009
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK (FHEA) 2007
Fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology 2006
Fellow of the British Psychological Society (FBPsS) 1999

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Research Funding

Owens, C. & Abraham C., (2017). The Stranger on the Bridge. Medical Research
Council. £121,971.

Smith J. R. [Research Fellow employed by C. Abraham], Abraham C, Borek A, Greaves C, Morgan-
Trimmer S, Gillison F, Jones M, Keable J, Tarrant M, McCabe R. (2016). Identifying and
understanding mechanisms of action in group-based health behaviour change interventions.
MRC/NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) programme. “Mechanisms of action of health
interventions” call. £158,360.

Rodda, S., Dowling, N., Merkouris, S., Cowlishaw, S., Abraham, C., & Hodgins, D. (2016). The
effectiveness of behaviour change techniques used in psychological and self-help interventions for
problem gambling” Gambling Research Exchange Ontario, Canadian $49,881 (£29,216).

Farrimond, H. R. & Abraham, C (2016). Reframing Stop Smoking services in response to e-cigarette
use: An exploratory stakeholder study. Cancer Research UK, £43,167.
Abraham, C. & Denford, S. (2015). Development of cross-cutting training materials on evaluation in
public health. Public Health England. £98,700.
Sandhu H., Eldab, S., Underwood, M, Iglesias, C, Carnes, D, Taylor, S., Manca, A., Abraham, C.,
Seers, K, Rahman, A., Furlan, A. & Balasubramanian, Tysall, C Lall, R, Haywood, H (2015).
Improving the Wellbeing of people with Opioid Treated CHronic pain; I-WOTCH. National Institute of
Health Research: Health Technology Assessment. £1,578,213.

Tarrant, M., Abraham, C., Smith, J., Winlove, C. (2015). Mixed methods assessment of a new
intervention for encouraging responsible alcohol behaviour in the night time economy: the "Club
Host" intervention. Drinkaware, £71,627.

Toumbourou, J., Kelly, A., Rowland, B., Williams, J., Kremer, P., Carter R. & Abraham, C. (2015).
Estimating the contribution of adolescent alcohol misuse prevention to the reduction of alcohol-
related harm in Australia. National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia. $1,790,430.AUD
(£835,231)

C. Abraham, J. Lloyd, K. Wyatt, T. Ford, R Taylor, R. Byng, A. O’Cathain, J. Brannen, A-L Caress, J.
Smith, S. Morgan-Trimmer, F. Gradinger, R Hayes, L Hansford. Testing and developing mixed
method strategies for use in process evaluations of complex interventions £466,000 MRC
Methodology

Abraham, C. (2014). Evaluating a natural policy experiment in community empowerment: The Big
Local – South West Evaluation. National Institute for Health Research, School of Public Health
Research. £222,759.

Abraham, C. (2014). Phase II of - Development of Policy-Directed, Practical, Evidence-Based
Guidance for Public Health Intervention Design and Evaluation in England. National Institute for
Health Research, School of Public Health Research. £111,700.

Smith, J. R. [Research Fellow employed by CA] Greaves, C., Abraham C., Thompson, J., Jones, M.,
Taylor, R. (2014). Community-based Prevention of Diabetes (ComPoD): A randomised trial with a
waiting list control group to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a real-world
community-based diabetes prevention programme. National Institute for Health Research, School of
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Public Health Research. £249,369.

De Visser, Abraham, C., Hart, A., Memon, A., Scanlon, A., Harris, P., Hunt, K., Graber, R, Watten, P.
& Green, S. (April 2014, 18 months). Alcohol refusal skills videos - refinement and feasibility. MRC,
Public Health Intervention Development Scheme. £142,773.

Gilson, R., Llewellyn, C., Shahmanesh, M., Bailey, J. V. Copas, A. Miners, A., Abraham, C.
Richardson, D. Roberts, J. W. Hughes, G., Burns, F., Mann, S., Mercer, C., & Rodger, A. (June 2014
for 24 months) Sexual risk reduction interventions for patients attending sexual health clinics;
feasibility to conduct an effectiveness trial. National Institute for Health Research, Health Technology
Assessment Programme. £492,022.

Logan, S., Stein, K., Bing, R., Abraham, C., Britten, N., Hyde, C. & Richards, D. (2014 for 60
months). Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care in the South West
Peninsula (PenCLAHRC). National Institute for Health Research, £10,000,000. One of 13 CLAHRCs
awarded nationally PenCLAHRC consisted of five research themes. I lead one of these entitled
“Healthy People, Healthy Environments”.

Kothe, E., Skouteris, H., Hagger, M., Nagle, C., Abraham, C., & McNaughton, S. (2014). The role of
trait self-regulation in adherence to dietary guidelines among pregnant women. Faculty Research
Development Grant. Faculty of Health, Deakin University Australia. $17,000 AUD.

Spotswood, F., Haynes, M., Kelly, M., Joinson, A., Griffin, C., Rayner, G., Hart, G., Warde, A.,
Michie, S., Holmes, C. P., & Abraham (2014 – April for 3 years). Seminar Series: Behaviour change'
past, present and future: interdisciplinary responses to behaviour change in policy and research.
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/L001055/1) £30,393.
Bardus, M. (2013). Investigating the use of Web 2.0 and smartphone technologies used in
behavioural interventions for weight management. Swiss National Science Foundation. Application
for 18 month postdoctoral fellowship to be supervised by C Abraham at UEMS (from July 2014 for 18
months). 87,000 Swiss Francs (£59,760 including £6,700

Dalal, H., Taylor, R., Greaves, C., Abraham, C., Green, C., Austin, J., Singh, S., Wingham, J., Lewin,
R., Jolly, K., Davis, R., Williams, R., Geach, L., Packard, J. Doherty, P., Van Lingen, R. & Britten, M.
(2012, October for 60 months). Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure (REACH HF)
National Institute for Health Research, Programme Grant. £1,990,656

Melzer, D., [Director], Abraham, C. [Deputy Director of School of Public Health Research in
Peninsula], Fleming, L. & Stein, K. (2012, April for 60 months) Partnership in National School of
Public Health Research to funds a series of projects National Institute for Health Rsearch.
£1,600,000… Charles Abraham’s role includes…
National Lead for - Development of Policy-Directed, Practical, Evidence-Based Guidance for Public
Health Intervention Design and Evaluation in England.Funded for £87,172
Lead on a systematic review of reviews of sexual health education programmes in Schools. Funded
for £97,943.
Lead for a study of bar ambiance as part of the SPHR “alcohol” theme. Funded for £72,098.
Oversight Management of and Co-Investigator on –
Anderson, R., [PI] Pearson, M., Chilton, R., Abraham, C. Ford, T., Wyatt, K., Buckley Woods, H
(April 2012- April 2013). Implementing health promotion in schools: a realist systematic review of
research and experience in the UK. £92,812.
Oversight Management of.
Garside, R. [PI] Husk, K., Lovell, R. Cooper, C. (April 2012- April 2013). What are the health
benefits of taking part in environment/conservation activities for different groups of people?
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