UCL Health Psy

The UCL TechSharing Seminar Series is back! Join us at 12-2pm on Thursday 16th Jan for a discussion about the development, evaluation and implementation of health technologies in low-resource settings: eventbrite.com/e/ucl-techshar… @Health_Eng @uclic @UCLeHealth @LSHTM

Excited to take over as moderator for the CBC Digi-Hub - ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-chan… Do contact me if you'd like to blog about a recent digital health focused paper/event/policy, express your views on a timely topic or have ideas for online/face-to-face events: olga.perski@ucl.ac.uk

Are you a UCL #ECR (PhD or postdoc) working in digital or medical technologies? Want to impact what support and training UCL's ECR community receives? Join our Careers Delivery Group as an ECR Champion! It's a chance to grow skills, build CV & make change: ucl.ac.uk/healthcare-eng…

#UCLBehaveChange An exciting opening exists for a behavioural scientist with a strong track record in academic research and scientific writing. Applications close 24 June. For more information on the role and to apply, visit: bit.ly/2Eo5UG7 @SusanMichie

Our new paper in @AddictionJrnl “Understanding and using time series analyses in addiction research” provides researchers with an overview of many of the time series analyses available and guidance on sample size, reporting, and interpretation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

The CBC Summer School is on tour! We are launching the North American Summer School in partnership with the University of Dalhousie, Nova Scotia in June. Spaces are limited, to register: ucl.ac.uk/lifelearning/c… @drpaulchadwick @curran_janet @fabilorencatto @SusanMichie

Our @SusanMichie kicking off what promises to be a very exciting conference with more than 50 oral and 50 poster presentations over the next 2 days! #CBCCONF19

If you’d like some food for thought, come along to the ‘Healthy Diets’ session at #CBCconf19 to bite into some research on #healthyvendingmachines, #gamification, #waningmotivation @kerstinfrie @meldaloisg @sanderhermsen. Register here bit.ly/2QuysS0

Our #openaccess paper on the development and initial psychometric evaluation of the ‘DBCI Engagement Scale’ is now available in TBM: academic.oup.com/tbm/advance-ar… @SusanMichie @annblandford @robertjwest @ClaireVGarnett @dhc23

What can we expect from #wellbeing interventions i.e. the duration of effects; future implementation in the workplace and scalability of digital interventions? Come to the #CBCconf19 to join this interesting panel discussion. Register here bit.ly/2QuysS0

Come along to #CBCconf19 where our very own @SusanMichie will be leading a debate on the role of trust and integrity in #ArtificialIntelligence & #HealthBehaviourChange. Register here bit.ly/2QuysS0

Come along to #CBCconf19 where @DrSherryPagoto and colleagues will debate how to translate behaviour change research into applied digital health to optimise impact. Register for the conference here: bit.ly/2QuysS0

UK Goverment calls for more research on impact of screens/social media on children and young people. #CBCCONF19 perfect opportunity for academics and industry to collaboration on this critical issue! 8/9 April ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-chan…

AMA calls for greater use of digital interventions to extend the reach and improve US Diabetes Prevention Programs bit.ly/2Bb27ub. Digital support for dietary and physical activity change is one of key themes for #CBCCONF19 - join us on 8/9th April to learn more.

We are delighted to launch the CBC Enviro-Hub on 21st February as a new #network for #researchers interested in #behaviouralscience and the #environment. Join us at @UCL for the launch event from 4.30-6.30pm with networking drinks. eventbrite.com.au/e/launch-of-th…

PhD Studentship available with @dkwasnicka, Suzanne Robertson, and me in Curtin (AUS) and Aberdeen (UK). More info here: scholarships.curtin.edu.au/scholarships/s… Involves time in Curtin and Aberdeen. Deadline 10/01

Miss #uksbm2018 last week? Read a summary of the digital health #behaviourchange research presented there in our new Digi-Hub Blog by @LauraMKoenig blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cbc-digi-hub-b… @UKSBM @UKSBM_ECN

#UKSBM2018 ⁦@LindaBauld⁩ Brilliant keynote asking ‘Should we be alarmed by an epidemic of vaping in UK youth?’ Answer: Current vaping among never smoking youth remains at less than 1%. This might change of course so we keep watching closely

Looking for an opportunity to join the CBC team? We are now recruiting for a Teaching Fellow/Senior Teaching Fellow with the CBC. For more information and to apply, see here: ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-chan… #behaviourchange #UCL #HigherEducation #teaching