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Name: Dr Carrie Llewellyn C. Psychol

Academic position: Lecturer in Health Services Research

Research: Health services research / health psychology


Contact details:

Room 321
Mayfield House
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
University of Brighton
Brighton BN1 9PH
UK

Tel: +44 (0)1273 642187
Fax: +44 (0)1273 644440

E-mail:

Biography:

  • BSc (Hons) Psychology with Biology, University of Plymouth, 1997
  • MSc Health Psychology , University College London & King’s College London, 1999
  • Chartered Health Psychologist Status, British Psychological Society, 2003
  • PhD in Psychology as Applied to Medicine, King’s College London, 2005
  • Research Fellow, Department of Oral Medicine & Pathology/ WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer and Pre-Cancer, Guy’s, King’s & St Thomas’ School of Medicine & Dentistry, 1999-2002
  • Visiting Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, 2005-2006
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Division of Primary Care & Public Health, BSMS, 2005-2006
  • Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, 2007-2009


Teaching focus:

I contribute to the teaching of epidemiology, public health and research methods to medical undergraduates at BSMS and the teaching of research methods at the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine (IPGM). In addition, I supervise module 404 (IRP) research projects and run a third year student selected component (Module 307). I also teach psychology and statistics on the Intercalated BSc in Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.

 

Research focus:

My main research interests are in the area of adaptation to ill health and measuring health outcomes, primarily in the field of head and neck cancer. Also, in the application of social cognition models to the understanding of health behaviours and outcomes in a range of illness groups (e.g. haemophilia, cancer, hay fever, sexually transmitted infections) including adherence to treatment regimens and medication, satisfaction with information and quality of life issues. More recently, I have been investigating the acceptability of novel screening methods for sexually transmitted infections using multi-research methods.

 

Grants:

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) HTA (2008) The relative clinical and cost-effectiveness of three contrasting approaches to partner notification for curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs): a cluster randomised trial in primary care.  £558,000     Cassell, Rait, Smith, Roberts, Llewellyn, Copas, Richens, White, Estcourt, Macintosh, Symonds

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (2008) Testing for sexually transmitted infections: an assessment of user preferences £155,000      Llewellyn, Miners, Fisher, Smith, Cairns, Richardson & Hankins

Cancer Research UK (2007) Population and Behavioural Sciences Award: Assessing the psychological mechanisms related to benefit finding in head and neck cancer patients: Implications for a coping based intervention £40,000. Llewellyn CD & McGurk M 

ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (2009) ‘Bursary for Training’ £600


Current activities:

  • Co-editor of Health Psychology Update, 2006-present
  • Brisbane Initiative Fellow 2006-2008
  • Editorial Board Member: British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 2004- present
  • Peer reviewer for various psychological and clinical journals and funding bodies

 

Professional memberships:

  • The Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) 2007-present
  • Division of Health Psychology (DHP) 2003-present
  • European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) 2001-present
  • British Psychological Society (BPS) 1995-present

 

Book chapter


Llewellyn, CD. (2009) Quality of Life measures in head and neck cancer. Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures. Eds: V.R Preedy and RR Watson Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg   - in press

 

Key/recent publications:

 

Wade J, Smith H, Hankins M, Llewellyn CD Conducting oral examinations for cancer in general practice: What are the barriers?   Family Practice  in press

Sayer C, Fisher M , Nixon E, Nambiar K, Richardson D, Perry N, Llewellyn C
Will I, Won’t I? Why do MSM present for PEPSE? Sexually Transmitted Infections Published Online First: 15 December 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2008.033662

Wayal S, Llewellyn C, Smith H, Hankins. M, Phillips A, Richardson D, Fisher M on behalf of the Home Sampling Kit Project Steering Group (2009). Self-sampling for oropharyngeal and rectal specimens to screen for sexually transmitted infections: acceptability among men who have sex with men Sexually Transmitted Infections  85:60-64

Llewellyn CD, Pollard A, Smith HE & Fisher M. (2009) Exploring perceptions towards home testing kits for sexually transmitted infections: Focus groups with men who have sex with men   Journal of Health Services Research & Policy  14: 35-43

Llewellyn CD, Weinman J, McGurk M, Humphris G. (2008) Can we predict which head and neck cancer survivors develop fears of recurrence? Journal of Psychosomatic Research 65: 525-532.

Alexander S, Ison C, Parry J, Llewellyn C, Wayal S, Richardson D, Phillips A, Smith H, Fisher M. On behalf of the Brighton Home Sampling Kits Steering Group. (2008) Self taken Throat and Rectal Swabs Are appropriate for the Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Asymptomatic Men who have Sex with Men Sexually Transmitted Infections 84:488-492.

Hankins MC & Llewellyn CD (2008) Is the Satisfaction with Cancer Information Profile (SCIP) valid for tailoring information for patients with head and neck cancer? BMC Cancer, 8:164

Harrington S, McGurk M, Llewellyn CD (2008) Positive consequences of head and neck cancer: Key correlates of finding benefit. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 26 (3) 43-62.

Llewellyn CD, Weinman J, McGurk M. (2008) A cross-sectional comparison study of cognitive and emotional well-being in oral cancer patients. Oral Oncology, 44 (2) 124-132.

Llewellyn CD, McGurk M, Weinman J. (2007) Illness and treatment perceptions after diagnosis with head and neck cancer. Is Leventhal’s common sense model a useful framework for determining changes in outcomes over time? Journal of Psychosomatic Research 63,17-26

Llewellyn CD, McGurk M, Weinman J. (2007) The relationship between individualised QoL and HR-QoL following diagnosis with head and neck cancer. Are illness and treatment perceptions determinants of judgement based outcomes? British Journal of Health Psychology, 12,421-437

Llewellyn, CD & Themessl-Huber, M. (2006) Could the future leaders of Primary Care Research be Health Psychologists? Health Psychology Update 15 (3)

Llewellyn CD, McGurk M, Weinman J. (2006) Head and Neck Cancer: To what extent can psychological factors explain differences between health related quality of life (HR-QoL) and individualised QoL? British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 44, 351-357

Llewellyn CD, McGurk M, Weinman J. (2006) How satisfied are pre-treatment head and neck cancer patients with the information they receive about their treatment? Results from a new measure: the Satisfaction with Cancer Information Profile (SCIP) Oral Oncology, 42, 726-734

Llewellyn CD, Horne R, McGurk M, Weinman J. (2006) Development and preliminary validation of a new measure to assess satisfaction with information amongst head and neck cancer patients: The Satisfaction with Cancer Information Profile (SCIP) Head & Neck, 28 (6) 540-548

Llewellyn CD, McGurk M, Weinman J. (2005) Are psycho-social and behavioural factors related to Health Related- Quality of Life in patients with head and neck cancer? A systematic review. Oral Oncology; 41: 440-454.

Llewellyn CD, McGurk M, Weinman J. (2005) Striking the right balance: a qualitative pilot study examining the role of information on the development of expectations in patients with head and neck cancer. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 10:2; 180-193.

Llewellyn CD, Linklater K, Bell J, Johnson NW, Warnakulasuriya KAAS (2004) An analysis of risk factors for oral cancer in young people: a case-control study. Oral Oncology 40: 304-313.

Llewellyn CD, Johnson NW, Warnakulasuriya KAAS. (2004) Risk factors for oral cancer in newly diagnosed patients aged 45 years and younger: A case control study in Southern England. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine 33: 525-532.

Llewellyn CD, Johnson NW, Warnakulasuriya KAAS. (2004) Factors associated with delay in presentation amongst younger patients with oral cancer. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontics; 97:707-713.

Llewellyn CD, Linklater K, Bell J, Johnson NW, Warnakulasuriya KAAS (2003) Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity in patients aged 45 years and under: a descriptive analysis of 116 cases diagnosed in the South East of England from 1990-1997. Oral Oncology 39(2): 106-114.

Llewellyn CD, Miners AH, Lee C, Harrington C, Weinman J. (2003) The illness perceptions and treatment beliefs of individuals with severe haemophilia and their role in adherence to home treatment. Psychology and Health 18(2): 85-200.

Llewellyn CD & Warnakulasuriya S (2003) The impact of stomatological disease on Oral Health Related Quality of Life. European Journal of Oral Sciences 111: 297-304