Austyn Snowden

Prof Austyn Snowden serves as a Professor at the School of Health and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University. With over two decades of research activity, his work focuses on mental health, cancer care, spiritual care, physical activity interventions, and nursing education. He has led multiple funded projects and mentored PhD students in cardiac rehabilitation and cancer caregiving.

• Email: A.Snowden@napier.ac.uk

Research Interests span three key areas: (1) Mental Health & Physical Activity, examining how behavioural change interventions improve wellbeing and adherence to therapy; (2) Spiritual Care, particularly through Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) and chaplaincy roles in primary/acute care; (3) Cancer Survivorship, emphasizing holistic needs assessment and unscheduled care prevention.

Recent Publications (2022-2024) analyze caregiving dynamics, CVAD patient experiences, and spiritual care during pandemics. His work consistently explores interdisciplinary collaboration, qualitative methodology, and patient self-management.

Students Supervised:

• Jenny Young - Longitudinal study on male cancer caregiving
• Linda Kelly - Vascular access device challenges