Jaynie Rance

Professor Jaynie Rance is a Professor of Health Psychology at Swansea University's School of Psychology, serving as Director of Postgraduate Research and academic leader for the School's PGR Academy. She holds Chartered Psychologist (C.Psychol) status and is HCPC-registered in Health Psychology. Her research focuses on Applied Health Psychology, Lifestyle Behavior Change, and Psychosocial Interventions for chronic conditions, emphasizing Realist Evaluation methods for complex interventions. She has led evaluations of healthcare services and interventions across Wales and internationally.

Research Interests:

• Psychosocial interventions for long-term conditions
• Health behavior change strategies
• Realist evaluation of complex interventions
• Health services research

Grants & Projects:

• Welsh Government: Process Evaluation of Winter Pressure Themes (£10k, 2020)
• Kidney Wales Foundation: Chronic Kidney Disease Intervention (£30k, 2018)
• Realist Evaluation of Gellinudd Recovery Centre (£30k, 2016)
• MRC-funded Active Children Through Incentive Vouchers (£50.8k, 2012)

Teaching Roles:

• Module Lead for PS-M006 (Health & Wellbeing Psychology)
• Work Placement Module (PSY311)
• Chronic Illness Psychology (SHVM42)

Supervision & Mentoring: Currently supervising PhD projects on parental burnout prevention, health visiting stress, and pandemic impact on ambulance staff wellbeing. Past students include work on CTS management and maternal health in Saudi Arabia.