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Dr. Liz Whelen is a Chartered Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Chester, serving as Undergraduate Programme Director for the BSc Psychology degree. With professional experience in the NHS and prior academic appointments at Liverpool Hope University and University of Liverpool, she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Educational background includes:
- PhD from University of Manchester
- MPhil and MA from University of Liverpool
- BA in Psychology and Mathematics from University of Liverpool
Research interests focus on:
- Social media's impact on body image
- Digital health interventions
- Chronic illness patient experiences
- Behavior change mechanisms
- Vaping effects on smoking behaviors
- Psycho-oncology and desire for hastened death
Publications include psychometric validation of cancer impact assessment tools and critical examinations of eating disorder measures in elderly populations. Recent work addresses psychological adaptation in cancer survivors.
Teaching spans health and social psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including contributions to the MSc Psychology Conversion and MSc Applied Psychology programmes. She has developed curriculum for courses on psychological wellbeing and core psychology topics.
