Dr Lynn Williams
Reader
Psychological Sciences and Health
Personal statement
I am Associate Dean for REF and Research Culture in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and a Reader in Psychology within the Department for Psychological Sciences and Health. In teaching and research I specialise in Health Psychology. I have held a number of senior leadership roles, most recently as Head of Department for Psychological Sciences and Health (2021-2024) and previously as Athena SWAN lead and as a Programme Leader. I joined the Department in January 2017, having previously worked at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) for nine years. I completed my PhD in Health Psychology and MSc in Psychological Research Methods at the University of Stirling and undergraduate Psychology degree at the University of Glasgow.
My research and teaching expertise is within the area of health psychology. I am interested in adjustment to chronic health conditions from a strengths-based perspective, with a recent focus on gynaecological health. I am also interested in the barriers and facilitators to health behaviour change, including vaccination behaviour. I have received funding from The Chief Scientist Office in Scotland, the NIHR, and the AHRC.
Publications
- Prevalence of information- and advice-seeking by patients for newly prescribed medicines and interventions to promote these behaviours : scoping reviews
- Gangannagaripalli J, Andrews P, McIver L, Williams L, Eckler P, Dixon Diane, Watson Margaret C
- International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Vol 33, pp. 235–240 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riaf014
- Illness perceptions among individuals with endometriosis and their longitudinal associations with psychological distress and pain
- Moore Chloe, Cogan Nicola, Williams Lynn
- Journal of Health Psychology, pp. 1-14 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053251320595
- A qualitative investigation into the role of illness perceptions in endometriosis-related quality of life
- Moore Chloe, Cogan Nicola, Williams Lynn
- Journal of Health Psychology Vol 28, pp. 1157-1171 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231183230
- "It's like a constant black cloud" : a qualitative investigation of the impact of endometriosis on quality of life
- Moore Chloe, Williams Lynn, Cogan Nicola
- 15th World Congress on Endometriosis (2023)
- People, plastic, and behaviour change – a comment on drivers of plastic pollution, barriers to change and targeted behaviour change interventions
- MacDonald Anna, Allen Deonie, Williams Lynn, Flowers Paul, Walker Tony R
- Environmental Science: Advances Vol 2, pp. 551-557 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/D2VA00248E
- Barriers and enablers to influenza vaccination uptake in adults with chronic respiratory conditions : applying the behaviour change wheel to specify multi-levelled tailored intervention content
- Gallant Allyson J, Flowers Paul, Deakin Karen, Cogan Nicola, Rasmussen Susan, Young David, Williams Lynn
- Psychology and Health Vol 38, pp. 147-166 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2021.1957104
Teaching
My teaching interests are in Health Psychology and I supervise dissertation students on the MSc Clinical Health Psychology.
Research Interests
- Chronic health conditions
- Health behaviour change
- Gynaecological health
- Vaccination behaviour
Professional Activities
- Strath Methods series of seminars
- Invited speaker
- 1/9/2022
- Measuring Health Related Behaviour Change Workshop
- Participant
- 1/3/2021
- Webinar - Life with the coronavirus vaccine
- Recipient
- 1/12/2020
- Public webinar: 'Improving Vaccine Uptake in Scotland: Implications for COVID-19, influenza and other adult vaccines.'
- Speaker
- 29/7/2020
- Infographic - Factors affecting flu vaccination in adults with chronic respiratory conditions in Scotland
- Recipient
- 2020
- External Examiner - Robert Gordon University
- Examiner
- 2020
Projects
- ESRC IAA 2023 / R220785-149
- Williams, Lynn (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028
- Behaviour change techniques and theoretical mechanisms within psychological interventions seeking to improve work outcomes among individuals with chronic pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator) Flowers, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- Moral obligation, epistemology and public health: the case of vaccine hesitancy
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024
- A mixed-methods investigation of the role of illness perceptions in endometriosis
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator) Moore, Chloe (Post Grad Student) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020
- Strathclyde COVID-19 Research Portfolio: Novel testing, digital health support and third sector collaboration for impact on social care
- Bedford, Tim (Principal Investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Dunlop, Mark (Co-investigator) Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator) Fleming, Leanne (Co-investigator) Flowers, Paul (Co-investigator) Grealy, Madeleine (Co-investigator) Hoskisson, Paul (Co-investigator) Hunter, Iain (Co-investigator) Janssen, Xanne (Co-investigator) Kirk, Alison (Co-investigator) Knifton, Lee (Co-investigator) Lenhart, Otto (Co-investigator) Maguire, Roma (Co-investigator) Morton, Alec (Co-investigator) Quinn, Neil (Co-investigator) Scott, Fraser (Co-investigator) Suckling, Colin (Co-investigator) Ward, Andrew (Co-investigator) Williams, Lynn (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 16-Jan-2021
- Improving older adults' vaccination uptake: are existing measures of vaccine hesitancy valid and reliabe for older people?
- Williams, Lynn (Principal Investigator) Brown Nicholls, Louise (Co-investigator) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) Young, David (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2020
Contact
Dr
Lynn
Williams
Reader
Psychological Sciences and Health
Email: lynn.williams@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted