PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE - University of Ulster

PSYCHOLOGY
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ANNUAL REPORT
1 AUGUST 2008 - 31 JULY 2009

PSYCHOLOGY
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ANNUAL REPORT
1 August 2008 – 31 July 2009
http://www.science.ulster.ac.uk/psyri/

PSYCHOLOGY
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ANNUAL REPORT
(1 AUGUST 2008 - 31 JULY 2009)
CONTENTS
Page No
1. Foreword from the Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) 3
2. Foreword from the Director of the Research Institute 4
3. Research Institute Members 5
4. Research Students 6
5. Research Students who graduated between 1 August 2008 8
and 31 July 2009
6. Research Publications 9-17
7. Research Funding 18
8. Conference Attendance 19-24
9. Indicators of Esteem 25
10. Contacts 30

1. Foreword by the Pro Vice Chancellor
(Research and Innovation)
I am particularly delighted to provide the Foreword to
this year’s Annual Reports. Research and Innovation
at the University of Ulster continues to grow and to
make major contributions to the economic, social and
cultural wellbeing of Northern Ireland and beyond.
This past year has seen us climb to a position where
we are in the top third of research institutions in the
country and are, again, amongst the top performers
in the UK in translating our research and research
expertise into significant economic benefit. In reading
the annual reports from University of Ulster Research
Institutes I am confident that you will find the research
undertaken at Ulster to have more than fulfilled expectations over the past year.
The University’s reputation for high quality research was independently confirmed
through the results of the most recent Research Assessment Exercise. The overall
performance places Ulster in the top third of the UK institutions with three Units
in the top three and eleven in the top twenty as measured against peers. This is
our best ever performance and confirms our strategy on quality, selectivity and
supporting environment. Our exceptional performance in the RAE has boosted
our efforts to attract high-calibre research staff to work alongside our existing
internationally strong teams, in attracting external research and other income
and in completing work that has led to highly prestigious papers, books and other
key performance outputs.
We are now in a very strong and confident position as we prepare for the next
national assessment due in 2013. This year we produced a new Research Strategy
to provide us with an appropriate quality framework that will support our future
submission to the newly designed Research Excellence Framework (REF). The
new approach to assessment through the REF will present many challenges,
particularly in relation to the new Impact category and in the administrative
structures. We embark upon this process with great confidence and expectation
having evidenced another very strong performance in the translation of our
research expertise into economic, social and cultural benefits. There continues
to be a very strong flow of research findings coming out of our research activities
this year, many as new disclosures, adding to our intellectual property portfolio.
We continue to exploit this asset through knowledge and technology transfer
activities managed through our Office of Innovation.
University of Ulster research teams were awarded grants totalling over £29M
for the academic year 2008/9, up almost £18M on the previous year. During the
same period Research Capital funding totalled £8M and the University’s Research
Council income was approximately £3M. A particularly pleasing aspect of our
grant income profile shows that grants were awarded to each of our six faculties
and across all four campuses, highlighting research excellence throughout the
University.
Cross border research projects funded by the Department for Employment and
Learning (DEL) under its Cross Border R&D Funding Programme accounted for
the substantial increase in research funding from previous years with five Ulster
research teams awarded grants totalling £7.7M to conduct collaborative research
projects with sister universities in the Republic of Ireland.
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I am, of course, delighted but not surprised at this superb performance since
external funders of research only allocate funding where they are confident that
quality exists and Ulster’s recent research activity is evidence of that quality. It is,
however, particularly pleasing to record such a level of funding during a period
when there has been significant pressure on the economy in general and finance
in particular. It is gratifying that funders have confidence in the quality of our work
and are assured that it will reap benefits in the future.
In addition to the annual allocation of DEL postgraduate studentships of £4.91M,
this year, the University received just over £1.41M in support of 78 new and
continuing DEL funded PhD studentships to be held in research areas that
have specific relevance to the Northern Ireland economy; thus allowing further
development of R&D talent essential for innovation in business and the public
sector. This funding enables Ulster to support 272 full-time research students
with a further 123 full-time awards supported from a range of other sources of
funding.
The University, through its research and outreach activity, makes a significant
contribution on the local and world stages. Our staff inform both policy
development at regional and national level and are leaders in gaining understanding
of the many global challenges facing us in today’s world.
I trust that you will enjoy reading the Report and I commend it to you as evidence
that research at the University of Ulster ranks highly amongst UK institutions.
Professor ND Black
Pro Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation)
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2. Foreword by the
Research Institute Director
Psychology research continues to advance steadily
and is particularly well placed to score well in terms
of research impact in the new REF exercise. Our
research activity is both interdisciplinary and highly
applied with excellent examples of influence on
policy and practice. A good example here is the
proactive contributions that Ulster psychologists
have made to Assembly policy consultations over the
past year. Particular mention here must go to Tony
Cassidy and the members of the new NIBPS Health
Psychology division who have responded to numerous
new Assembly health initiatives. A listing of these
consultation responses can be found at:
http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/consultation-papers/?frmAction=results&op
en=false&iYear=2009&RegionID=3&organisationIDs=&strKeywords
Excellent progress has made in building links between academics and both
policymakers and end-users of research. These include contributions by Christine
Liddell to the area of Fuel Poverty; Gillian Robinson’s ESRC funded work through
ARK which provides an ideal format for research dissemination and Mickey
Keenan’s work with parents and children in the area of Autism.
Our postgraduate activity also continues to grow, with large numbers of full
and part-time postgraduates on our Magee and Coleraine campuses being
complemented by research led master’s programmes. These include applied
masters in Behavioural Analysis; Careers Guidance; Mental Health along with
a new programme in Health Psychology being planned for a 2010 start. It is
particularly pleasing to see this growth in postgraduate research activity, which is
a key underpinning feature of our research enterprise.
On the Magee campus recent developments have centred on the Mental Health
area with strengths in methodology, international collaborations and strong local
relationships with Trusts and the Trauma Centre all indicative of real progress.
Excellent synergies between postgraduate course provision and research group
strengths provide a sound platform for future growth. A new honorary professor
in Mental Health (Gerry Leavey from the Northern Ireland Association of Mental
Health) has been appointed to further strengthen this area and we eagerly await
new initiatives by the MRC the R&D Office and the University which will further
build on this area of research excellence.
As universities are being asked increasing searching questions about their roles
and future directions, Psychology at Ulster is well placed to help address these
through its applied regional and international research activities.
Professor Maurice Stringer
Director of Psychology Research Institute
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3. Research INSTITUTE MEMBERS: 1 august 2008 - 31 july 2009
Surname Forename Title Position
Adamson Gary Dr Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Bones Robert Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Bunting Brendan Prof Professor of Psychology
Cairns Ed Prof Professor of Psychology
Campbell Andrea Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Cassidy Tony Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Connor Samantha Ms Research Associate
Coyle Kieran Dr Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology
Ennis Edel Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Ferry Finola Ms Research Associate
Gallagher Stephen Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Giles Melanie Dr Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Gordon Michael Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Hargie Owen Prof Professor of Communication
Harrison Simon Prof Professor of Social Anthropology
Keenan Michael Dr Senior Lecturer
Kim Eun-Mee Dr Lecturer in Neurobiology
Leslie Julian Prof Professor of Psychology
Liddell Christine Prof Professor of Psychology
Mallett John Dr Lecturer in Psychology
McClenahan Carol Dr Lecturer in Psychology
McConville Christopher Dr Senior Lecturer in Psychology
McDowell Claire Dr Lecturer in Psychology
McKinney Adele Dr Lecturer in Psychology
McLaughlin Marian Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Millar Robert Dr Lecturer in Careers Guidance
Murphy Sam Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Norwood Kelly Dr Research Associate
O’Neill Siobhan Dr Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Rae Gordon Prof Professor of Psychology
Robinson Gillian Prof Director of ARK
Rushe Teresa Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Shaw David Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Shevlin Mark Prof Professor of Psychology
Simpson Liz Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Smyth Sinead Dr Lecturer in Psychology
Stringer Maurice Prof Director of Research Institute
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Research Students who registered between 1 August 2008 – 31 July 2009
Name
Title of Project
Philip Abernethy
Mealtime family dynamics of weight management
Supervisors Prof Christine Liddell and Prof Julian Leslie Grant Source Self
Name
Title of Project
Christina Geary
The impact of menopause and HRT use on everyday
working memory and event related potentials (ERP)
in clinical and non-clinical populations
Supervisors Dr Liz Simpson and Dr Carol McClenahan Grant Source DEL
Name
Title of Project
dawn Harbinson
Children who care: Psychosocial factors and the
young carer role
Supervisors Dr Tony Cassidy and Dr Melanie Giles Grant Source DEL
Name
Title of Project
Nargis Khan
Friendships experiences of muslim children living
in UK
Supervisors Prof Christine Liddell and Dr Liz Simpson Grant Source Self
Name
Title of Project
Liam Mahedy
The role of early developmental factors on adult
mental health problems
Supervisors Dr Michael Gordon and Prof Brendan Bunting Grant Source VCRS
Name
Title of Project
Nicola McAuley
Parent training in the treatment of autism through
multimedia
Supervisors Dr Michael Keenan and Dr Stephen Gallagher Grant Source Self
Name
Title of Project
Clare McGeady
Identifying effective components of ABA programmes
used in education of children with Autistic spectrum
disorder
Supervisors Prof Julian Leslie and Dr Claire McDowell Grant Source DEL
Name
Title of Project
Shelley McKeown
The micro-ecology of religious segregation in
Northern Ireland
Supervisors Prof Ed Cairns and Prof Maurice Stringer Grant Source DEL
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Name
Ashleigh Mowbray
Title of Project The structure of sub-clinical psychosis
Supervisors Dr Liz Simpson and Dr Marian McLaughlin Grant Source DEL
Name
Title of Project
Russell Orr
The micro-ecology of religious segregation in
Northern Ireland
Supervisors Prof Ed Cairns and Prof Maurice Stringer Grant Source DEL
Name
Mark Owens
Title of Project The structure of sub-clinical psychosis
Supervisors Prof Mark Shevlin and Dr Gary Adamson Grant Source DEL
Name
Title of Project
Jennifer Sheridan
Identifying effective components of ABA programmes
used in environmental consumption behaviour and
energy conservation
Supervisors Prof Julian Leslie and Dr Claire McDowell Grant Source Self
Name
Robert Vaughan
Title of Project The role of intelligence in sports
Supervisors Prof Christine Liddell and Dr Chris McConville Grant Source Self
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Research Students WHO GRADUATED WITH PhD’S
BETWEEN 1 AUGUST 2008 - 31 JULY 2009
(supervisors are stated)
Natacha Carragher (Bunting/McCann)
Behavioural epidemiology and mental health in NI
Sandra Doherty (Mallett/Stringer)
The (mis)measurement of bullying among school children: consequences on health and well-being
Sally Doherty (Bunting/McCann)
Behavioural epidemiology and mental health in NI
Linda Feeney (Lewis/Cairns)
Our Gods? Celebrity worship among Northern Irish children
Justine Gannon (Kim)
The role of the neuro-immune response in relation to aggregated beta-amyloid in Alzheimers disease
Kelly Hanna (Kim)
The role of the neuro-immune response in relation to aggregated beta-amyloid in Alzheimers disease
Diane Harvey-Smith (Reinhardt-Rutland)
The nature, cause and predictors of outcome of child and adolescent psychosis
James Houston (Shevlin/Adamson)
Subtyping of traumatic experiences using latent class analysis
Emma Madden (Stringer/Lewis)
The mismeasurement of bullying among school children: the development of new measures of bullying
for use by teachers and parents
Orla McBride (Bunting/McCann)
Behavioural epidemiology and mental health in NI
Joseph Quinn (Lewis/Cairns)
Stress and coping among Irish adolescents
Louise Quinn (Cairns)
The development of social identity in young children in N Ireland
Gillian Smith (Shevlin/Bunting)
Drug and nicotine use, abuse and dependence in Northern Ireland
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4. Research PUBLICATIONS: 1 AUGUST 2008 - 31 JULY 2009
Adamson
Tracey, A., McElearney A., Adamson, G., Shevlin. (2009). Practitioners’ views and experiences of participating in a
school counselling evaluation study. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 9, 193-203.
Carragher, N., Adamson, G., Bunting, B. & McCann, S. (2009). Treatment-seeking behaviours for depression in the
general population: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Journal
of Affective Disorders, doi:10.1016/j.jad.2009.05.009.
Shevlin, M., Murphy, J., Houston, J.E. & Adamson, G. (2009). Childhood sexual abuse, early cannabis use, and
psychosis: Testing the effects of different temporal orderings based on the National Comorbidity Survey. Psychosis,
1, 19-28
McGilligan C., McClenahan C., Adamson G. (2009). Attitudes and Intentions to Performing Testicular Self-Examination:
Utilizing an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior. Journal of Adolescent Health 44, 404-406
McBride O., Adamson G., Bunting BP. (2009). Are ‘Diagnostic Orphans’ at Risk For Developing DSM-IV Alcohol
Use Disorders Over a Three-Year Period? Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research, 33, 67A-67A.
Shevlin, M., McBride, O., Armour C., & Adamson G. (2009). Reconciling the differences between the King et al.
(1998) and Simms et al. (2002) factor models of PTSD. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 995-1001.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B. P., & McCann, S. (2009). Assessing the general health of diagnostic orphans
using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12v2): a latent variable modeling approach. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 34,
67-76.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2008). Characteristics of DSM-IV alcohol diagnostic orphans:
drinking patterns, physical illness, and negative life events. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 99, 272-279.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2008). Diagnostic orphans: Comparing self-report lifetime
course to groups with DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence. Addictive Behaviors. 34, 86-91.
Carragher, N., Adamson, G., Bunting, B. & McCann, S. (2008). Subtypes of depression in a nationally representative
sample. Journal of Affective Disorders. 113, 88-99.
McAleavy, G.J., Adamson, G., Hazlett, D.E., Donegan, H.A. & Livesey, G.E. (2008). Modelling determinants of the
vocal health of teachers in Northern Ireland: Implications for educational policy and practice. Public Health, 122,
691-699
Bunting
Barbara J. Stewart-Knox, Brendan P. Bunting, Sarah Gilpin, Heather J. Parr, Silvia Pinha, J.J. Strain, Maria D. V. de
Almeida and Mike Gibney (2009). Attitudes toward genetic testing and personalised nutrition in a representative
sample of European consumers. British Journal of Nutrition Volume: 101 Issue: 7 Pages: 982-989
Siobhan McCann, Domhnall MacAuley, Yvonne Barnett, Brendan Bunting, Aoife Bradley, Lisa Jeffers, Patrick J.
Morrison (2009). Family communication, genetic testing and colonoscopy screening in hereditary non-polyposis
colon cancer: a qualitative study. Psycho-oncology Volume: 18 Issue: 11 Pages: 1208-1215
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Slater, P; McCormack, B; Bunting, B. (2009) The Development and Pilot Testing of an Instrument to Measure
Nurses’ Working Environment: The Nursing Context Index. Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing Volume: 6
Issue: 3 Pages: 173-182
Carragher, N; Adamson, G; Bunting, B, et al. (2009) Subtypes of depression in a nationally representative sample.
Journal of Affective Disorders Volume: 113 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 88-99
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B. P., & McCann, S. (2009). Assessing the general health of diagnostic orphans
using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12v2): a latent variable modeling approach. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 44,
1, 67-76.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B. P., & McCann, S. (2009). Characteristics of DSM-IV alcohol diagnostic
orphans: drinking patterns, physical illness, and negative life events. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 99, 272-279.
McBride, O., Adamson, G., Bunting, B., & McCann, S. (2009). Diagnostic orphans: Comparing self-report lifetime
course to groups with DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence. Addictive Behaviors, 34, 1, 86-91.
Cairns
Cairns, Ed, Tausch, N, Hewstone, M and Schmid, K (2009) Antecedents and consequences of social identity
complexity: Intergroup contact, distinctiveness threat, and outgroup attitudes. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 35 (8). pp. 1085-1098. ISSN 0146-1672
Cairns, Ed, Cummings, EM, Goeke-Morey, MC, Schermerhorn, AC and Merrilees, CE (2009) Children and political
violence from a social ecological perspective: Implications from research on children and families in Northern
Ireland. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 12 (1). pp. 16-38.
Cairns, Ed, Hewstone, M and Myers, E (2009) Impact of conflict on mental health in Northern Ireland: The
mediating role of intergroup forgiveness and collective guilt. Political Psychology, 30 (2). pp. 269-290.
Cairns, Ed, Kenworthy, J, Hewstone, M and Tam, T (2009) Integroup trust in Northern Ireland. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 35 (1). pp. 45-49.
Cairns, Ed, Schmid, K, Hewstone, M, Hughes, J and Jenkins, R (2009) Residential Segregation and intergroup Contact:
Consequences for intergroup Relations, social capital and social identify. In: Theorising Identities and Social Action.
Palgrave McMillan. ISBN 9780230580886
Cairns, Ed, Lloyd, K, Doherty, C and Ellis, K (2008) Adolescence mental health in Northern Ireland: empirical
evidence from the Young Life and Times survey. In: Young people in post-conflict Northern Ireland. Russell House
Publishing, pp. 17-29. ISBN 9781905541348
Cairns, Ed, Hewstone, M, Kenworthy, JB, Tausch, N, Hughes, J, Tam, T, Voci, A, Hecker, Von U and Pinder, C (2008)
Chapter 9. Stepping Stones to Reconciliation in Northern Ireland: Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and Trust. In:
The Social Psychology of Intergroup Reconciliation. Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs, pp. 119-227. ISBN
9780195300314
Cairns, Ed, Hughes, J, Hewstone, M, Tausch, N and Schmid, K (2008) The effects of living in segregated vs mixed
areas in Northern Ireland: a simultaneous analysis of contact and threat effects in the context of micro-level
neighbourhoods. Journal of conflict and violence, 2 (1). pp. 56-71.
Cairns, Ed, Marinetti, C, Geddes, L, Parkinson, B, Kenworthy, JB, Hewstone, M and Tam, T (2008) Postconflict
reconciliation: Intergroup forgiveness and implicit biases in Northern Ireland. Journal of Social Issues, 64 (2). pp.
303-320.
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Campbell, A, Cairns, Ed, Hewstone, M and Hughes, J (2008) Social capital as a mechanism for building a sustainable
society in Northern Ireland. Community Development Journal . pp. 1-17.
Cairns, Ed, Harwood, J, Tam, T, Tausch, N, Turner, RN, Paolini, S, Voci, A, Hewstone, M and Vonofakou, C (2008)
Social issues and interventions. In: Improving intergroup relations: Building on the legacy of Thomas F Pettigrew.
Blackwell Publishing, pp. 107-123. ISBN 9781405169721
Cairns, Ed, Campbell, A, Hewstone, M and Hughes, J (2008) “What’s there to fear?” A comparative study of
responses to the out-group in mixed and segregated areas of Belfast. Peace & Change, 33 (4). pp. 522-548.
Cairns, Ed, Hewstone, M, Tausch, N, Voci, A, Kenworthy, J and Hughes, J (2008) Why neighbors kills: Prior intergroup
contact and killing of ethnic outgroup neighbors. In: Explaining the breakdown of ethnic relations: Why neighbors
kill. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 61-91. ISBN 9781405170598
Campbell
Campbell, A., Hughes, J., Hewstone, M., & Cairns, E. (2008). Social capital as a mechanism for building a sustainable
society in Northern Ireland. Community Development Journal, 1-17
Hughes, J., Campbell, A., Hewstone, M., Cairns, E. (2008). What’s there to fear? – A comparative study of responses
to the out-group in mixed and segregated areas of Belfast. Peace and Change, 33, 522-548.
Cassidy
Cassidy, T. & Giles, M. (2009) Achievement motivation, problem-solving style and performance in higher education.
Irish Journal of Psychology – Special Issue
Ennis
Ennis, E., Vrij, A., & Chance, C. (2008). Individual differences and lying in everyday life. Journal of Social and Personal
Relationships, 25, 105-118
Giles
Stringer, M. Irwing, P. Giles M. McClenahan, C. Wilson, R. & Hunter, J (2009) Parental and School Effects on
Children’s Political Attitudes in Northern Ireland. British Journal of Educational Psychology.
Cassidy, T. & Giles, M. (2009). Achievement motivation, problem-solving style and performance in higher education.
The Irish Journal of Psychology, 30, 2, 1-12.
Stringer, M. Irwing, P. Giles M. McClenahan, C. Wilson, R. & Hunter, J (2009) Intergroup Contact Friendship Quality
and Political Attitudes in Integrated and Segregated Schools in Northern Ireland. British Journal of Educational
Psychology, 239-257.
Giles, M., McLernon, F., Bones, R., Wilson, R. & Cook, T. (2008). Enhancement of research methods learning through
small group workshops. STAR Projects Embedding Good Practice: University of Ulster.
Liddell, C., Giles, M. & Rae, G. (2008). The culture of condoms: Culturally grounded variables and their association
with attitudes to condoms. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70 (4), 496-504.
Gordon
Gordon, M.S. & Russo, K. (2009). Children’s Views Matter Too! A Pilot Project Assessing Children’s and Adolescent’s
Experiences of Clinical Psychology Services. Child Care in Practice, 15, 1, 39-48.
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HARGIE
Hargie, O. &. Tourish, D. (eds) (2009) Auditing Organisational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory
and Practice. Routledge, London.
Hargie, O. & Tourish, D. (2009) Auditing professional practice. In O.Hargie & D. Tourish (Eds.) Auditing Organizational
Communication: The Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge, London.
Hargie, O. & Tourish, D. (2009) Charting communication performance in a health care organisation. In O.Hargie
& D. Tourish (Eds.) Auditing Organizational Communication: The Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice,
Routledge, London.
Hargie, O. & Tourish, D. (2009) Data collection log-sheet methods. In O.Hargie & D. Tourish (Eds.) Auditing
Organizational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge, London.
McAleese, D., Hargie, O. & Tourish D. (2009) Auditing the corporate culture of a large manufacturing company.
In O.Hargie & D. Tourish (Eds.) Auditing Organizational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and
Practice, Routledge, London.
O’Kane, P., Hargie, O. & Tourish, D. (2009) Auditing the virtual workplace. In O.Hargie & D. Tourish (Eds.) Auditing
Organizational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge, London.
Quinn, D. Hargie, O. & Tourish D. (2009) Auditing a Major Police Organisation. In Auditing O.Hargie & D. Tourish
(Eds.) Auditing Organizational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge,
London.
Skipper, M., Hargie, O. & Tourish D. (2009) A communication audit of a hospital clinic. In O.Hargie & D. Tourish (Eds.)
Auditing Organizational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge, London.
Tourish, D. & Hargie, O. (2009) Communication and organisational success. In O.Hargie & D. Tourish (Eds.) Auditing
Organizational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge, London.
Tourish, D. & Hargie, O. (2009) Auditing communication to maximise performance. In O.Hargie & D. Tourish (Eds.)
Auditing Organizational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge, London.
Tourish, D. & Hargie, O. (2009) Crafting the audit report. In O.Hargie & D. Tourish (Eds.) Auditing Organizational
Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge, London.
Tourish, D. and Hargie, O. (2009) Strategy, research and pedagogy: The role of audits. In O.Hargie and D. Tourish
(Eds.) Auditing Organizational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge,
London.
Tourish, N., Marcella, R., Tourish D. and Hargie O. (2009) Auditing corporate leadership. In O.Hargie and D. Tourish
(Eds.) Auditing Organizational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice, Routledge.
Hargie, O. (2009) Listening. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Human Relationships. Sage, pp.
982-985.
Brataas, H., Thorsnes, S. & Hargie, O. (2009) Cancer nurse perceptions of nurse-patient conversations: A narrative
study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 23, 767-774.
Dickson, D., Hargie, O., O’Donnell, A. & McMullan, C. (2009) Adapting to difference: Organisational socialisation in
the Northern Ireland workplace. Shared Space, 7, 33-52.
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Hargie, O., Brataas, H. & Thorsnes, S. (2009) Cancer patients’ sensemaking of conversations with cancer nurses in
outpatient clinics. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 26, 70-78.
Hargie, O., Dickson, D., Mallett, J. & Stringer M. (2008) Communicating social identity: A study of Catholics and
Protestants in Northern Ireland. Communication Research, 35, 792-821.
Harrison
2008. War mementos and the souls of missing soldiers: returning effects of the battlefield dead. Journal of the
Royal Anthropological Institute, 14(4): 774-790.
Keenan
Kim
Dillenburger, K. & Keenan, M. (2009). None of the As in ABA stands for autism: Dispelling the myths. Journal of
Intellectual & Developmental Disability. 34, 193-195.
McVeigh, B. & Keenan, M. (2009). Multiple functions in equivalence classes. The Psychological Record.
Gallagher, S. M. & Keenan, M. (2009). Stimulus equivalence and the Mini Mental Status examination in the elderly.
European Journal of Behaviour Analysis, 10, 159-165.
Kim, E-M., Quinn, J., Spanswick, D. and O’Hare, E. (2009). Feeding association between the nucleus of the solitary
tract and the ventral tegmental area. Appetite, 53, 457-460.
Kim, E-M., Elliott, J.J., Hobson, P. and O’Hare, E. (2009). Effects of intrahippocampal NAC 61-95
injections on memory
in the rat. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 33, 945-951.
Poling, A., Morgan, K.P., Panos, J.J., Kim, E-M., O’Hare, E., Cleary, J.P., Lesne, S., Ashe, K.H., Porritt, M. and Baker,
L. (2008). Oligomers of the amyloid-beta protein disrupt working memory: confirmation with two behavioural
procedures. Behavioural Brain Research, 193, 230-234.
Leslie
Fendt, M., Burki, H., Imobersteg, S., van der Putten, H., McAllister, K., Leslie, J.C., Shaw, D., Holscher C. (Accepted
Article). The effect of mGlu8 deficiency in animal models of psychiatric diseases. Genes, Brain and Behavior, doi:
10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00532.x
Liddell
Liddell, C. (2009) An evaluation of the Home Energy Payment Awareness Campaign. Belfast: National Energy
Action.
Liddell, C. (2009) A cost-benefit analysis of Strabane’s Clean Air Strategy 1996-2008. Strabane: Strabane District
Council.
Liddell, C. (2009) A community-driven delivery programme for Warm Zones – monitoring and evaluation report.
Omagh: Western Health and Social Care Trust.
Mallett
Giles M., Connor S., McClenahan C., Mallett J., Stewart-Knox B. & Wright M. (2008) Changing attitudes to
breastfeeding: Designing an intervention for school children. Psychology & Health, 23 (supplement 1), 130.
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Hargie, O., Dickson, D., Mallett, J. & Stringer, M. (2008) Communicating Social Identity: A study of Catholics and
Protestants in Northern Ireland. Communication Research, 35, 792-821.
McClenahan
McGilligan, C., McClenahan, C. & Adamson, G. (2009). Attitudes and intentions to performing testicular
self-examination: utilizing the theory of planned behaviour. Journal of Adolescent Health, 44, 4, 404-406.
McDowell
Patterson, K. & McDowell, C. (2009). Using Precision teaching strategies to promote self-management of inner
behaviours and measuring effects on the symptoms of depression. European Journal of Behaviour Analysis, 10,
283-295.
Millar
Millar, R. & Tracey, A. (2009). The Interview Approach. In O.Hargie & D.Tourish (eds), Auditing Organizational
Communication. A handbook of theory, research and practice (2 nd edition). London: Routledge. Pps.78-102.
Murphy
Mental Wellbeing in Northern Ireland Report prepared by Brendan Bunting, Siobhan O’Neill, Sam Murphy and
Finola Ferry
Norwood
Shaw, D, Norwood, K., Sharp, K., Quigley, L., McGovern, S.F.J. &. Leslie, J.C. (2009). Facilitation of extinction of
operant behaviour in mice by D-Cycloserine. Psychopharmacology, 202 (1-3), 397-402.
O’Neill
Rae
McBride O, Adamson G, Bunting BP, McCann S. (2009). Characteristics of DSM-IV alcohol diagnostic orphans:
Drinking patterns, physical illness, and negative life events. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 99 (1), p.272-279.
Carragher N, Adamson G, Bunting B, McCann S. (2009). Subtypes of depression in a nationally representative
sample. Journal of Affective Disorders, 113 (1), p.88-99.
McBride O, Adamson G, Bunting BP, McCann S. (2009). Assessing the General Health of Diagnostic Orphans
Using the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12v2): A Latent Variable Modelling Approach, Alcohol and Alcoholism, 44,
67 - 76.
McCann S, MacAuley D, Barnett Y, Bunting B, Bradley A, Jeffers L, Morrison PJ. (2009). Family communication, genetic
testing and colonoscopy screening in hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer: a qualitative study. Psycho-Oncology.
18, 1208-1215.
McBride O, Adamson G, Bunting B, McCann S. (2009). Diagnostic orphans: Comparing self-report lifetime course
to groups with DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence Addictive Behaviors, 34 (1), 86-91.
Nelis, S. M. & Rae, G. Brief Report: Peer attachment in adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 32, pp. 443-447, 2009.
O’Hora, D., Peláez, M., Barnes-Holmes, D., Rae, G., Robinson, K., & Chaudhary, T. Temporal relations and intelligence:
correlating relational performance with performance on the WAIS-III. The Psychological Record, 58, pp. 569-584,
2008.
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Rae, G. A note on using alpha and stratified alpha to estimate the reliability of a test composed of item parcels.
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. 61, pp. 515-525, 2008.
Rushe
Turkington A, Mulholland C, Rushe T, Anderson R, McCaul R, Barrett S, Barr R, &. Cooper S (2009) Impact of
Persistent Substance Misuse on Baseline Characteristics and One Year Outcome in Patients Presenting With First
Episode Psychosis. British Journal of Psychiatry 195 (3) 242-248
Barret SL,. Mulholland C, Cooper SJ and Rushe TM (2009). Neurocognitive Functioning in First Episode Psychosis:
Examining Performance across Diagnostic Boundaries. British Journal of Psychiatry 195 (1) 67-72
TM Rushe. Language Development.(2009) In: Nosarti C, Murray RM & Hack M Pre-term Birth: long-term effects
on Brain and behaviour. Cambridge Press. Due April 2009.
Fulton K, Short M, Harvey-Smith D, Rushe T, & Mullholland C. (2008) The Northern Ireland Early Onset Psychosis
Study: Phenomenonology and Co-morbidity in the first 25 cases. Child Care in Practice. Vol 14.217-216.
Allin M, Walshe M, Fern A, Nosarti C, Rushe T, Cuddy M, Wyatt, J,& Rifkin L, Murray RM (2008) Cognitive maturation
in preterm and term born adolescents. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Vol 79. 381-386
Mulholland CC, O’Donoghue D, Meenagh C, Rushe TM. (2008). Errorless Learning and memory performance in
schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research. Vol 159 180-188.
Shaw
Shaw, D, Norwood, K., Sharp, K., Quigley, L., McGovern, S.F.J. &. Leslie, J.C. (2009). Facilitation of extinction of
operant behaviour in mice by D-Cycloserine. Psychopharmacology, 202 (1-3), 397-402.
Fendt, M., Burki, H., Imobersteg, S., Van der Putten, H., McAllister, K., Leslie, J.C, Shaw, D., & Holscher, C. (2009). The
effect of mGlu8 deficiency in animal models of psychiatric diseases. Genes, Brain and Behavior DOI 10.1111/j.1601-
183X.2009.00532.x
Shevlin
Shevlin, M., Murphy, J., Houston, J.E., & Adamson, G. (2009). Childhood sexual abuse, early cannabis use, and
psychosis: Testing the effects of different temporal orderings based on the National Comorbidity Survey. Psychosis,
1, 19-28.
Flanagan, E., Carr, A., Dooley, B., Fitzpatrick, M. Flanagan-Howard, R., Shevlin, M., Tierney, K. & White, M., Daly, M. &
Egan, J. (2009). Profiles of resilient survivors of institutional abuse in Ireland. International Journal of Child & Family
Welfare, 2-3, 56-73.
Flanagan-Howard, R., Carr, A., Shevlin, M., Dooley, B., Fitzpatrick, M. Flanagan, E., Tierney, K., White, M., Daly, M. &
Egan, J. (2009). Development and initial validation of the Institutional Child Abuse Processes and Coping Inventory
among a sample of Irish adult survivors of institutional abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect, 33. 586-597.
Fitzpatrick, M., Carr, A., Dooley, B., Flanagan-Howard, R., Flanagan, E., Shevlin, K., Tierney, K., & White, M., Daly, M.
& Egan J. (2009). Profiles of adult survivors of severe sexual, physical and emotional institutional abuse in Ireland.
Child Abuse Review, 18.
Carr, A., Flanagan, E., Dooley, B., Fitzpatrick, M. Flanagan-Howard, R., Shevlin, M., Tierney, K., & White, M., Daly, M. &
Egan, J. (2009). Profiles of Irish survivors of institutional abuse with different adult attachment styles. Attachment
and Human Development, 11(2), 183-201.
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Tracey, A., Mcelearney, A., Adamson, G., & Shevlin, M. (2009). Practitioners’ views and experiences of participating
in a school counselling evaluation study. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 9, 193-203
Elklit, A., & Shevlin, M. (2009). Sexual victimization and residential mobility: a case control study using the Danish
Registry system. Journal of Public Health, 123, 502–505.
Basatemur, E., Shevlin, M., & Sutcliffe, A. (2009). Growth of Children Conceived by IVF and ICSI up to 12 Years of
Age. RBM Online, 20, 144-149.
Shevlin, M., McBride, O., Armour,C.,& Adamson, G. (2009). Reconciling the differences between the King et al.
(1998) and Simms et al. (2002) factor models of PTSD. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 995-1001.
McGee, E. & Shevlin, M. (2009). The Effect of Humor on Interpersonal Attraction and Mate Selection. The Journal
of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 143, 67–77.
Elklit, A., & Shevlin, M. (2008). Modelling the role of defense styles as mediating the relationship between trauma
and posttraumatic stress severity in Danish adolescents. Irish Journal of Psychology, 29, 179-191.
Smith, G. & Shevlin, M. (2008). Patterns of Alcohol Consumption and Related Behaviour in Great Britain: A latent
class analysis of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 43, 590-594.
Shevlin, M., & Elklit, A (2008). A latent class analysis of adolescent adverse life events based on a Danish national
youth probability sample. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 62, 217-223.
Hanna, D., Shevlin, M., & Dempster, M. (2008). The structure of the Statistics Anxiety Rating Scale: A confirmatory
factor analysis using UK psychology students. Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 68-74.
Breslin, M., Lewis, C., & Shevlin, M. (2008). A psychometric evaluation of a measure of different prayer types among
Irish adults. International Journal of Psychology, 43, 445-445.
Banerjee, I., Shevlin, M., Taranissi, M., Thornhill, A., Abdalla, H., Ozturk, O., Barnes, J., & Sutcliffe, A. (2008). Health
of children conceived after Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis - a preliminary outcome study. RBM Online, 16,
376-381.
Houston, J.E., Murphy, J., Adamson, G., Stringer, M., & Shevlin, M. (2008). Childhood Sexual Abuse, Early Cannabis
Use, and Psychosis: Testing an Interaction Model Based on the National Comorbidity Survey. Schizophrenia Bulletin,
34, 580-585.
Shevlin, M. Houston, J.E., Dorahy, M.J. & Adamson, G. (2008) Cumulative Traumas and Psychosis: an Analysis of the
National Comorbidity Survey and the British Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 89, 101-109.
Simpson
Simpson EEA and Thompson W (2009). Stressful life events, psychological appraisal and coping style in
postmenopausal women. Maturatis 63, 357-364.
CF Hodkinson, EEA Simpson, JH Bettie, JM O’Connor, DJ Campbell, JJ Strain, and JMW Wallace. (2009).
Interrelationships between thyroid hormones, cortisol and markers of immunity in healthy men and women aged
55–70 years: the ZENITH study. Journal of Endocrinology 202, 55-63
Smyth
Derakshan, N., Smyth, S., & Eysenck, M.W. (2009). Effects of state anxiety on task-switching: An investigation of
attentional control theory. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 16, 1112-1117.
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Stringer
Stringer, M, Irwing P, Giles M., McClenahan, C., Wilson R. & Hunter, J (2009) Parental and School Effects on
Children’s Political attitudes in Northern Ireland, British Journal of Educational Psychology, p 1-19.
Tracey
Millar, R. & Tracey, A. (2009). The Interview Approach. In O.Hargie & D.Tourish (eds), Auditing Organizational
Communication. A handbook of theory, research and practice (2 nd edition). London: Routledge. Pps.78-102.
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5. Research FUNDING: 1 AUGUST 2008 - 31 JULY 2009
Staff Title of Award Funding Body Value
Bunting World Mental Health Survey CEC £13,055
O’Neill
Murphy
Liddell Coming in from the Cold: reducing NI Chest, Heart £24,353
Rae cardiovascular and respiratory health risks & Stroke
risks associated with cold weather in
Northern Ireland
Keenan
Cairns
COGWORKS: The creative health and
wellbeing hub MRC £5,908
Children and political violence in
Northern Ireland National Institute £245,817
of Health – USA
Hargie Safe – Communications CEC – Framework 7 £140,380
O’Neill A feasibility study examining the use of a NI Chest, Heart £10,400
progressive tailored pedometer based
& Stroke
exercise programme to increase and maintain
activity levels in phase IV cardiac rehabilitation
Bunting US-Ireland R&D partnership workshop, R&D Office £344
Washington
Giles Networking application between University Health Research Board £6,914
of Ulster and Varqa Foundation, Guyana
Keenan Science and the treatment of autism: a CEC – £128,526
Gallagher multimedia package for parents and Leonardo de Vinci –
professionals
transfer of Innovation
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6. CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
Adamson
McBride, O., Adamson, G., & Bunting, B. P. (June 2009). Are diagnostic orphans at risk for developing DSM-IV
alcohol use disorders over a three-year period? Poster presented at the Joint Scientific Meeting of the Research
Society on Alcoholism and the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism, San Diego, USA
Bunting
Cairns
Devine, S. and Bunting, B. (2009). Comparing DSM and DAPP structures of DSM-IV Axis II Criteria in a General
Population Dataset. Presented 5 March at British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorders
(BIGSPD) Annual Conference, Dublin.
Laura Toye, Mairead Graham, Siobhan McCann, Sam Murphy, Hilary Dunne, Suzanne McDonough, Brendan
Bunting and Alison Porter. The psychometric evaluation of an Irish Inpatient Satisfaction Questionnaire. British
Psychological Society Annual Conference, Brighton, 1–3 April 2009.
Brendan Bunting. Design and analysis for the measurement of change within a latent variable modeling
framework. British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Brighton, 1–3 April 2009.
January 2009: Attended meeting in Cape Town, South Africa sponsored by the Center for the International
Study of Youth and Political Violence at the University of Tennessee, USA
April 2009: attended April meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver Colorado.
May 2009: Public lecture at the Charité Universitätsmedizn Berlin Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische
Rehabilitation, Berlin, German, in the context of the International Scientific Conference:“Embitterment and
Mental Disorders”
June 2009: Organized on behalf of the International Union of Psychological Science’s Committee for the
Psychological Study of Peace the Tenth International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace
(Theme: Improving Young People’s Lives in Post Conflict Societies) at University of Ulster, Coleraine.
July 2009: As part of current NIH funded research project (with colleagues from University of Notre Dame)
meeting at University of Zagreb Croatia re possible extension of Belfast project to Croatia.
July 2009: Invited speaker as part of panel on “Intergroup processes after severe conflict: Reconciliation or
reconstruction of social ties?” at International Society of Political Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin.
Campbell
Cassidy
Hughes, J., Campbell, A., & Donnelly, C. (2009). Integrated Schools: A parent perspective: A case study from
Northern Ireland. Paper presented at Repertoires of Violence Conference. York, 2 nd July 2009.
Cassidy, T. & Giles, M. (2009) Achievement motivation, problem-solving style and performance in higher education.
World Congress on Educational Science.
Cassidy, T., Ennis, E., & Mallett, J. (2009) Belief in traditional cures, adherence to medication, and satisfaction with
healthcare. NIBPS Annual Conference
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Ennis
Cassidy, T., & Mallett, J. (2009). Adherence to medication, satisfaction with health care, and health behaviours.
NIBPS Annual Conference
Cassidy, T., & Kane, L. (2009). Family Environment, Sense of Community and Loneliness. SEERP Conference.
Bulgaria.
Cassidy, T. & Harkin, E. (2009). Perceived over-qualification, work climate, stress and health in call centre workers.
SEERP Conference. Bulgaria.
Cassidy, T. (2009). Perceptions of caring among young carers: Implications for psychological adjustment. SEERP
Conference. Bulgaria.
Cassidy, T., & Mallett, J. (2009). Satisfaction, Adherence to healthcare, and Health Behaviour. . PHM Conference,
Dublin.
Cassidy, T., Ennis, E., & Mallett, J. (2009) Non-traditional treatments, satisfaction, and adherence to healthcare.
PHM Conference, Dublin.
Wright, L., & Cassidy, T. (2009) Gender structure of siblings and health. BPS Annual Conference 2009.
Cassidy, A., Ennis, E., & Mallett, J. Adherence, satisfaction, and belief in non-medical remedies. European Health
Psychology Conference. (Pisa, 2009)
Cassidy, A., Ennis, E., & Mallett, J. The impact of belief in non-medical remedies on satisfaction and adherence to
health care. Division of Health Psychology (DHP) Conference. (Aston, England, 2009).
Cassidy, T., Ennis, E., & Mallett, J. (2009). Non-traditional treatments, satisfaction, and adherence to healthcare.
NIBPS Annual Conference 2009
Cassidy, T., Ennis, E., & Mallett, J. (2009). Belief in traditional cures, adherence to medication, and satisfaction with
healthcare. NIBPS Annual Conference 2009
Cassidy, T., Ennis, E., & Mallett, J. (2008). Belief in cures, adherence to medication, and satisfaction with GP
interviews. PSI Annual Conference 2008.
Gallagher
Giles
Assessing the efficacy of video modelling for pre-school children in an applied setting: PSI Conference. Carlow
(November 2008).
Stimulus equivalence and the Mini Mental Status Examination in the elderly. PSI Division ABA, Galway (March
2009)
Stimulus equivalence and the Mini Mental Status Examination in the elderly. EABG, London (April 2009)
Schumann, A., Leslie, J. C., and Gallagher, S. (2009). The use of applied behavior analytic interventions in addressing
environmental consumption behavior. Paper presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International
Annual Convention, Phoenix Arizona USA (May 2009)
McClenahan, C. & Giles, M. (2008). Stress and Coping in Academics. Poster presented at the 22 nd Annual
Conference of the European Health Psychology Society and the 11 th Annual Conference of the BPS Division of
Health Psychology at the University of Bath.
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Giles M., Connor S., McClenahan C., Mallett J., Stewart-Knox B. & Wright M. (2008). Changing attitudes to
breastfeeding: Designing an intervention for school children. Poster presented at the 22 nd Annual Conference
of the European Health Psychology Society and the 11 th Annual Conference of the BPS Division of Health
Psychology at the University of Bath.
Gordon
Gordon, M.S. & O’Riordan, C.A. (2009). Segregation and Mental Health: A Comparative Study between Children with
and without Moderate Learning Difficulties Attending Mainstream Secondary Education within Northern Ireland. Paper
presented at the British Psychological Society. Northern Ireland Branch Annual Conference, Killadeas. BPS
Conference Abstracts.
Gordon, M.S. & Russo, K. (2009). Children’s Views Matter Too! A Pilot Project Aimed at Assessing Children’s Ability to
Evaluate Psychology Services. Poster presented at the 31 st International School Psychology Conference “School
Psychology for Diversity”, Qawra, Malta, July 2009.
Keenan
Kim
Leslie
Keenan, M., Dillenburger, K., Byrne, J. & Gallagher, S. (2009). STAMPPP. 5 th International Convention: Association
of Behavior Analysis International, Oslo, Norway. (August 7-10)
Keenan, M., Dillenburger, K., Doherty, A., Byrne, J. & Gallagher, S. (2008). Family experiences of Applied Behavior
Analysis and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Ireland North and South. European Association of Behavior Analysis
conference, Madrid, Spain (Sept 9-12).
O’Hare, E., Elliott, J.J. and Kim, E-M. (2009). A nitric oxide synthase inhibitor alleviates the effect of bilateral
intrahippocampal NAC 61-95
injections in the rat. 13th European Behavioural Pharmacology Society Conference.
Behavioural Pharmacology, Special Issue, 20, S107. Rome, Italy.
O’Hare, E., Elliott, J.J. and Kim, E-M. (2009). Intrahippocampal NAC 61-95
injections in the rat: attenuation of
behavioural effects following vitamin-E treatment. 12th International Congress of Parkinson ’s disease and
Movement Disorders. Movement Disorders. Suppl., 1, S173. Paris, France.
O’Hare, E., Gannon, J., Norwood, K., Scopes, D., Treherne, M. and Kim, E-M. (2009). A Small Molecule Toxicity
Inhibitor Prevents 7PA2 Cell Medium-Induced Behavioural Effects in the Rat. 24th Conference of Alzheimer’s
Disease International, 73, FUT02. Singapore.
Kim, E-M., Elliott, J.J. and O’Hare, E. (2008). Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Treatment Arrests Cognitive
Deterioration Following Intrahippocampal Parkinson’s Related NAC61-95 Injections in the Rat. 8th International
Conference of Cognitive Science, 472-476. Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Kim, E-M., Gannon, J., Norwood, K., Scopes, D., Treherne, J.M. and O’Hare, E. (2008). SEN1269 Arrests Behavioural
Deterioration Induced Following ICV 7PA2 Injections in the Rat. 18th Alzheimer Europe Conference, 58. Oslo,
Norway.
Norwood, K., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., Shaw, D. and Leslie, J. C. (2008). Facilitation of operant extinction by
D-Cycloserine. Paper presented at the European Association for Behaviour Analysis, Madrid Spain September
2008.
McGovern, S. F. J., Kennedy, P., Shaw, D. and Leslie, J. C. (2008). Effects of chlordiazepoxide on extinction of
positively reinforced runway behaviour in mice. Paper presented at the European Association for Behaviour
Analysis, Madrid Spain September 2008.
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Leslie, J. C., Norwood, K., McGovern, S. F. J., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., and Shaw, D. (2008). Effects of short or
long intervals between sessions on facilitation of operant extinction by Chlordiazepoxide or D-Cycloserine.
Paper presented at the European Association for Behaviour Analysis, Madrid Spain September 2008.
Shaw, D. ( 2008). Animal behavioural models for autism. Poster presented at the European Association for
Behaviour Analysis, Madrid Spain September 2008.
Norwood, K., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., Shaw, D. and Leslie, J. C. (2008). Facilitation of operant extinction by
D-Cycloserine. Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Carlow November
2008.
McGovern, S. F. J., Kennedy, P., Shaw, D. and Leslie, J. C. (2008). Effects of chlordiazepoxide on extinction of
positively reinforced runway behaviour in mice. . Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual
Conference, Carlow November 2008.
Leslie, J. C., Norwood, K., McGovern, S. F. J., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., and Shaw, D. (2008). Effects of short or long
intervals between sessions on facilitation of operant extinction by Chlordiazepoxide or D-Cycloserine. Paper
presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Carlow November 2008.
Shaw, D. ( 2008). Animal behavioural models for autism. Poster presented the Psychological Society of Ireland
Annual Conference, Carlow November 2008.
Wood, B. and Leslie, J.C. (2008). Use of precision teaching strategies and audio-prerecording to improve vowel
sound recognition and reading in adults learning English. Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland
Annual Conference, Carlow November 2008.
Irwin, S., McDowell, C. and Leslie, J. C. (2008) Developing fluency in components of reading Braille in children
who are blind. . Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Carlow November
2008.
Roy, D., and Leslie, J. C. (2009). Using behavioral interventions to reduce carbon emissions by inducing purchasing
decisions that have a medium-term impact on energy use. Paper presented at the Association for Behavior
Analysis International Annual Convention, Phoenix Arizona USA May 2009.
Schumann, A., Leslie, J. C., and Gallagher, S. (2009). The use of applied behavior analytic interventions in addressing
environmental consumption behavior. Paper presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis International
Annual Convention, Phoenix Arizona USA May 2009.
Leslie, J. C., Watson, P., Roy, D., and Schumann, A. (2009). Changing the world: adapting behavior analytic
strategies to achieve interventions in addressing environmental consumption behavior. Paper presented at the
Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Convention, Phoenix Arizona USA May 2009.
McDowell
Irwin, S., McDowell, C. and Leslie, J. C. (2008) Developing fluency in components of reading Braille in children
who are blind. . Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Carlow, November
2008.
Irwin, S. & McDowell, C. Teaching Braille using Precision teaching. Psychological Society Ireland, Wexford, 2009.
Duffy, L. & McDowell, C. Reducing food selectivity in two children with autism using a multi element treatment
design. The Red Door Autism Conference, Dublin 2009
Using Precision teaching strategies to promote self-management of inner behaviours and measuring effects
on the symptoms of depression. Patterson, K. & McDowell, C. The Experimental Analysis of Behaviour Group.
London, April, 2009.
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University training and certification in the European Union: Status and opportunities Keenan, M., Moderato,
P., Hughes, C.J., McDowell, C., Virues-Ortega, J. The Experimental Analysis of Behaviour Group. London, April,
2009.
Introduction to using precision teaching and the standard celeration chart. McDowell, C, Hardy, N., Hughes, C.,
J. & Beverley, M. The Experimental Analysis of Behaviour Group. London, April, 2009.
Opportunities to study Applied Behaviour Analysis in Ireland . McDowell, C, & Leslie, J.C. Association For
Behavior Analysis International , Arizona, May 2009.
McLaughlin
Kernohan. G., Hasson, F., McLaughlin, M., Waldron, M, Cochrane B, McLaughlin D, Foster S, Chambers H. (October,
2009). Mixed Perceptions of Palliative Care in Parkinson’s Disease. Paper presented at the Northern Ireland
Hospice All Ireland International Conference. Stormont Hotel, Belfast.
Norwood
Shaw
Norwood, K., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., Shaw, D. and Leslie, J. C. (2008). Facilitation of operant extinction by
D-Cycloserine. Paper presented at the European Association for Behaviour Analysis, Madrid Spain September
2008.
Leslie, J. C., Norwood, K., McGovern, S. F. J., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., and Shaw, D. (2008). Effects of short or long
intervals between sessions on facilitation of operant extinction by Chlordiazepoxide or D-Cycloserine. Paper
presented at the European Association for Behaviour Analysis, Madrid Spain September 2008.
Norwood, K., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., Shaw, D. and Leslie, J. C. (2008). Facilitation of operant extinction by
D-Cycloserine. Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Carlow November
2008.
Leslie, J. C., Norwood, K., McGovern, S. F. J., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., and Shaw, D. (2008). Effects of short or
long intervals between sessions on facilitation of operant extinction by Chlordiazepoxide or D-Cycloserine.
Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Carlow November 2008.
Norwood, K., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., Shaw, D. and Leslie, J. C. (2008). Facilitation of operant extinction by
D-Cycloserine. Paper presented at the European Association for Behaviour Analysis, Madrid Spain September
2008.
McGovern, S. F. J., Kennedy, P., Shaw, D. and Leslie, J. C. (2008). Effects of chlordiazepoxide on extinction of
positively reinforced runway behaviour in mice. Paper presented at the European Association for Behaviour
Analysis, Madrid Spain September 2008.
Leslie, J. C., Norwood, K., McGovern, S. F. J., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., and Shaw, D. (2008). Effects of short or
long intervals between sessions on facilitation of operant extinction by Chlordiazepoxide or D-Cycloserine.
Paper presented at the European Association for Behaviour Analysis, Madrid Spain September 2008.
Shaw, D. (2008). Animal behavioural models for autism. Poster presented at the European Association for
Behaviour Analysis, Madrid Spain September 2008.
Norwood, K., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., Shaw, D. and Leslie, J. C. (2008). Facilitation of operant extinction by
D-Cycloserine. Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Carlow November
2008.
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McGovern, S. F. J., Kennedy, P., Shaw, D. and Leslie, J. C. (2008). Effects of chlordiazepoxide on extinction of
positively reinforced runway behaviour in mice. . Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual
Conference, Carlow November 2008.
Leslie, J. C., Norwood, K., McGovern, S. F. J., Begley, M., Kennedy, P., and Shaw, D. (2008). Effects of short or
long intervals between sessions on facilitation of operant extinction by Chlordiazepoxide or D-Cycloserine.
Paper presented at the Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Carlow November 2008.
Shaw, D. ( 2008). Animal behavioural models for autism. Poster presented the Psychological Society of Ireland
Annual Conference, Carlow November 2008.
Simpson
Smyth
Simpson EEA (2009) Physical activity in Northern Ireland adults aged 55-70 yrs. Oral presentation at The
Northern Ireland British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference in Enniskillen. April 2009.
Simpson EEA et al (2008) Cognition and mood in healthy older European adults: the Zenith Study. Poster
presentation at European Health Psychology Conference in Bath, England. Sept. 2008
Sinéad Smyth, Dermot Barnes-Holmes & Yvonne Barnes-Holmes. Do the same processes underlie the effects
of acquired equivalence procedures and the Implicit Association Test? Paper presented at the Conference of
the European Behaviour Analysis Group in London in April 2009.
John M Hyland, Denis P. O’ Hora, Julian C. Leslie, & Sinéad Smyth. Syntactic bootstrapping and sequential
responding: The acquisition of novel stimulus functions through syntactic exclusion. Poster presented at the
Conference of the European Behaviour Analysis Group in London in April 2009.
Georgia Dalton & Sinéad Smyth. Is Fear Contagious? The Effect of Modelling on the Acquisition of Negative
Interpretive Bias. Paper presented at Annual Conference for the Northern Ireland Branch of the British
Psychological Society (NIBPS), April 2009.
John M Hyland, Denis P. O’Hora, Sinéad Smyth, & Julian C. Leslie. The effect of Before and After instructions on
the latency and accuracy of sequential responding. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Association
for Behavior Analysis (International) in Pheonix, Arizona, May 2009.
Kristen A. Maglieri, Rita Honan, Maeve Bracken, Claire E. McDowell, & Sinéad Smyth. Challenges and Opportunities
for Graduate Training in ABA in Ireland. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for
Behavior Analysis (International) in Pheonix, Arizona, May 2009.
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7. INDICATORS OF ESTEEM
Adamson
• Statistical Reviews Editor, British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology.
• Grant Reviewer: Nuffield Foundation
• Grant Reviewer: ESRC (Professorial Fellowship)
• Grant Reviewer: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
• Grant Reviewer: R&D NI Office
• Invited book chapter contributor in Handbook of Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology. Oxford
University Press.
• Guest Editor, Irish Journal of Psychology special issue on the use of current research methods in psychology.
Campbell
• Peer reviewer for British Journal of Educational Research
Connor
• Chartered Health Psychologist with the British Psychological Society
• Full member of the Division of Health Psychology of the British Psychological Society
• Peer reviewer for Health Education Research, the Journal of Mental Health, the Journal of Public Health & the
Journal of Human Lactation
• Associate member of the R&D Office Child Health
• Associate member of the Child Health & Welfare R&D Office RRG Group
• Affiliate member of the Neuroscience & Mental Health R&D Office RRG Group
Ennis
• Registered trainer in ability testing in Occupational Psychology (Level A)
• Peer reviewer for several academic journals
• Full member of Neuroscience and Mental Health Research group
• Internal examiner of PhD
Giles
• Member of the Management Committee of the Child Health and Welfare RRG, R&D Office Belfast
• Chartered Health Psychologist
• Fellow Higher Education Academy
• Secretary of the Division of Health Psychology of the British Psychological Society, Northern Ireland Branch
• Referee for AIDS Care, British Journal of Psychology, Health Education Research, Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, Irish Journal of Psychology
Gordon
• External Academic Related Roles:
Member of the Curriculum Panel Subgroup for the Doctorate training course in Clinical Psychology at Queen’s
University Belfast for the module Psychodynamically Informed Psychotherapeutic Approaches.
Clinical Practice:
• Chartered Clinical Psychologist of the British Psychological Society.
• Registered Psychologist of the Psychological Society of Ireland.
• Registered Clinical Psychologist of the Health Professions Council.
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· Full Member of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology.
· Associate Member of the Irish Psycho-Analytical Association.
· Associate Member of the Northern Ireland Institute of Human Relations.
· Provide psychological services as a Highly Specialised Clinical Psychologist in an NHS Adult Psychological
Therapies Service (Northern Health & Social Care Trust).
· Honorary psychoanalytic psychotherapist at the Centre for Psychotherapy, Knockbracken HealthCare Park
(Belfast Health & Social Care Trust).
· Full Member of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Group.
· Research - Practice Impact:
Gordon, M.S. & Russo, K. (2009). Children’s Views Matter Too! A Pilot Project Assessing Children’s and
Adolescent’s Experiences of Clinical Psychology Services. Child Care in Practice, 15, 1, 39-48.
This clinical paper led to the development of a user involvement initiative at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick
Children, Clinical Psychology Department. Based on the findings from the research, information leaflets were
developed for users of the service, including both caregivers and children, to inform service users of the nature
of the service and to highlight issues such as ‘informed consent’.
Hargie
· Grant of €162,183 received in March, 2009 from EU-FP7-SEC-2007-6.1-03 Communication Strategies for Public
Authorities, for the University of Ulster part of a project entitled ‘Counter-Terrorism Crisis Communications
Strategies for Recovery and Continuity’. This is a collaborative project involving HEIs in Israel, Germany, Bulgaria,
Spain Greece and Northern Ireland. A total of €1.3 million has been awarded to this project.
· Invited to be Keynote Speaker at the ECREA Conference in Tampere, Finland, in October, 2009.
· Invited to submit a chapter on ‘Listening’ to the Sage Encyclopaedia of Human Relationships (2009), edited by
Harry Reis and Susan Sprecher.
· Editorial Board member of Journal of Communication Management, and Communication Journal of New Zealand.
· External examiner on a PhD dissertation at University of Twente, Holland, May, 2009.
· Peer reviewer for a range of Journals including Management Communication Quarterly, Patient Education and
Counseling, Medical Education, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Corporate Communications, British Journal of Guidance and
Counselling, and Social Science and Medicine, Canadian Journal of Communication.
· Associate Professor, University of Chester and Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
· Vice-Chair of the ‘Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction Section’ of the European Communication
Research and Education Association.
· Member of organising committee for the European Communication and Education Research Association
Conference, Barcelona, November, 2008.
· Manuscript reviewer for a range of book publishers including: Routledge, Chapman and Hall, Palgrave/MacMillan,
Churchill Livingstone, Gower, Manchester University Press, and Methuen.
· Reviewer on research proposals for a range of funding bodies including Leverhulme, AHRC, Wolfson, Nuffield
and the ESRC.
· Refereed paper on ‘Constructions of Social Exclusion among Young People from Interface Areas of Northern
Ireland’ presented to the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference, Brisbane,
Australia, July 2009.
· Refereed paper on ‘Communication Patterns across the Politico-Religious Divide in the Northern Ireland
Workplace’ presented at the European Communication Research and Education Association Conference in
Barcelona, November 2008.
· Currently engaged in a joint project with academics in the Faculties of Medicine at Queen’s University, Belfast
and Monash University, Melbourne, in a comparative study of CST in Medical Schools in the UK, Australia and
New Zealand. The first paper from this project in now in press with Medical Teacher.
· Invited speaker on ‘Communication and Leadership’, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, May
2009.
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Harrison
· Returning effects of the wartime dead. Seminar, Department of Prehistory and Anthropology, Australian National
University, September 2008.
· Military trophy-taking as an interstitial practice. Seminar, Department of Anthropology, University College
London, December 2008.
· Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian
National University, September-October 2008.
· Military trophy-taking as an interstitial practice. Seminar, Department of Social Anthropology, University of St
Andrews, February 2009.
Keenan
· Fellow of the British Psychological Society
· Personal Achievement Award New York State Association for Behavior Analysis
· Making a Difference Award, British Broadcasting Co-operation (BBC)
· Award for Promoting Equality of Opportunity, The British Psychological Society
· Distinguished Community Fellowship, University of Ulster
· Award for Public Service in Behavior Analysis. Society for Advancement in Behavior Analysis, http://www.
abainternational.org/saba/index.asp
· Elected as Advisor to Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, www.behavior.org
Kim
· Member of Alzheimer’s Research Trust, Northern Ireland.
· Member of Neuroscience Research Group at Queens University Belfast
· Member of Society for Neuroscience, USA
· Research Associate Minnesota Obesity Center, USA
· Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Leslie
· Editorial board member: European Journal of Behaviour Analysis, International Journal of Psychology and
Psychological Therapy
· Referee for papers submitted to:
o Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, European Journal of Behaviour Analysis, Journal of Applied
Behavior Analysis, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, Research in Developmental Disabilities, Life
Sciences, Psychopharmacology, Learning & Behavior, Irish Journal of Psychology, Life Sciences, Drugs and
Alcohol Review
· Secretary, Division of Behaviour Analysis, Psychological Society of Ireland
· Chair, Undergraduate Accreditation Committee, Psychological Society of Ireland
· Grant reviewer - BBSRC
· Grant reviewer - Wellcome
· Project grants awarded by Wellcome Foundation, EPSRC, BBSRC
· PhD examining: University of Southampton, University College London, University of Wales Bangor, National
University of Ireland Maynooth, Queens University Belfast, University of Nottingham
Liddell
· New appointments:
o Member, Northern Ireland Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (re-appointment)
o Member, Investing for Health Northern Ireland - Fuel Poverty Steering Committee
o Member, Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulator, Academic Advisory Panel.
· Keynote speaker at events for British Psychological Society, Energy Savings Trust London, Inside Government,
National Energy Action, Investing For Health, and Save The Children.
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Mallett
· Peer reviewer for Social Science & Medicine.
· Peer reviewer for and a member of an expert panel of the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR ) Health
Technology Assessment programme, specialising in statistics, health economics and methods of modelling.
· Guest reviewer, Irish Journal of Psychology special issue on the use of current research methods in
psychology.
· Guest reviewer, Irish Journal of Psychology special issue entitled - Predictors of success in academic performance
in educational settings
· Associate member of the Child Health & Welfare R&D Office RRG group
· Chartered Health Psychologist
McClenahan
· Chartered Psychologist / Chartered Scientist.
· Fellow, Higher Education Academy
· Peer reviews: Work and Stress; Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
· Associate member Child Health and Welfare RRG, R&D Office, Belfast.
McDowell
· Invited Event at The Experimental Analysis of Behaviour Group. London, April, 2009.
· Guest Reviewer, European Journal of Behavior Analysis
McLaughlin
· Peer reviewer for Health Education Research.
· Associate member of the Child Health & Welfare R&D Office RRG Group.
· Member of the British Psychological Society and the Division of Health Psychology.
· Chartered Psychologist
· Member of the Northern Ireland Hospice Multidisciplinary Research Group.
· Consultation with the BPS
o BPS (2009). Response to the Welsh Assembly Government Consultation: Sexual health and well-being for Wales
2009-2014.
Millar
· Chartered Psychologist (British Psychological Society)
· Registered Occupational Psychologist (HPC)
· Member of the Institute of Career Guidance
· Member of the International Association for Educational & Vocational Guidance
· Reviewer: British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
Murphy
· Most cited paper in Applied Ergonomics 2009 - Murphy S., Buckle P. and Stubbs D. 2004. Classroom posture and
self-reported back and neck pain in schoolchildren. Applied Ergonomics. 35, 113-120
Norwood
· Member of Alzheimer’s Research Trust, Northern Ireland.
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O’Neill
· Chartered Health Psychologist and full member of the British Psychological Society Division of Health
Psychology.
· Member of the NI Research and Development Office Doctoral Fellowship evaluation panel.
· Press Officer and committee member of the Division of Health Psychology, Northern Ireland.
· Member of European Health Psychology Society.
· Member of Psychological Society of Ireland, Division of Health Psychology.
· Executive Member and Training Officer: Northern Ireland Research and Development Office Neuroscience and
Mental Health Recognised Research Group.
· Full Member of Northern Ireland Research and Development Office Cancer Recognised Research Group.
· Member of the World Mental Health Surveys Consortium.
· Member of the European section of World Mental Health Consortium.
· Provide training in qualitative research methods for the Clinical Research Support Centre at the Royal Victoria
Hospital.
· Provide training in research methods for Royal College of Nursing Northern Ireland Research and Quality
group.
· Accredited trainer in World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview.
· Organising committee, British Psychological Society, Division of Health Psychology annual conference in Belfast
(September 2010)
Robinson
· Member British Council Northern Ireland Advisory Group
· Eisenhower Fellow
· Member ESRC Research Resources Board Directors Group
· Member ESDS Advisory Group
· Member NCRM Advisory Group
· Member ESRC Commissioning Panel for Survey Resources Network
· Member Reference Group for the Third Sector Research Centre within Northern Ireland
Shaw
· Member of Alzheimer’s Research Trust, Northern Ireland
Simpson
· Chartered Health Psychologist
· Committee member of the DHP Training committee
· Committee member of the Division of Health Psychology of the British Psychological Society, Northern Ireland
Branch
· Reviewer for:
o Journal of Nutrition, Health and Ageing
o Neuroscience & Biobehavioural Reviews
o Journal of the American College of Nutrition
Smyth
· Peer reviewer for Behavioural Processes
Stringer
· Chair, Northern Ireland Branch British Psychological Society.
· Chair, British Psychological Society’s Representative Council and member of the Board of Trustees.
· Reviewer: ESRC and British Journal of Educational Psychology
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Contacts
Professor Maurice Stringer
Director of Psychology Research Institute
Professor Brendan Bunting
Professor of Psychology and Research Group Leader: Health Psychology
Professor Ed Cairns
Professor of Psychology and Research Group Leader: Peace and Conflict
Professor Julian Leslie
Professor of Psychology and Research Group Leader: Behavioural Neuroscience
Professor Gordon Rae
Professor of Psychology and Research Group Leader: Measurement and Statistical Modelling
Dr Mark Shevlin
Postgraduate Tutor and Research Student Opportunities
Mrs Fiona Harkin
Research Institute Secretary
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