Professor Tushna Vandrevala

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About

Professor Tushna Vandrevala is a Chartered Health Psychologist with research expertise in health inequalities. Tushna has gained national recognition for her research in health inequalities, health promotion, risk perception, health communication and behavioural change for underserved and hard-to-reach communities (ethnically diverse groups, migrant) and those at lifespan transitions (such as pregnant women, older people). Her work considers how health communication and health promotion can be tailored to understand and mitigate risk and reduce health inequalities. Tushna's work has informed how risk should be communicated to diverse groups, to enhance self-efficacy, and motivate individuals to practice health protecting behaviours and addresses how to mitigate group influences of stigma, alienation and mistrust at group and systems level. 

Professor Vandrevala has a long-standing interest and expertise in inclusivity, equality, diversity and inclusion, and expertise in co-design and participatory research, developing and evaluating outreach interventions with real world relevance. She has received funding from National Institute of Health and Social Care Research (NIHR), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Wellcome Trust and Dunhill Medical Trust.

Professor Vandrevala is co-Chair of the Cross Government Social and Behavioural Science in Emergencies Working Group since 2023 and member of the Home Office Science Advisory Council (HOSAC) since 2022 and regularly advices the government on issues relating to social and behavioural science. public health, health inequalities and wider issues relating to migration. She has served on various national bodies, such as Honorary Secretary to the British Society of Gerontology (2018-21), and a participant of the Independent Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (SPI-B). 

Academic responsibilities

Professor of Health Psychology

Qualifications

  • BA (Psychology), University of Mumbai, India.
  • MSc Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, UK
  • PhD in Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, UK.
  • Chartered membership (CPsychol) British Psychological Society, Division of Health Psychology

Teaching and learning

Undergraduate courses taught

Research

Current grants:

2024-2026: The Abundance Project: Enhancing Cultural and Green Inclusion in Social Prescribing in Southwest London to Address Ethnic Inequalities in Mental Health. Mobilising community assets to reduce health inequalities. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

2023-24: Inclusivity in Stroke Self-Management Support (ISSMAS): Co-designing resources to improve self-management by black African and Afro-Caribbean communities living with stroke in the UK. National Institute for Health Research

2021-2022: Understanding how members of the public from underserved communities access and use scientific evidence: A scoping review and qualitative study. National Institute for Health Research

2020-21: Developing and Delivering targeted SARS-CoV-2(COVID-19) health interventions to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities living in the UK. UKRI/ National Institute of Health Research

2020-21: Primary prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in pregnancy: addressing the gaps. National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme National Institute of Health Research, Policy Research Programme

2019-21: Identifying outstanding research proposals: An examination of reviewers' judgment processes. Wellcome Trust

2015 - 2018: Reducing Acquisition of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) through antenatal education: A feasibility study to assess an educational intervention to prevent cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy. National Institute of Health Research, Research for Patient Benefit (NIHR RfPB)

2014 - 2017: Developing and testing an educational intervention to improve uptake of Hepatitis B and C testing in South Asians. National Institute of Health Research, Research for Patient Benefit (NIHR,RfPB) 

2016 - 2017: The experiences of the adult domiciliary home care workforce in providing care up to the end of life for older people. Dunhill Medical Trust. 

PhD supervision:

Currently (co-)supervising a range of students in the area of health inequalities. Please contact Tushna, if you are interested in applying for PhDs in the area of "health and thriving communities" - /research/research-degrees/funding/sedarc/ 

Research student supervision

Publications

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Number of items: 80.

Article

Crawshaw, Alison F., Kitoko, Lusau M., Nkembi, Sarah L., Lutumba, Laura M., Hickey, Caroline, Deal, Anna, Carter, Jessica, Knights, Felicity, , Forster, Alice S. and Hargreaves, Sally (2024) Health Expectations, 27(1), e13884. ISSN (print) 1369-6513

, , Quirke-McFarlane, Sophia, Delaney, Nancy, and (2023) BMC Public Health, 23, p. 2179. ISSN (print) 1471-2458

Forbes, Lindsay, Armes, Jo, Shafi, Shuja, Mohamed, Amran, Mustafa, Reham, Dar, Osman, , Aml么t, Richard, Hayward, Andrew, Asaria, Miqdad, Pirani, Tasneem, Weston, Dale, Shah, Sunayana, Zumla, Alimuddin and Ala, Aftab (2023) BMJ Open, 13(4), e061207. ISSN (online) 2044-6055

Crawshaw, Alison F, Hickey, Caroline, Lutumba, Laura Muzinga, Kitoko, Lusau Mimi, Nkembi, Sarah, Knights, Felicity, Ciftci, Yusuf, Goldsmith, Lucy Pollyanna, , Forster, Alice S and Hargreaves, Sally (2023) BMJ Open, 13(1), e063462. ISSN (online) 2044-6055

Goldsmith, Lucy Pollyanna, Rowland-Pomp, May, , Deal, Anna, Crawshaw, Alison F, Hayward, Sally E, Knights, Felicity, Carter, Jessica, Ahmad, Ayesha, Razai, M, and Hargreaves, Sally (2022) BMJ Open, 12(11), e061896. ISSN (online) 2044-6055

Jones, Christine E, Bailey, Heather, Bamford, Alasdair, Calvert, Anna, Dorey, Robert B, Drysdale, Simon B, Khalil, Asma, Heath, Paul T, Lyall, Hermione, Ralph, Kate Monica Isabel, Sapuan, Shari, , Walter, Simone, Whittaker, Elizabeth and Wood, Sharon (2022) Archives of Disease in Childhood, ISSN (print) 0003-9888 (Epub Ahead of Print)

, , , Alidu, Lailah and Ala, Aftab (2022) British Journal of Health Psychology, ISSN (print) 1359-107X (Epub Ahead of Print)

, , , Silva Souza, Luiz Gustavo and (2022) Journal of Health Psychology, 27(9), pp. 2147-2160. ISSN (print) 1359-1053

, Davies, Nigel, Morrow, Elizabeth, , and Harris, Ruth (2022) Human Resources for Health, 20(57), ISSN (online) 1478-4491

, Alidu, Lailah, , Shafi, Shuja and Ala, Aftab (2022) Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 27(2), pp. 141-150. ISSN (print) 1355-8196

, , Calvert, Anna, , Star, Caroline, Khalil, Asma, Griffiths, Paul, Heath, Paul T. and Jones, Christine E. (2022) Midwifery, 106, p. 103249. ISSN (print) 0266-6138

, , and (2022) Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 9, p. 70. ISSN (online) 2662-9992

, , and (2022) BMC Public Health, 22, p. 565. ISSN (online) 1471-2458

Crawshaw, Alison F, Deal, Anna, Rustage, Kieran, Forster, Alice S, Campos-Matos, Ines, , W眉rz, Andrea, Pharris, Anastasia, Suk, Jonathan, Kinsman, John, Deogan, Charlotte, Miller, Anna, Declich, Silvia, Greenaway, Chris, Noori, Teymur and Hargreaves, Sally (2021) Journal of Travel Medicine, 28(4), taab048. ISSN (print) 1195-1982

Drury, John, Mao, Guanlan, John, Ann, Kamal, Atiya, Rubin, G. James, Stott, Clifford, and Marteau, Theresa M. (2021) BMC Public Health, 21, p. 1205. ISSN (online) 1471-2458

Calvert, Anna, , Parsons, Robin, Barber, Victoria, Book, Alex, Book, Gayle, Carrington, David, Greening, Vanessa, Griffiths, Paul, Hake, Danielle, Khalil, Asma, Luck, Suzanne, , Star, Caroline, Ster, Irina Chis, Wood, Sharon, Heath, Paul T. and Jones, Christine E. (2021) BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21, p. 565. ISSN (online) 1471-2393

Hayward, Sally E, Deal, Anna, Cheng, Cherie, Crawshaw, Alison, Orcutt, Miriam, , Norredam, Marie, Carballo, Manuel, Ciftci, Yusuf, Requena-M茅ndez, Ana, Greenaway, Christina, Carter, Jessica, Knights, Felicity, Mehrotra, Anushka, Seedat, Farah, Bozorgmehr, Kayvan, Veizis, Apostolos, Campos-Matos, Ines, Wurie, Fatima, McKee, Martin, Kumar, Bernadette and Hargreaves, Sally (2021) Journal of Migration and Health, 3, p. 100041. ISSN (online) 2666-6235

, , Mbire-Chigumba, Evas, Calvert, Anna, Star, Caroline, Khalil, Asma, Griffiths, Paul, Book, Alexander S, Book, Gayle M, Heath, Paul and Jones, Christine E (2020) BMJ Paediatrics Open, 4(1), e000844. ISSN (online) 2399-9772

Kelly, Claire, Pericleous, Marinos, Ahmed, Ayesha, , , Shafi, Shuja, Skene, Simon, Verma, Sumita, Edge, Chantal, Nicholls, Margot, Gore, Charles, de Lusignan, Simon and Ala, Aftab (2020) International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 100, pp. 264-272. ISSN (print) 1201-9712

, Calvert, Anna, , Star, Caroline, Khalil, Asma, Griffiths, Paul, Heath, Paul and Jones, Christine (2020) The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39(10), pp. 949-954. ISSN (print) 0891-3668

and (2020) Ageing and Society, 42(1), pp. 72-88. ISSN (print) 0144-686X

Manthorpe, Jill, , and Samsi, Kritika (2019) International Journal of Care and Caring, 3(4), pp. 567-583. ISSN (print) 2397-8821

Ahmed, Ayesha, , Hendry, J., Kelly, C. and Ala, A. (2019) Ethnicity and Health, ISSN (print) 1355-7858 (Epub Ahead of Print)

, , Calvert, Anna, Star, Caroline, Khalil, Asma, Griffiths, Paul, Heath, Paul T and Jones, Christine E (2019) Journal of Health Psychology, ISSN (print) 1359-1053 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Wilcox, Christopher, Calvert, Anna, Metz, Jane, Kilich, Eliz, MacLeod, Rachael, Beadon, Kirsten, Heath, Paul, Khalil, Asma, Finn, Adam, Snape, Matthew, , Nadarzynski, Tom, Coleman, Matthew and Jones, Christine (2019) The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 38(9), pp. 944-951. ISSN (print) 0891-3668

, , Ahmed, Ayesha, Kelly, Claire, and Ala, Aftab (2019) Social Science & Medicine, 237, p. 112481. ISSN (online) 0277-9536

, , Samsi, Kritika and Manthorpe, Jill (2019) Ageing & Society, 39(9), pp. 1976-1995. ISSN (print) 0144-686X

D'astous, Valerie, , , Samsi, Kritika and Manthorpe, Jill (2019) Dementia, 18(3), pp. 970-989. ISSN (print) 1471-3012

, Samsi, Kritika, and Manthorpe, Jill (2019) International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 34(2), pp. 352-359. ISSN (print) 0885-6230

Wilcox, Christopher R, Bottrell, Kathryn, Paterson, Pauline, Schulz, William S, , Larson, Heidi J and Jones, Christine E (2018) Vaccine, 36(50), pp. 7625-7631. ISSN (print) 0264-410X

Kelly, C, Pericleous, M, Hendry, J, de Lusignan, S, Ahmed, A, and Ala, A (2018) International Journal Of Clinical Practice, 72(8), e13202. ISSN (print) 1368-5031

, Chrysanthaki, T. and Ogundipe, E (2017) International Journal of Nursing Studies, 74, pp. 112-119. ISSN (print) 0020-7489

, Samsi, K., Rose, C., Adenrele, C., Barnes, C. and Manthorpe, J. (2017) International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32(2), pp. 155-163. ISSN (print) 0885-6230

, , Chelidoni, Olga, Chang, Nai-Feng, Creagh-Brown, Ben and Cox, Anna (2017) Journal of Intensive Care, 5(16), ISSN (online) 2052-0492

, , Walker, Victoria, Torres, Joshelyn Cabrera, Ordona, Izobel and Rahman, Panna (2017) Health Psychology Open, 4(1), ISSN (online) 2055-1029

, Senior, Victoria, Springs, Laura, Kelliher, Leigh and Jones, Chris (2016) Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(8), pp. 3447-3454. ISSN (print) 0941-4355

Ravndal, Caroline and (2016) Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, 23(5), pp. 775-780. ISSN (print) 1553-4650

King, W., Teare, J., , Cartwright, S., Mohammed, K. B. and Patel, B. (2016) Anaesthesia, 71(2), pp. 177-184. ISSN (print) 0003-2409

Konstantara, Emmanouela, , Cox, Anna, Creagh-Brown, Benedict C. and Ogden, Jane (2016) Health Psychology Open, 3(1), ISSN (online) 2055-1029

, Samsi, Kritika and Manthorpe, Jill (2015) Nursing and Residential Care, 17(6), pp. 335-337. ISSN (print) 1465-9301

Jones, C, Kelliher, L, Dickinson, M, Riga, A, Worthington, T, Scott, M, , Fry, C, Karanjia, N and Quiney, N (2013) British Journal of Surgery, 100(8), pp. 1015-1024. ISSN (print) 0007-1323

Hughes, H., Meddings, S., , Homes, S. and Hayward, M. (2011) Journal of Mental Health, 20(1), pp. 70-78. ISSN (print) 0963-8237

Straughan, A., Kneebone, I., Vetere, A. and (2010) PSIGE Newsletter(111), pp. 13-17. ISSN (print) 1360-3671

Lee, K., and John, M. (2009) Clinical Psychology Forum(197), pp. 45-48. ISSN (print) 1747-5732

Arber, S., , Daly, T. and Hampson, S. (2008) Journal of Aging Studies, 22(4), pp. 366-375. ISSN (print) 0890-4065

Garnett, D., , Hampson, S., Daly, T. and Arber, S. (2008) Mortality, 13(1), pp. 65-81. ISSN (print) 1357-6275

, Hayward, M., Willis, J. and John, M. (2007) The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 2(3), pp. 34-44. ISSN (print) 1755-6228

, Hampson, S.E., Daly, T., Arber, S. and Thomas, H. (2006) Social Science and Medicine, 62(7), pp. 1579-1593. ISSN (print) 0277-9536

, Hampson, S. and Chrysanthaki, T. (2002) Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 3(3), pp. 36-48. ISSN (print) 2044-1827

Conference or Workshop Item

, Wheelock, Ana, and (2021) In: 27th International (Virtual) Meeting of the Brunswik Society; 09-10 Dec 2021, Held online. (Unpublished)

[Presenter], , and (2021) In: Centre for Decision Research (CDR) Seminar Series; 03 Mar 2021, Leeds, U.K. (Held online). (Unpublished)

(2019) In: 10th Annual Faculty Research Conference: Contemporary Issues in Business and Social Sciences in a period of uncertainty; 03 - 04 Jun 2019, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Samsi, Kritika, Manthorpe, Jill and (2018) In: Alzheimer's Association International Conference Symposium 2018; 22 - 26 Jul 2018, Chicago, U.S.. (Unpublished)

Samsi,, Kritika, Manthorpe, Jill, , , and D鈥橝stous,, Valerie (2017) In: Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2017; 16-20 July 2017, London, UK. (Unpublished)

, Chrysanthaki, Theopisti, Hewson, Unity, Llefsen Holm, Sofie, Gurung, Pranisha and Anderson, Aisha (2017) In: 27th Alzheimer Europe Conference; 2-4 Oct 2017, Berlin, Germany. (Unpublished)

Abrams, R, , Samsi, K, Manthorpe, J, Yeh, I and D'Astous, V (2017) In: British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference; 5-7 July 2017, Swansea, UK. (Unpublished)

(2017) In: 32nd International Conference of Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease International; 26鈥�29 April 2017, Kyoto, Japan. (Unpublished)

, , Ahmed, Aisha, Gray, Lucy, Kelly, Claire and Ala, Aftab (2017) In: Division of Health Psychology Conference 2017; 6-8 September 2017, Cardiff, UK. (Unpublished)

, , Samsi, Kritika, , D'astous, Val and Manthorpe, Jill (2017) In: 27th Alzheimer Europe Conference; 2-4 Oct 2017, Berlin, Germany. (Unpublished)

(2017) In: 32nd International Conference of Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease International; 26鈥�29 April 2017, Kyoto, Japan. (Unpublished)

, Abrams, R, Hewson, U, Holm, S, Gurung, P and Anderson, A (2017) In: British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2017; 5-7 July 2017, Swansea, UK. (Unpublished)

, Chrysanthaki, Theopisiti and Ogundipe, Esther (2016) In: 26th Alzheimer Europe Conference: 鈥淓xcellence in dementia research and care鈥�; 31 Oct鈥�2 Nov 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Unpublished)

(2016) In: 8th International Conference "Activation of seniors and non-pharmacological approaches in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease".; 22-23 Sept 2016, Brastislava, Slovakia. (Unpublished)

(2016) In: 30th European Health Psychology Society and British Psychology Society Division of Health Psychology Conference, "Behaviour change: making an impact on health and health services"; 23-27 Aug 2016, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. (Unpublished)

(2015) In: BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference; 16-18 Sept 2015, London, UK. (Unpublished)

and Rose, Charlotte (2015) In: 25th Alzheimer Europe Conference Dementia: Putting strategies and research into practice; 2-4 Sept 2015, Ljubljana, Slovenia. (Unpublished)

(2015) In: Margaret Butterworth Care Home Forum Meetings; 25 Nov 2015, London, UK. (Unpublished)

(2014) In: 28th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society; 26-30 Aug 2014, Innsbruck, Austria. (Unpublished)

(2006) In: 36th International Symposium of the European Behavioural and Social Science Research Section of the IAG; 20-22 Oct 2006, Galway, Ireland. (Unpublished)

, Hampson, S.E., Arber, S. and Daly, T. (2004) In: British Society of Gerontology 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting: 'Challenging Perceptions of Later Life'; 9-11 Sep 2004, Roehampton, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Arber, S., Daly, T., and Hampson, S. (2004) In: RC11 'Sociology of Aging' Inter-Congress Conference: Ageing Societies and Ageing Sociology: Diversity and Change in a Global World; 7-9 Sep 2004, Roehampton, U.K.. (Unpublished)

and Hampson, S.E. (2003) In: 17th European Health Psychology Conference; 24-27 Sep 2003, Kos, Greece. (Unpublished)

and Hampson, S.E. (2002) In: 16th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society; 2-5 Oct 2002, Lisbon, Portugal. (Unpublished)

and Hampson, S. (2002) In: British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference; 4-6 Sep 2002, Sheffield, U.K.. (Unpublished)

and Hampson, S.E. (2001) In: Joint Conference between the British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology and the European Health Psychology Society; 4-7 Sep 2001, St Andrews, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Monograph

Lang, B., and McWhirter, J. (2010) (Project Report) Bracknell, U.K. : Transport Research Laboratory. 132 p. (TRL Published Project Report, no. PPR454) ISBN 9781846089428

Lang, B., Delmonte, E. and (2010) (Project Report) Bracknell, U.K. : Transport Research Laboratory. 204 p. (TRL Published Project Report, no. PPR346) ISBN 9781846088766

, Helman, S., Turner, C. and Stone, B. (2010) (Project Report) London, U.K. : Department for Transport. 71 p. (Road Safety Research Report, no. 116) ISBN 9781848640818

Helman, S., and Hutchins, R. (2010) (Project Report) Nottingham, U.K. : Driving Standards Agency. 106 p.

Helman, S., and Hutchins, R. (2010) (Project Report) Nottingham, U.K. : Driving Standards Agency. 65 p.

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