Dr Sara MacLennan
Senior Lecturer
PhD CPsychol AFBPsS
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Biography
Dr Sara MacLennan is Director of Operations for UCAN (Urological CANcer charity) and a Senior Lecturer in the Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen. She is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a registered health psychologist.
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Research Interests
Her research is focussed on two areas of applied health psychology: behaviour in relation to chronic illness and behaviour in relation to chronic illness and working life. Currently her research is focussed on behaviour in relation to a specific chronic illness, urological cancer. Her programmes of work and those of her team are focused on early diagnosis and urological cancer; the management of work and working life and urological cancer and the specific information and support needs of those diagnosed with a urological cancer.
She is also involved in research into the methods and techniques used for empirical study in the social sciences. Her research is well published and she has spoken at both national and international conferences.
Over the past twelve years, she has worked with colleagues to develop knowledge and understanding of the management of challenges to health and psychological wellbeing in different contexts. These projects have taken a multi-level approach to the study of psychological wellbeing and health-related behaviour and have examined these issues at the level of the individual and the system / organisation.
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Research Grants
£292,253 | Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA) (2012 – 2015) Ablative therapy for men with localised prostate cancer. (Ramsay, C., Pickard, R., Vale, L., Lam, T., Mowatt, G., MacLennan, SJ., Rushton, S., N’Dow, J., Merseburger, A., Shirley, M., & Heidenreich, A. ) |
£176,903 | Cancer Research Aberdeen & North East Scotland (CRANES) (2012 – 2015) Development of core outcomes for surgical management of localised prostate cancer to support decision-making by patients, clinicians and policy makers. (Lam, T., N’Dow, J., MacLennan, SJ., Ramsay, C., & Campbell, M) |
£24,680 | The Prostate Cancer Charity Scotland (2011 – 2012) Support groups for men who have prostate cancer, their families and friends: identifying best practice models. (MacLennan, SJ., Skea, Z, N’Dow, J & McCann, S) |
£14,042 | Scottish Cancer Research Network (2011 – 2012) Information for choice in urological cancer: What people need, prefer and use. (MacLennan, SJ., & Skea, Z) |
£10,317 | Scottish Cancer Research Network (2010 – 2011) Delivering Peer Support Interventions in Urological Cancer. (MacLennan, SJ., & N’Dow, J) |
£150,700 | UCAN (Urological Cancer Charity) (2009 – 2013) Addressing the gaps in evidence for treatment of urological cancers. (N’Dow, J., MacLennan, SJ., & Imamura, M) |
£165,975 | The Scottish Government – CSO (2009 – ) Postdoctoral Training Fellowship in Health Services and Health of Public Research – The Acceptability and Usefulness of a Trial Participation Decision Aid: A Mixed Methods Study of Patients and Clinicians in the UK. (Schumm, K., Campbell, M., Ramsay, C., N’Dow, J., Skea, Z., & MacLennan, SJ) |
£245,482 | UCAN (Urological Cancer Charity) (2009 – 2013) Information needs of those living with urological cancer. (MacLennan, SJ) |
£147,000 | Macmillan (2009 – 2012) Making life better for those living with urological cancer. (MacLennan, SJ) |
£8,000 | Research Enhancement Award University of Nottingham. (2007- 2008). Work-related Reproductive Health. (Cox, SJ., Brough, P., & Kalliath, T) |
£43,063 | British Occupational Health Research Foundation (2005 – 2009) Ageing, Work and Health: An Investigation of Working Women's Experience of the Menopause. (Griffiths, A and Cox, SJ) |
£10,000 | British Association for Women in Policing (2004-2005) Women Police Officers: Ageing, Work and Health. (Griffiths, A and Cox, SJ) |
£10,000 | Dean’s Fund, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences (2004-2005) University of Nottingham Multi-disciplinary Collaboration in the Social Sciences. (Cox, SJ and Griffiths, A) |
£60,896 | European Social Fund (2004-2005) Managing chronic hidden health conditions at work: Facilitating effective coping for employees and organizations. (Munir, F., Griffiths, A., Leka, S., Cox, SJ., & Haslam, C). |
£44,785 | National Association for Colitis & Crohn’s Disease (2003-2004) Managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Work. (Cox, SJ., Munir, F., and Griffiths, A. ) |
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External Responsibilities
External Examiner (MSc) MSc Health Psychology, University of Westminster 2008 - 2011
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Publications
Contributions to Journals
Articles
- MacLennan, S., Imamura, M., Lapitan, MCM., Omar, MI., Lam, TBL., Hilvano-Cabungcal, AM., Royle, P., Stewart, F., MacLennan, GS., MacLennan, S., Canfield, SE., McClinton, S., Griffiths, TRL., Ljungberg, B. & N'Dow, JMO. (2012). 'Systematic review of oncological outcomes following surgical management of localised renal cancer'. European Urology, vol 61, no. 5, pp. 972-993.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.02.039
[Online] AURA: MacLennan_2012.pdf - Tang, JJ., Leka, S. & Maclennan, S. (in press). 'The psychosocial work environment and mental health of teachers: a comparative study between the United Kingdom and Hong Kong'. International archives of occupational and environmental health.
[Online] DOI: 10.1007/s00420-012-0799-8 - Maclennan, S., Imamura, M., Lapitan, MC., Omar, MI., Lam, TBL., Hilvano-Cabungcal, AM., Royle, P., Stewart, F., Maclennan, G., Maclennan, SJ., Dahm, P., Canfield, SE., McClinton, S., Griffiths, TRL., Ljungberg, B., N'dow, J. & UCAN Systematic Review Reference Group (2012). 'Systematic Review of Perioperative and Quality-of-life Outcomes Following Surgical Management of Localised Renal Cancer'. European Urology, vol 62, no. 6, pp. 1097-1117.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.07.028 - Kazimierczak, KA., Skea, ZC., Dixon-Woods, M., Entwistle, VA., Feldman-Stewart, D., N'dow, JMO. & Maclennan, SJ. (in press). 'Provision of cancer information as a "support for navigating the knowledge landscape": Findings from a critical interpretive literature synthesis'. European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2012.10.002 - Maclennan, SJ., Maclennan, SJ., Imamura, M., Omar, MI., Vale, L., Lam, T., Royle, P., Royle, J., Swami, S., Pickard, R., McClinton, S., Griffiths, TRL., Dahm, P., N'dow, J. & and the UCAN Care Pathway Development Group (2011). 'Urological cancer care pathways: development and use in the context of systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines'. World Journal of Urology, vol 29, no. 3, pp. 291-301.
[Online] DOI: 10.1007/s00345-011-0660-9 - Skea, ZC., MacLennan, S., Entwistle, V. & N'Dow, JMO. (2011). 'Enabling mutual helping?: Examining variable needs for facilitated peer support'. Patient Education and Counseling, vol 85, no. 2, pp. e120-e125.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.032
[Online] AURA: Skea_2011.pdf - Kazimierczak, KA., Skea, ZC., MacLennan, S. & N'Dow, JMO. (2011). 'Concepts of information provision in cancer care: a critical interpretive synthesis of literature'. Medical Encounter, vol 25, no. 3, pp. 63.
- Imamura, M., Cook, JA., MacLennan, S., N'Dow, JMO., Dahm, P. & Evidence-Based Urology Working Group (2010). 'Evidence-based urology in practice: heterogeneity in a systematic review meta-analysis'. BJU International, vol 105, no. 6, pp. 770-773.
[Online] AURA: Imamura%202010.pdf - Kouvonen, A., Vaananen, A., Vahtera, J., Heponiemi, T., Koskinen, A., Cox, S. & Kivimaki, M. (2010). 'Sense of coherence and psychiatric morbidity: a 19-year register-based prospective study'. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol 64, pp. 255-261.
[Online] DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.083352 - Somani, B., MacLennan, S. & N'Dow, JMO. (2010). 'Quality of Life with Urinary Diversion'. European Urology Supplements, vol 9, no. 10, pp. 763-771.
- Meade, O., MacLennan, S., Blake, H. & Coulson, N. (2009). 'Workplace complementary and alternative therapies for hospital-site staff'. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, vol 2, no. 3, pp. 258-271.
[Online] DOI: 10.1108/17538350910993449 - Kouvonen, A., Vahtera, J., Vaananen, A., De Vogli, R., Heponiemi, T., Elovainio, M., Virtanen, M., Oksanen, T., Cox, S., Pentti, J. & Kivimaki, M. (2009). 'Relationship between job strain and smoking cessation: the Finnish Public Sector Study'. Tobacco Control, vol 18, no. 2, pp. 108-114.
[Online] DOI: 10.1136/tc.2008.025411 - Kouvonen, A., Oksanen, T., Vahtera, J., Stafford, M., Wilkinson, R., Schneider, J., Vaananen, A., Virtanen, M., Cox, S., Pentti, J. & Kivimaki, M. (2008). 'Low Workplace Social Capital as a Predictor of Depression: the Finnish Public Sector Study'. American Journal of Epidemiology, vol 167, no. 10, pp. 1143-1151.
[Online] DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn067
Scientific Reviews
- Tang, JJ., Leka, S., Hunt, N. & MacLennan, S. (2011). 'Occupational psychosocial health policies in Hong Kong schools: A review and exploration of key stakeholder perceptions'. Health Policy, vol 103, no. 2-3, pp. 266-275.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.07.003
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