Dr Daniel Powell
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Dr Daniel Powell
PhD, CPsychol, FHEA
Lecturer
- About
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1st Floor, Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill Campus
Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD
Biography
I am a Lecturer in Health Psychology within the Institute of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Aberdeen. I joined the Aberdeen Health Psychology Group in 2014, having completed my PhD at the University of Southampton, and have been here ever since.
I am a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), Full Member of its Division of Health Psychology (DHP) and a member of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS).
My research typically uses intensive longitudinal methods (ecological momentary assessment) to investigate contextual and temporal influences on stress and fatigue, clinical symptoms, and self-regulation.I contribute teaching and supervision on the MSc Health Psychology programme in Aberdeen, and various other postgraduate courses. I became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2019.
Qualifications
- PhD Psychology2014 - University of Southampton
Fatigue and salivary cortisol in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: investigation in everyday life
- MSc Health Psychology2009 - University of Southampton
- BSc (Hons) Psychology2007 - University of the West of England
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Chair of the Aberdeen Health Psychology Group Workshop
- Member of the IAHS Staff Development Group
- Member of the IAHS Postgraduate Teaching Committee
- Member of the School Ethics Review Board PGT Committee
- External Memberships
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- Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Member of the Division of Health Psychology, BPS
- Member of the European Health Psychology Society
- Fellow Higher Education Academy
Prizes and Awards
- Stan Maes Early Career Award, European Health Psychology Society, 2019
- Rosemary Anne Price Student Award, MS Society, 2013
- Research
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Research Overview
Research interests are broadly within Health Psychology, with a particular focus on
- Stress and psychoneuroendocrinology
- Self-regulatory fatigue and decision fatigue
- Work, effort, and reward
- Symptom variability
- Habits in nutrition
I'm very interested in methods that facilitate research in everyday life, using real-time assessments (i.e. ecological momentary assessment; EMA) to study changing phenomena within-persons.
I am always keen to hear from potential collaborators, particular in relation to use of EMA methods and/or testing models of self-regulatory fatigue. I have ongoing collaborations both within and across disciplines, including with the Business School, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, Health Economics, Health Services, and Primary Care.
Research Areas
Applied Health Sciences
Psychology
Research Specialisms
- Health Psychology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
I am actively involved in the delivery of the BPS-accredited MSc Health Psychology programme, and contribute to courses on other programmes.
I'm currently the course co-ordinator of the following courses:
- PU5053 - Stress, Personality & Health
- PU5909 - Health Psychology Research Projects
I also teach content on the following courses:
- PU5022 - Health Behaviour & Behaviour Change
- PU5029 - Health Psychology Research Review
- PU5054 - Advanced Quantitative Methods and Analysis for Psychology
- PU5041 - Public Health in Action (Online)
- PU5552 - Public Health in Action
- RN5503 - Clinical Nutrition for Disease Prevention (Online)
- RN5505 - Clinical Nutrition
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
External courses
Dr Turu Stadler and Dr Dan Powell established a Summer School in Intensive Longitudinal Methods in 2018. This was followed up with a Virtual Summer School in Intensive Longitudinal Methods in 2020 and 2021. Future iterations will be announced soon.
- Publications
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Salivary cortisol in university students after the COVID-19 pandemic
Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, vol. 12, 100160Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMultiple health-related behaviours among Fly-In Fly-Out workers in the mining industry in Australia: A cross-sectional survey during the COVID-19 pandemic
PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 10, e0275008Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnderstanding health behaviours in context: A systematic review and meta-analysis of Ecological Momentary Assessment studies of five key health behaviours
Health Psychology ReviewContributions to Journals: ArticlesHealth and related behaviours of fly-in fly-out workers in the mining industry in Australia: a cross-sectional study
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental HealthContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-022-01908-x
Pragmatic evaluation of methods for retrieving unpublished information on comparator interventions in a systematic review of smoking cessation trials
Psychology & HealthContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2081688
Public acceptability of non-pharmaceutical interventions to control a pandemic in the United Kingdom: a discrete choice experiment
BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 3, e054155Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDelivering brief physical activity interventions in primary care: a systematic review of the prevalence, and factors associated with delivery, receipt, and patient receptivity
The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 72, no. 716, pp. e209-e216Contributions to Journals: Review articlesPerformance-Related Pay and Objective Measures of Health after Correcting for Sample Selection
Working Papers: Discussion Papers- [ONLINE] https://docs.iza.org/dp15000.pdf
Remember to stay positive: Affect and prospective memory in everyday life
Applied Cognitive Psychology, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 179-190Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMental Well-Being during COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study of Fly-In Fly-Out Workers in the Mining Industry in Australia
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 22, 12264Contributions to Journals: Articles