Dr Nicola Payne

Biography

Dr Nicky Payne is an Associate Professor in Psychology, an HCPC Registered Practitioner Health Psychologist, and a Chartered Psychologist and full member of the BPS Division of Health Psychology, and Chair of the Psychology, health and wellbeing research group at Middlesex University

Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Psychology (Hertfordshire), MSc Health Psychology (City), PhD (Hertfordshire)

My research focuses on four broad areas: 1) women's reproductive health and the workplace, especially the impacts of fertility challenges and treatment, 2) the evaluation of theory-based behavioural change interventions, 3) the impact of long-term health conditions such as sickle cell disease and Long Covid, 4) work stress, work-life balance and flexible working.

I have worked on research funded by Horizon Europe, the ESRC, Fertility Network UK, Barking and Dagenham Council, the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Greenwich Leisure Limited.

Teaching

Department of  Psychology Postgraduate Research Lead

Programme leader MSc Clinical Health Psychology  and Wellbeing with (and without) Professional Practice

MSc module leader: Research: Practice and reporting (research dissertation module)

MSc module leader: Applications and practitioner skills for clinical  health psychologists with (and without) professional practice

BSc module leader: Health  psychology applied to behaviour change

Current PhD supervision

• Nikki Swales. An exploration into skin cancer patients' experience of the helpful factors within psychotherapy.
• Mary Attito. Black British Men's Perceptions of Therapy.
• Andrew Waller. How do the experiences of overweight and obese men influence their cognitive and emotional processes?
• Andrew Grimmer. A qualitative inquiry into cognitive behavioural therapy practitioners’ understanding of the meaning, context, and development of therapeutic competence across the professional lifespan.
• Claire Gellard. Socioeconomic predictors of cooperative social Behaviour: an investigation into the ecological determinants of levels and styles of social coordination in humans.
• Hosna Yasin. Workplace bullying and intergroup relations. The effect of organizational level social dominance and power distance orientation.
• Zoe Davenport. A comparative study of high risk policing roles to understand how personality and other factors can affect health outcomes

Recent PhD Completions

• Neelam Ghuman. Work-life balance in employees with different family structures.
• Tasneem Wadee. Leading and Managing business transformation in a changing economic climate.
• Lindsay de Wal. The experience of humanist healthcare chaplains entering faith-based NHS Chaplaincy teams.
• Fatemeh Fazeli. Children’s and parents’ perceptions of weight status, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and fundamental movement skills.
• Christina Constantinou. Health-Related Quality of Life and health behaviours in children and adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease.