Health Behaviour Research Centre

UCL DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
HEALTH BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH CENTRE

DR BENJAMIN GARDNER SOOD (aka Gardner)
Lecturer in Health Psychology

BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Ben's undergraduate and postgraduate studies were all undertaken at University of Sussex under the supervision of Professor Charles Abraham. After obtaining a first class BA (Hons) in Social Psychology in 2003, Ben was awarded a studentship by the Economic and Social Research Council for a transport psychology project exploring determinants of decisions to drive in the presence of non-car alternative transport. Ben completed an MRes in Psychological Methods (with distinction) in 2004, and a DPhil in Social Psychology in 2008.

Ben's first postdoctoral position was in the Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness (2008-09), working as a Research Associate with Professor Susan Michie on various projects which have sought to understand and strengthen the extent to which healthcare research, policy and practice is based on theory and evidence.

Ben joined the Health Behaviour Research Centre in January 2009.

TEACHING
MSc Health Psychology
Clinical and Health Psychology (undergraduate course)

RESEARCH
Research interests
My research focuses on three main areas of interest:

Applying psychological theories of behaviour and behaviour change to health promotion, and the development of methods to assist in doing so
The role of habit and automaticity in action
Understanding modifiable determinants of travel mode choice

PUBLICATIONS

This page last modified 8 November, 2010 by Mark Livermore

CONTACT DETAILS
Telephone:
+44 (0)20 7679 8267
Internal: x48267
Fax:
+44 (0)207 679 8354
Email: b.gardnersood@ucl.ac.uk, b.gardner@ucl.ac.uk

Postal address: Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health,
UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

Office: Room 217,
1-19 Torrington Place,
WC1E 7HB