Health Behaviour Research Centre

UCL DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
HEALTH BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH CENTRE

DR CHRISTIAN VON WAGNER
Senior Lecturer in Behavioural Research in Early Diagnosis of Cancer

EXPERTISE
Health Literacy, Colorectal Cancer Screening, Decision Making, Socioeconomic Inequalities.

RESEARCH
Research interests
Current research involving:

attitudes towards colorectal cancer screening
the translation of intentions to health behaviour
the application of new health technologies to screening and diagnosis of bowel-related illnesses and colorectal cancer
the application of health literacy to understanding inequalities in the context of cancer screening uptake
socio-economic inequalities in participation in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme

Current research
Pro-Act Study: Promoting Action in screening participation.
SIGGAR: Multi-centre randomised comparison of CT colonography versus standard investigation (barium enema or colonoscopy).
Orbit: Optimising radiologic bowel imaging tests.
Fit for follow up: evaluation of the psychological impact of self sampling in bowel cancer surveillance.
The Ascend project: developing and testing interventions to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in CRC screening.

BIOGRAPHY
Appointments
2005- Research Fellow in Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL Epidemiology & Public Health
2003- 2005 Teaching Fellow, Bute Medical School, University of St Andrews

Qualifications
2004 PhD in Psychology, University of York
2000 BSc in Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex

PUBLICATIONS

This page last modified 3 Sept, 2013 by Mark Livermore

CONTACT DETAILS
Telephone:
+44 (0)20 7679 1614
Internal: x41614
Fax:
+44 (0)20 7679 8354
Email: c.wagner@ucl.ac.uk

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

Office: Room 536,
1-19 Torrington Place,
WC1E 7HB