UCL DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
HEALTH BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH CENTRE
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DR JO WALLER
Senior Research Associate in Health Psychology

EXPERTISE
Psychosocial aspects of HPV testing and vaccination; cancer screening; public understanding of cancer; promoting early presentation with cancer warning signs

RESEARCH
Research interests
  • Qualitative and quantitative research into the psychosocial aspects of HPV testing and vaccination
  • Measuring public understanding of cancer
  • Understanding barriers to cervical screening attendance
  • Promoting early presentation with possible warning signs of cancer
Current research
Current research involves:understanding predictors of HPV vaccine uptake, and the impact of vaccination on risk-related behaviour; development of an HPV knowledge measure; exploring the reasons for non-attendance at cervical screening, particularly among young women; acceptability of HPV self-sampling; analysis of survey data using the cervical Cancer Awareness Measure; development of an intervention to promote early presentation with gynaecological symptoms.

Current grants
Evaluating the acceptability and feasibility of a gynaecological cancer information leaflet. NAEDI project grant, 2011-13 (A Simon, J Waller, J Wardle). IMPACT studentship on delay in gynaecological cancer (joint funding from UCL, Target Ovarian Cancer and Cancer Research UK), 2010-14 (J Waller).

TEACHING
Supervision of PhD students and MSc Health Psychology students; lecturer on basic and advanced colposcopy courses at UCH; lecturer on Clinical and Health Psychology module for Psychology BSc at UCL.

BIOGRAPHY
Appointments
2008 - present Senior Research Associate, Cancer Research UK Health
           Behaviour Research Centre, UCL Epidemiology & Public Health
2005 - 2008 MRC/ESRC-funded post-doctoral research fellow, Cancer Research
           UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, UCL Epidemiology & Public Health
2001 - 2005 Research Fellow, Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research
           Centre, UCL Epidemiology & Public Health
2000 - 2001 Research Psychologist, Unit of Psychology, GKT Medical
           School, Guy's Hospital
1998 - 2000 Research Psychologist, Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour
           Research Centre, UCL Epidemiology & Public Health

Qualifications
2005 PhD in Health Psychology, University of London
2000 MSc in Health Psychology, University of London
1997 BA Hons in Psychology, University of Exeter

Other
Chartered Health Psychologist

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This page last modified 30 Nov, 2010 by Mark Livermore

Jo Waller
CONTACT DETAILS
Telephone:

+44 (0)20 7679 5958
Internal: x45958
Fax:
+44 (0)20 7679 8354
Email: j.waller@ucl.ac.uk

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

Office: Room 533c,
1-19 Torrington Place,
WC1E 7HB

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