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UCL DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH HEALTH BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH CENTRE |
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Dr Katriina Whitaker Research Associate in Health Psychology RESEARCH Research interests Katriina's PhD work aimed to elucidate causal processes underlying anxiety in cancer patients with a view to advancing psychological therapies and improving quality of life. Katriina now works as a Research Associate to Professor Jane Wardle. BIOGRAPHY Katriina obtained a first class BSc (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Bristol in 2002. Following her BSc, Katriina worked with Professor Richard Gregory on The Oxford Companion to the Mind (Gregory, 2004) and worked as a research assistant for Professor Allison Harvey at the University of Oxford, studying a cognitive model of insomnia. Katriina completed an MSc in Research Methods (with distinction) at University College London (UCL) in 2005 and completed her Cancer Research UK PhD in 2008 (UCL & Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton) under the supervision of Professor Chris Brewin & Dr Maggie Watson. Katriina has recently been awarded a Cancer Research UK post-doctoral fellowship entitled "Cancer symptom appraisal in everyday life: psychological and demographic influences". TEACHING MSc Health Psychology MSc Cancer PUBLICATIONS *name changed from Burnet to Whitaker in 2007 due to marriage This page last modified 20 Jul, 2011 by Mark Livermore |
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CONTACT DETAILS Telephone: +44 (0)20 7679 1735 Internal: x41735 Fax: +44 (0)20 7679 8354 Email: k.whitaker@public-health.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
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