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Prof Amanda Williams
451b, 1-19 Torrington Place
Res Dept of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology
UCL
London
WC1E 6BT
Tel: 02076791608
Fax: 02079161989
Appointment
- Professor of Clinical Health Psychology
- Clinical, Edu & Hlth Psychology
- Div of Psychology & Lang Sciences
- Faculty of Brain Sciences
Biography
BSc in Psychology from Bristol University, followed by experience working in drug addiction, then physical disability; MSc in clinical psychology from North East London Polytechnic (now UEL) in 1985.
PhD in 1996 while working at St Thomas' Hospital in pain management; subsequently part-time senior lecturer at King's College medical school and part time clinical practice at St Thomas' Hospital.
2004 appointed to UCL as Reader in Clinical Health Psychology, currently working half-time, and appointed Professor in Clinical Health Psychology in 2020. I also work one half-day as a consultant clinical psychologist in the pain management centre of UCLH (previously at the National Hospital, Queen Square). I am section editor for psychology on the journal PAIN, and consult on research to the International Centre for Health and Human Rights (ICHHR).
Research Groups
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Pain
- facial and behavioural expression of pain and emotion and influences on observer judgements of pain
- understanding of pain by people with pain, and how they make sense of explanations of pain provided in healthcare
- evaluation, including systematic review and meta-analysis, of cognitive and behavioural rehabilitation programmes for people with chronic pain
- pain in survivors of torture
Teaching Summary
BSc Psychology
- models of pain and their application; adjustment to chronic disease
MB BS
- introduction to psychology; health behaviour and illness presentation; chronic illness, disability and cancer; pain.
MSc Health Psychology
- pain
DClinPsy
- core psychological issues in physical illness and disability
- pain
- systematic review and meta-analysis
Academic Background
| 1996 | Doctor of Philosophy | University of London | |
| 1985 | Master of Science | North East London Polytechnic | |
| 1976 | Bachelor of Science | University of Bristol |
