Dr Gillian W Shorter
Addiction psychologist
I work at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) as a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology
My research group is the Drug and Alcohol Research Network
I teach Health Behaviour Change, Methodology, Contemporary Issues in Mental Health and Addiction, and Forensic Psychology and Crime in the brilliant and friendly School of Psychology
My Pure Research Profile at QUB is here
My work is diverse and includes alcohol and drug interventions, harm reduction initiatives, behaviour change research, evaluation methods, evidence base development and reviews, trial retention, and understanding psychometric properties.
BSc (Hons) Psychology
Liverpool University 2003
PhD Ulster University 2009
PGCert in Higher Education Practice Nottingham Trent University 2012
Queen's University Belfast
Teesside University
Ulster University
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
Nottingham Trent University
Australian National University
HSE Mental Health Services
Department of Health, Social Services, & Public Safety
Editorial Board
Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, PLoS One
Faculty of Public Health Special Interest Group on Drugs
Kettil Bruun Society Committee member
British Psychological Society Research Board
(Division of Health Psychology Research Lead)
BPS Behavioural Science and Disease Prevention Taskforce
Public Health Agency NI Behaviour Change Cell Member
Institute of Alcohol Studies Expert Adviser
North South Alcohol Policy Advisory Group
New Strategic Direction in Alcohol and Drugs Policy Steering Group
Trials Methodology Research Partnership Working Group
Trials Methodology Research Partnership Digital Intervention Chair
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Former
MRC HTMR Recruitment and Retention Working Group (former Lead)
Medical Research Council Hubs for Trials Methodology Research
Action Editor: British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology
British Psychological Society Research Board Vice Chair
National Institute for Health Research
Higher Education Authority Ireland
Forte
Alcohol Research UK
Medical Research Council
Karolinska Institutet
Public Health Agency Northern Ireland
Linkoping University
Economic and Social Research Council
Public Health Agency R&D Office
British Tinnitus Association
Placental Analytics
Society for the Study of Addiction
Brain Trust
University of York
University of Nottingham