Dr Camille Alexis-Garsee

Associate Professor of Health Psychology

Camille Alexis-Garsee

  • School Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Department Psychology

  • Location London

Research activities

Methodologies

  • Mixed Methods
  • Randomised Controlled Trials

    • Health Psychology research interests:

  • Behaviour change interventions and use of technology for behaviour change
  • Experiences of chronic illness (e.g. Long-Covid in children)
  • Smoking and vaping
  • Public health service evaluations

    • Funded Projects

    A REAList evaluation of the feasibility of a school-based, multi-component Drug Education Programme (REAL-DEP). September 2024 - September 2025; NIHR, £490,403

    Developing and refining a universal, multi-component drug education programme for 13-15-year-olds.  March 2023- September 2023; NIHR, £80, 302

    Evaluation of Barking and Dagenham's Child Weight Management Pilot of Henry.  September 2022; Barking and Dagenham, £23,809

    A qualitative exploration of the impact on families of Long COVID in children; Collaboration with the LongCOVID Kids Charity.  February 2022. Middlesex University Award; £4,928

    Evaluation of Barnet's Physical Activity Services.  2018-2028.  Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL), £150,000

    A qualitative analysis of barriers, motivation to quit and tailored interventions for smoking cessation in smokers with and without COPD. April 2010-November 2011; UKRRF (IPCRG), £22,771


    Current Teaching

    Co Chair of Psychology Research Ethics Committee

    Programme Leader: MSc Clinical Health Psychology and Wellbeing

    MSc Module Leader: Clinical Health Psychology: Perspectives, Practice and Placement

    Advanced Dissertation in Psychology (PG Supervision)

    BSc Module Leader: Health Psychology Applied to Behaviour Change

    Advanced Research Methods (UG Dissertation Supervision)

    Doctoral Supervision 

    Current students 

     Merve Cetinkaya - Meaning and Purpose in Life in Individuals with Alcohol Dependence: A Mixed Methods Study

    Completions 

    Neelam Ghuman – An exploration of work-life balance and health behaviours in non traditional families. Awarded February 2025. First Supervisor

    Chineme Onyibuo - Exploring health-seeking behaviour among Nigerian migrants in the UK: Towards a culture-context and integrative model for enhanced quality of life. Awarded December 2016. First Supervisor

    Masters Supervision

    Supervised over 50 MSc student dissertations across six programmes in the past ten years (MSc Health Psychology, MSc Clinical Health Psychology and Wellbeing, MSc Applied Psychology and MSc Conversion, MSc Trauma and Intervention Studies) .  


    Biography

    Dr Camille Alexis-Garsee is an Associate Professor of Health Psychology; a Chartered Psychologist; full member of the BPS Division of Health Psychology and the BPS Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology

    Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Psychology (University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago); MSc Psychological Approaches to Health (University of Bedfordshire); PhD Health Psychology (University of the West of England, Bristol); PGCertHE (Middlesex University, London); Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

    Publications

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