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Jennifer Bowler

Jennifer Bowler

Dr

  • MED-01

Accepting PhD Students

Personal profile

Biography

Jennifer took up her post as lecturer in 2018. She completed MA (Hons) and MSc degrees in Philosophy and Health Psychology respectively at the University of St Andrews, and an MSc in Psychology at the University of Glasgow. Her PhD at the University of East Anglia concerned attentional processing in pain. Prior to commencing her PhD, she worked as a Wellcome Trust funded Research Associate examining cognitive bias modification for anxiety.

Indicative Publications

Hayden, C., Bowler, J.O., Chambers, S., Freeman, R., Humphris, G., Richards, D., & Cecil, J.E. (2013). Obesity and dental caries in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 41(4), 289-308.

Bowler, J.O., Mackintosh, B., Dunn, B.D., Mathews, A., Dalgleish, T., & Hoppitt, L. (2012). A comparison of cognitive bias modification for interpretation and computerized cognitive behavior therapy: Effects on anxiety, depression, attentional control and interpretive bias. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80(6), 1021-1033.

Areas of Expertise

Jennifer is interested in the relationship between cognition and emotion, and pain experience. She has researched attentional and interpretive biases and their association with anxiety, depression, and how we experience pain, including in long-term pain conditions. She is interested in using understanding of the mechanisms underpinning these conditions to inform evidence-based intervention development.

Teaching Interests

Masters: Further Quantitative Research and Statistics (module co-ordinator & lecturer)
Dissertation (module co-ordinator & supervisor)
Year 3: Research Project (supervisor)
Year 2: Experimental Psychological Analysis (module co-ordinator & lecturer); Assessing and Analysing Individual Differences (seminar lead)

PhD supervision
Dr Jordan Tsigarides

Completed:
Dr Rebecca Crago

 

Key Responsibilities

PGT Deputy Programme Director

   MSc Cognitive Neuroscience

   MSc Developmental Science

   MSc Social and Applied Psychology

For more information on our Masters courses and how to apply: https://www.uea.ac.uk/search/courses/?primaryCategory%5B0%5D=Postgraduate&department%5B0%5D=Psychology

Senior PGT Advisor

Library Officer

Keywords

  • Cognition
  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Emotion
  • Mental Health
  • Sleep

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being