Dr Joanna Semlyen is a British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist and a Health Care Professions Council Health Psychologist. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and has full membership of the Division of Health Psychology in the British Psychological Society. 

She is a Public Health Specialist in Hertfordshire Council.

Joanna completed her PhD at City University London where she previously completed her MSc in Health Psychology. Her first degree was a BSc in Psychology.

Joanna's interdisciplinary research focuses on health inequalities and health disparities in sexual and gender minority populations (LGBTQ+) and ethnic minorities. She uses mixed methods, drawing on phenomenological qualitative approaches in addition to epidemiological pooled meta-analytic techniques. Her particular research expertise is in mental health.

British Psychological Society: Psychology of women and equalities section

She is East of England Lead for Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Orcid profile: ORCID: 0000-0001-5372-1344

Researchgate profile: RESEARCHGATE

Google Scholar profile: Google Scholar

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Associate Dean

Athena SWAN Chair

Norwich Medical School Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Norwich Medical School BAME Working Group: Chair

Academic Lead: Psychology

Module Lead: Further Qualitative Research Methods

Available for (PhD, MRes) research opportunities for psychology, social work, medicine, allied health in the following: 

• Inequalities in health for sexual, gender and ethnic minority groups
• Medical Education and diversity
• Anti racist interventions
• Measurement of sexual orientation and gender identity in national surveys
• Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis/ Thematic Analysis
• Active Bystander Intervention Training

Qualitative Research Methods

Health Psychology

Health Inequalities

LGBTQI+ Health

EDI Research

EDI in Education

Bystander Intervention Training

EDI Director, Norwich Medical School

Athena Swan Lead, Norwich Medical School

Further Qualitative Research Methods, Module Lead, Norwich Medical School