Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Joanna Semlyen is Professor of Psychology and Equality at Norwich Medical School. She 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 (Hons) 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.
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
Administrative Posts
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Associate Dean
Norwich Medical School Athena SWAN Chair
Academic Lead: Increasing Diversity and Access to inclusion (IDEA)
PI: EDIT
Module Lead: Further Qualitative Research Methods
Key Research Interests
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
Teaching Interests
Qualitative Research Methods
Health Psychology
Health Inequalities
Areas of Expertise
LGBTQI+ Health
EDI Research
EDI in Education
Bystander Intervention Training
Administrative Posts
Athena Swan Lead, Norwich Medical School
Further Qualitative Research Methods, Module Lead, Norwich Medical School
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Science
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
External positions
Public Health Specialist, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
East of England Lead, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Creating a culture of inclusion: Increasing Diversity and Equity of Access - Creating a culture of inclusion: Increasing Diversity and Equity of Access - IDEA
Blow, J., Blow, J., Clark, A., Cornish, C., Deane, K., Duvendack, M., Hodgekins, J., Horwood, N., Mondal, A., O'Connell, M., Reid, B. & Semlyen, J.
1/09/24 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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EASE - Evaluating Antidepressants for emotionaliSm after StrokE: A multi-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to establish the effect(s) of sertraline (50 mg once daily) in people with post -stroke emotionalism
Broomfield, N., Parretti, H., Semlyen, J., Colles, A., Pond, M., Shepstone, L., Swart, A. M., Turner, D. & Varley, A.
National Institute for Health and Care Research
1/06/23 → 30/11/27
Project: Research
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Collective resistance as a means to healing. A narrative participatory study with sexual minority refugee & asylum-seeking people
Papadopoulos, S., Castro Romero, M. & Semlyen, J., Aug 2024, In: Psychology & Sexuality. 15, 3, p. 318-333 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Factors influencing the inclusion of diverse volunteer patients within medical student primary care placements
Malik, M., Tyson, L., Bryant, P., Patel, P., Young, R. & Semlyen, J., 3 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Medical Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mentoring medical students as a means to increase healthcare assistant status: A qualitative study
Davison, E., Semlyen, J. & Lindqvist, S., Apr 2024, In: Nursing Open. 11, 4, e2149.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tackling discrimination in medicine head on: the impact of Bystander Intervention Training
Tyson, L., Skinner, J., Hariharan, B., Josiah, B., Okongwu, K. & Semlyen, J., 24 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Medical Teacher.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“I will try anything” the experience of working age stroke survivors living with chronic post-stroke pain: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Bruger, J., Semlyen, J. & Ford, C. E. L., Oct 2024, In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 46, 20, p. 4745-4754 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Medical Education Group (External organisation)
Joanna Semlyen (Board Member)
27 Apr 2021 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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Medical Schools Council EDI Alliance (External organisation)
Joanna Semlyen (Board Member)
19 Mar 2021 → …Activity: Membership › Committee
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Royal Society for Public Health (External organisation)
Joanna Semlyen (Fellow)
24 Nov 2020 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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Behavioural Science and Public Health Network (External organisation)
Joanna Semlyen (Member)
7 May 2019 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association
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American Psychological Society: Division 44 (External organisation)
Joanna Semlyen (Member)
17 May 2017 → …Activity: Membership › Network, Working Group or Professional Association