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To contact the Health Behaviour Change Research Group, please email Valerie Parker (valerie.parker@nuigalway.ie) or call 091 494454


HBCRG Members‌

 Professor Molly Byrne
Professor of Health Psychology and HRB Research Leader; Director, Health Behaviour Change Research Group, School of Psychology, NUI Galway
Email: molly.byrne@nuigalway.ie
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 Dr Jenny Mc Sharry
Lecturer, School of Psychology and Assistant Director, Health Behaviour Change Research Group,  NUI Galway
Email: jenny.mysharry@nuigalway.ie
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HBCRG OMeade_med Dr Oonagh Meade
Post-Doctoral Researcher and Honourary Research Lecturer, Health Behaviour Change Research Group, School of Psychology, NUI Galway
Email: oonagh.meade@nuigalway.ie
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Ms Valerie Parker
Programme Manager, Collaborative Doctoral Programme in Chronic Disease Prevention, School of Psychology, NUI Galway‌
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HBCRG Chris Noone sm Dr Chris Noone
Lecturer, School of Psychology, NUI Galway
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EMorrissey headshot Dr Eimear Morrissey
Post Doctoral Researcher and Project Manager, Health Behaviour Change Research Group, School of Psychology, NUI Galway‌
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Dr Patrick Murphy
Development Manager, HRB Primary Care Clinical Trials Network Ireland (CTNI), NUI Galway
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Dr Lisa Hynes
Head of Health Programmes, Croí Heart and Stroke Centre, Galway
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HBCRG Luke Van Rhoon Mr Luke Van Rhoon

PhD Student and Hardiman Scholar, School of Psychology, NUI Galway
Email: l.vanrhoon1@nuigalway.ie


HBCRG EToomey Dr Elaine Toomey
Lecturer in the School of Allied Health, University of Limerick and Health Research Board 'Applying Research into Policy and Practice' Research Fellow

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Programme Manager, Physical Activity for Health (PAfH) Research Cluster, Health Research Institurte, University of Limerick
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Visiting Researchers

HBCRG Sarah TC 2015 Dr Sarah Tonkin-Crine
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK
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HBCRG Mei Tang Mei Yee Tang
Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, University of Manchester, UK
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HBCRG Helena 2016 Helena Hernansaiz Garrido
School of Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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HBCRG JSpeight Professor Jane Speight
Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Australia
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HBCRG DK 2017 Dr Dominika Kwasnicka
Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine Research Group, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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HBCRG ASchmitt Dr Andreas Schmitt
Diabetes Center Mergentheim, Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy Mergentheim, Germany
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HBCRG DMcGee Daragh McGee
School of Medicine, NUI Galway and HRB Summer Scholar 2017


HBCRG LCollins Professor Linda M. Collins
Professor of Global Public Health in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biostatistics, New York University, USA
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Affiliated Faculty

Dr Gerry Molloy
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, School of Psychology, NUI Galway
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Prof Jane Walsh
Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology, NUI Galway
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Dr Caroline Heary
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, School of Psychology, NUI, Galway
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