Doing interdisciplinary research as a Trainee Health Psychologist: Reflections from the Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2024

Sanaa Hyder

doi:10.53841/bpshpu.2025.34.1.43

Doing interdisciplinary research as a Trainee Health Psychologist: Reflections from the Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2024

Sanaa Hyder

Division of Psychology & Mental Health

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Abstract

Health Psychology is very inter-disciplinary friendly – it combines and engages with behaviour change, medicine, social sciences, and more. However, during the ‘Open Discussion – The Future of Health Psychology’ session of the DHP Annual Conference 2024, an attendee shared that being an interdisciplinary researcher could be a lonely experience. I reflect on this comment, and draw upon other conference presentations to talk about how these resonated with my own professional journey, including research and practice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	43-44
Journal	Health Psychology Update
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.53841/bpshpu.2025.34.1.43
Publication status	Published - 10 Jun 2025

Keywords

BPS conference
interdisciplinary research
Diversity
health inequalities
Support networks

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