Dr Sophia Quirke-McFarlane ☘️
@sophiaqmcf
Health Psychologist in Bariatric Surgery @NHSHomerton
I’m thrilled to announce that I passed my PhD viva yesterday with minor corrections!! 🥳 A big thank you to my examiners @EricaHepper and @ProfessorYitka for a very enjoyable experience and to my supervisor @Jane1Ogden for her unwavering support over the past 3 years ❤️ #PhDone
New round of recruitment -exciting opportunity for a funded PhD studentship in @SGUL_PHRI focusing on developing a tool to assess acceptability of interventions in long-term conditions. Working with me @lindsaybearne & Prof Micheal Ussher sgul.ac.uk/study/postgrad… Pls retweet :)
Exciting opportunity in @SGUL_PHRI for a funded PhD studentship- developing a tool to assess acceptability of health interventions in long-term conditions. Working with me @lindsaybearne & Prof Micheal Ussher. Apply by Friday 8th Nov: sgul.ac.uk/study/postgrad… Pls retweet :)
📢I'm running a survey on #EhlersDanlosSyndrome and Relationships. I’d really value hearing your thoughts. Please pass it along to anyone who might be interested! 👉👉Find the link here: lnkd.in/eMABpjyb #ehlersdanlos #eds #hypermobility #HypermobileSpectrumDisorder
I’m absolutely thrilled to share that I officially graduated yesterday with a PhD in Health Psychology from the University of Surrey! I’m finally a Health Psychologist! 🥳 Shoutout to my amazing supervisor, Professor @Jane1Ogden, my PhD colleagues, friends, and family ❤️ #phdone
📣 Excited to share mine and @Jane1Ogden ‘s latest open-access publication! We explored what behaviours constitute as sabotage in the context of bariatric surgery, their perceived causes, consequences, as well as strategies to manage such behaviours. 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…
Leaving academia after 37 years! Latest piece in inews!
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My latest blog - When Social Support Can Do Harm | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-o…
There’s no one else I’d rather have started and finished this journey with @BethLJones93 🤓🤍
3 years, 109,203 words, and 481 pages later - it’s done!! Massive thank you to my supervisor @Jane1Ogden for her unwavering support throughout 💖 Bring on the viva 🤓
What a way to start my post-bank holiday week! Received the loveliest reviewer comment on one of my PhD studies 🥰 Just the reassurance I need in this final sprint. And of course it was from reviewer 1: reviewer 2 would NEVER 🤣
"Moving towards that 'Practitioner Psychologist' approach would be a massive step forward" - fab interview with @aimee_aubeeluck, highlighting the skills of #healthpsychologists & moving away from silo thinking and exclusion based on outdated thinking #practitionerpsychologists
‘What I love is supporting other people to be absolutely brilliant…’ This afternoon, I caught up with @AimeeAubeeluck, Professor of Psychology and now Head of @HealthSciSurrey at the @UniOfSurrey. bps.org.uk/psychologist/w…
Thrilled to officially announce that I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy! A (belated) thank you to my examiners for a challenging but enjoyable viva and to my PG Cert supervisor Dr Emma Medland for her guidance throughout this journey. 🤓📚
