Dr Nadine McGale

Overview

Nadine is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Health Services Research. She is a chartered psychologist with special interests in the self-management of chronic conditions, health related behaviour change, and intervention development. Nadine joined Professor Newman’s research group at City University London in 2012.

Nadine obtained her BSc (Hons) Psychology with Neuropsychology and later her MSc in Clinical Psychology at University of Wales, Bangor. She then went on to complete her PhD in Health Psychology at Dublin City University. Nadine’s doctoral thesis used a mixed methods approach to examine the development, effectiveness, and acceptability of integrated exercise and psychotherapeutic interventions for facilitating help-seeking and improving the mental health of young adult men.

In her position as Research Fellow at City University London Nadine continues to investigate the effectiveness of behaviour change interventions. She currently works in the areas of self-management of long-term conditions, impact of genetic risk information on health behaviour change, and assessing quality of recovery from surgery and anaesthesia.

Teaching

Teaching

Postgraduate:
HRM001 - MRes Clinical Research & MSc Health Services Research & Management - Introduction to Research Methods

Research Overview

Nadine’s main research interest is in the design, development, and evaluation of complex interventions for improving physical and mental health. Specifically, Nadine is interested in interventions which aims to (i) enable patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes to manage their health, and (ii) facilitate help-seeking behaviour for psychological distress.

Research Areas

- Self-management of long term conditions (primarily diabetes)
- Impact of genetic risk information on behaviour change
- Quality of Life, and Quality of Recovery in multiple domains following surgery and anesthesia
- Acceptability and effectiveness of alternative interventions for facilitating help-seeking and improving mental health
- The fidelity of complex healthcare interventions
- Mixed-methods research

Research Centre

Centre for Health Services Research (City University London)

Grants

2015
Funder: City University London Research Sustainability Fund
Project: Fidfelity of intervention delivery in the cordia diabetes self-management intervention. McGale, N., Davies, A., & Lorencatto, F.
Role: Principle investigator. Leading on development of protocol, supervision of RA, data analysis, and publication [£7,890 – Research Assistant and Transcription]

2013
Funder: City University London Research Sustainability Fund
Project: Highfidelity interventions to improve health: a systematic review. Francis, J.J., Davies, A., & McGale, N.
Role: Co‐investigator. Assisting in the development of the protocol, co‐supervising RA, drafting and co‐authoring publication [£18, 060 – 1 Research Assistant and materials]

2008
Funder: Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences
Project: Effectiveness of exercise‐based interventions on indices of suicide risk, health, and well‐being of young Irish males. [3 year PhD Studentship stipend and fees]

Principal Collaborators

- Professor Stanton Newman, Professor of Health Psychology & Dean, School of Health Sciences, City University London
- Dr Anna Davies, Research Fellow, School of Health Sciences, City University London
- Dr Shashi Hirani, Senior Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, City University London
- Professor Jill Francis, Professor of Health Services Research & Associate Dean of Research, School of Health Sciences, City University London
- Dr Paul Gaffney, Health Service Executive, Ireland
- Cristina Page, Suffolk and North East Essex Clinical Research Network

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