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'''Susan Fiona Michie''' (born June 1955) is a British academic, clinical psychologist, and professor of [[health psychology|Health Psychology]], director of The Centre for Behaviour Change<ref name=cbcu>{{Cite web|title=The Centre for Behaviour Change|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/about/people-and-committees|url-status=live}}</ref> and head of The Health Psychology Research Group,<ref name=hprg>{{Cite web|title=The Health Psychology Research Group|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/clinical-educational-and-health-psychology/research-groups/health-psychology-research-group|url-status=live}}</ref> all at [[University College London]]. She is also an advisor to the British Government via the [[Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies|SAGE]] advisory group<ref name=sagegov>{{Cite web|title=Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SAGE Register of Participants|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/971151/Covid-19_SAGE_register_of_participants__interests.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> on matters concerning behavioural compliance with government regulations during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].
'''Susan Fiona Michie''' (born June 1955) is a British academic, clinical psychologist, leading member of the communist party<ref name=jjhome/> and professor of [[health psychology|Health Psychology]], director of The Centre for Behaviour Change<ref name=cbcu>{{Cite web|title=The Centre for Behaviour Change|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/about/people-and-committees|url-status=live}}</ref> and head of The Health Psychology Research Group,<ref name=hprg>{{Cite web|title=The Health Psychology Research Group|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/clinical-educational-and-health-psychology/research-groups/health-psychology-research-group|url-status=live}}</ref> all at [[University College London]]. She is also an advisor to the British Government via the [[Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies|SAGE]] advisory group<ref name=sagegov>{{Cite web|title=Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SAGE Register of Participants|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/971151/Covid-19_SAGE_register_of_participants__interests.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> on matters concerning behavioural compliance with government regulations during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]].


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 07:03, 18 June 2021

Susan Michie
Born (1955-06-19) 19 June 1955 (age 69)
London, England
Spouse
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(m. 1981; div. 1997)​
Children3
Scientific career
FieldsExperimental psychology, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, health psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
University College London
King's College London

Susan Fiona Michie (born June 1955) is a British academic, clinical psychologist, leading member of the communist party[1] and professor of Health Psychology, director of The Centre for Behaviour Change[2] and head of The Health Psychology Research Group,[3] all at University College London. She is also an advisor to the British Government via the SAGE advisory group[4][5] on matters concerning behavioural compliance with government regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Early life

Susan Michie is the daughter of the biologist Dame Anne McLaren and the computer scientist Donald Michie, and sister of the economist Jonathan Michie.[6]

Michie studied experimental psychology at Oxford University, obtaining a BA in 1976, and a DPhil in developmental psychology in 1982. She studied clinical psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, London University, obtaining an MPhil in 1978. She is a chartered clinical psychologist and a chartered health psychologist, and a fellow of the British Psychological Society.[7]

Michie is a member of the Communist Party of Britain and has spoken on its behalf.[1][8] She was previously a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, reportedly since university.[9][10][11]

Career

As a clinical psychologist she worked with adults and families on topics covering antenatal care, genetic counselling and occupational stress.[7] Her later career interests have been in designing and evaluating methods of behavioural change, especially in relation to wellbeing and health improvement.[7]

Michie worked as a clinical psychologist with children and families at the Royal Free Hospital, London. In 1989, she joined the Royal Free School of Medicine’s Health Psychology Unit as a senior research fellow in clinical health psychology. She developed a psychology service for staff, an organisational consultancy service for managers and taught a variety of professions. Her research focused on the areas of antenatal care and screening, and occupational stress in health care staff and students.[7][12][13]

In 1993, Michie moved to the Psychology and Genetics Research Group, King's College London where she conducted research into the process and outcome of genetic counselling, public and professional attitudes towards genetic testing, informed choice and decision making about prenatal screening and genetic testing, and the psychological impact of predictive genetic testing. She continued her clinical work, consultancy and research at the Royal Free Hospital’s Occupational Health and Safety Unit part-time.[14]

In 2002, Michie joined the Psychology Department of University College London (UCL), where she is Professor of Health Psychology. She is director of UCL’s Centre for Behaviour Change and of its Health Psychology Research Group.[7]

Her current research includes developing methodologies for designing and evaluating theory-based interventions to change behaviour, and advancing scientific knowledge about, and applications of, behaviour change interventions. She leads the Human Behaviour-Change Project funded by the Wellcome Trust.[15][16]

Michie has served as president of the European Health Psychology Society and chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Health Psychology.[7]

Recognition

Michie was elected a Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 2001.[7] She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2017,[7] the Academy of Social Sciences in 2010.[7] the European Health Psychology Society, and the US Society of Behavioral Medicine and Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.[7]

In 2019, Michie was named winner of the British Psychological Society Research Board’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her world-leading work creating a coherent language of behaviour change.[15]

Government advisor

In 2009, Michie became a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and convened its subgroup, the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Behaviour group.[citation needed] In 2020, she became a participant in the COVID-19 SAGE's Scientific Pandemic Insights group on Behaviour (SPI-B).[17] She also sits on the Independent SAGE committee, chaired by Sir David King.

Michie frequently contributes to national news media during the COVID-19 pandemic as an expert in behaviour change,[18][19][20][21] notably in May 2020 when a government advisor escaped the city and thus broke the government's COVID-19 rules.[22]

On 10 June 2021, Michie said that measures meant to combat COVID-19, such as face masks and social distancing, should continue "forever, to some extent." adding that "I think there's lots of different behaviours we've changed in our lives. We now routinely wear seat belts, we didn't use to."[23] Michie also said that vaccines, testing and tracing, border controls, and "people’s behaviour" were key factors towards controlling COVID-19.[23]

Politics

At the 2017 general election, the Communist Party of Britain (CPB) fielded no candidates and gave its support to the Labour Party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn. The CPB said it was the first election at which neither it nor the CPGB had fielded any candidates.[24][25] In March 2018, Michie, a leading member of the CPB, said that the party would no longer stand against Labour in general elections. CPB members should be "working full tilt" for the election of Corbyn as prime minister, she said.[1][8] In the 2019 general election, the party again fielded no candidates and gave its support to the Labour Party.[26]

Personal life

Michie was married from 1981 to 1997 to the trade union official Andrew Murray and has three children.[27] She married psychologist Robert West,[9] Emeritus Professor at University College London,[28] in 2009.

References

  1. ^ a b c Johnston, John (5 March 2018). "EXCL Communist Party members to work 'full tilt' to make Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister". Politics Home. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ^ "The Centre for Behaviour Change".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "The Health Psychology Research Group".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "SAGE Register of Participants" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Jonathan Michie".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Susan Michie".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ a b Baxter, Sarah (11 March 2018). "A red-hot civil war is raging for control of Jeremy Corbyn's No 10". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2018. (subscription required)
  9. ^ a b "Government scientist who has advocated for more Covid controls is member of the Communist party". The Daily Telegraph. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  10. ^ "The Leninist: First conference makes decision to go monthly". The Weekly Worker. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Morning Star: Communists join Momentum activists to discuss a socialist future". Morning Star.
  12. ^ Susan, Michie; Marteau, Theresa M.; Kidd, Jane (1992). "An evaluation of an intervention to increase antenatal class attendance". Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 10 (3): 183–185. doi:10.1080/02646839208403950.
  13. ^ Michie, S.; Williams, S. (2003). "Reducing work-related psychological ill health and sickness absence: a systematic literature review". Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 60 (1): 3–9. doi:10.1136/oem.60.1.3. PMC 1740370. PMID 12499449.
  14. ^ UCL (24 September 2015). "Spotlight on Professor Susan Michie". UCL News. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Pioneer in behaviour change recognised | The Psychologist". thepsychologist.bps.org.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Grant Holders". Human Behaviour Change Project (HBCP). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Independent Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (SPI-B)". gov.uk OGL3.
  18. ^ "BBC Radio 5 live - 5 Live News Specials, Coronavirus: Your Questions Answered 31/03/20". BBC. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  19. ^ "BBC World Service - The Evidence, Coronavirus Special, Coronavirus: Four behaviours that could be as 'powerful as a vaccine'". BBC. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Coronavirus: We're not out of danger yet - Warning not to break lockdown in sunny weather". Sky News. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Government is confusing people with 'stay at home' message while others allowed to return to workplaces, adviser warns". The Independent. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Coronavirus: Cummings row 'undermines trust in government and more people will die' - scientist". Sky News. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  23. ^ a b Fisher, Lucy (10 June 2021). "Face masks should continue forever, says Sage scientist". Telegraph Media Group Limited. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  24. ^ Cowburn, Ashley (24 April 2017). "General election: British Communist party will not field any candidates and throws support behind Jeremy Corbyn". The Independent. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  25. ^ Elliott, Francis; Sanderson, Daniel (24 April 2017). "Communists back Corbyn's crusade against 'rigged system'". The Times. Retrieved 24 April 2017. (subscription required)
  26. ^ "Communists for Labour victory and mass campaigning". www.communist-party.org.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  27. ^ "Children of Andrew Murray and Susan Michie".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  28. ^ "Robert West, Emeritus Professor, University College London".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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