Lesley Mcgregor PhD

Lesley M. McGregor is a Senior Lecturer within the Division of Psychology and Co-Director of the Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology at the University of Stirling. After completing her Ph.D. at Stirling University in 2010, on the psychological impact of living organ donation, she began her Research Associate post at the Department of Behavioural Science and Health (Health Behaviour Research Centre until 2017) at University College London (UCL). There she transferred and further developed her skills, knowledge, and interest in health communication and decision-making in the area of colorectal cancer screening. Her research initially focused on developing strategies, including a narrative-based leaflet, to increase uptake of the guaiac Faecal Occult Blood Test (gFOBt) within the English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Her focus then moved to Bowel Scope (Flexible Sigmoidoscopy) Screening (BSS), which was introduced to the English program in 2013. She has previously worked on studies to assess the psychosocial and sociocognitive predictors of BSS uptake and she more recently looked at the potential impact of GP practice-based primer and reminder interventions on BSS attendance. Improving cancer screening uptake and improving bowel health more generally remain two areas of interest to her and she continues to develop research projects on these topics. In addition, her aim is to lead and supervise research to understand further organ and blood donation activities and life and health post-organ transplant with a particular focus on decision-making, health communication, and reducing health inequalities.