Rachel Hawkins

BSc (Hons), MSc

School of Medicine and Population Health

PhD student

Rachel Hawkins, PhD students
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Rhawkins4@sheffield.ac.uk

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Rachel Hawkins
School of Medicine and Population Health
The Innovation Centre
217 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University

MSc Health Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University

Trainee Health Psychologist (British Psychological Society Qualification in Health Psychology independent route)

Research interests

PhD title: Reducing emergency admission in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 

  • Health Psychology, Behavioural Science
  • Healthcare professional behaviour in service delivery: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, cancer screening
  • Qualitative methods
  • Complex interventions
  • Prevention and early detection of chronic disease
  • Reducing inequalities in accessing care: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, cancer screening: barriers to access, alternative cervical screening methods - self-sampling; with LGBTQIA+, Black, Asian and Ethnic minority and socio-economically deprived communities.
Publications

Journal articles

  • Whitley S, Hawkins RL, Davies JC, Cao J, Malcomson L, Crosbie EJ & McWilliams L (2025) . Health Expectations, 28(4).
  • Hawkins R, Hind D, Matthew L & Lobo A (2025) . Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, 19(Supplement_1), i482-i482.
  • Hawkins RL & Bull E (2024) . Health Psychology Open, 11.
  • Hawkins R, Zia M, Hind D, Lobo A & Ezaydi N (2024) . Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, 18(Supplement_1), i269-i270.
  • Sheldon EM, Roman SC, Randall K, Hawkins R, Ainley R, WAKEMAN R & Lobo AJ (2023) . Gastroenterology, 164(6), S-750.
  • Sheldon EM, Bursnall M, Hawkins R, Roman SC, Randall K, Winsor G, WAKEMAN R, Hind D & Lobo AJ (2023) . Gastroenterology, 164(6).
  • Sheldon E, Roman S, Bursnall M, Hawkins R, Lobo A, Hind D, Randall K, Wakeman R & Ainley R (2023) . Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, 17(Supplement_1), i431-i432.
  • Hart JK, Michael P, Hawkins R, Bull ER, Farrar A, Baguley C, Turner RR & Byrne‐Davis LMT () . British Journal of Health Psychology.
  • Hawkins R, Michael P, Byrne‐Davis L, Bull E, Skone‐James R & Hart J () . Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being.
  • Hawkins R, McWilliams L, Ulph F, Evans DG & French DP () . BMC Cancer, 22(1).
  • McWilliams L, Evans DG, Payne K, Harrison F, Howell A, Howell SJ & French DP () . Cancers, 14(19), 4636-4636.

Conference proceedings

  • Hawkins R, Zia M, Hind D & Lobo A (2024) . Poster Presentations
  • Davies J, Carter S, Pinggera E, Hawkins R, Thorpe E, Malcomson L, Mcwilliams L, Gilham C, Sasieni P, Sargent A & Crosbie E (2024) . Poster and E-Posters
  • Sheldon E, Roman S, Randall K, Hawkins R, Winsor G, Wakeman R & Lobo A (2023) P670 “What Matters To You?” – How do patient views compare with a patient experience framework and UK national standards of care?. ECCO 2023 Abstracts: Poster Presentations. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1 March 2023 - 1 March 2023.
  • Sheldon E, Roman S, Randall K, Hawkins R, Winsor G, Wakeman R & Lobo A (2023) . Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, Vol. 17(Supplement_1) (pp i801-i802). Copenhagen, Denmark, 1 March 2023 - 1 March 2023.
  • Sheldon E, Roman S, Bursnall M, Hawkins R, Lobo A, Hind D, Randall K, Wakeman R & Ainley R (2023) Assessing Patient Experience in an Inflammatory Bowel Disease service. Can we measure an effect from socioeconomic deprivation - experience from the AWARE-IBD programme?. JOURNAL OF CROHNS & COLITIS, Vol. 17 (pp I431-I431)
  • Sheldon EM, Bursnall M, Hawkins R, Roman SC, Randall K, Winsor G, Wakeman R, Hind D & Lobo AJ (2023) ASSESSING PATIENT EXPERIENCE IN AN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE SERVICE. CAN WE MEASURE AN EFFECT FROM SOCIOECONOMIC DEPRIVATION - EXPERIENCE FROM THE AWARE-IBD PROGRAME?. GASTROENTEROLOGY, Vol. 164(6) (pp S679-S680)
  • Hawkins RL, Zia M, Hind D & Lobo AJ () . Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Preprints

  • Hawkins RL, Lee M, Sampson F, Hind D & Lobo AJ (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Hawkins RL, Butler K, Sampson F, Lobo AJ & Hind D (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Professional activities and memberships
  • Project Coordinator, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Cancer Prevention and Early Detection theme
  • Patient and public involvement, community-based research with reach, co-creation methods, priority setting
  • Honorary researcher, University of Manchester
  • Manchester Centre for Health Psychology
  • Member of the