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Dr Dawn Branley-Bell

Associate Professor

Department: Psychology

Dr Dawn Branley-Bell is an Associate Professor of Cyberpsychology & Director of the Psychology and Communication Technology Lab (PaCT Lab) at Northumbria University. She is a Medical Research Foundation Fellow, Chartered Psychologist (cPsychol.) and Chair of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Cyberpsychology Section.

You can find her on Twitter @TheCyberPsyche

Dawn Branley-Bell

Dr Branley-Bell specialises in cyberpsychology, health and wellbeing, and online behaviour. She has a keen interest in online communication around eating disorders, and self-harm, and the use of tech for health-related interventions. Other interests include exploring the positive side of internet usage, cybersecurity, and behaviour change.

She is the Principal Investigator for the RHED-C project (Remote Healthcare for Eating Disorders throughout COVID-19): https://research.northumbria.ac.uk/rhedc/

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • AcademAI: Investigating AI Usage, Attitudes, and Literacy in Higher Education and Research, Brown, R., Sillence, E., Branley-Bell, D. 20 Aug 2024
  • A Call for Strategy on Eating Disorders: The Need for a Comprehensive Eating Disorder Strategy in England and Specific Guidance for the Remote Delivery of Eating Disorder Services, Brown, R., Murphy-Morgan, C., Downs , J., Branley-Bell, D. 20 Nov 2024
  • A model of trust in online COVID-19 information and advice: cross sectional questionnaire study, Sillence, E., Branley-Bell, D., Moss, M., Briggs, P. 21 Nov 2024, In: JMIR Infodemiology
  • ‘Chugging along, plugging in and out of it’:: Understanding a place-based approach for community-based support of mental health recovery, Claisse, C., Durrant, A., Branley-Bell, D., Sillence, E., Glascott, A., Cameron, A. 1 May 2024, In: Social Science & Medicine
  • Ethical Implications of AI-Powered Chatbots: Considerations for the AI Act: A Case Study of Tessa, Branley-Bell, D., Feiner, J., Prossnegg, S. 15 Feb 2024, In: Jusletter IT
  • Exploring Behavioural Strategies in Cyberinsurance Adoption, Gómez, Y., Branley-Bell, D., Briggs, P., Vila, J. 8 Oct 2024, Proceedings of European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2024 (ECCE 2024), New York, US, ACM
  • Exploring Relationships between Chewing and Well-being: Design of a Remote Chewing Assessment System., McGrogan, C., Cartner, H., Ang, C., Dawes, H., Matcham, F., Mohamed, E., Branley-Bell, D. 4 Sep 2024, EHPS 2024: 38th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society
  • Exploring relationships between chewing difficulty, eating experience, pain, and wellbeing: A cross-sectional self-report study, McGrogan, C., Matcham, F., Dawes, H., Ang, C., Cartner, H., Branley-Bell, D. 1 Oct 2024, In: Clinical Nutrition Open Science
  • Exploring Relationships Between Eating Experience and Well-Being: Developing an Altered Eating Scale, McGrogan, C., Cartner, H., Campbell, M., Deary, V., Irvine, K., Dawes, H., Ang, C., Matcham, F., Branley-Bell, D. 2 Sep 2024, British Society for Oral and Dental Research Annual Meeting, 2024

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Examination: Viva Examination (External Examiner) - Teesside University 2024
  • Invited talk: Invited Speaker: Broadmoor Hospital 'Mental Disorder & The Internet' Seminar 2024
  • Examination: PhD Viva Examination (Internal Examiner) 2024
  • Examination: PhD Viva Examination (External Examiner) - Oxford University 2024
  • Organising a conference, workshop, ...: BPS Cyberpsychology Section Annual Conference 2024 2024
  • Membership of committee: Teesside University (External organisation) 2024
  • Editorial work: Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher) 2024
  • Examination: Viva Examination (External Examiner) - Leeds University 2023
  • Organising a conference, workshop, ...: BPS Cyberpsychology Section Conference 2023 2023
  • Examination: PhD Viva Examination (External Examiner) - York St John University 2023

  • Psychology PhD
  • Psychology MRes
  • Psychology BSc (Hons)


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