Dr Liz Sillence

Liz is an eHealth researcher, examining psychological aspects of users’ online interactions around eHealth information. She works at the intersection of psychology and digital technology and her research has a strong focus on trust and identity. She seeks to understand how people interact with digital information and advice and how they use it to inform their health decision-making and improve their wellbeing. There is a strong practical element to her research, in which she strives to see her findings applied to positive effect in the design and development of online resources for patients.  

Understanding the interaction between users and their digital information is at the heart of Liz's research and the application of psychology to risky informational settings has allowed her to examine trust, identity and wellbeing around digital information management in relation to security and the hoarding of digital data.

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• A thematic analysis of an online discussion forum for people with problematic hoarding behaviours, Sillence, E., Murphy-Morgan, C. 13 May 2026, In: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
• Digital Health Technologies and the Menopause, Sillence, E., Osborne, A. 10 Jul 2026
• Digital hoarding and personal use digital data, Sillence, E., Dawson, J., Brown, R., McKellar, K., Neave, N. 2 Jan 2026, In: Human-Computer Interaction
• Effects of Social Media Narratives on Affective and Behavioural Responses to Menopause Content: A Randomised Online Experiment with UK Perimenopausal and Post-Menopausal Women, Osborne, A., Brown, R., Sillence, E. 30 May 2026, In: JMIR Formative Research
• Extra-Curricular Activity Participation at an English Post-92 University: An exploration of Student Drivers and Barriers through the Lens of Possible Selves Theory, Sillence, E., Hayman, R., Graham, E., Hibbs, A., Polman, R. 2 Jul 2026, In: Cogent Education
• "It is not our job to educate you": Exploring Perceptions of AI-Integrated Menstrual Tracking Apps Through Speculative Reflection, Doughty, F., Sillence, E., Harrison, D., Smith, M. 13 Apr 2026, CHI EA '26: Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, US, ACM
• P12-3 From lived experience to professional practice: the development of a co-designed cervical screening toolkit to improve uptake among underserved women in North East England, Charlton, C., Wearn, A., Sillence, E., Goyder, E., Court, P., Rodrigues, A. 17 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
• Understanding the barriers and facilitating factors to mental health help-seeking in adults with hoarding behaviours: a preliminary investigation, Clark, L., Murphy-Morgan, C., Neave, N., Punton, G., Rivers, H., Sillence, E. 2 Jan 2026, In: Clinical Psychologist
• Understanding the challenges of using digital health technologies for menopause information, Sillence, E., Osborne, A., Claisse, C., Durrant, A. 1 Jan 2026, In: Patient Education and Counseling
• Women’s engagement with different internet-enabled technologies to access digital menopause information: A mixed methods, multi-phase sequential study, Osborne, A., Sillence, E., Claisse, C., Durrant, A. 20 May 2026, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research

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• Northern Health Futures Hub, Wilson, R. (Principal Investigator), Sillence, L. (Co Investigator), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, 01/10/23 - 31/07/27, £256,044.00

• Computer Studies PhD December 12 2003
• Design Studies MSc September 01 1998