Gill Hubbard

Professor

Head of Research, Department of Nursing and Midwifery

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2165-5770

Phone+ 44 (0) 1463 255646
Emailgill.hubbard@uhi.ac.uk

Centre for Health Science Old Perth Rd Inverness IV2 3JH
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

1512 Citations
21 h-Index

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Personal profile

Research expertise

I am a behavioural scientist who is interested in improving behaviours to improve health. I have published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. I have researched:

Teenage cancer education in schools
Rehabilitation and physical activity interventions for people recovering from cancer
Remote and rural health service delivery

My methdological expertise is the design, implementation and evaluation of complex interventions, including feasibility and pilot studies, full RCTs and process evaluations .

I was founding convenor of a premier research group within the National Cancer Research Institute (2012-2016) – Lifestyle and Behaviour Change Research Group. My research with Teenage Cancer Trust has been cited in the England and Scotland national cancer strategies and raised in the Scottish parliament. As a research leader in my field, I am regularly invited to review for national and international research funding bodies. I am a member of the editorial board of two international journals and a member of the International Psychosocial Oncology Society research committee.

Academic Qualifications

Education PhD Sunderland 1997

Computing Science MSc Newcastle Upon Tyne 1993

Sociology/Social Policy BA Hons Leeds 1986

Teaching expertise

Supervisor of 12 PhD/MPhil/Clinical doctorate students (5 currently graduated)
External examiner for 9 PhD/MPhil students; Internal examiner for 2 students

Throughout my career, I have had several post-graduate course leadership responsibilities. At UHI, I currently take responsibility for research-related topics on post-graduate and under-graduate teaching programmes. I am module lead for the ‘research dissertation’ module in the Advanced Nursing Practitioner Masters degree programme. I have a PGCE.

Keywords

H Social Sciences (General)
health services
RT Nursing
primary care
BF Psychology
behavioural science
psycho-oncology
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
cancer prevention

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Projects

1 Active

An Exploration of Student Nurse Career Preferences in Scotland

Cameron, M., Hubbard, G. & Smith, A.

4/01/16 → 3/01/22

Project: Research

Research Output

1512 Citations
21 h-Index
94 Article
18 Working paper
5 Chapter
2 Abstract
3 More

A physical activity intervention to improve the quality of life of patients with a stoma: A feasibility study

Hubbard, G., Taylor, C., Watson, A. J. M., Munro, J., Goodman, W. & Beeken, R. J., 5 Feb 2020, In : Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 6, 1, p. 12 12.

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Sun protection education for adolescents: a feasibility study of a wait-list controlled trial of an intervention involving a presentation, action planning, and SMS messages and using objective measurement of sun exposure

Hubbard, G., Cherrie, J., Gray, J., Kyle, R. G., Nioi, A., Wendelboe-Nelson, C., Cowie, H. & Dombrowski, S., 30 Jan 2020, In : BMC Public Health. 20, 1, p. 131

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