#60;b#62;Ad Kaptein#60;/b#62; is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology as applied to Medicine at the Leiden University Medical Centre. He is involved with #60;i#62;Psychology & Health#60;/i#62; (Editor-in-Chief, 1992 - 2000), and the #60;i#62;European Health Psychology Society#60;/i#62; (President, 2000 - 2002). His main research areas are self-regulation and self-management of chronic illness, in particular with regard to respiratory disorders. He has written and edited a large number of research papers, chapters and books in the field of health psychology.#60;br#62;#60;p#62;#60;br#62;#60;p#62;#60;b#62;John Weinman #60;/b#62;is Professor of Psychology as applied to Medicine at the Institute of… Psychiatry in the University of London. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and has played a major role in the development of academic and professional health psychology in the UK. His main research areas are cognition and health, communication and decision-making in health care, stress, wound healing and recovery from surgery, and self-regulation and self-management in chronic illness. He was the founding editor of #60;i#62;Psychology & Health #60;/i#62;and has edited and written a large number of books, chapters and research papers in the field of health psychology. #60;br#62;#60;p#62;#60;b#62;David French#60;/b#62; is a Reader in Health Behaviour Interventions in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Coventry University. He is an Associate Editor of the#60;i#62; British Journal of Health Psychology#60;/i#62; and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research interests include emotional, cognitive, and behavioural effects of screening programmes, illness cognition and social cognition models, and risk communication.#60;br#62;#60;p#62;#60;b#62;Kavita Vedhara #60;/b#62;is an MRC Career Track Scientist working for the Health Services Research Collaboration unit at Bristol University. She is on the editorial board of the #60;i#62;British Journal of Health Psychology#60;/i#62;, #60;i#62;Psychology and Health and Brain#60;/i#62;, and #60;i#62;Behaviour and Immunity.#60;/i#62; Her research includes psychoneuroimmunology and in particular studies of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
#60;b#62;Ad Kaptein#60;/b#62; is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology as applied to Medicine at the Leiden University Medical Centre. He is involved with #60;i#62;Psychology & Health#60;/i#62; (Editor-in-Chief, 1992 - 2000), and the #60;i#62;European Health Psychology Society#60;/i#62; (President, 2000 - 2002). His main research areas are self-regulation and self-management of chronic illness, in particular with regard to respiratory disorders. He has written and edited a large number of research papers, chapters and books in the field of health psychology.#60;p#62;#60;b#62;John Weinman#60;/b#62; is Professor of Psychology as applied to Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry in the University… of London. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and has played a major role in the development of academic and professional health psychology in the UK. His main research areas are cognition and health, communication and decision-making in health care, stress, wound healing and recovery from surgery, and self-regulation and self-management in chronic illness. He was the founding editor of #60;i#62;Psychology & Health#60;/i#62; and has edited and written a large number of books, chapters and research papers in the field of health psychology.#60;p#62;#60;b#62;David French#60;/b#62; is a Reader in Health Behaviour Interventions in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Coventry University. He is an Associate Editor of the #60;i#62;British Journal of Health Psychology#60;/i#62; and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His research interests include emotional, cognitive, and behavioural effects of screening programmes, illness cognition and social cognition models, and risk communication.#60;p#62;#60;b#62;Kavita Vedhara#60;/b#62; is an MRC Career Track Scientist working for the Health Services Research Collaboration unit at Bristol University. She is on the editorial board of the #60;i#62;British Journal of Health Psychology#60;/i#62;, #60;i#62;Psychology and Health and Brain#60;/i#62;, and #60;i#62;Behaviour and Immunity.#60;/i#62; Her research includes psychoneuroimmunology and in particular studies of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
