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Biography

Kavita did her first degree and PhD in the Department of Psychology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Her PhD research was concerned with the role of psychological stress in the progression of HIV infection. Her first post-doctoral position was in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wales in Cardiff. Here she examined emotional, cognitive and immunological responses to polio vaccination (an enterovirus) in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Her interests in the role of psychological factors in health and disease outcomes continued in subsequent postdoctoral positions at the University of Bristol where she examined the effects of upper respiratory illness on mood and cognitive performance and the effects of chronic caregiver stress on vulnerability to infectious disease in older people.

In 1998 she was appointed as a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bristol. In 1999 she joined the MRC's Health Services Research Collaboration (HSRC) as a Career Track Scientist and was later promoted to a Senior Scientist. During her time with the HSRC she led a behavioural medicine research group which conducted experimental and applied research into the diverse ways psychological factors influence health and disease outcomes and the development of psychological interventions to improve these outcomes. The research at this time included: investigations into the effects of emotional disclosure on disease activity in patients with autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis; the role of psychosocial factors in the healing of chronic wounds (diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers); the effects of psychological distress on primary and secondary immunity; the role of early life experiences on stress reactivity in adolescence and studies investigating the emotional responses of men undergoing screening for prostate cancer and the relationship between psychological distress and the diagnosis of prostate cancer. In March 2009, Kavita was appointed as Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Nottingham.

Expertise Summary

Keywords:

Psychological stress, psychoneuroimmunology, chronic diseases (cancer, diabetes, infertility, stroke, etc), patient/lay beliefs of illness and treatment, patient expectations, placebo effect, psychological interventions, foetal programming hypothesis, psychological/behavioural interventions; adherence

Teaching Summary

Prof. Vedhara delivers two Master's modules in Health Psychology:

Chronic Illness, Disability and Stress

Read the course outline for Chronic Illness, Disability and Stress

Biomedical Perspectives in Psychology and Health

Read the course outline for Biomedical Perspectives in Psychology and Health

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She co-ordinates the applied research projects for all postgraduates in IWHO with Dr Shirley Thomas and supervises Master's level research in Health Psychology

She has also developed an international PhD with colleagues in Greece

Read more about the PhD in Behavioural Medicine or Applied Psychology (Greece)

Research Summary

Kavita is interested in experimental and applied research which examines the diverse ways psychological factors influence health and disease outcomes and the development of psychological… read more

Recent Publications

• AYLING, K., JIA, R., COUPLAND, C., CHALDER, T., MASSEY, A., BROADBENT, E. and VEDHARA, K., 2022. Psychological Predictors of Self-reported COVID-19 Outcomes: Results From a Prospective Cohort Study Annals of Behavioral Medicine. kaab106
• VEDHARA, K., ROYAL, S., SUNGER, K., CALDWELL, D.M., HALLIDAY, V., TAYLOR, C.M., FAIRCLOUGH, L., AVERY, A. and WELTON, N. J., 2021. Effects of non-pharmacological interventions as vaccine adjuvants in humans: a systematic review and network meta-analysis Health Psychology Review. 15(2), 245-271
• BLAKE, H., KNIGHT, H., JIA, R., CORNER, J., MORLING, J. R., DENNING, C., BALL, J. K., BOLTON, K., FIGUEREDO, G., MORRIS, D. E., TIGHE, P., VILLALON, A. M., AYLING, K. and VEDHARA, K., 2021. Students’ views towards sars-cov-2 mass asymptomatic testing, social distancing and self-isolation in a university setting during the covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(8), 4182
• GASTEIGER, N., VEDHARA, K., MASSEY, A., JIA, R., AYLING, K., CHALDER, T., COUPLAND, C. and BROADBENT, E., 2021. Depression, anxiety and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a New Zealand cohort study on mental well-being BMJ Open. 11(5), e045325

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• British Journal Health Psychology- Editor
• Conference track chair for European Health Psychology Society and International Society of Behavioural Medicine.
• Chair of Research sub-committee for the Division of Health Psychology of the British Psychological Society
• Medical Research Council (MRC) NIHR- Member of funding panels
• Member of DOH IAPT expert advisory group

Current Research

Kavita is interested in experimental and applied research which examines the diverse ways psychological factors influence health and disease outcomes and the development of psychological interventions to improve these outcomes. To date, she has edited 3 textbooks, published over 60 peer reviewed papers and her work has been funded by, amongst others, the MRC, ESRC, NIHR, EU, Fulbright Commission, Cancer Research UK, BUPA, Auckland Medical Research Foundation, Bial Foundation and the Neuroendocrinology Charitable Trust. Her current research interests include:

• The development of psychological interventions to improve clinical outcomes in patients with diabetic foot ulcers.
• Examining the psychosocial determinants of treatment choice and emotional adjustment in men with prostate cancer.
• Exploring the effects of psychological and behavioural factors on immune responses to vaccination.
• The foetal programming hypothesis (or developmental origins of adult disease).
• The role of psychological factors in determining treatment success in in vitro fertilisation
• Treatment expectations and the placebo effect in chronic disease
• The effects of psychological distress on taste perception.

• AYLING, K., JIA, R., COUPLAND, C., CHALDER, T., MASSEY, A., BROADBENT, E. and VEDHARA, K., 2022. Psychological Predictors of Self-reported COVID-19 Outcomes: Results From a Prospective Cohort Study Annals of Behavioral Medicine. kaab106
• VEDHARA, K., ROYAL, S., SUNGER, K., CALDWELL, D.M., HALLIDAY, V., TAYLOR, C.M., FAIRCLOUGH, L., AVERY, A. and WELTON, N. J., 2021. Effects of non-pharmacological interventions as vaccine adjuvants in humans: a systematic review and network meta-analysis Health Psychology Review. 15(2), 245-271
• BLAKE, H., KNIGHT, H., JIA, R., CORNER, J., MORLING, J. R., DENNING, C., BALL, J. K., BOLTON, K., FIGUEREDO, G., MORRIS, D. E., TIGHE, P., VILLALON, A. M., AYLING, K. and VEDHARA, K., 2021. Students’ views towards sars-cov-2 mass asymptomatic testing, social distancing and self-isolation in a university setting during the covid-19 pandemic: A qualitative study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(8), 4182
• GASTEIGER, N., VEDHARA, K., MASSEY, A., JIA, R., AYLING, K., CHALDER, T., COUPLAND, C. and BROADBENT, E., 2021. Depression, anxiety and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a New Zealand cohort study on mental well-being BMJ Open. 11(5), e045325
• VEDHARA, K.,, WEINMAN, J., PETRIE, K., GURDASANI, D., MORLING, J.R. and BALL, J.K., 2021. Mind your language: Language and outcomes in the COVID-19 pandemic, and lessons for the future. Campaign for Social Science: 3 June 2021.
• GASTEIGER, N., GASTEIGER, C., VEDHARA, K. and BROADBENT, E., 2021. The more the merrier! Barriers and facilitators to the general public’s use of a COVID-19 contact tracing app in New Zealand Informatics for Health and Social Care. Online Ahead of Print: 14 July 2021, 1-12
• CARLISLE, S., AYLING, K., JIA, R., BUCHANAN, H. and VEDHARA, K., 2021. The effect of choice interventions on retention-related, behavioural and mood outcomes: A systematic review with meta-analysis Health Psychology Review. Published Ahead of Print Online: 16 September 2021,
• KNIGHT, H., CARLISLE, S., O’CONNOR, M., BRIGGS, L., FOTHERGILL, L., AL-ORAIBI, A., YILDIRIM, M., MORLING, J.R., CORNER, J., BALL, J.K., DENNING, C., VEDHARA, K. and BLAKE, H., 2021. Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Self-Isolation on Students and Staff in Higher Education: A Qualitative Study Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 18(20), 10675
• KNIGHT, H., JIA, R., AYLING, K., BRADBURY, K., BAKER, K., CHALDER, T., MORLING, J.R., DURRANT, L., AVERY, T., BALL, J., BARKER, C., BENNETT, R., MCKEEVER, T. and VEDHARA, K., 2021. Understanding and Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy in the Context of COVID-19: Development of a Digital intervention Public Health. Available online 18 October 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.10.006,
• AYLING K., SUNGER, K. and VEDHARA, K., 2020. Effects of Brief Mood-Improving Interventions on Immunity. A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis. Psychosomatic Medicine. 82(1), 10-28
• DI LORITO, C., BOSCO, A., POLLOCK, K., HARWOOD, R., DAS NAIR, R., LOGAN, P., GOLDBERG, S., BOOTH, V., VEDHARA, K., GODFREY, M., DUNLOP, M. and VAN DER WARDT, V., 2020. External validation of the ‘PHYT in dementia’, a theoretical model promoting physical activity in people with dementia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(5), 1544
• NORMAN, G., WESTBY, M.J., VEDHARA, K., GAME, F. and CULLUM, N.A., 2020. Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for the prevention and treatment of foot ulcers in people with diabetes: a systematic review Diabetic Medicine. 37(8), 1256-1265
• SULLIVAN, F.M., MAIR, F.S., ANDERSON, W., ARMORY, P., BRIGGS, A., CHEW, C., DORWARD, A., HAUGHNEY, J., HOGARTH, F., KENDRICK, D., LITTLEFORD, R., MCCONNACHIE, A., MCCOWAN, C., MCMEEKIN, N., PATEL, M., RAUCHHAUS, P., RITCHIE, L., ROBERTSON, C., ROBERTSON, J., ROBLES-ZURITA, J., SARVESVARAN, J., SEWELL, H., SPROULE, M., TAYLOR, T., TELLO, A., TREWEEK, S., VEDHARA, K. and SCHEMBRI, S., 2020. Earlier diagnosis of lung cancer in a randomised trial of an autoantibody blood test followed by imaging European Respiratory Journal. Online ahead of print: 30 July 2020, 2000670
• JIA, R., AYLING, K., CHALDER, T., MASSEY, A., BROADBENT, E., COUPLAND, C. and VEDHARA, K., 2020. Mental health in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analyses from a community cohort study BMJ Open. 10(9), e040620
• WESTBY, M., NORMAN, G., VEDHARA, K., GAME, F. and CULLUM, N., 2020. Psychosocial and behavioural prognostic factors for diabetic foot ulcer development and healing: a systematic review Diabetic Medicine. 37(8), 1244-1255
• O'CONNOR, D.B., THAYER, J.F. and VEDHARA, K., 2020. Stress and Health: A Review of Psychobiological Processes Annual Review of Psychology. Published Online First: 4 September 2020,
• JIA, R., AYLING, K., CHALDER, T., MASSEY, A., BROADBENT, E., MORLING, J.R., COUPLAND, C. and VEDHARA, K., 2020. Young people, mental health and COVID-19 infection: The canaries we put in the coal-mine Public Health. Available Online First: 28 October 2020,
• DI LORITO, C., POLLOCK, K., HARWOOD, R., DAS NAIR, R., LOGAN, P., GOLDBERG, S.E., BOOTH, V., VEDHARA, K. and VAN DER WARDT, V., 2019. A scoping review of behaviour change theories in adults without dementia to adapt and develop the ‘PHYT in dementia’, a model promoting physical activity in people with dementia Maturitas. 121, 101-113
• VAN DER WARDT, V., HANCOX, J., POLLOCK, K., LOGAN, P., VEDHARA, K. and HARWOOD, R.H., 2019. Physical activity engagement strategies in people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia – a focus group study Aging & Mental Health. 1-8
• VEDHARA, K., AYLING, K., SUNGER, K., CALDWELL, D.M., HALLIDAY, V., FAIRCLOUGH, L., AVERY, A., ROBLES, L., GARIBALDI, J., WELTON, N.J. and ROYAL, S., 2019. Psychological Interventions as Vaccine Adjuvants: a systematic review. Vaccine. 37(25), 3255-3266
• HANCOX, J.E., VAN DER WARDT, V., POLLOCK, K., BOOTH, V., VEDHARA, K. and HARWOOD, R.H., 2019. Factors influencing adherence to home-based strength and balance exercises among older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia: Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) PLoS ONE. 14(5), e0217387
• YOUNG, B., BEDFORD, L., DAS NAIR, R., GALLANT, S., LITTLEFORD, R., ROBERTSON, J.F.R., SCHEMBRI, S., SULLIVAN, F.R., VEDHARA, K., KENDRICK, D. and IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ECLS STUDY TEAM., 2019. Unconditional and conditional monetary incentives to increase response to mailed questionnaires: a randomised controlled study within a trial (SWAT). Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. First Published Online: 22 July 2019,
• LAFOND, N., MAULA, A., ILIFFE, S., VEDHARA, K., AUDSLEY, S., KENDRICK, D. and ORTON, E., 2019. ‘We got more than we expected.’ Older people’s experiences of falls-prevention exercise interventions and implications for practice; a qualitative study Primary Health Care Research & Development. 20, e103
• AYLING, K., FAIRCLOUGH, L., BUCHANAN, H., WETHERELL, M.A. and VEDHARA, K., 2019. Mood and influenza vaccination in older adults: A randomized controlled trial Health Psychology. Epub ahead of print: 5 August 2019,
• BAJWA, R.K., GOLDBERG, S.E., VAN DER WARDT, V., BURGON, C., DI LORITO, C., GODFREY, M., DUNLOP, M., LOGAN, P., MASUD, T., GLADMAN, J., SMITH, H., HOOD-MOORE, V., BOOTH, V., DAS NAIR, R., POLLOCK, K., VEDHARA, K., EDWARDS, R.T., JONES, C., HOARE, Z., BRAND, A. and HARWOOD, R.H., 2019. A randomised controlled trial of an exercise intervention promoting activity, independence and stability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia (PrAISED) - A Protocol Trials. 20(1), 815
• GOLDBERG, S.E., VAN DER WARDT, V., BRAND, A., BURGON, C., BAJWA, R., HOARE, Z., LOGAN, P.L., HARWOOD, R.H., GLADMAN, J., EDWARDS, R.T., MASUD, T., VEDHARA, K., POLLOCK, K., BOOTH, V., DAS NAIR, R., KEARNEY, F., ORRELL, M., HOOD, V., ROBERTSON, K., LOCK, J., DI LORITO, C., HARLING, M., JONES, C., HEELEY, M. and ON BEHALF OF THE PRAISED STUDY GROUP,, 2019. Promoting activity, Independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED): a, multisite, randomised controlled, feasibility trial BMC Geriatrics. 19(1), 353
• WHALE, K., WYLDE, V., BESWICK, A., RATHBONE, J., VEDHARA, K. and GOOBERMAN-HILL, R., 2019. Effectiveness and reporting standards of psychological interventions for improving short-term and long-term pain outcomes after total knee replacement: a systematic review BMJ Open. 9(12), e029742
• MAULA, A., LAFOND, N., ORTON, E., ILIFFE, S., AUDSLEY, S., VEDHARA, K. and KENDRICK, D., 2019. Use it or lose it: a qualitative study of the maintenance of physical activity in older adults BMC Geriatrics. 19(1), 349
• AYLING, K., DAWE, K. and VEDHARA, K., 2018. Behavioral Immunology. In: In: Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine (2nd Edition) Springer.
• GREENWELL, K., SIVYER, K., VEDHARA, K., YARDLEY, L., GAME, F., CHALDER, T., RICHARDS, G., DRAKE, N., GRAY, K., WEINMAN, J. and BRADBURY, K., 2018. Intervention planning for the REDUCE maintenance intervention: a digital intervention to reduce reulceration risk among patients with a history of diabetic foot ulcers. BMJ Open. 8(5), e01986
• AYLING, K., VEDHARA, K. and FAIRCLOUGH, L., 2018. Measuring Vaccine Responses in the Multiplex Era. In: YAN, Q., ed., Psychoneuroimmunology: Methods and Protocols Springer New York. 327-340
• AUJLA, N., WALKER, M.F., SPRIGG, N. and VEDHARA, K., 2018. Do individual versus illness belief schema differ in the prediction of post-stroke recovery? Journal of Health Psychology. First Published Online: 12 July 2018,
• AUJLA, N., VEDHARA, K., WALKER, M. and SPRIGG, N., 2018. Evaluating a Stroke-Specific Version of the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised, using the Think-Aloud Method. Journal of Health Psychology. First Published Online: 26 June 2018,
• WALBURN, J., VEDHARA, K. and WEINMAN, J., 2018. The psychobiology of wound healing.. In: MURPHY, P.N., ed., The Routledge International Handbook of Psychobiology (Chapter 2). 1st Edition. Routledge. 352
• CLARK, M.E., BEDFORD, L.E., YOUNG, B., ROBERTSON, J.F.R., DAS NAIR, R., VEDHARA, K., LITTLEFORD, R., SULLIVAN, F.M., MAIR, F.S., SCHEMBRI, S., RAUCHHAUS, P. and KENDRICK, D., 2018. Lung cancer CT screening: psychological responses in the presence and absence of pulmonary nodules Lung Cancer. Accepted Manuscript Online: 3 August 2018(124), 160-167
• CLARK, M.E., YOUNG, B., BEDFORD, L.E., DAS NAIR, R., ROBERTSON, J.F. R., VEDHARA, K., SULLIVAN, F., MAIR, F.S., SCHEMBRI, S., LITTLEFORD, R.C. and KENDRICK, D., 2018. Lung cancer screening: does pulmonary nodule detection affect a range of smoking behaviours? Journal of Public Health. Epub Ahead of Print: 29 September 2018, fdy158-fdy158
• KENDRICK, D., ORTON, E., LAFOND, N., AUDSLEY, S., MAULA, A., MORRIS, R., VEDHARA, K. and ILIFFE, S., 2018. Keeping active: maintenance of physical activity after exercise programmes for older adults Public Health. 164, 118-127
• GIURFA, M., SCHNELL, A., VEDHARA, K., WYSTRACH, A., ABELL, J., DUKAS, R., MANN, J., SCHOLEY, A., PLOTNIK, J., TAYLOR, A.H., JOHNSON, S.K., JOHNSON, P.T.J., HOPPER, L.M., GRAHAM, K., HOBAITER, C., BYRNE, R.W., KAMINSKI, J., WYNNE, C.D.L. and TODD, Z., 2018. The psychologists' tree of life. The Psychologist. 31, 28-53
• YOUNG, B., VEDHARA, K., KENDRICK, D., LITTLEFORD, R., ROBERTSON, J.F.R., SULLIVAN, F.M., SCHEMBRI, S., DAS NAIR, R. and IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ECLS STUDY TEAM, 2018. Determinants of motivation to quit in smokers screened for the early detection of lung cancer: a qualitative study BMC Public Health. 18(1), 1276
• AUJLA, N., WALKER, M., VEDHARA, K. and SPRIGG, N., 2018. The relationship between patients’ illness beliefs and recovery after stroke Psychology, Health & Medicine. Published Online First: 11 December 2018, 1-8
• WALBURN, J., WEINMAN, J., NORTON, S., HANKINS, M., DAWE, K., BANJOKO, B. and VEDHARA, K., 2017. Stress, Illness Perceptions, Behaviours and Healing in Venous Leg Ulcers: Findings From a Prospective Observational Study Psychosomatic Medicine. 79(5), 585-592
• CLOKIE, M., GREENWAY, A.L., HARDING, K., JONES, N.J., VEDHARA, K., GAME, F. and DHATARIYA, K.K., 2017. New horizons in the understanding of the causes and management of diabetic foot disease: report from the 2017 Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference Symposium. Diabetic Medicine. First Published; 23 January 2017, doi:10.1111/dme.13313
• SULLIVAN, F. M., FARMER, E., MAIR, F.S., TREWEEK, S., KENDRICK, D., JACKSON, C., ROBERTSON, C., BRIGGS, A., MCCOWAN, C., BEDFORD, L., YOUNG, B., VEDHARA, K., GALLANT, S., LITTLEFORD, R., ROBERTSON, J., SEWELL, H., DORWARD, A., SARVESVARAN, J. and SCHEMBRI, S., 2017. Detection in blood of autoantibodies to tumour antigens as a case-finding method in lung cancer using the EarlyCDT®-Lung Test (ECLS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial BMC Cancer. 17(1), 187
• YOUNG, B., BEDFORD, L., KENDRICK, D., VEDHARA, K., ROBERTSON, J. and DAS NAIR, R., 2017. Factors influencing the decision to attend screening for cancer in the UK: a meta-ethnography of qualitative research Journal of Public Health. Epub ahead of print: 9 May 2017, 1-25
• YOUNG, B., VEDHARA, K., KENDRICK, D., ROBERTSON, J. and DAS NAIR, R., 2017. OP36 Decisions about smoking in patients screened with the EarlyCDT-Lung test for the early detection of lung cancer: A qualitative study: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 71(Supplement 1), A19
• CLARK, M., BEDFORD, L., YOUNG, B., NAIR, R. DAS, ROBERTSON, J., VEDHARA, K. and KENDRICK, D., 2017. OA 06.08 Is Lung Cancer Screening Associated with a Negative Psychological Impact? Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 12(11 Supplement 2), S1760
• YOUNG, B., BEDFORD, L., VEDHARA, K., NAIR, R. DAS, ROBERTSON, J. and KENDRICK, D., 2017. MA 18.04 Changes in Smoking Behavior in the Early Cancer Detection Test Lung Cancer Scotland (ECLS) Study Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 12(11 Supplement 2), S1878
• YOUNG, B., VEDHARA, K., KENDRICK, D., ROBERTSON, J. and NAIR, R. DAS, 2017. P3.06-009 How Does Screening for the Early Detection of Lung Cancer Facilitate Smoking Cessation? A Qualitative Study of Screened Smokers Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 12(11 Supplement 2), S2297
• AUJLA, N., WALKER, M., SPRIGG, N., ABRAMS, K., MASSEY, A. and VEDHARA, K., 2016. Can illness beliefs, from the common-sense model, prospectively predict adherence to self-management behaviours? A systematic review and meta-analysis Psychology and Health. Accepted author version posted online: 24 Feb 2016, doi:10.1080/08870446.2016.1153640
• VEDHARA, K., DAWE K, MILES, J.N.V., WETHERELL, M.A., CULLUM, N., DAYAN, C., DRAKE, N., PRICE, P., TARLTON, J., WEINMAN, J., DAY, A., CAMPBELL, R., REPS, J. and SORIA, D., 2016. Illness Beliefs Predict Mortality in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers PLOS One.
• MASSEY, A.J., CAMPBELL, B.K., RAINE-FENNING, N., PINCOTT-ALLEN, C., PERRY, J. and VEDHARA, K., 2016. Relationship between hair and salivary cortisol and pregnancy in women undergoing IVF Psychoneuroendocrinology. 74, 397-405
• AYLING, K., BOWDEN, T., TIGHE, P., TODD, I., DILNOT, E. M., NEGM, O. H., FAIRCLOUGH, L. and VEDHARA, K., 2016. The application of protein microarray assays in psychoneuroimmunology Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 14 September 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.09.013 (In Press.)
• ROBINSON, H., JARRETT, P., VEDHARA, K. and BROADBENT, E., 2016. The effects of expressive writing before or after punch biopsy on wound healing Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. Available Online: 24 November 2016,
• MASSEY, A.J. and VEDHARA, K., 2015. Psychoneuroimmunology. In: WRIGHT, J.D., ed., International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences 2nd. Vol. 19. Elsevier. 445-450
• VEDHARA, K., GILL, S., ELDESOUKY, L., CAMPBELL, B.K., AREVALO, J. M. G., MA, J. and COLE, S.W., 2015. Personality and gene expression: Do individual differences exist in the leukocyte transcriptome? Psychoneuroendocrinology. 52, 72-82
• MASSEY, A., CAMPBELL, B., RAINE-FENNING, N., AUJLA, N. and VEDHARA, K., 2014. The association of physiological cortisol and IVF treatment outcomes: A Systematic Review. Reproductive Medicine and Biology. 13(4), 161-176
• DAS NAIR, R., ORR, K., VEDHARA, K. and KENDRICK, D., 2014. Exploring recruitment barriers and facilitators in early cancer detection trials: the use of pre-trial focus groups Trials. 15(1), 98
• ROCKLIFF, H. E., LIGHTMAN, S.L., RHIDIAN, E., BUCHANAN, H., GORDON, U. and VEDHARA, K., 2014. A systematic review of psychosocial factors associated with emotional adjustment in in vitro fertilization patients: Human Reproduction Update Human Reproduction Update. First published online 27 March 2014, doi:10.1093/humupd/dmu010
• VEDHARA, K., DAWE, K., WETHERELL, M.A., MILES, J. N. V., CULLUM, N., DAYAN, C., DRAKE, N., PRICE, P., TARLTON, J., WEINMAN, J., DAY, A. and CAMPBELL, R., 2014. Illness beliefs predict self-care behaviours in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: A prospective study Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 106(1), 67-72
• DAWE, K., MONTGOMERY, A., MCGEE, H., PANAGOPOULOU, E., MORGAN, K., HACKSHAW, L. and VEDHARA, K., 2014. The effects of perceived stress on biological parameters in healthcare professionals: A systematic review Journal of Health Psychology. First published online: 13 May 2014, doi:10.1177/1359105314532970
• ROBLES, L.A., CHOU, S., COLE, O.J., HAMID, A., GRIFFITHS, A. and VEDHARA, K., 2013. Psychological and Social Factors influencing Patients’ Treatment Selection for Localised Prostate Cancer. In: HAMILTON, G., ed., Advances in Prostate Cancer InTech.
• SELVARAJAH, K., CRAVEN, M..P., MASSEY, A., CROWE, J., VEDHARA, K. and RAINE-FENNING, N., 2013. Native Apps versus Web Apps: Which Is Best for Healthcare Applications?. In: KUROSU, MASAAKI, ed., Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services 8005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 189-196
• CRAVEN, M.P., SELVARAJAH, K., MILES, R., SCHNÄDELBACH, H., MASSEY, A., VEDHARA, K., RAINE-FENNING, N. and CROWE, J., 2013. User requirements for the development of Smartphone self-reporting applications in healthcare. In: KURUSO, M., ed., Human-Computer Interaction, Part II, HCII 2013, LNCS 8005, 36-45, 201 (15th International Conference, HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013, Proceedings, Part II)
• VEDHARA K, METCALFE C, BRANT H, CROWN A, NORTHSTONE K, DAWE K, LIGHTMAN S and SMITH GD, 2012. Maternal Mood And Neuroendocrine Programming: Effects Of Time Of Exposure And Sex. Journal Of Neuroendocrinology. 24(7), 999-1011
• AVERY, K.N.L., METCALFE, C., VEDHARA, K., LANE, J.A., DAVIS, M., NEAL, D.E., HAMDY, F.C., DONOVAN, J.L. and BLAZEBY, J.M., 2012. Predictors of attendance for prostate-specific antigen screening tests and prostate biopsy European Urology. 62(4), 649-655
• VEDHARA K, 2012. Psychoneuroimmunology: The Whole And The Sum Of Its Parts. Brain, Behavior, And Immunity. 26(2), 210-1
• VEDHARA, K., BEATTIE, A., METCALFE, C., ROCHE, S., WEINMAN, J., CULLUM, N., PRICE, P., DAYAN, C., COOPER, A.R., CAMPBELL, R. and CHALDER, T., 2012. Development and preliminary evaluation of a psychosocial intervention for modifying the psychosocial risk factors associated with re-ulceration risk in people living with diabetes Behaviour Research and Therapy. 50(5), 323-332
• CONRY, M., HUMPHRIES, N., MORGAN, K., MCGOWAN, Y., MONTGOMERY, A., VEDHARA, K., PANAGOPOULOU, E. and MCGEE, H., 2012. A 10 year (20002010) systematic review of interventions to improve quality of care in hospitals BMC Health Services Research. 12(1), 275
• LOFT, P., PETRIE, K.J., BOOTH, R.J., THOMAS, M.G., ROBINSON, E. and VEDHARA, K., 2012. Effects of Massage on Antibody Responses After Hepatitis B Vaccination Psychosomatic Medicine. 74(9), 982-987
• BEATTIE, A.M., CAMPBELL, R. and VEDHARA, K., 2012. ‘What ever I do it’s a lost cause.’ The emotional and behavioural experiences of individuals who are ulcer free living with the threat of developing further diabetic foot ulcers: a qualitative interview study. Health Expectations. Article first published online: 20 March 2012, doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2012.00768.x
• MACEFIELD, R C, METCALFE, C, LANE, J A, DONOVAN, J L, AVERY, K N L, BLAZEBY, J M, DOWN, L, NEAL, D E, HAMDY, F C, VEDHARA, K and ,, 2010. Impact of prostate cancer testing: an evaluation of the emotional consequences of a negative biopsy result. British Journal of Cancer. 102(9), 1335-40
• VEDHARA, K., MILES, J.N.V., WETHERELL, M.A., DAWE, K., SEARLE, A., TALLON, D., CULLUM, N., DAY, A., DAYAN, C., DRAKE, N., PRICE, P., TARLTON, J., WEINMAN, J. and CAMPBELL, R., 2010. Coping style and depression influence the healing of diabetic foot ulcers: observational and mechanistic evidence Diabetologia. 53(8), 1590-1598
• PETRIE KJ and VEDHARA K, 2010. Man Of Unconscious Sorrow. Journal Of Psychosomatic Research. 69(4), 417-8
• VEDHARA K, BRANT H, ALEXIOU A, PETRIE KJ, MILES JNV and LIGHTMAN SL, 2010. An Investigation Into The Effects Of Social Evaluation On Cardiovascular And Endocrine Responses To The Co2 Stress Test In Humans. Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 13(3), 195-202
• VEDHARA K, BRANT H, ADAMOPOULOS E, BYRNE-DAVIS L, MACKINTOSH B, HOPPITT L, TOVEE M, MILES J and PENNEBAKER JW, 2010. A Preliminary Investigation Into Whether Attentional Bias Influences Mood Outcomes Following Emotional Disclosure. International Journal Of Behavioral Medicine. 17(3), 195-206
• BRANT, H., WETHEREL,L M.A., LIGHTMAN, S., CROWN, A. and VEDHARA, K., 2010. An Exploration Into Physiological And Self-Report Measures Of Stress In Pre-Registration Doctors At The Beginning And End Of A Clinical Rotation. Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 13(2), 155-62
• CHIDA, Y. and VEDHARA, K., 2009. Adverse psychosocial factors predict poorer prognosis in HIV disease: a meta-analytic review of prospective investigations. Brain, behavior, and immunity. 23(4), 434-45
• WELTON, N.J., CALDWELL, D.M., ADAMOPOULOS, E. and VEDHARA, K., 2009. Mixed treatment comparison meta-analysis of complex interventions: psychological interventions in coronary heart disease American Journal of Epidemiology. 169(9), 1158-1165
• WALBURN, J., VEDHARA, K., HANKINS, M., RIXON, L. and WEINMAN, J., 2009. Psychological stress and wound healing in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 67(3), 253-271
• TURNER, E.L., LANE, J.A., METCALFE, C., DOWN, L., DONOVAN, J.L., HAMDY, F., NEAL, D. and VEDHARA, K., 2009. Psychological distress and prostate specific antigen levels in men with and without prostate cancer Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 23(8), 1073-1078
• SEARLE, A., WETHERELL, M.A., CAMPBELL, R., DAYAN, C., WEINMAN, J. and VEDHARA, K., 2008. Do patients' beliefs about type 2 diabetes differ in accordance with complications: an investigation into diabetic foot ulceration and retinopathy. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 15(3), 173-9
• GALE, L., VEDHARA, K., SEARLE, A., KEMPLE, T. and CAMPBELL, R., 2008. Patients' perspectives on foot complications in type 2 diabetes: a qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice. 58(553), 555-63
• SEARLE, A., GALE, L., CAMPBELL, R., WETHERELL, M., DAWE, K., DRAKE, N., DAYAN, C., TARLTON, J., MILES, J. and VEDHARA, K., 2008. Reducing the burden of chronic wounds: prevention and management of the diabetic foot in the context of clinical guidelines. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 13 Suppl 3, 82-91
• VEDHARA, KAVITA, MORRIS, RONA MOSS, BOOTH, ROGER, HORGAN, MIRIAM, LAWRENCE, MANDY and BIRCHALL, NICHOLAS, 2007. Changes in mood predict disease activity and quality of life in patients with psoriasis following emotional disclosure. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 62(6), 611-9
• SEARLE, AIDAN, NORMAN, PAUL, THOMPSON, RACHEL and VEDHARA, KAV, 2007. A prospective examination of illness beliefs and coping in patients with type 2 diabetes. British Journal of Health Psychology. 12(Pt 4), 621-38
• CARROLL, D., BENNETT, P. and VEDHARA, K., 2007. Minds and gaps. British Journal of Health Psychology. 12(Pt 2), 159-60
• LOFT, PATRICIA, THOMAS, MARK G, PETRIE, KEITH J, BOOTH, ROGER J, MILES, JEREMY and VEDHARA, KAVITA, 2007. Examination stress results in altered cardiovascular responses to acute challenge and lower cortisol. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 32(4), 367-75
• SEARLE, A., NORMAN, P., THOMPSON, R. and VEDHARA, K., 2007. Illness representations among patients with type 2 diabetes and their partners: relationships with self-management behaviors. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 63(2), 175-84
• PANAGOPOULOU, EFHARIS, VEDHARA, KAVITA, GAINTARZTI, CHRYSSOULA and TARLATZIS, BASIL, 2006. Emotionally expressive coping reduces pregnancy rates in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization. Fertility and sterility. 86(3), 672-7
• WETHERELL, M.A., CROWN, A.L., LIGHTMAN, S.L., MILES, J.N.V., KAYE, J. and VEDHARA, K., 2006. The four-dimensional stress test: psychological, sympathetic-adrenal-medullary, parasympathetic and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses following inhalation of 35% CO2. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 31(6), 736-47
• VEDHARA, KAVITA, TUINSTRA, JOLANDA, MILES, JEREMY N V, SANDERMAN, ROBBERT and RANCHOR, ADELITA V, 2006. Psychosocial factors associated with indices of cortisol production in women with breast cancer and controls. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 31(3), 299-311
• WETHERELL, M.A., BYRNE-DAVIS, L., DIEPPE, P., DONOVAN, J., BROOKES, S., BYRON, M., VEDHARA, K., HORNE, R., WEINMAN, J. and MILES, J., 2005. Effects of emotional disclosure on psychological and physiological outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an exploratory home-based study. Journal of Health Psychology. 10(2), 277-85
• TYTHERLEIGH, MICHELLE Y, VEDHARA, KAV and LIGHTMAN, STAFFORD L, 2004. Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors and their differential effects on memory performance in people with Addison's disease. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 29(6), 712-23
• NORMAN, PAUL, SEARLE, AIDAN, HARRAD, RICHARD and VEDHARA, KAV, 2003. Predicting adherence to eye patching in children with amblyopia: an application of protection motivation theory. British Journal of Health Psychology. 8(Pt 1), 67-82
• LOWE, ROB, VEDHARA, KAV, BENNETT, PAUL, BROOKES, EMILY, GALE, LONE, MUNNOCH, KATHY, SCHREIBER-KOUNINE, CHRISTA, FOWLER, CLARE, RAYTER, ZEN, SAMMON, ALISTAIR and FARNDON, JOHN, 2003. Emotion-related primary and secondary appraisals, adjustment and coping: associations in women awaiting breast disease diagnosis. British Journal of Health Psychology. 8(Pt 4), 377-91
• VEDHARA, KAV, MILES, JEREMY, BENNETT, PAUL, PLUMMER, SUE, TALLON, DEBORAH, BROOKS, EMILY, GALE, LONE, MUNNOCH, KATHERINE, SCHREIBER-KOUNINE, CHRISTA, FOWLER, CLARE, LIGHTMAN, STAFFORD and SAMMON, ALISTAI, 2003. An investigation into the relationship between salivary cortisol, stress, anxiety and depression. Biological psychology. 62(2), 89-96
• VEDHARA, KAVITA, MCDERMOTT, MICHAEL P, EVANS, THOMAS G, TREANOR, JOHN J, PLUMMER, SUE, TALLON, DEBORAH, CRUTTENDEN, KIM A and SCHIFITTO, GIOVANNI, 2002. Chronic stress in nonelderly caregivers: psychological, endocrine and immune implications. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 53(6), 1153-61
• SARAVANAN, P, CHAU, W-F, ROBERTS, N, VEDHARA, K, GREENWOOD, R and DAYAN, C M, 2002. Psychological well-being in patients on 'adequate' doses of l-thyroxine: results of a large, controlled community-based questionnaire study. Clinical Endocrinology. 57(5), 577-85
• SEARLE, A, NORMAN, P, HARRAD, R and VEDHARA, K, 2002. Psychosocial and clinical determinants of compliance with occlusion therapy for amblyopic children. Eye. 16(2), 150-5
• VEDHARA, K, HYDE, J, GILCHRIST, I D, TYTHERLEIGH, M and PLUMMER, S, 2000. Acute stress, memory, attention and cortisol. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 25(6), 535-49
• BAUER, M E, VEDHARA, K, PERKS, P, WILCOCK, G K, LIGHTMAN, S L and SHANKS, N, 2000. Chronic stress in caregivers of dementia patients is associated with reduced lymphocyte sensitivity to glucocorticoids. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 103(1), 84-92
• VEDHARA, K, FOX, J D and WANG, E C, 1999. The measurement of stress-related immune dysfunction in psychoneuroimmunology. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 23(5), 699-715
• NOTT, K H and VEDHARA, K, 1999. Nature and consequences of stressful life events in homosexual HIV-positive men: a review. AIDS Care. 11(2), 235-43
• VEDHARA, K, SCHIFITTO, G and MCDERMOTT, M, 1999. Disease progression in HIV-positive women with moderate to severe immunosuppression: the role of depression. Dana Consortium on Therapy for HIV Dementia and Related Cognitive Disorders. Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.). 25(1), 43-7
• VEDHARA, K, COX, N K, WILCOCK, G K, PERKS, P, HUNT, M, ANDERSON, S, LIGHTMAN, S L and SHANKS, N M, 1999. Chronic stress in elderly carers of dementia patients and antibody response to influenza vaccination. Lancet. 353(9153), 627-31
• MARKS, D I, GALE, D J, VEDHARA, K and BIRD, J M, 1999. A quality of life study in 20 adult long-term survivors of unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 24(2), 191-5
• HUENGSBERG, M, VEDHARA, K, NOTT, K H and BRADBEER, C, 1998. An exploration into occupational stress experienced by HIV health care professionals who work within genitourinary medicine settings. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 3(1), 83-9
• HOLT, R, COURT, P, VEDHARA, K, NOTT, K H, HOLMES, J and SNOW, M H, 1998. The role of disclosure in coping with HIV infection. AIDS Care. 10(1), 49-60
• VEDHARA, K, NOTT, K H, BRADBEER, C S, DAVIDSON, E A, ONG, E L, SNOW, M H, PALMER, D and NAYAGAM, A T, 1997. Greater emotional distress is associated with accelerated CD4+ cell decline in HIV infection. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 42(4), 379-90
• WANG, E C, LAWSON, T M, VEDHARA, K, MOSS, P A, LEHNER, P J and BORYSIEWICZ, L K, 1997. CD8high+ (CD57+) T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 40(2), 237-48
• VEDHARA, K, LLEWELYN, M B, FOX, J D, JONES, M, JONES, R, CLEMENTS, G B, WANG, E C, SMITH, A P and BORYSIEWICZ, L K, 1997. Consequences of live poliovirus vaccine administration in chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 75(1-2), 183-95
• VEDHARA, K and NOTT, K H, 1996. Psychosocial vulnerability to stress: a study of HIV-positive homosexual men. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 41(3), 255-67
• VEDHARA, K, NOTT, K H, HOLT, R, COURT, P, SOUTHWORTH, D, HOLMES, J and SNOW, M H, 1996. Continuing transmission of sexually transmitted diseases among patients infected with HIV. Qualitative study gave different results. British Medical Journal. 312(7045), 1540-1
• VEDHARA, K and NOTT, K, 1996. The assessment of the emotional and immunological consequences of examination stress. Journal of behavioral medicine. 19(5), 467-78
• NOTT, K H, VEDHARA, K and POWER, M J, 1995. The role of social support in HIV infection. Psychological Medicine. 25(5), 971-83
• NOTT, K H, VEDHARA, K and SPICKETT, G P, 1995. Psychology, immunology, and HIV. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 20(5), 451-74
• VEDHARA, K, NOTT, K H and RICHARDS, S M, 1995. Individual variability in the reliability of CD4+ cell counts. AIDS. 9(1), 98-9
• VEDHARA, K, NOTT, K H, RICHARDS, S M, BRADBEER, C, DAVIDSON, E A, ONG, E L and SNOW, M H, 1995. A technique for accurate use of CD4+ cell counts. AIDS patient care. 9(6), 276-80
• NOTT, K H and VEDHARA, K, 1995. The measurement and significance of stressful life events in a cohort of homosexual HIV positive men. AIDS Care. 7(1), 55-69
• MILLER, D, NOTT, K H and VEDHARA, K, 1994. HIV and psychoimmunology: evidence promising and forthcoming. Journal of The Royal Society of Medicine. 87(11), 687-90
• VEDHARA, KAV, BENNETT, PAUL D, CLARK, SIAN, LIGHTMAN, STAFFORD L, SHAW, SAMANTHA, PERKS, PAULA, HUNT, MOIRA A, PHILIP, JUDITH M D, TALLON, DEBORAH, MURPHY, PETER J, JONES, ROY W, WILCOCK, GORDON K and SH, Enhancement of antibody responses to influenza vaccination in the elderly following a cognitive-behavioural stress management intervention. Psychotherapy and psychosomatics. 72(5), 245-52
• VEDHARA, KAVITA, MILES, JEREMY, CROWN, ANNA, MCCARTHY, ANNE, SHANKS, NOLA, DAVIES, DAVID, LIGHTMAN, STAFFORD, DAVEY-SMITH, GEORGE and BEN-SHLOMO, YOAV, Relationship of early childhood illness with adult cortisol in the Barry Caerphilly Growth (BCG) cohort. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 32(8-10), 865-73
• VEDHARA, K, SHANKS, N, ANDERSON, S and LIGHTMAN, S, The role of stressors and psychosocial variables in the stress process: a study of chronic caregiver stress. Psychosomatic medicine. 62(3), 374-85
• BEATTIE, AM, CAMPBELL, R and VEDHARA, K, “Whatever I do it’s a lost cause.” The emotional and behavioural experiences of individuals who are ulcer free living with the threat of developing further diabetic foot ulcers: a qualitative interview study Health Expectations. (In Press.)