Bob Lewin
Emeritus Professor

Profile

Biography

Bob Lewin is a clinical psychologist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Health Sciences where he continues his research into innovative and effective self-management approaches in chronic illness with a strong focus on cardiac illness. Professor Lewin has developed and tested, in randomised controlled trials, a number of cognitive-behaviour self-management programmes, several of which are in use in the NHS. He has contributed to a number of Department of Health initiatives and guidelines.

Qualifications

• MA (Hons) Psychology. University of Edinburgh.
• MPhil (Clinical Psychology), University of Edinburgh (Van Dunlop Scholarship)

Departmental roles

• Member Research Strategy Group

Research

Overview

Bob's research interests are in cognitive-behavioural management of chronic illness, the psychology of heart disease, the lack of relationship between impairment, disability and biomedical variables.

Projects

• BHF: National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation
• NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research Vascular Theme
• NIHR – Programme Development Grant - Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure (REACH HF
• NIHR - CLAHRC - IMPROVE-PC: Improving prevention of vascular disease in primary care, a research theme in LYBRA CLAHRC: Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research Theme

Research group(s)

• The Cardiovascular Health Research Group (CHRG) which hosts the National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR) and the BHF Care and Education Research Group

Publications

Full publications list

• Bob Lewin's publications

External activities

Memberships

• Member of the BACPR Council