Yr Athro Kavita Vedhara
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BA, PhD FAcSS
Timau a rolau for Kavita Vedhara
Staff academaidd ac ymchwil
Trosolwyg
Seicolegydd iechyd sydd ag arbenigedd yn y rhyngberthynas rhwng ffactorau seicolegol a chanlyniadau iechyd a chlefydau. Mae fy ymchwil yn cwmpasu tri phrif faes. Mae'r cyntaf yn ymwneud â dylanwadau seicolegol ar y corff ac mae'r gwaith hwn wedi dangos y gall hwyliau negyddol fel straen ac iselder ein gwneud yn fwy agored i heintiau, gan gynnwys COVID19; yn gallu arafu iachâd clwyfau, fel wlserau traed diabetig; a gallant hefyd wneud i frechlynnau weithio'n llai da. Mae'r ail faes yn ymwneud â dylanwadau seicolegol ar ymddygiad ac mae wedi archwilio'r ffactorau sy'n dylanwadu ar ymgysylltiad pobl ag ymyriadau iechyd fel sgrinio, gwisgo masgiau a brechiadau. Mae'r trydydd maes yn ymwneud ag ymyriadau a sut y gallwn 'harneisio pŵer' y dylanwadau seicolegol hyn i wella iechyd a lles cleifion a'r cyhoedd.
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Hart, R. I. et al., 2026. Experiences of living with, managing, and preventing reoccurrence of diabetic foot ulcers: restoring context and complexity to health and illness research. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine 30 (4), pp.558-577. (10.1177/13634593251387548)
- Shanmugavadivel, S. et al., 2026. 10287 From headsmart to child cancer smart and beyond: informing health policy through understanding which CYP receive cancer diagnoses through emergency presentation [Abstract]. Archives of Disease in Childhood 111 (S1), pp.A36-A36. (10.1136/archdischild-2026-rcpch.49)
- Royal, S. et al., 2026. PROTECTIVE-D - a feasibility randomised controlled trial examining the effect of a positive mood intervention and vitamin D supplementation on the immunological responses to influenza vaccination in older adults. Pilot and Feasibility Studies (10.1186/s40814-026-01881-z)
- Khudair, M. et al. 2026. Factors associated with vaccination intentions and uptake among pregnant women in the UK: A scoping review. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 22 (1) 2687220. (10.1080/21645515.2026.2687220)
- Jia, R. et al., 2026. Understanding and addressing the obstacles to a trial of face masks in schools: a mixed-methods feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 12 101. (10.1186/s40814-026-01825-7)
- Hart, R. I. et al., 2026. Facilitating a complex behaviour-change intervention: healthcare professionals’ accounts of their journeys to competence and confidence. BMC Health Services Research 26 202. (10.1186/s12913-025-13676-8)
2025
- Vedhara, K. et al. 2025. The REDUCE Intervention: The development of a person-centred cognitive behavioural intervention to improve ulcer outcomes in people at risk of diabetic foot ulceration. Health Expectations 28 (5) e70434. (10.1111/hex.70434)
- Smith, M. A. et al., 2025. Facilitators and barriers to engaging in expressive writing among health and social care professionals. PLoS ONE 20 (8) e0328801. (10.1371/journal.pone.0328801)
- Ayling, K. et al., 2025. Psychological correlates of antibody response to mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: a prospective observational cohort study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 127 , pp.103-109. (10.1016/j.bbi.2025.03.011)
- Shanmugavadivel, D. et al., 2025. Quantifying diagnostic intervals and routes to diagnosis for children and young people with cancer in the UK (Childhood Cancer Diagnosis study, CCD): a population-based observational study. The Lancet Regional Health Europe 54 101329. (10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101329)
- Fuller, A. et al., 2025. Patient and health professional views on risk-stratified monitoring of immune-suppressing treatment in adults with inflammatory diseases. Rheumatology 64 , pp.969-975. keae175. (10.1093/rheumatology/keae175)
- Paci, E. et al., 2025. Five year mortality in an RCT of a lung cancer biomarker to select people for low dose CT screening. PLoS ONE 20 (1) e0306163. (10.1371/journal.pone.0306163)
2024
- Kalfas, M. et al., 2024. Fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic – prevalence and predictors: findings from a prospective cohort study. Stress: The International Journal on the Biology of Stress 27 (1) 2352117. (10.1080/10253890.2024.2352117)
- Bolton, K. J. et al., 2024. Monitoring university student response to social distancing policy during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic using Bluetooth: the RADAR study. Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences 1 (1) 2425096. (10.1080/29937574.2024.2425096)
- Hill, E. M. et al., 2024. Integrating human behaviour and epidemiological modelling: unlocking the remaining challenges. Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences 1 (1) 2429479. (10.1080/29937574.2024.2429479)
- Ayling, K. , Vedhara, K. and Fairclough, L. 2024. Measuring vaccine responses in the multiplex era. In: Yan, Q. ed. Psychoneuroimmunology: Methods and Protocols. Vol. 2868, Methods in Molecular Biology New York: , pp.149-162. (10.1007/978-1-0716-4200-9_9)
- Jia, R. et al., 2024. Mental health conditions and COVID-19 vaccine outcomes: a scoping review. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 183 111826. (10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111826)
- Clark, M. M. et al., 2024. Smoking, nicotine and pregnancy 2 (SNAP2) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve adherence to nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy. BMJ Open 14 (5) e087175. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087175)
- Hancox, J. E. et al., 2024. Development of a motivation communication training programme to aid diabetes-specialist podiatrists with adherence discussions. Health Education & Behavior 51 (2), pp.240-250. (10.1177/10901981231216744)
- Broadbent, E. et al., 2024. Changes in hair cortisol in a New Zealand community sample during the Covid-19 pandemic. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology 17 100228. (10.1016/j.cpnec.2024.100228)
- Tan, T. et al., 2024. Motivation communication training programme for healthcare professionals to support adherence in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: Proof of concept study. PLoS ONE 19 (2) e0295180. (10.1371/journal.pone.0295180)
2023
- Cullen, K. et al., 2023. Development of a resource-use measure to capture costs of diabetic foot ulcers to the United Kingdom National Health Service, patients and society. Journal of Research in Nursing 28 (8), pp.565-578. (10.1177/17449871231208108)
- Harwood, R. et al., 2023. Promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia and milk cognitive impairment (PrAISED): randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal 2023 (382) e074787. (10.1136/bmj-2023-074787)
Articles
- Hart, R. I. et al., 2026. Experiences of living with, managing, and preventing reoccurrence of diabetic foot ulcers: restoring context and complexity to health and illness research. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine 30 (4), pp.558-577. (10.1177/13634593251387548)
- Shanmugavadivel, S. et al., 2026. 10287 From headsmart to child cancer smart and beyond: informing health policy through understanding which CYP receive cancer diagnoses through emergency presentation [Abstract]. Archives of Disease in Childhood 111 (S1), pp.A36-A36. (10.1136/archdischild-2026-rcpch.49)
- Royal, S. et al., 2026. PROTECTIVE-D - a feasibility randomised controlled trial examining the effect of a positive mood intervention and vitamin D supplementation on the immunological responses to influenza vaccination in older adults. Pilot and Feasibility Studies (10.1186/s40814-026-01881-z)
- Khudair, M. et al. 2026. Factors associated with vaccination intentions and uptake among pregnant women in the UK: A scoping review. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 22 (1) 2687220. (10.1080/21645515.2026.2687220)
- Jia, R. et al., 2026. Understanding and addressing the obstacles to a trial of face masks in schools: a mixed-methods feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 12 101. (10.1186/s40814-026-01825-7)
- Hart, R. I. et al., 2026. Facilitating a complex behaviour-change intervention: healthcare professionals’ accounts of their journeys to competence and confidence. BMC Health Services Research 26 202. (10.1186/s12913-025-13676-8)
- Vedhara, K. et al. 2025. The REDUCE Intervention: The development of a person-centred cognitive behavioural intervention to improve ulcer outcomes in people at risk of diabetic foot ulceration. Health Expectations 28 (5) e70434. (10.1111/hex.70434)
- Smith, M. A. et al., 2025. Facilitators and barriers to engaging in expressive writing among health and social care professionals. PLoS ONE 20 (8) e0328801. (10.1371/journal.pone.0328801)
- Ayling, K. et al., 2025. Psychological correlates of antibody response to mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: a prospective observational cohort study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 127 , pp.103-109. (10.1016/j.bbi.2025.03.011)
- Shanmugavadivel, D. et al., 2025. Quantifying diagnostic intervals and routes to diagnosis for children and young people with cancer in the UK (Childhood Cancer Diagnosis study, CCD): a population-based observational study. The Lancet Regional Health Europe 54 101329. (10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101329)
- Fuller, A. et al., 2025. Patient and health professional views on risk-stratified monitoring of immune-suppressing treatment in adults with inflammatory diseases. Rheumatology 64 , pp.969-975. keae175. (10.1093/rheumatology/keae175)
- Paci, E. et al., 2025. Five year mortality in an RCT of a lung cancer biomarker to select people for low dose CT screening. PLoS ONE 20 (1) e0306163. (10.1371/journal.pone.0306163)
- Kalfas, M. et al., 2024. Fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic – prevalence and predictors: findings from a prospective cohort study. Stress: The International Journal on the Biology of Stress 27 (1) 2352117. (10.1080/10253890.2024.2352117)
- Bolton, K. J. et al., 2024. Monitoring university student response to social distancing policy during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic using Bluetooth: the RADAR study. Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences 1 (1) 2425096. (10.1080/29937574.2024.2425096)
- Hill, E. M. et al., 2024. Integrating human behaviour and epidemiological modelling: unlocking the remaining challenges. Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences 1 (1) 2429479. (10.1080/29937574.2024.2429479)
- Jia, R. et al., 2024. Mental health conditions and COVID-19 vaccine outcomes: a scoping review. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 183 111826. (10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111826)
- Clark, M. M. et al., 2024. Smoking, nicotine and pregnancy 2 (SNAP2) trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve adherence to nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy. BMJ Open 14 (5) e087175. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087175)
- Hancox, J. E. et al., 2024. Development of a motivation communication training programme to aid diabetes-specialist podiatrists with adherence discussions. Health Education & Behavior 51 (2), pp.240-250. (10.1177/10901981231216744)
- Broadbent, E. et al., 2024. Changes in hair cortisol in a New Zealand community sample during the Covid-19 pandemic. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology 17 100228. (10.1016/j.cpnec.2024.100228)
- Tan, T. et al., 2024. Motivation communication training programme for healthcare professionals to support adherence in patients with diabetic foot ulcers: Proof of concept study. PLoS ONE 19 (2) e0295180. (10.1371/journal.pone.0295180)
- Cullen, K. et al., 2023. Development of a resource-use measure to capture costs of diabetic foot ulcers to the United Kingdom National Health Service, patients and society. Journal of Research in Nursing 28 (8), pp.565-578. (10.1177/17449871231208108)
- Harwood, R. et al., 2023. Promoting activity, independence and stability in early dementia and milk cognitive impairment (PrAISED): randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal 2023 (382) e074787. (10.1136/bmj-2023-074787)
Book sections
- Ayling, K. , Vedhara, K. and Fairclough, L. 2024. Measuring vaccine responses in the multiplex era. In: Yan, Q. ed. Psychoneuroimmunology: Methods and Protocols. Vol. 2868, Methods in Molecular Biology New York: , pp.149-162. (10.1007/978-1-0716-4200-9_9)
Ymchwil
Mae pob maes o gymdeithas, o iechyd a thechnoleg, yr amgylchedd, i'r economi, yn cael eu llunio gan weithredoedd, meddyliau a theimladau pobl. Y wyddoniaeth sydd wrth wraidd deall y perthnasoedd hyn yw Seicoleg, ac mae Seicoleg Iechyd, fy maes arbenigedd, yn ymwneud â sut mae'r perthnasoedd hyn yn effeithio ar iechyd a lles.
Mae fy ymchwil yn archwilio sut mae'r risg o glefyd, dilyniant salwch ac effeithiolrwydd triniaethau yn cael eu dylanwadu gan y meddyliau, y teimladau a'r ymddygiadau hyn. Er enghraifft, mae fy ngwaith wedi dangos bod hwyliau negyddol fel straen ac iselder yn rhagweld pwy fydd yn cael heintiau fel COVID-19; pa mor gyflym mae afiechydon fel HIV yn datblygu; ac effeithiolrwydd triniaethau mor amrywiol â IVF a brechlynnau. Mae fy ngwaith hefyd wedi archwilio pa ffactorau sy'n dylanwadu ar barodrwydd pobl i gymryd rhan mewn ymgyrchoedd iechyd cyhoeddus fel sgrinio canser, gwisgo masgiau wyneb; a sut gallwn ni wella ymgysylltiad â'r rhain?
Mae'r berthynas rhwng ein hiechyd a'n hiechyd yn bwerus. Maent yn bodoli hyd yn oed ar ôl i ni ystyried esboniadau biolegol ar gyfer iechyd. Mae fy ymchwil yn archwilio ym mha gyd-destunau iechyd mae'r perthnasoedd hyn yn bwysig a sut y gallwn harneisio'r effeithiau pwerus hyn i wella iechyd a lles unigolion a'r cyhoedd.
Addysgu
Rwy'n goruchwylio ymchwil israddedig ac ôl-raddedig sy'n ymwneud yn gyffredinol â sut mae ein seicoleg yn effeithio ar ein lles meddyliol a'n hiechyd corfforol. Mae gen i ddiddordeb arbennig mewn ymchwil sy'n canolbwyntio ar glefydau heintus (e.e. ffliw, COVID-19) a chlefydau cronig (e.e. diabetes a chanser) a datblygu ymyriadau pragmatig i wella canlyniadau iechyd.
Rwyf hefyd yn addysgu modiwl 3edd flwyddyn sy'n cyflwyno myfyrwyr i'r cysyniad o straen, ei effeithiau ar y corff a sut y gall hynny effeithio ar ein hiechyd corfforol ar draws ystod o glefydau.
Bywgraffiad
- Athro Seicoleg Iechyd, Ysgol Seicoleg, Prifysgol Caerdydd (presennol)
- Athro Seicoleg Iechyd, Canolfan Gofal Sylfaenol Academaidd, Ysgol Meddygaeth, Prifysgol Nottingham (2012-23)
- Athro Seicoleg Iechyd, Sefydliad Gwaith, Iechyd a Sefydliadau, Prifysgol Nottingham (2009-12)
- Uwch Wyddonydd, MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Prifysgol Bryste (2004-09)
- Gwyddonydd Trac Gyrfa, MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, University of Bristol (1999-04)
- Darlithydd mewn Seicoleg, Adran Seicoleg, Prifysgol Bryste, (1998-99)
Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
2021: Academi Gwyddorau Cymdeithas Ymddiriedolwyr
2020: Academi Gwyddorau Ymddygiadol yr Unol Daleithiau
2015: Cyd-Academi'r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
2013: Adran 38 Distinguished International Affiliate of American Psychological Association
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
- 2021 –: Grantiau Rhaglen NIHR ar gyfer Ymchwil Gymhwysol
- 2020-21: Panel Adolygiad Arbenigol Amlafiachedd UKRI-MRC / NIHR
- 2016-20: Panel Cynghori Ymchwil Canser Swydd Efrog
- 2015-17: adolygydd REF allanol ar gyfer Adran Seicoleg Prifysgol Abertawe
- 2010 : Coleg NIHR HTA o arbenigwyr
- 2010-16: Grantiau Rhaglen NIHR ar gyfer Ymchwil Gymhwysol
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2010-13: Panel Hyfforddiant a Datblygu Gyrfa Cymrodoriaeth Gwyddonwyr Iechyd Poblogaeth MRC
Contact Details
+44 29208 70093
Adeilad y Tŵr, Llawr 7, Ystafell 12, Plas y Parc, Caerdydd, CF10 3AT
Themâu ymchwil
Arbenigeddau
- Diabetes
- Brechlynnau
- straen
- Meddygaeth ymddygiadol