Miss Bethan Thomas
(she/her)
Teams and roles for Bethan Thomas
Research student
Graduate Tutor
Overview
I am an integrative health psychhologist focused on understanding how psychological and physiological processes interact to shape fatigue in long-term conditions.
I currently hold a Health and Care Research Wales PhD studentship, investigating the interaction between physiological and psychological variables in Long COVID fatigue both to understand the mechanisms underlying Long COVID fatigue to inform future interventions.
Publication
2024
- Thomas, B. et al. 2024. Defining and measuring Long COVID fatigue – a scoping review. BMJ Open 14, article number: e088530. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088530)
- Thomas, B., Pattinson, R., Bundy, C. and Davies, J. L. 2024. Somatosensory processing in long COVID fatigue and its relations with physiological and psychological factors. Experimental Physiology 109(10), pp. 1637-1649. (10.1113/ep091988)
- Thomas, B. et al. 2024. Definitions and measures of long COVID fatigue in adults: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis 22(3), pp. 481-488. (10.11124/jbies-23-00277)
Articles
- Thomas, B. et al. 2024. Defining and measuring Long COVID fatigue – a scoping review. BMJ Open 14, article number: e088530. (10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088530)
- Thomas, B., Pattinson, R., Bundy, C. and Davies, J. L. 2024. Somatosensory processing in long COVID fatigue and its relations with physiological and psychological factors. Experimental Physiology 109(10), pp. 1637-1649. (10.1113/ep091988)
- Thomas, B. et al. 2024. Definitions and measures of long COVID fatigue in adults: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis 22(3), pp. 481-488. (10.11124/jbies-23-00277)
Research
I am an integrative health psychologist, with an interest in the interactions between psychological and physiological processes and how they can shape fatigue experienced in long-term chronic conditions. I have a particular interest in how these interactions can be considered in self-management and interventions for fatigue.
As a health psychologist, I work across health conditions and my research is theoretically informed using a biopsychosocial approach to health and illness and multidisciplinary team science.
I am passionate about multidisciplinary research. My PhD is supervised be a team of health psychologists and physiologists, this team includes Dr Jennifer Davies, Professor Christine Bundy and Dr Rachael Pattinson.
Biography
2021: MSc in Health Psychology, University of Gloucestershire, UK.
2020: BSc in Psychology, University of Gloucestershire, UK.
Professional memberships
British Psychological Society (BPS)
BPS Division of Health Psychology
Academic positions
2024 - 2025: Graduate tutor, Cardiff University, UK.