Easton, Katherine, Dr

Dr Katherine Easton

BSc (Hons) Psych, MRes Psych, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS

School of Education

Lecturer in Psychology

MA Programme Lead Critical Psychology and Education

MSc Psychology and Education Lead Social Psychology Module

Director of the MA in Psychology and Education and module coordinator for developmental psychology

k.a.easton@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 8176

The Wave

Full contact details

Dr Katherine Easton
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
91̽��
S10 2AH

Profile: Dr Easton is an applied social psychologist researching the use of technology for mental health, in particular self-management and recovery for complex comorbidities. Areas of expertise include peer support, conversational agents, artificial intelligence, student mental health, recovery approaches, co-design research methods and evaluation.

Research interests

Her research interests lie in addressing health inequalities for vulnerable groups, particularly those with mental health needs, the elderly and individuals with long-term conditions, with a focus on the psychosocial barriers and benefits of innovative digital technologies. She specialises in facilitating and develop collaborations with industrial partners and research into the co-design, user testing, realistically evaluation and implementation of technology-supported health and social care services. Katherine collaborates widely across the University and with charity and NHS organisations nationally.

Examples of current and recent research projects

Publications

Journal articles

Tucker I, Easton K & Prestwood R (2023) . Sociology of Health & Illness.
Easton K, Kellett S, Cooper M, Millings A, Varela J & Parry G (2021) . JMIR Mental Health, 8(2).
Kellett S, Easton K, Cooper M, Millings A, Simmonds-Buckley M & Parry G (2020) . JMIR Mental Health, 7(12).
Boyd J, McMillan B, Easton K, Delaney B & Mitchell C (2020) . BMJ Open, 10.
McMillan B, Boyd J & Mitchell C (2020) . British Medical Journal(369).
Easton K, Potter S, Bec R, Bennion M, Christensen H, Grindell C, Mirheidari B, Weich S, de Witte L, Wolstenholme D & Hawley M (2019) . Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(5).
Fisher K & Easton K (2019) . Technology and Disability, 30(4), 177-184.
Hollis C, Sampson S, Simons L, Davies EB, Churchill R, Betton V, Butlera D, Chapman K, Easton KA, Gronlund TA , Kabir T et al (2018) . Lancet Psychiatry, 5(10), 845-854.
McMillan B, Easton K, Goyder E, Delaney B, Madhuvrata P, Abdelgalil R & Mitchell C (2018) . British Journal of General Practice, 68(669), e260-e267.
Easton KA, Diggle J, Ruethi-Davis M, Holmes M, Byron-Parker D, Nuttall J & Blackmore C (2017) . Journal of Medical Internet Research Mental Health, 4(4).
McMillan B, Abdelgalil R, Madhurvata P, Easton K & Mitchell C (2016) . British Journal of General Practice, 66(653), 631-632.
Easton KA, Coventry P, Lovell K, Carter AM & Deaton C (2016) . Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 31(4), 367-379.
Bee PE, Lovell K, Lidbetter N, Easton K & Gask L (2010) . Social Science & Medicine, 71(7), 1308-1315.
Pryjmachuk S, Easton K & Littlewood A (2009) . Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(1), 149-160.
Baker JA, Lovell K, Easton K & Harris N (2006) . Journal of Advanced Nursing, 56(4), 354-362.
Easton K & Mawson S () . International Journal of Integrated Care, 13(7).
Kellett S, Easton K, Cooper M, Millings A, Simmonds-Buckley M & Parry G () . JMIR Mental Health, 8(1), e27159-e27159.
Kellett S, Easton K, Cooper M, Millings A, Simmonds-Buckley M & Parry G () .

Conference proceedings papers

Easton K, Burton T, Ariss S, Bradburn M & Hawley M (2017) . Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 242 (pp 152-159)
McMillan B, Easton K, Delaney B, Madhurvata P, Abdelgalil R & Mitchell C (2017) Women’s views on the potential role of mobile technology in a primary care intervention aimed at reducing the risk of Type 2 diabetes amongst women recently diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes.. Society for Academic Primary Care National Conference Programme, 12 July 2017 - 14 July 2017.
McMillan B, Easton K, Delaney B & Mitchell C (2016) Fitness bands and Facebook TM : can we reduce incident diabetes in high risk postnatal women?. RCGP Conference Book, 5 October 2016 - 7 October 2016.
Easton KA, Lovell K, Coventry P & Deaton C (2013) Emotional symptoms determine patient reported health related quality of life to the same extent as physical symptoms in patients with a diagnosis of heart failure.. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Vol. 13(1) (pp p203-p203), 2013.
Easton KA & Mawson S (2013) RICHARD Project: Regional ICT based Clusters for Healthcare Applications and R&D Integration.. International Journal of Integrated care, Vol. 13(3rd International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare), 1 July 2013 - 3 July 2013.

Reports

McMillan B, Easton K, Delaney B & Mitchell C ()

Preprints

Kellett S, Easton K, Cooper M, Millings A, Simmonds-Buckley M & Parry G (2020) , JMIR Publications Inc..
Easton K, Kellett S, Cooper M, Millings A, Varela J & Parry G () .
Easton K, Potter S, Bec R, Bennion M, Christensen H, Grindell C, Mirheidari B, Weich S, de Witte L, Wolstenholme D & Hawley MS () .
Easton K, Cooper M, Millings A, Kellett S & Valera J () Blending Cognitive Analytic Therapy with a digital support tool: co-design of a prototype application.

Teaching interests

Katherine is the Director of the MA in Psychology and Education (EDUT181) and Module Leader for ‘Social Psychology and Practice’ and ‘Difference, disability and diversity in psychology and education’ on the MSc in Psychology and Education as well as Module Coordinator for developmental psychology EDU 6349.

She has supervised numerous masters dissertations.

Areas of teaching expertise include:

Social Psychology
Critical psychology
Behaviour change
Personality theories
Developmental psychology
Quantitative and qualitative research design & methods
Literature searching
Systematic review methods
Ethics and governance
Technology in healthcare
Health Psychology

She enjoys group work, blended learning and distance learning and also delivers educational sessions to lay groups, service-users and patients/public.

Professional activities and memberships

Chartered member of the British Psychological Society

Founder of the Mental Health and Technology research network at the University of 91̽��
Honorary Researcher at 91̽�� Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
President of the British Lung Foundation 91̽�� breathe easy support group
Reviewer for the British Journal of Psychiatry, British Journal of Medicine, Quality of life and
Health outcomes.