Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Liz Travis
Research Fellow
Liz is a research fellow in health psychology at Leeds Beckett University. Her research aims to improve uptake in cancer screening, services, care, and outcomes, particularly for people living with other health conditions such as dementia and diabetes.
Before joining Leeds Beckett University Liz was a research fellow at the NHS Bradford Institute of Health Research (BIHR) looking at the safer use of medicines for people living at home with dementia. Prior to this, she was a part time lecturer whilst also studying for her PhD in bowel cancer screening behaviours at the University of Leeds.
As a research fellow in the field of psycho-oncology research, Liz is keen to address inequalities in healthcare, particularly for people who have cancer as well as other long term chronic illnesses. She also supervises dissertation project students on the MSc Psychology conversion award course.
Liz is a mixed methods researcher, with experience of both conducting and teaching qualitative and quantitative research.
Current Teaching
Liz is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Liz supervises postgraduate research students (MSc conversion award students)
Research Interests
Liz’s research focuses on:
- Understanding psychosocial and behavioural cancer screening and risk factors and impacts
- Developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to improve screening, care and patient-centred outcomes across the cancer trajectory
- Targeting interventions to address multimorbidity-related disparities and inequalities in cancer incidence, care and outcomes
Ask Me About
- Multimorbidity
- Cancer
- Dementia
- Equality and inclusion
- Health
- NHS
- Psychology
- Public health
Selected Outputs
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Travis E; Ashley L (2023) Effects of a modified invitation letter to follow-up colonoscopy for bowel cancer detection. British Journal of Health Psychology, pp. 1-16.
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Travis E; McCrorie C; Okeowo D; McHugh S; Parker E (2023) Recognising the barriers to postgraduate study for students who identify as working-class. Psychology Teaching Review, 29 (1), pp. 60-64.
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Kerrison RS; Gil N; Travis E; Jones R; Whitaker KL; Rees C; Duffy S; von Wagner C (2023) Barriers to colonoscopy in UK colorectal cancer screening programmes: Qualitative interviews with ethnic minority groups. Psycho-Oncology: journal of the psychological, social and behavioral dimensions of cancer, 32 (5), pp. 779-792.
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Ashley L; Robb KA; O'Connor DB; Platt R; Price M; Robinson O; Travis E; Lipscombe L; Ajjan R; Birch R (2023) Increased breast and colorectal cancer risk in Type 2 diabetes: awareness among adults with and without diabetes and information provision on diabetes websites. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, pp. 1-13.
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Travis E; Kerrison RS; O'Connor DB; Ashley L (2022) Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy for cancer detection: patient and practitioner perspectives. Psychol Health
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Prodgers L; Travis E; Pownall M (2022) “It’s hard to feel a part of something when you’ve never met people”: defining “learning community” in an online era. Higher Education, 85 pp. 1219-1234.
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Kerrison RS; Travis E; Dobson C; Whitaker KL; Rees CJ; Duffy SW; von Wagner C (2022) Barriers and facilitators to colonoscopy following fecal immunochemical test screening for colorectal cancer: A key informant interview study. Patient Education and Counseling, 105 (6), pp. 1652-1662.
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Travis E; Ashley L; Pownall M; O'Connor DB (2020) Barriers to flexible sigmoidoscopy colorectal cancer screening in low uptake socio-demographic groups: A systematic review. Psycho-Oncology, 29 (8), pp. 1237-1247.
