Leadership


Our Executive Committee consists of five people, who have been elected by the PSAD members.

Chair

Jane Speight, MSc PhD CPsychol FBPsS

Foundation Director: Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Diabetes Victoria

Professor of Behavioural and Social Research in Diabetes, Deakin University


📍 Melbourne, Australia
Email: jspeight@acbrd.org.au
Twitter: @janespeight @ACBRD
Bio: https://acbrd.org.au/jane-speight/

ORCID: 0000-0002-1204-6896

Vice-Chair

Jackie Sturt, PhD

Professor of Behavioural Medicine in Nursing and Faculty Lead for Research Mentorship: Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, Kings College London.


📍 London, United Kingdom
Email: jackie.sturt@kcl.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackie_sturt
Bio: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/jackie-sturt

ORCID: 0000-0003-1281-1401

Honorary Secretary

Rossella Messina, PhD, PsyD

Research Fellow, Unit of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna.


📍 Bologna, Italy
Email: psadresearchgroup@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0001-5526-9769

Honorary Treasurer

Debbie Cooke, PhD

Postgraduate Research Director, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Surrey.


📍 Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
Email: d.cooke@surrey.ac.uk
Bio: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/debbie-cooke
ORCID: 0000-0003-1944-7905

Committee Member

Andreia Mocan, PhD

Clinical psychologist, Center for Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolic Diseases, County Hospital, Cluj.


📍 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Email: andreiamocan@gmail.com

Past Chairs of the PSAD


1998-2004

Prof Frank Snoek

VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands

2004-2011

Prof Norbert Hermanns

Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy, Germany

2011-2014

Prof Frans Pouwer

Tilburg University, The Netherlands

2014-2020

Prof Arie Nouwen

Middlesex University, United Kingdom