Leadership
Our Executive Committee consists of five people, who have been elected by the PSAD members.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1998-2004
Prof Frank Snoek
VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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2004-2011
Prof Norbert Hermanns
Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy, Germany
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2011-2014
Prof Frans Pouwer
Tilburg University, The Netherlands
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2014-2020
Prof Arie Nouwen
Middlesex University, United Kingdom
More Information:
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