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
π 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.
π London, United Kingdom
Email: jackie.sturt@kcl.ac.uk
Twitter: @jackie_sturt
Bio: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/jackie-sturt
ORCID: 0000-0003-1281-1401
Honorary Secretary
Mariam Asaad, RN, MRes
PhD Candidate, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery, and Palliative Care, Kingβs College London.
π London, United Kingdom
Email: info@psadgroup.org
Twitter: @Type1s @MmasaadMariam
ORCID: 0000-0001-9849-7147
Honorary Treasurer
Debbie Cooke, PhD
Postgraduate Research Director, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Surrey.
π Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
Email: d.cooke@surrey.ac.uk
Bio: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/debbie-cooke
ORCID: 0000-0003-1944-7905
Membership Officer
Bryan Cleal MSc. Ph.D.
Senior Researcher Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
π Copenhagen, Denmark
Email: bcle0007@regionh.dk
Twitter: @cleal_bryan
ORCID: 0000-0003-3065-7364
Website Content & Development Chair
Elizabeth Holmes-Truscott, PhD
Senior Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes (Diabetes Victoria and Deakin University)
π Melbourne, Australia
Email: etruscott@acbrd.org.au
Twitter: @HolmesTruscott @ACBRD
ORCID: 0000-0001-9139-4663
ECR Working Group Co-Chair
Amy McInerney, BA, MSc
PhD Candidate, The PATH lab, School of Psychology, University College Dublin
πΒ Dublin, Ireland
Email: amy.mcinerney@ucdconnect.ie
Twitter: @AmyMcinerney1
Bio: https://ucdpathlab.com/people/#amy-bio
ORCID: 0000-0002-1576-1801
ECR Working Group Co-Chair
Mandy Jansen, BA, MSc
PhD Candidate, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital and Radboud University Medical Center
πΒ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Email: mandy.jansen@cwz.nl
ORCID: 0000-0002-1837-3177
MCR Representative
Giesje Nefs, PhD
Assistant Professor, Radboudumc (Nijmegen); Psychologist, Diabeter and Diabeter Centrum Amsterdam (Amsterdam); Senior researcher, Tilburg University (Tilburg)
πΒ The Netherlands
Email: Giesje.Nefs@radboudumc.nl
ORCID: 0000-0002-8772-740X
Committee Member
Andreia Mocan, PhD
Clinical psychologist, Center for Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolic Diseases, County Hospital, Cluj.
π 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