Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Dr Jasmine Hearn is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is a chartered psychologist and Associate Fellow of The British Psychological Society, with over 10 years of experience teaching and research in health psychology. Her research focuses on improving understandings of chronic pain in a range of long-term health conditions such as endometriosis, back pain, and spinal cord injury, with the aim of developing interventions informed by behaviour change theory to improve pain management and communication between patients and healthcare providers. Dr Hearn's PhD research, which focused on developing an in-depth understanding of the psychosocial experience and impact of chronic neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury, was awarded ‘Best Research by an Early Career Researcher’ in Psychology and Social Work at The Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals Conference and Expo. Her research has been featured in the New York Times and published in a range of rehabilitation and chronic pain journals.