Sundus Mahdi
BSc Psychology; MSc Health Psychology
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
PhD student
+44 114 272 4095
Full contact details
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
West Court
2 Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 4DT
- Profile
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I began my studies at the University of Sheffield in 2017. Before that, I had completed an undergraduate degree in Psychology (2012) and a masters degree in Health Psychology (2014) at University College London.
I have previously worked at Sheffield Children’s Hospital as a Research Project Manager (2016-2017) where I managed an NIHR funded research project for the delivery of a study investigating the health status in children and young people with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH-UK; Chief Investigator: Dr Nils Krone). I also had the opportunity to intern at Public Health England (2015-2016) and worked mainly within the remit of work, worklessness and health.
I also helped organise PHE national conferences where I liaised with speakers and facilitated workshops, including “Everybody Active Every Day” and “Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans People and Communities”. I worked collaboratively to develop a set of tools for businesses including a Return on Investment tool and a Health Needs Assessment tool, and contributed to writing and editing rapid reviews, conference reports and health promotion material.
Before that, I took a Research Assistant position at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (2014-2015), where I worked on a number of projects including a survey on improving access to NHS mental health services amongst Black Minority Ethnics in the Bradford District and an evaluation of a complex Stop Delirium! intervention for the prevention of delirium in care homes.
During my years as a student I volunteered at the Forced Migration Trauma Service, as an Assistant Psychologist, where I cared for the mental health and well-being of refugees escaping war-torn countries. My role emphasised the importance of psychometric measures and audit to track patient recovery and improve service delivery.
- Research interests
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Public Health, Health Economics and Decision Science (title to be confirmed)
My research interests are:
- Behaviour change
- Weight gain prevention
- Childhood obesity
- Health policy
- Key publications
- Beeken, R. J., Mahdi, S., Johnson, F., & Meisel, S. F. (2018). Intentions to Prevent Weight Gain in Older and Younger Adults; The Importance of Perceived Health and Appearance Consequences. Obesity Facts, 11(2), 83-92.
- Mahdi, S and Mahmoodi, N and Siddiqi, N (2017) Using a taxonomy of behaviour change techniques to define key components of Stop Delirium! a complex intervention to prevent delirium in care homes. Journal of Psychology. ISSN 2515-138X (In Press)
- Mahdi, S., & Furnham, A. (2016). The Effects of a Health-Based Context on Memory for Advertisements. Psychology, 7(08), 1163.
- Mahdi, S., Ghannam, O., Watson, S., & Padela, A. I. (2016). Predictors of physician recommendation for ethically controversial medical procedures: findings from an exploratory national survey of American Muslim physicians. Journal of religion and health, 55(2), 403-421.
- Ghannam, O., Mahdi, S., Sheikh, A., Mohamad, W., & Padela, A. (2015). An analysis of e-fatwas on tobacco inhalation. Paper presented at World Association for Medical Law: 2015 Annual Congress, Coimbra, August 2015.