Dr Kareena McAloney-Kocaman
Head of Department and Reader in Applied Health Psychology
Department of PsychologyDr Kareena McAloney-Kocaman is a Reader in Applied Health Psychology and Head of Department for Psychology.
She is a Chartered Psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.
She holds a BSc (Hons) Social Psychology from the University of Ulster, a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Care Ethics and Law from the University of Manchester, and a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Ulster.
Her research interests span social and health psychology. particularly in relation to how social group memberships and identities influence health and well-being of vulnerable and marginalised groups.
Her specific areas of interest include intergroup relations, intergroup contact and well-being; religion and ethnicity; social capital; health behaviours and statistical modelling