Lindsey Roberts

Career Overview

I am a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer with over 20 years' experience across UK higher education, the NHS, and the third sector. Currently Cognitive and Biological Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Psychology Programme Manager at Hartpury University, I have previously led M.Sc. Health Psychology programmes at the University of the West of England and the University of Buckingham, supervising B.Sc., M.Sc., ProfDoc and Ph.D. students to successful completion.

My research spans neurodiversity, health psychology, medicines optimisation and human-animal interactions, and I have secured over £1.9m in competitive funding from bodies including NIHR, Health Education England, and The Health Foundation, with 30+ publications to my name. I am currently supporting the CONIFAS-2 NIHR trial, which is a CO-produced Nature-Based Intervention Feasibility for children with ADHD, based between the University of York and Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust. I am passionate about inclusive, evidence-based teaching that improves student engagement, progression and achievement, and about translating research into real-world practice.

Teaching and supervision

• Programme Manager for BSc (Hons) Psychology Degree.
• Level 4 Module Leader: 
  
  • HSPVWE-15-4 Introducing Cognitive and Biological Psychology.
  • HSPVXB-30-4 Introductory Research Methods in Psychology.
  • HSPVXF-30-4 Introduction to Applications of Psychology.
• Level 5 Module Leader:
  
  • HSPVW3-15-5 Brain and Behaviour.
  • HSPVWA-30-5 Advanced Research Methods in Psychology.
  • Contributor: HSPVTW-15-5 Applied Sport and Exercise for Sports Therapists.
• Level 6 Module Leader: 
  
  • HSPVWP-45-6 Psychology Dissertation.
• Level 7 Teaching:
  
  • Contributor: MSc Sports Therapy (Conversion).
• Ph.D. Supervisory Duties: The Physiological and Psychological Benefits of Drumming (Hartpury University, 2026 present).

Research interests

My research sits at the intersection of health psychology, neurodiversity and human-animal interaction, with a consistent focus on applied and translational work that changes practice and reduces inequality. I am particularly interested in how neuroplasticity can be fostered, how psychological theory can be embedded into everyday healthcare and workplace settings for example, using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques can be adopted to fostering inclusion and belonging for neurodivergent staff and students, to improve medicines-related consultations, and develop validated patient-reported outcome measures that capture the lived burden of chronic conditions and improve quality of life. This work draws on psychoneuroimmunology to understand the pathways linking psychological experience, stress and physical health.

A second strand explores the therapeutic and psychological value of human-animal relationships, from equine- and canine-assisted interventions to the grief experienced following dog theft. This has recently converged with my interest in neurodiversity, including a current NIHR clinical trial examining ADHD and nature-based intervention, and public-facing work such as the ADHD Foundation's award-winning garden at RHS Chelsea.

Core themes:

• Neurodiversity
• Neuropsychology
• Anthrozoology and Human-Animal Interaction
• Medicines Optimisation and Adherence
• Chronic Illness and Quality of Life
• Psychoneuroimmunology
• Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
• Applied Vision and Medical Image Perception
• Errors in Healthcare

Current and recent funded project involvement:
2025: CONIFAS-2 Trial, project ongoing.
2025: Project Giving Back, Chelsea Flower Show Garden; Silver Gilt Award Received.
2022: British Horse Society, Changing Lives through Horses, project completed.
2021: Loyola University Chicago, recurrent Urinary Tract Infections & the Microbiome, project completed.
2020: National Institute for Health and Care Research, Medication Adherence, project completed.
2020: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Medicines Optimisation Clinical Research Network, project completed. 

Professional memberships

• Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society

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