CREATE

Collaborative Research And Training in the European Health Psychology Society – The Early Career Researcher Network of the EHPS

Meet The Experts

“Meet the Experts” aims to facilitate interaction between early career and senior researchers in health psychology. Several “Meet the Experts” sessions are organized every year during the EHPS conference. These sessions are an opportunity for early career researchers to meet, discuss, and network with senior researchers in health psychology in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

Meet the Experts at EHPS 2026

Meet the Experts (MTE) is an exciting opportunity for early career researchers (ECRs) to connect with established experts during the EHPS conference.

These sessions bring together a small group of ECRs and one expert for an informal conversation around shared research interests, ideas, and experiences. Beyond discussing research, participants can exchange perspectives on academic life, career development, and the future of their field, ask questions, and learn from each other in a relaxed setting.

A total of four MTE sessions will be organized during the conference program, one with each of the participating keynote speakers. Meet the Experts is an initiative of CREATE, the early career subdivision of the EHPS.

There is no fee to take part in MTE.

Sounds interesting? Find more information and apply here:
https://forms.gle/nwibJuGVMJip5Ust6

Find out more about this year’s keynote speakers here:
https://2026.ehps.net/keynote-speakers/

This year’s Experts

Prof. Jane Walsh (University of Galway, Ireland)

Digital health/mHealth and behaviour change
Personalised connected health
Technology-based interventions across diseases, settings and countries

Prof. Gertraud “Turu” Stadler (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)

Personalised and gender-sensitive prevention interventions
Health behaviour change in individuals, couples and social networks
Longitudinal assessment of behaviour, well-being, and health

Prof. Alex Gillespie (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Patient-focused communication
Dialogue, listening, perspective taking, and misunderstanding
AI-assisted analysis of textual and interaction data

Dr. Nicos Middleton (Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus)

Health inequalities and socio-environmental determinants
Epidemiology of chronic disease and mental health
Health services research and quality of care

Previous Experts 2025

Theresa Marteau (UK)
Sabine Sonnentag (Germany)
Justin Presseau (Canada)
Ellen Smets (The Netherlands)

Previous Experts 2024

Amanda Daley (UK)
Paschal Sheeran (US)
Jeremy Grimshaw (Canada)

Previous Experts 2023

Urte Scholz (Switzerland)
Adriana Baban (Romania)
Cornelia Betsch (Germany)
Jutta Mata (Germany)

Previous Experts 2022

Urte Scholz (Switzerland)
Susan A. Murphy (US)
Falko Sniehotta (UK)
Zuzana Dankulincová (Slovakia)

Previous Experts 2019

Rona Moss-Moris (UK)

Antonia Lyons (New Zealand)

Mark Hatzenbuehler (US)

Previous Experts 2018

Molly Byrne (Ireland)
Alex Rothman (USA)
Jill Francis (UK)
Yael Benyamini (Israel)

Previous Experts 2017

Sherry Pagoto ( USA)
Fabio Lucidi ( Italy)
Rory O’Connor (Scotland)

Previous Experts 2016

Karina Davidson
Aleksandra Luszczynska
Marie Johnston

Previous Experts 2015

Ronan O’Carroll (UK)
Howard Friedman (USA)
JoAnne Dahl (Sweden)

Previous Experts 2014

Karen Rook (USA)
Suzanne Skevington (UK)
Ruut Veenhoven (The Netherlands)
Adrian Taylor (UK)

Previous Experts 2013

Mark Conner (UK)
Stan Maes (NL)
Niall Bolger (USA)
Crystal Park (USA)

Previous Experts 2012

Carol Ryff (US)
Kavita Vedhara (UK)
Charles Abraham (UK)
Johan Denollet (NL)

Previous Experts 2011

Christina Maslach (US)
Tracey Revenson (US)
Robbert Sanderman (NL)
Lucy Yardley (UK)

Previous Experts 2010

Michelle Fine (US)
Michael Murray (UK)
Suzanne Segerstrom (US)
Bas Verplanken (UK)

Previous Experts 2009

Linda Cameron (NZ)
Denise de Ridder (NL)
Robbert Sanderman (NL)
Paschal Sheeran (UK)
Lucy Yardley (UK)

Previous Experts 2008

Charles Abraham (UK)
Blair Johnson (US)
Ralf Schwarzer (DE)
Suzie Skevington (UK)
John Weinman (UK)

Previous Experts 2007

Michael Diefenbach (US)
Marie Johnston (UK)
Hannah McGee (IE)
Herman Schaalma (NL)
Wayne Velicer (US)