DrGaby Judah

Gaby Judah is a behavioural scientist at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London. She is a theme lead within the NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration (PSRC), where she leads the theme on 'Influencing Patient and Healthcare Worker Behaviour to Optimise Safety and Minimise Risk'.

Gaby completed her PhD from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 2014, investigating the psychological determinants of habit formation of health related behaviours. Gaby completed an MSc with distinction in Research Methods in Psychology from UCL.

Present research
Current projects include understanding determinants of medication adherence and designing interventions to increase adherence, including in patients taking statins, anti-cancer therapy, and patients with peripheral arterial disease. A large research focus is on increasing cancer screening uptake, including in breast, cervical and lung cancer screening, with a particular focus on underserved groups.  I am also working on increasing environemtnal sustainability in operating theatres.  

Research interests
I am interested in applying behaviour change principles to improve the health of patients and the public, and to improve patient safety. To achieve this, my work focuses on learning about predictors of health related behaviours, as well as how to apply these to encourage sustained behaviour change.