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Dr Alyson Dodd

Associate Professor

Department: Psychology

Alyson is an Associate Professor and Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Psychology.

Alyson's research expertise is in the psychological mechanisms underlying mental health difficulties, particularly in mania risk and bipolar disorder. Alyson is particularly interested in the links between emotion regulation and mental health, and how this may be a transdiagnostic risk factor. Her research includes evaluations of psychological interventions to support people with their mental health. Her research in this area has been funded by the National Institute of Health Research. 

Alyson is also interested in young peoples' mental health and well-being, and well-being in universities. In particular, she is interested in how we can understand and implement the Whole University approach to support mental health and well-being across the university community, both staff and students. She was on the leadership team for SMaRteN, a UKRI-funded mental health network focused on student mental health and well-being. Her key interests here are community well-being in universities, how to effectively measure well-being in this context, and improving support for both staff and students. Her work in this area has been funded by the British Academy, UKRI, and Office for Students (BRIGHTER). 

Alyson uses both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to explore these research areas.  

Alyson supervises undergraduate and postgraduate project and research internship/placement students in the Department of Psychology, leads the psychopathology component of the undergraduate module Social, Developmental and Psychopathology (Level 5), and is Module Tutor for the Research Internship module (Level 6). Alyson is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Alyson Dodd

Campus Address

Room 151
Northumberland Building


  • Psychological mechanisms underpinning the development and maintenance of mania risk and bipolar disorder
  • Emotion regulation and mental health
  • Mental health and wellbeing in Higher Education
  • Community wellbeing
  • Development/evaluation of process and outcome measures

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • A perspective from the European Network for Bipolar and Emotion Regulation on research and intervention for emotion dysregulation in bipolar disorder: challenges and lessons learned, Azevedo, J., Dodd, A., Weiner, L., M’Bailara, K., Pinto, A., Weibel, S., Lawlor, C., Koenders, M., Wright, K. 13 Feb 2025, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Development and validation of a short version of the Hypomanic Attitudes and Positive Predictive Inventory (HAPPI): Measuring extreme appraisals of internal states and bipolar risk, Sperry, S., Smith, J., Sandorffy, B., Murphy, V., Kim, H., Van Rheenen, T., Dodd, A. 5 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Student insights on improving mental health and wellbeing communication at universities, Birch, H., Dodd, A., Francis, P., Newham, J. 15 Sep 2025, In: Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education
  • What Does Community Well-Being Mean in the University Setting? Staff Perspectives on Connection, Compassion, and Culture, Dodd, A., Punton, G., Thomas, L., Orme, L., Martin, S., Hey, N., Byrom, N. 1 Sep 2025, In: Social Indicators Research
  • Developing, delivering and evaluating a university-led cognitive behavioural therapy service for students, Robinson, L., Marshall, E., Dodd, A., Yeebo, M., Morrison, R., Lomax, C. 12 Sep 2024, In: Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
  • Exploring Smart Office Design with Multimodal and Multi-users Interaction for Workers’ Well-Being and Productivity, Zhu, Z., Yang, L., Qin, S., Ge, C., Xu, K., Woo, W., Dodd, A. 28 Aug 2024, ICAC2024, Piscataway, US, IEEE
  • How can the university environment support student quality of life? A novel conceptual model, Dodd, A., Punton, G., McLaren, J., Sillence, E., Byrom, N. 17 May 2024, In: Education Sciences
  • How to Get Engagement Right in Mental Health Research: Lessons from the Higher Education Sector, Dodd, A., Ward, J., Armstrong, N., Priestley, M., Tyrrell, K., Cygan, S., Ortega Vega, M., Byrom, N. 1 Jan 2024
  • “I thought that crying was weakness”: a thematic analysis of emotional experience in an online self-harm forum, Rymer, L., Dodd, A., Bell, B. 2 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Mental Health
  • Personal Recovery With Bipolar Disorder: A Network Analysis, Glossop, Z., Campbell, C., Ushakova, A., Dodd, A., Jones, S. Sep 2024, In: Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy

  • Psychology PhD September 01 2009
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2017


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