Dr Liz Sillence

Liz is an eHealth researcher, examining psychological aspects of users’ online interactions around eHealth information. She works at the intersection of psychology and digital technology and her research has a strong focus on trust and identity. She seeks to understand how people interact with digital information and advice and how they use it to inform their health decision-making and improve their wellbeing. There is a strong practical element to her research, in which she strives to see her findings applied to positive effect in the design and development of online resources for patients.  

Understanding the interaction between users and their digital information is at the heart of Liz's research and the application of psychology to risky informational settings has allowed her to examine trust, identity and wellbeing around digital information management in relation to security and the hoarding of digital data.

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• A thematic analysis of an online discussion forum for people with problematic hoarding behaviours, Sillence, E., Murphy-Morgan, C. 6 Mar 2026, In: Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
• Digital hoarding and personal use digital data, Sillence, E., Dawson, J., Brown, R., McKellar, K., Neave, N. 2 Jan 2026, In: Human-Computer Interaction
• "It is not our job to educate you": Exploring Perceptions of AI-Integrated Menstrual Tracking Apps Through Speculative Reflection, Doughty, F., Sillence, E., Harrison, D., Smith, M. 20 Feb 2026, Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26) , ACM
• Understanding the barriers and facilitating factors to mental health help-seeking in adults with hoarding behaviours: a preliminary investigation, Clark, L., Murphy-Morgan, C., Neave, N., Punton, G., Rivers, H., Sillence, E. 2 Jan 2026, In: Clinical Psychologist
• Understanding the challenges of using digital health technologies for menopause information, Sillence, E., Osborne, A., Claisse, C., Durrant, A. 1 Jan 2026, In: Patient Education and Counseling
• Women’s engagement with different internet-enabled technologies to access digital menopause information: A mixed methods, multi-phase sequential study, Osborne, A., Sillence, E., Claisse, C., Durrant, A. 22 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research
• AcademAI: Investigating AI Usage, Attitudes, and Literacy in Higher Education and Research, Brown, R., Sillence, E., Branley-Bell, D. 1 Sep 2025, In: Journal of Educational Technology Systems
• Accessing information on menopause transition and the role of digital health technologies: a narrative review, Osborne, A., Sillence, E. 14 Jul 2025, In: Women and Health
• A Model of Trust in Online COVID-19 Information and Advice: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study, Sillence, E., Branley-Bell, D., Moss, M., Briggs, P. 13 Feb 2025, In: JMIR Infodemiology
• Evaluating mobile apps for sun protection: content analysis and user preferences in a two-part study, Rodrigues, A., Doughty, F., Charlton, C., Woodhouse, S., Sillence, E. 31 Dec 2025, In: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

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• Northern Health Futures Hub, Wilson, R. (Principal Investigator), Sillence, L. (Co Investigator), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, 01/10/23 - 30/09/26, £256,044.00

• Computer Studies PhD December 12 2003
• Design Studies MSc September 01 1998