Dr Sarah-Jane Stewart

I am an HCPC registered Health Psychologist with expertise in treatment beliefs, from the perspective of both the patient and health professionals, and health-related stigma. 

I completed my BSc in Psychology and MSc in Health Psychology both at the University of Surrey. After this, I obtained my PhD in Health Psychology at the University of Surrey in 2021, which examined the role of sociocultural influences on body weight, weight stigma and health behaviours. Alongside my PhD, I completed my Stage 2 training in Health Psychology. I then moved to University College London as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Centre for Behavioural Medicine (UCL School of Pharmacy, 2021-2025), where I worked primarily across two NIHR funded research programmes: i) ‘SWEET’ – designing, developing and evaluating a digital intervention to support women with early breast cancer with adherence to hormone therapy and to improve their quality of life, and ii) ‘INHALE’ – exploring the potential for rapid diagnostics to support antibiotic prescribing decision-making for Pneumonia in intensive care settings.

I joined the University of Surrey as a Lecturer in Health Psychology in September 2025.