Dr Susanna Kolas.kola@hud.ac.uk | 01484 471887 Queensgate. 5085 UCO
Susie is a graduate of the National University of Ireland, Galway, where she recently completed her PhD. Appointed to the University of Huddersfield in 2010, Susie’s research interests are in the area of health psychology, specifically in applied health research, including theory-based interventions to improve patient health outcomes. Susie’s research interests also include psychosocial moderators of pain and anxiety, with particular interest in cognitive and emotional factors.
HFB1027 Introduction to Development and Social Psychology
HIB1016 Developmental Psychology
HIB1047 Health Psychology
Susie’s research interests are in the area of health psychology, specifically in applied health research, including theory-based interventions to improve patient health outcomes. Susie’s research interests also include psychosocial moderators of pain and anxiety, with particular interest in cognitive and emotional factors.
Byrne, C., Walsh, J., Kola, S. and Sarma, K. (2012) ‘Predicting intention to uptake H1N1 influenza vaccine in a university sample’ British Journal of Health Psychology , 17 (3), pp. 582-595. ISSN 1359-107X
Kola, S., Walsh, J., Hughes, B. and Howard, S. (2012) ‘Attention focus, trait anxiety, and pain perception in patients undergoing colposcopy’ European Journal of Pain , 16 (6), pp. 890-900. ISSN 1532-2149
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2012) ‘Determinants of pre-procedural state anxiety and negative affect in first-time colposcopy patients: Implications for interventions’ European Journal of Cancer Care , 21 (4), pp. 469-476. ISSN 0961-5423
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2012) ‘Dysplasia severity, but not experiences during colposcopy, predicts adherence to follow-up colposcopy’ Psycho-Oncology , 21 (3), pp. 291-296. ISSN 1057-9249
Sarma, K. and Kola, S. (2010) ‘The socio-demographic profile of hanging suicides in Ireland from 1980 to 2005’ Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine , 17 (7), pp. 374-377. ISSN 1752928X
Sarma, K. and Kola, S. (2010) ‘Firearms, Hanging, and Drowning Suicides in the Republic of Ireland’ Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention , 31 (2), pp. 69-75. ISSN 0227-5910
Sarma, K. and Kola, S. (2010) ‘Firearm suicide decedents in the Republic of Ireland, 1980–2005’ Public Health , 124 (5), pp. 278-283. ISSN 0033-3506
Sarma, K., Griffin, D. and Kola, S. (2010) ‘Firearm-assisted suicide: Legislative, policing and clinical concerns’ Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine , 17 (1), pp. 33-37. ISSN 1752928X
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2009) ‘Patients’ psychological reactions to colposcopy and LLETZ treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia’ European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology , 146 (1), pp. 96-99. ISSN 03012115
Kola, S (2011) ‘The effectiveness of attention focus strategies during acute clinical pain’. In: Annual Scientific Meeting of the Irish Pain Society, 22nd October 2011, Dublin, Ireland
Leonard, S., Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2011) ‘The efficacy of a web-based educational intervention in promoting acceptability of the HPV vaccine’. In: 25th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) 2011, September 20 – 24, 2011, Crete, Greece
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2011) ‘Biopsychosocial predictors of adherence to follow-up colposcopy in first-time patients. ’. In: 25th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) 2011, September 20 – 24, 2011, Crete, Greece
Byrne, C., Walsh, J., Kola, S. and Sarma, K. (2011) ‘Predicting intention to uptake H1N1 influenza vaccine in a university sample’. In: 25th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) 2011, September 20 – 24, 2011, Crete, Greece
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2010) ‘Trait anxiety and pain-related expectancy predict pre-procedural state anxiety and negative affect in first-time colposcopy patients’. In: STAR 2010: 31st World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research, 4th - 6th August 2010, Galway, Ireland
Kola, S., Walsh, J., Hughes, B. and Howard, S. (2010) ‘Attention focus, trait anxiety and pain perception in patients undergoing colposcopy’. In: STAR 2010: 31st World Conference on Stress and Anxiety Research, 4th - 6th August 2010, Galway, Ireland
Leonard, S., Walsh, J. and Kola, S. (2010) ‘The impact of a web-based educational intervention using positive message framing to promote the acceptability of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine in a female university sample’. In: 7th Annual Conference of the Division of Health Psychology, PSI: Psychology, Health and Medicine, 15th – 17th September 2010, Queen's University, Belfast
Kola, S (2009) ‘Patient’s psychological reactions to colposcopy ’. In: Invited presentation on behalf of the Nurses In Colposcopy Clinics In Ireland Association (NICCIA), 16th October 2009, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2009) ‘Reducing Anxiety in Colposcopy Patients: The Effects of Matching Level of Information and Preferred Coping Style ’. In: 30th International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society 2009, 16th - 18th July 2009, Budapest, Hungary
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2008) ‘The effect of pain on postoperative adjustment in patients undergoing colposcopy’. In: Centre for Pain Research Annual Research Day, November 2008, Galway
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2008) ‘Patients’ Reactions to Further Evaluation of Abnormal Cytological Smear Tests’. In: 39th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland, 20th – 23rd November 2008, Tullow, Co. Carlow
Kola, S., Walsh, J. and Mylotte, M. (2008) ‘The effect of experienced pain on intra – and postoperative adjustment in women undergoing a diagnostic medical procedure’. In: 5th Annual Conference of the Division of Health Psychology, Psychology, Health and Medicine, 19th March 2008, Ulster
Kola, S (2007) ‘Anxiety and the Colposcopy Experience ’. In: Invited public presentation on behalf of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University Hostpital Galway, 29th November 2007, University Hospital Galway
Kola, S., Walsh, J., Mylotte, M. and Molloy, M. (2007) ‘Impact of pain on postoperative adjustment in patients undergoing an invasive medical procedure’. In: Irish Pain Society Annual Conference 2007, October 2007, Dublin
Heary, C. and Kola, S. (2006) ‘Children’s Attitudes towards Peers with ADHD: The Effect of a Biological Explanation’. In: 37th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland, 9th - 12th November 2006, Galway
Kola, S., Walsh, J., O'Gorman, T. and Lee, J. (2006) ‘The role of attention in reducing anxiety, pain and distress associated with a stressful diagnostic procedure’. In: 27th International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society, July 2006, Crete
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2006) ‘Virtual Reality and Audiovisual Technology in the Management of Acute Pain – A review of the literature’. In: 28th Annual Congress of Psychology Students in Ireland, 7th - 8th April 2006, NUI, Maynooth
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2006) ‘Virtual reality and audiovisual distraction in acute pain management’. In: 3rd Annual Conference of the Division of Health Psychology, PSI, 3rd April 2006, NUI, Galway
Kola, S., Walsh, J., O'Gorman, T. and Lee, J. (2005) ‘A randomised controlled trial of a distraction intervention to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing flexible sigmoidoscopy’. In: 36th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland, 17th-20th November 2005, Derry, Co. Londonderry
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2005) ‘Communication ability as a moderator of cardiovascular reactivity to a speech task ’. In: 19th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society 2005, August 2005, NUI, Galway
Kola, S. and Walsh, J. (2005) ‘Effect of Communication Ability on Cardiovascular Reactivity to a Speech Task’. In: 2nd Annual Conference of the Division of Health Psychology PSI: Psychology Health and Medicine Conference 2005, April 2005, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin
Applied and experimental health psychology, including:
