Dr Wendy Maltinsky

Senior Lecturer

Psychology Stirling

Dr Wendy Maltinsky

About me

Health Psychologist CPsychol Health and Social Care Practitioner behaviours and language: Delivered a 5 year project supporting diabetes health practitioners to use behavioural change language as part of consultations. Funded through the Scottish Government (Scottish Diabetes Group) Global Health: My work for the Scottish Diabetes Group led onto other projects. This has included work in Uganda with the Royal College of Midwives and the Ugandan Private Midwives Association. Facilitated through the Change Exchange of Manchester University we looked into the factors that could increase self efficacy in a student midwifery mentoring project. I have also been interested in how behaviour change training of health professionals can be made more culturally sensitive in work with Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia (again through the Change Exchange) . Co-development project with health professionals in St Helena (University of Stirling Escalator and Burdett Trust funded project). Commonwealth Pharmacists Association - training in behavioural science on behaviour change in antimicrobial resistance. The training I develop is informed by the Health Behaviour Change Competency Framework (Dixon and Johnston, 2010) which considers behaviour change competencies through motivation, action and prompt pathways. Digital Health: EPSRC funded project (£400000): Co-development Digital Avatar for Breathing Retraining (2021-2024) EPSRC funded project (£400000): Co-development of On-organ device to support bowel self management for those who have difficulty controlling or emptying bowels (2021-2024) NIHR research for patient benefit (£20000): Cognitive muscular restructuring for people with asthma and breathing pattern disorder (2025-2027)

Chair Division of Health Psychology - Scotland 2022-2024 Past Chair Division of Health Psychology Scotland 2024 - Committee Member Division of Health Psychology - Scotland 2018 - Review Panel: Napier University Psychology Programme 2024 University of Luxembourg, MSc Psychological Interventions: External Lecturer on Applications of Health Psychology 2015 - Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy - 2016 Principal Fellow Higher Education Academy - 2021 University of Stirling Digital Champion 2020 - 2022 University of Stirling Community of Scholars Mentor 2024 - University of Stirling Equality, Diversity and Inclusiveness committee member 2022 - 2024 Scottish Diabetes Education Group Member SIGN Council committee member

Professional membership

Advance HE Principal Fellow
Awarded Principal Fellow of Advance HE (previously HEA - Higher Education Academy).