Who am I?

Jasmine's background is in health psychology, and her PhD research and beyond has focused on improving the wellbeing and pain management of people living with spinal cord injuries (SCI). This research has been conducted in conjunction with The National Spinal Injuries Centre, and was awarded the Academy of Spinal
Cord Injury Professionals Award for Outstanding Trainee Research.

Jasmine was recently awarded an international travel grant from The Spinal Research Institute to visit The University of Sydney and attend the International Spinal Cord Society Conference to present her work.

Further interests include mindfulness, motivational interviewing, the influence of language on pain, caregiver health, identity, and qualitative methods.

Academic and professional qualifications

Accredited Mindfulness Teacher (Breathworks) 

Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Commendation)
 
PhD Psychology

BSc Psychology

Why study ?

Postgraduate teaching

Health Psychology Practice unit lead on the MSc in Health Psychology 

Service Evaluation and Development Dissertation unit lead on the Psychological Wellbeing Pathway

Research expertise

Mindfulness

Qualitative methods

Chronic pain

Long-term conditions

Publications

• Featured Works

  JH. Hearn, KA. Finlay, PA. Fine (2016). The devil in the corner: A mixed-methods study of metaphor use by those with spinal cord injury-specific neuropathic pain. British Journal of Health Psychology. 21(4), pp.973-988.

• Journal articles

  V. Hlabangana, JH. Hearn (2019). Depression in partner caregivers of people with neurological conditions; associations with self-compassion and quality of life. J Ment Health. pp.1-6.

  J. Hearn, M. Marwood Evaluating Mental Health Literacy in Medical Students in the United Kingdom. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice.

  J. Hearn, M. Dewji, C. Stocker, G. Simons (2019). Patient-centered medical education: A proposed definition. Medical Teacher.

  JH. Hearn, I. Cotter, KA. Finlay (2019). Efficacy of Internet-Delivered Mindfulness for Improving Depression in Caregivers of People With Spinal Cord Injuries and Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 100(1), pp.17-25.

  JH. Hearn, KA. Finlay, PA. Fine, I. Cotter (2018). Neuropathic pain in a rehabilitation setting after spinal cord injury: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of inpatients’ experiences. Spinal Cord Series and Cases. 3,

  JH. Hearn, KA. Finlay (2018). Internet-delivered mindfulness for people with depression and chronic pain following spinal cord injury: a randomized, controlled feasibility trial. Spinal Cord. 56, pp.750-761.

  JH. Hearn, S. Selvarajah, P. Kennedy, J. Taylor (2018). Stigma and self-management: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the impact of chronic recurrent urinary tract infections after spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord Series and Cases. 4(12),

  Z. Daya, JH. Hearn (2018). Mindfulness interventions in medical education: A systematic review of their impact on medical student stress, depression, fatigue and burnout. Medical Teacher. 40(2), pp.146-153.

  JH. Hearn, KA. Finlay, PA. Fine (2016). The devil in the corner: A mixed-methods study of metaphor use by those with spinal cord injury-specific neuropathic pain. British Journal of Health Psychology. 21(4), pp.973-988.

  JH. Hearn, I. Cotter, P. Fine, K. A Finlay (2015). Living with chronic neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of community experience. Disabil Rehabil. 37(23), pp.2203-2211.

Conference organisation

Committee Member for The European Spinal Psychologists Association

Expert reviewer for journals and publishers

Disability and Rehabilitation

Spinal Cord

British Journal of Health Psychology

Medical Teacher

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Grants

PsyPAG Research Grant Bursary - ‘Neuropathic pain in a rehabilitation setting after spinal cord injury: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of inpatients’ experiences.’

Dennison Grant (The University of Buckingham) - ‘Internet-delivered mindfulness for people with depression and chronic pain following spinal cord injury; a randomised, controlled feasibility trial.’

The Spinal Research Institute Travel Collaboration Grant - Travel support to the International Spinal Cord Society Conference, Sept. 2018

The Paul Kennedy Scholarship (Multidisciplinary Association for Spinal Cord Injury Professionals)

Prizes and awards

Best Research by an Early Career Researcher in Psychology and Social Work. Awarded at The Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals Conference and Expo 2014. St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Membership of professional associations

Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of The British Psychological Society

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy