Joanne Woodford

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Women's and Children's Health; CIRCLE - Complex Intervention Research in Health and Care

Telephone:
+46 70 787 46 84
E-mail:
joanne.woodford@uu.se
Visiting address:
MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:
Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA

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ORCID:
0000-0001-5062-6798

Short presentation

Joanne Woodford is a senior lecturer in healthcare sciences and docent in caring sciences. The goal with U-CARE is to increase wellbeing among patients and close ones living with somatic disease. Joanne is an expert in intervention development, feasibility studies, and patent and public contribution in research.

  • Joanne has been director of U-CARE, http://www.u-care.uu.se/ since 1st October 2026.
  • Joanne has been research Group Lead for CIRCLE since 1st October 2026.

Keywords

  • Clinical research; clinical studies; cognitive behavioural therapy; complex healthcare interventions; dementia; evidence synthesis; family caregivers; feasibility and pilot studies; informal caregivers; low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy; mental health; mixed-methods; parents; process evaluations; psychology; public contribution in research; stroke

Biography

  • I have a BSc in Psychology from the University of Warwick, a postgraduate certificate in Clinical Trials from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Exeter. I was appointed docent in Caring Sciences in 2025. Since 2025 I have been a senior lecturer in Healthcare Sciences with a focus on methodology.
  • From 2015-2017 I was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the strategic research programme Uppsala University Psychosocial Care Program (U-CARE) for the strategic research area Care Sciences, http://www.u-care.uu.se/. In 2017, I became a formal member and employee of U-CARE.
  • Since 2024 I was the deputy group leader for the trans-disciplinary and multi-professional research group: CIRCLE-Complex Intervention Research in Health and Care and became research group leader in October 2026. The group consists of around 25 persons; academics (from various disciplines) and non-academics: professor, senior lecturer, assistant senior lecturer, researchers, PhD students, research assistants, project- and research coordinators, and research partners. Numerous collaborators across the three disciplinary domains of UU; other national and international universities as well as other interest-holders join the group at seminars and other occasions.
  • Since 2011 (until 2029) I have received around 19 MSEK in external grants as main applicant and principal investigator mainly from Forte, the Kamprad Family Foundation, and the Swedish Research Council (VR).
  • Since 2009 (until 2029) I have received around 35 MSEK in external grants as co-applicant mainly from Forte, the Kamprad Family Foundation, the Swedish Research Council (VR), and the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund.
  • I have been a collaborator and researcher supervisor for grant from EU H2020 for 2019-23 for ENTWINE, The European Training Network on Informal Care.
  • I am associated partner for Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Clinical Trials (EDICT). Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network, Horizon Europe (PI: Dr E Morrissey, University of Galway), start 2026; and for Empowering Caregivers of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders through Media Literacy (MediaCare). MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Horizon Europe (PI: Dr E Bei, University of Florence), start 2026.
  • I have published around 70 peer-reviewed publications, a number of textbook chapters, approximately 75 other publications, and have two intellectual property rights.
  • I have co-authored 14 low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) workbooks. Workbooks developed in the United Kingdom are used Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP) within NHS Talking Therapies or other Low-intensity CBT services, and four workbooks have been translated into Arabic, Bengali, Persian Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Urdu.
  • I have supervised three PhD students as main supervisor and one PhD student as co-supervisor to examination. I am currently main supervisor for one PhD student and co-supervisor to three PhD students.
  • I have supervised one visiting MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow, one visiting MSCA Doctoral Fellow, and five Erasmus Intern Traineeships.
  • I have been a reviewer for both national (Formas, Foundation for Knowledge and Skills Development, and the Swedish Research Council) and international (Research Council of Norway, and the Swiss National Science Foundation) funding bodies.
  • Since 2019 I have been a member of the U-CARE Management Group, since 2023 a member of the U-CARE Executive Committee, and since 2025 a member of the U-CARE Education Working Group and Research Working Group.
  • I am lead of the U-CARE Writing Club and co-lead of the U-CARE Grant Writing Club.
  • I am currently course director for the following PhD courses:

For full CV, see above.

Research

  • My research concerns developing, testing, evaluating, and implementing complex interventions.
  • I have expertise in methods central to developing, testing, evaluating, and implementing complex interventions, e.g., evidence synthesis, feasibility studies, Studies Within Trials, controlled trials, and implementation science.
  • Currently I am principal investigator for the following research projects:
    • The INVOLVERA project aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a psychological intervention for people living with dementia and depression.
    • The DeCiDE project aims to develop a psychological intervention for caregiving daughters of a parent with dementia.
  • I am also conducting research with the aim to increase value of clinical research.

Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzqY2UUHUjg

https://media.medfarm.uu.se/play/kanal/893/video/15235

Joanne Woodford

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